{"id":491778,"date":"2026-06-10T03:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/491778\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T03:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:11:11","slug":"ireland-star-sweeps-up-3-leinster-awards-at-end-of-season-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/491778\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland star sweeps up 3 Leinster awards at end of season ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leinster have announced their men\u2019s and women\u2019s players of the season, and men\u2019s and women\u2019s young players of the season at their annual awards ball ahead of next week\u2019s URC Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p>The event, hosted by MC Joe Molloy, celebrated the best of domestic and professional rugby over the 2025\/26 season.<\/p>\n<p>It was also an opportunity to say farewell to departing players and staff and to acknowledge the significant contributions of those pursuing excellence in the club and schools\u2019 game across the province.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3221787.jpg\" alt=\"leinster\" class=\"wp-image-1779817\"  \/>Maggie Boylan. Pic: Shauna Clinton\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p>Tommy O\u2019Brien and Maggie Boylan picked up the Bank of Ireland Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Player of the Year awards, respectively, at the awards on Tuesday night, after stellar seasons from both players for their respective teams.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2025\/11\/20\/the-lineout\/tommy-obrien-autumn-internationals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">O\u2019Brien<\/a> also scooped up the Nissan Supporters Player of the Year award as well as the Optimum Nutrition Tackle of the Year for his tackle in Leinster\u2019s Investec Champions Cup semi-final clash with Toulon.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tommy O&#8217;Brien vs Toulon \u2604\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eO9NYCB7Pw\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/eO9NYCB7Pw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leinster Rugby (@leinsterrugby) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/leinsterrugby\/status\/2056749424290787828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">May 19, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Cl\u00edodhna N\u00ed Chonchobhair was named the BearingPoint Ireland Women\u2019s Young Player of the Year while Paddy McCarthy won the Laya Healthcare Men\u2019s Young Player of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3482119.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1779818\"  \/>Tommy O\u2019Brien is presented with the Windsor Motors Supporters Player of the Year by Windsor marketing manager James O\u2019Connor and Leinster Rugby President Moira Flahive. Pic: Brendan Moran\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p>The Irish Times Try of the Year was awarded to Vicky Elmes Kinlan\u2019s after her stunning solo effort against Munster in last August\u2019s Women\u2019s Interprovincial Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the night, former British and Irish Lion Hugo MacNeill was inducted into the Guinness Hall of Fame for an outstanding career which saw him play for Leinster, Ireland, the Lions and the Barbarians as well as London Irish, Trinity College Dublin and Oxford University.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch O\u2019Brien\u2019s Optimum Nutrition Tackle of the Year and Vicky Elmes Kinlan\u2019s Irish Times Try of the Year below.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Like or share to vote for Vicky Elmes Kinlan vs Munster as your Try of the Year\u26a1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MnMOahUHyL\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/MnMOahUHyL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leinster Rugby (@leinsterrugby) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/leinsterrugby\/status\/2059637158474838329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">May 27, 2026<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leinster have announced their men\u2019s and women\u2019s players of the season, and men\u2019s and women\u2019s young players of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-491778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}