Cormac Daly & Aoife Doyle scoop player of the year gongs at AIL awards

The Energia AIL awards also named Irish international Aoife Doyle of Railway Union as Women’s Player of the Year and Blackrock College’s Ben Martin Women's AIL Coach of the Year at the end of a 2021-22 season

Wed, 11 May, 2022 - 20:00

Simon Lewis

Clontarf’s Energia All Ireland League success was hailed at the league’s annual awards ceremony in Dublin on Wednesday night as Cormac Daly won Men’s Division 1A Player of the Year and head coach Andy Wood was crowned Men’s AIL Coach of the Year.

On a night of celebration at Old Wesley RFC in Donnybrook, the Energia AIL awards also named Irish international Aoife Doyle of Railway Union as Women’s Player of the Year and Blackrock College’s Ben Martin Women's AIL Coach of the Year at the end of a 2021-22 season when clubs reported a 15 per cent increase in attendance and the Energia AIL final on May 1 more than doubled its crowd record at Aviva Stadium with an attendance of more than 5,000.