RTÉ Sport have announced the shortlist for the RTÉ Sports Person of the Year Award, the RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award and the RTÉ Sports Manager of the Year Award.
The winners will be revealed and presented with their awards at The RTÉ Sports Awards in association with The Irish Sports Council which will be broadcast live on RTÉ One, Sunday 23 December at 9.30pm.
Presented by Darragh Maloney, the live show will review what was a momentous year for Irish athletes and teams, and look back on the dramatic and memorable sporting moments of 2012.
The RTÉ Sports Person of the Year shortlist features the following ten nominees:
Rory McIlroy :lol:
Mark Rohan
Karl Lacey
Rob Kearney :lol:
Katie Taylor
Jason Smyth
Henry Shefflin
Michael McKillop
Joseph O’Brien
Fionnuala Britton
Celebrating the collaborative achievements of Irish athletes, the RTÉ Sports Team of the Year shortlist features:
Leinster Rugby :lol:
Donegal Footballers
Cork Ladies Footballers
Irish Paralympic team
Sligo Rovers :lol:
Kilkenny hurlers
Wexford Camogie
Irish Olympic Boxing Team
Irish Women’s Cross Country Team.
In recognition of the huge effort behind the scenes and on the sidelines, the RTÉ Sports Manager of the Year award features the following seven nominees:
Brian Cody
JJ Doyle,
Billy Walsh
Mick Cooke :lol:
Joe Schmidt :lol:
Jim McGuinness
Eamonn Ryan.
The awards ceremony will also see the honour of the RTÉ/Irish Sports Council’s Hall of Fame Award presented to a very special Irish sporting legend.
I know Joey O’Brien has done well to gain a regular starting place with a team in the top half of the Barclays Premier League™, but he hardly deserves a place in the shortlist for Sports Personality of The Year, does he?
Katie Taylor will almost certainly win this, despite the fact that there are probably only a few dozen women in the world who actually particpate in boxing. Seems odd that Nevin, Barnes and Conlon aren’t nominated.
