RTÉ Sport Journalist
All-Ireland champions Kilkenny dominate the 2020 camogie All-Stars, with half a dozen players named on the team, with Denise Gaule taking home the Players Player of the Year award.
As well as half a dozen Cats, semi-finalists Cork and Tipperary provide three players with All-Ireland finalists Galway picking up two awards, and Waterford’s Niamh Rockett taking the final spot.
The Camogie Association/WGPA Senior Players’ Player of the Year award went to Kilkenny’s Denise Gaule for her memorable season, particularly her match-winning penalty against Galway in the All-Ireland Final.
The 2020 Camogie Association/WGPA Senior Players Player of the Year, @KilkennyCamogie star @Gaulers91pic.twitter.com/da07Yyuq5C
The lads drove it into us that we re good enough
December 14, 2020
by Daragh Ó Conchúir
Denise Gaule and Anne Dalton both described it as surreal, and though they were most likely were talking about celebrating among themselves, without family, friends and supporters, you wondered if the scars of so many Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Final defeats had caused them to wonder if they would ever get over the line again.
The manner of the performance spoke of unshakeable faith however, bolstered without doubt by the defeat of Cork in the Semi-Final having fallen 1-3 behind inside 10 minutes. That was an all-or-nothing, backs-to-the-wall examination for a new Kilkenny and they passed with flying colours, emerging emboldened and ready to dethrone Galway.
Kilkenny players celebrate following the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final win over Galway at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
Galway hit Kilkenny with three first half goals in last year’s final and there was no comeback from it. This time they only conceded one, a well-worked first half finish involving the McGrath sisters from Sarsfields, Siobhan setting up Orlaith who went round Aoife Norris and finished to the net at the Hill 16 end.
The goal was a severe insult to Kilkenny’s defensive effort up to then. Aside from Phelan, Michelle Teehan had made a series of alert interventions, and Grace Walsh was often seen helping out and relieving pressure. They harried and hassled Galway and closed up the spaces around goal.
Meet the Kilkenny players chasing camogie All-Ireland glory
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The Kilkenny senior camogie team will be chasing the county s 14th All-Ireland title when they take on Galway in Saturday s final );
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Saturday promises to be a big day for the Kilkenny senior camogie team as they chase All-Ireland glory.
The Cats will take on defending champions Galway in the race for the O Duffy Cup. Although the coronavirus means supporters can t attend the game, the action from Croke Park will be broadcast live on RTÉ 2 (throw-in 7pm).
Here are the players who will be bidding to win the county s 14th senior title: