Spirit Of Rugby Awards
23rd March 2023 By The Editor
Sundays Well volunteer Jerry Hall receives his award from IRFU Committee Member Gerry Casey and IRFU President John Robinson.
61 rugby volunteers will be certified as valued volunteers for the 2022/23 season as part of the IRFU Spirit Of Rugby Volunteer Awards.
The awards are a new initiative to honour rugby volunteers and the values they uphold across the four provinces. Clubs and schools were invited to recognise one volunteer, subject to appropriate safeguarding and vetting criteria.
Those chosen volunteers will now receive a unique certificate signed by IRFU Chief Executive Kevin Potts to honour their value to Irish Rugby.
A volunteer from each province was also selected for special recognition by their branch at an official ceremony at the Aviva Stadium. Patricia Parfrey (Leinster) and Anne Scott (Ulster) were presented with an award at the pre-match lunch of Saturday’s game between Ireland and England. John Carr (Connacht) and Jerry Hurley (Munster) received their awards at the Ireland v France game in February.
The full list of Munster’s IRFU Spirit Of Rugby Volunteer Awards winners are below.
Munster Clubs & Schools
Robert Keane (Ballincollig); Geraldine Hicks (Bantry Bay); Brian Fitzgerald (Cork Constitution); Noel Hickey (Dolphin); Harry Love (Dunmanway); Luke Ryan (Ennis); Ger Moynihan (Killarney); Tracy McCarthy (Midleton); Liam O’Connor (Newcastle West); Michael Madden (Scariff); Jacinta Veale (Skibbereen); Jerry Hurley (Sundays Well); Colm Kerly (Thomond); Shane O’Sullivan (Tralee); Derek Rowlands (UL Bohemian); Damien Franks (Villiers School).
