Dubs' secure Five TG4 All Star Awards
- Nov 14,2016
Dubs' secure Five TG4 All Star Awards
TG4 All Ireland Championship winners Cork dominated the 2016 All Star team with 6 All Star awards.
Dublin claimed five awards of their own with Monaghan claiming a pair of All Stars and Kildare and Mayo receiving one place each.
Briege Corkery joined Cora Staunton and Mary Jo Curran as the most decorated player of all time with 10 All Star awards.
Corkery was joined on the 2016 team by Cork team mates; Marie Ambrose, Bríd Stack, Leah Caffrey, Deirdre O’Reilly, Ciara O’Sullivan and Orla Finn.
Bríd Stack rounded off a great night for Cork when the 11 time TG4 All Ireland winner and 7 time All Star was also named as the Senior Player’s Player of the Year.
Dublin claimed 5 TG4 All Star awards as Sinead Goldrick earned her 5th All Star award in a row with Leah Caffrey earning her first.
Dublin captain, Noelle Healy, earned her second All Star at right half forward as did Carla Rowe at left half forward.
Dublin’s ace forward, Sinead Aherne earned her 5th TG4 All Star Award at full forward after a series of brilliant performances for the Leinster Champions.
Monaghan duo, Ciara McAnespie and Gráinne McNally both earned their third TG4 All Star awards after performing brilliantly for Monaghan as they reclaimed the Ulster title this year.
Mayo's midfield dynamo, Fiona McHale was Mayo’s All Star winner with Kildare’s brilliant netminder, Mary Hulgraine, adding her first All Star award to add to the Player of the Match award she won with Kildare in their TG4 Intermediate All Ireland Final triumph.
Caoimhe O’Connor from Clontarf was selected as the Leinster Young Player of the Year.
2016 TG4 All Star Team -
Mary Hulgraine (Kildare)
Marie Ambrose (Cork)
Bríd Stack (Cork)
Leah Caffrey (Dublin)
Sinéad Goldrick (Dublin)
Deirdre O’Reilly (Cork)
Gráinne McNally (Monaghan)
Briege Corkery (Cork)
Noelle Healy (Dublin)
Ciara O’Sullivan (Cork)
Carla Rowe (Dublin)
Ciara McAnespie (Monaghan)
Sinéad Aherne (Dublin)
Orla Finn (Cork)