Mayo footballer Cillian O’Connor has been awarded the The PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month - Semi-finals Award winners.
O’Connor is the highest scorer in football championship history bagged 4-9 as Mayo beat Tipperary to set up a Sam Maguire showdown with five in-a-row champions Dublin on December 19th.
Waterford hurler Stephen Bennett was awarded the hurling award, star for the Déise as they came from behind to beat Kilkenny and set up an All-Ireland final meeting with Limerick, scoring 1-10 in the semi-final.
The Player of the Month Semi Finals Award is a special award in 2020 to acknowledge the performances of some of the best talent in the GAA in what is a shorter than usual inter-county season.
“To win these awards for their All-Ireland semi-final displays and to be recognised by their fellow players is a testament to the outstanding contributions that Cillian and Stephen made to their teams. They are both hugely deserving winners of these PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month Awards” said GPA, Chief Executive Paul Flynn.
"On behalf of PwC, I would like to say a huge well done to both Stephen and Cillian on being named the winners of these PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month Awards” said Feargal O’Rourke, Managing Partner, PwC.
“Both are great team players and were able to display their individual skills in their tremendous performances at Croke Park recently. Both have All-Ireland finals to look forward to before Christmas and we wish them well on these big days” added O’Rourke.
The PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month Awards are voted for by the GPA’s membership.
