GALWAY star Nicola Ward was named as the 2024 TG4 Senior Players’ Player of the Year at the annual TG4 All Star banquet, in association with Lidl, at The Bonnington Dublin Hotel on Saturday night.
The coveted individual accolade capped a memorable night for the 28-year-old Kilkerrin-Clonberne player, who also collected a second TG4 All-Star award, to add to her previous success in 2019.
Ward enjoyed a superb season in Galway colours, driving her team forward from defence and earning the Player of the Match award for her All-Ireland quarter-final display against Dublin at Parnell Park, when the Tribeswomen knocked out the then defending champions.
Galway then saw off the challenge of Cork to reach the TG4 All-Ireland Final, where they lost out to Kerry. Ward held off stiff competition from Kerry’s Kayleigh Cronin and Armagh’s Lauren McConville to win the Senior Players’ Player of the Year award, which was voted for by fellow inter-county players.
Nicola joined Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly for a chat on the QFinancial.ie Sunday Sports Show.
Also honoured for Galway were Kate Geraghty (Tuam/Cortoon), Ailbhe Davoren (Maigh Cuilinn & Kilmacud Crokes) and Olivia Divilly (Kilkerrin/Clonberne). All three were All-Stars for the first time.
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