Dooley and Claffey scoop top honours at AIL awards 

KICKING DISPLAY: Ireland rugby head coach Andy Farrell presents the Energia All-Ireland League Men's Division 1A Player Of The Year 2022/23 to Caolan Dooley (Terenure College RFC). Pic: ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Terenure College RFC’s Caolan Dooley and Michelle Claffey of Blackrock College RFC were the big winners at the 2022-23 Energia AIL Awards in Dublin on Thursday night. 

Dooley’s 30-point goal-kicking masterclass in front of 8,642 supporters at Aviva Stadium earlier this month guided Terenure to their Energia AIL Men’s Division 1A Final victory over Clontarf, earning the Newcastlewest native the praise of Ronan O’Gara in addition to the Player of the Match award.