Connacht Rugby Awards
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Shamus Hurley-Langton and Nicole Fowley were the big winners at Saturday's 2024 Connacht Rugby Awards, presented by Globalization Partners.
The flanker and out-half were named Men's and Women's Player of the Year for the 2023/24 season, after stellar campaigns for their respective teams.
17 winners in all were named across categories in the domestic, player pathway and senior setups, with over 500 people in attendance at the Galmont Hotel in Galway.
Two further highlights was the announcement of late, great Gerry O'Donnell posthumously receiving the Lifetime Contribution to Rugby Award, and long-time U18 Women's team manager Natalie Fox receiving the Unsung Hero award.
2024 CONNACHT RUGBY AWARD WINNERS
U18 Men's Player of the Year, sponsored by Sound to Light
Winner: Diarmaid O'Connell (Carrick-on-Shannon RFC/Sligo Grammar)
Nominees: Rory Gavin (Galwegians RFC/Coláiste Iognáid), Sean Walsh (Corinthians RFC/Colásite Éinde)
U18 Women's Player of the Year, sponsored by RDJ
Winner: Ailish Quinn (Ballina RFC/St. Mary's Ballina)
Nominees: Jemima Adams Verling (Creggs RFC/Coláiste Mhuire Ballygar), Sarah Purcell (Creggs RFC/Convent of Mercy Roscommon)
U19 Men's Player of the Year, sponsored by Oliver Carty
Winner: Tomas Farthing (Corinthians RFC)
Nominees: Orin Burke (Corinthians RFC), Bobby Power (Galwegians RFC)
Academy Player of the Year, sponsored by Has Integration
Winner: Hugh Gavin
Nominees: Matthew Devine, Finn Treacy
Referee of the Year, sponsored by Heineken
Winner: Siobhan Daly
Nominees: Michael Honan, Cian Hough
Coach of the Year, sponsored by Deloitte
Winner: Michael Harding (Corinthians RFC)
Nominees: Owen Lydon & Norman Tierney (Tuam RFC/Oughterard RFC), Paddy Pearson (Sligo Rugby)
Women's Club Player of the Year, sponsored by VHA
Winner: Hannah Clarke (Tuam RFC/Oughterard RFC)
Nominees: Sarah Jane Fox (Tuam RFC/Oughterard RFC), Tara McNulty (Westport RFC)
Men's Junior Club Player of the Year, sponsored by laya
Winner: Fintan Crawley (Ballyhaunis RFC)
Nominees: David McDonagh (Connemara RFC), Ian Murphy (Tuam RFC)
Men's Senior Club Player of the Year, sponsored by Aerogen
Winner: Tom Gormley (Sligo Rugby)
Nominees: Ambrose Bamber (Sligo Rugby), Jack Winters (Galwegians RFC)
School of the Year, sponsored by GP
Winner: Sligo Grammar
Nominees: Marist College, Summerhill College
Club of the Year, sponsored by Bank of Ireland
Winner: Sligo Rugby
Nominees: Ballinasloe RFC, Corinthians RFC
Connacht Rugby Unsung Hero
Winner: Natalie Fox
Try of the Year, sponsored by Western Postform
Winner: Matthew Devine (vs Zebre)
Nominees: David Hawkshaw (vs Leinster), Diarmuid Kilgallen (vs Glasgow), Sean Jansen (vs Lyon),
Fans' Player of the Year, sponsored by Murty Rabbitt's
Winner: Cathal Forde
Nominees: JJ Hanrahan, Shamus Hurley-Langton, Joe Joyce, Cian Prendergast
Women's Player of the Year, sponsored by GP
Winner: Nicole Fowley
Nominees: Clara Barrett, Aoibheann Reilly
Men's Player of the Year, sponsored by Genesys
Winner: Shamus Hurley-Langton
Nominees: Cathal Forde, Cian Prendergast
Lifetime Contribution to Connacht Rugby
Winner: Gerry O'Donnell