Personality of the year award goes to O’Gara

IRELAND and Munster out half Ronan O’Gara was last night named the RTÉ Sport/Hibernian Sports Personality of the Year.

O’Gara, who misses this afternoon’s Heineken Cup game against The Ospreys due to a hand injury, received a Waterford Crystal trophy from Hibernian Group chief executive Bryan Jenkins and Glen Killane, head of television sport at RTÉ, at a function in the Burlington Hotel.

The 25-year-old Corkman became all-time top scorer in the Heineken Cup with 649 points in Munster’s 36-8 round four win over Castres last month and was an integral member of Ireland’s Autumn international success, along with the capture of the Triple Crown.