Briege Corkery joins the club with 10th All-Star

Cork’S Briege Corkery is now officially on par with Mayo legend Cora Staunton and Kerry’s Mary Jo Curran having picked up her 10th bronze statuette at Saturday night’s TG4 Ladies Football All-Star Awards at the Citywest in Dublin.

On a night that produced copious entertainment on stage — which included Nathan Carter’s younger brother Jake and Tommy Fleming — the winners were announced at midnight, with Staunton missing out on an 11th award which would have made her the most decorated All-Star in the history of the sport.

Winning the full-forward slot however was an equally worthy winner in Sinead Aherne of Dublin, who was among five winners for the All-Ireland finalists, which included an impressive five in-a-row for wing-back Sinead Goldrick. Joining them in the final 15 selection was defender Leah Caffrey, captain Noelle Heally and forward Carla Rowe, as the search now begins to replace their manager Gregory McGonigle, who stepped down last week, for the 2017 season.