Galbally Rugby star Brendan Childs was named Munster Junior player of the year after the province beat Connacht recently in their final match of the Interprovincial junior competition.
It capped a memorable year for the 28 year-old Galbally captain who said winning the prestigious award was due to a lot of hard work.
“I got a taste of things with Munster last year when I featured in three interprovincial games, coming off the bench, but I wanted more. I wanted a starting jersey, so I put in a lot of hard work and I was rewarded for that,” said Brendan.
The Galbally native played Gaelic football with Galtee Gaels up until U21 grade but then decided to commit to rugby under the stewardship of Niall McNamara and Eddie Fraher.
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