Russell chosen as Player of the Year

Peamount United and Ireland international winger Julie-Ann Russell was named the Bus Éireann Women’s National League Player of the Year at an awards presentation at Aviva Stadium yesterday.

“It’s a great honour to win this award,” she said. “The players who were nominated were all top class so to be chosen as the Player of the Year is a great personal achievement.

“Ultimately it’s nice to be recognised as an individual but as a team, we missed out on the title, so we’re still disappointed about that.