Briege Corkery leads charge as Cork dominate All Star Awards

Briege Corkery earned her ninth TG4 All Star Award and collected her second Players’ Player of the Year award on a night when the legendary Cora Staunton joined Mary Jo Curran as the only players ever to win 10 All Stars.

Mon, 16 Nov, 2015 - 00:00

All-Ireland champions, Cork, were the big winners with six representatives on the 2015 TG4 All Stars selection.

Marie Ambrose (19) earned her first All Star along with multi award winners Geraldine O’Flynn, Vera Foley, Rena Buckley and Valerie Mulcahy.

Briege Corkery was selected for her ninth All Star award and was also selected as the Players’ Player of the Year, becoming the first player to win the award for the second time and joining her midfield team mate on both the Ladies Football and Camogie All Star teams.

Beaten All-Ireland finalists, Dublin, were also well represented with four award winners including Sinead Finnegan and four-time All Star Sinead Goldrick in the half back line with Carla Rowe earning her first All Star at wing forward and Dublin captain, Lyndsey Davey, claiming her third All Star at full forward.

2015 TG4 ALL STAR SELECTION:

L Martin (Monaghan); M Ambrose (Cork), A Desmond (Kerry), G O’Flynn (Cork); V Foley (Cork), S Finnegan (Dublin), S Goldrick (Dublin); R Buckley (Cork), B Corkery (Cork); C Courtney (Monaghan), L C Staunton (Mayo), C Rowe (Dublin); V Mulcahy (Cork), L Davey (Dublin), A Mackin (Armagh).

TG4 Junior Players’ Player of the Year:

Kate Flood (Louth);

TG4 Intermediate Players’ Player of the Year:

Aileen Wall (Waterford);

TG4 Senior Players’ Player of the Year:

Briege Corkery (Cork);

2015 LGFA Hall of Fame Winner:

Abby Brady (Mullahoran LGFA and Cavan LGFA);

Ulster Young Player of the Year:

Róisín Devlin (Tyrone);

Munster Young Player of the Year:

Fay O’Donoghue (Kerry);