Players Honoured with Teams of the League Selection

The 2015 TESCO Teams of the League have been announced. The best 15 players from each division were honoured with selection on the Teams of the League at Croke Park on Friday. Throughout the 7 rounds of the league and the knock out stages managers were asked to select the best players on the opposition teams with those players that consistenly received most votes being selected on the final 15.

The Division 1 selection is dominated by Galway and Cork with the finalists providing 4 players each. Monaghan and Dublin also have 2 players each on the selection whilst, Tyrone, Mayo and Kerry all have one player selected. In Division 2 Armagh dominate the selection as the champions claim 4 places on the selection including an amazing 7^th selection for their captain, Caroline O’Hanlon who has now been selected on the Team of the League every year since they were introduced in 2009. Sligo also have 4 players selected on the Division 3 Team of the League including Noelle Gormley who is selected at goalkeeper which is a big change from her selection at full forward in 2014. Offaly and Limerick dominate the Division 4 selection as the finalists account for 4 players each.

 

The TESCO/Irish Daily Star Manager of the Month award was also presented to James Daly who lead his Armagh team to victory in Division 2 of the National Football League against a previously undefeated Donegal side. The overall TESCO/Irish Daily Star Manager of the League award was presented, for the second year in a row, to Cork’s Eamonn Ryan. The great Rebellette manager has now lead Cork to a three in a row of TESCO National Football League titles and their 9^th since 2005. Eamonn and Cork will now be turning their attention to collecting a 10^th All Ireland title in 11 years and a 5^th in a row when they get their campaign underway against Kerry in the Munster Championship.

 

Speaking at the Announcement of the TESCO NFL Teams of the League LGFA President Marie Hickey said ‘We are delighted to announce the winners of the Teams of the League today. The 60 players represented on the 4 teams truly are a credit to themselves, their counties and their clubs. It is also great to honour players that perhaps would not earn individual honours later in the year. I want to congratulate all of the players and wish them all the very best of luck as the Summer and the Championship approaches.’

 

TESCO NFL Division 1 Team of the League

 

1. Linda Martin (Monaghan)
2. Marie Ambrose (Cork)
3. Emer Flaherty (Galway)
4. Bríd Stack (Cork)
5. Sinead Goldrick (Dublin)
6. Neamh Woods (Tyrone)
7. Sinead Finnegan (Dublin)
8. Ciara O’Sullivan (Cork)
9. Geraldine Conneally (Galway)
10. Barbara Hannon (Galway)
11. Cora Staunton (Mayo)
12. Annie Walsh (Cork)
13. Patrice Dennehy (Kerry)
14. Tracey Leonard (Galway)
15. Caoimhe Mohan (Monaghan)

 

TESCO NFL Division 2 Team of the League

 

1. Karen Walsh (Westmeath)
2. Mairead Tennyson (Armagh)
3. Aimee Giles (Westmeath)
4. Emer Gallagher (Donegal)
5. Emma Troy (Meath)
6. Niamh Lister (Meath)
7. Aisling Curley (Kildare)
8. Donna English (Cavan)
9. Caroline O’Hanlon (Armagh)
10. Lauren McConville (Armagh)
11. Aisling Doonan (Cavan)
12. Sarah Murray (Cavan)
13. Amber Barrett (Donegal)
14. Yvonne McMonagle (Donegal)
15. Aimee Mackin (Armagh)

 

TESCO NFL Division 3 Team of the League

 

1. Noelle Gormley (Sligo)
2. Megan Dunford (Waterford)
3. Gillian Dufficy (Roscommon)
4. Jacqui Mulligan (Sligo)
5. Shauna Hamilton (Fermanagh)
6. Sharon Kehoe (Wexford)
7. Áine Heslin (Leitrim)
8. Sinead McTiernan (Sligo)
9. Jenny Higgins (Roscommon)
10. Linda Wall (Waterford)
11. Gillian O’Brien (Tipperary)
12. Aileen Wall (Waterford)
13. Chantelle Martin (Wexford)
14. Katie Walsh (Sligo)
15. Áine Tighe (Leitrim)

 

TESCO NFL Division 4 Team of the League

 

1. Laura Devery (Offaly)
2. Janet Garvey (Limerick)
3. Catherine Bennett (Offaly)
4. Michelle Guinan (Offaly)
5. Lorna Fusciardi (Wicklow)
6. Sinead McLaughlin (Antrim)
7. Yvette Culhane (Limerick)
8. Niamh Richardson (Limerick)
9. Jackie Kinch (Wicklow)
10. Paula Murray (Louth)
11. Róisín Egan (Offaly)
12. Kym Furey (Offaly)
13. Dymphna O’Brien (Limerick)
14. Laura Hogan (Wicklow)
15. Catherine McCloskey (Derry)

 

TESCO/Irish Daily Star Manager of the Month – May

James Daly (Armagh)

 

TESCO/Irish Daily Star Manager of the League 2015

Eamonn Ryan (Cork)

 

Notes: Images from the TESCO Teams of the League presentations are available FOC from Sportsfile