O’Connell dedicates award to colleagues

IRISH and Munster second row Paul O’Connell, was last night voted the BT IRUPA Players’ Player of the Year by his peers at the 4th annual Awards Dinner at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin.

But he immediately dedicated the honour to his colleagues.

“If I was picked because of my success in the line outs, then I would have to look at the guys lifting, the guy throwing, and others.