'Dinger' Calvin Nash named Munster Men's Player of the Year

Maeve Óg O’Leary was named Munster Women's Player of the Year.

WINNERS: Clockwise, from top left: Maeve Og Leary, Calvin Nash, Brian Gleeson, Gene O'Leary Kareen and Nenagh Ormond's Alan Kennedy

Calvin Nash was hailed as a “winner” and a “dinger” by Mike Prendergast as the Ireland wing was announced as the Bank of Ireland Men’s Player of the Year at the annual Munster Rugby Awards in Adare, Co. Limerick on Tuesday night.

Nash, 27, and Bank of Ireland Women’s Player of the Year Maeve Óg O’Leary, were the headline winners at the awards presented by Virgin Media and held at the Woodlands House Hotel on a night when there were recipients in 11 categories with John Hodnett and Muirne Wall becoming inaugural winners of, respectively, the men’s and women’s Virgin Media Supporters’ Player of the Year awards.