Hickie wins player of year award

Leinster and Ireland wing Denis Hickie has been named the Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Player of the Year.

Wed, 29 May, 2002 - 11:33

Leinster and Ireland wing Denis Hickie has been named the Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Player of the Year.

Hickie was honoured at a banquet in Dublin last night for his part in Leinster’s Interprovincial Championship and Celtic League successes in a season where they also reached the Heineken Cup quarter-finals.

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