This man played a crucial part in the success of Slaughtneil at the weekend in their AIB GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Club Semi-Final win over St Vincents! Watch two of Chrissy McKaigue's superb points for the Derry side in our 'GAA Great Plays'
Slaughtneil’s Chrissy McKaigue has come out top in the public vote for this week’s GAA.ie Footballer of the Week.
The inspirational centre-back produced a Man of the Match performance in the Derry club’s AIB All-Ireland Club SFC Semi-Final victory over St. Vincent’s.
That feat helped him to 56 per cent of the vote's cast on the GAA's official Twitter (@officialgaa), Facebook, and Instagram pages and top the poll ahead of Tyrone’s Niall Sludden and Meath’s Cillian O’Sullivan.
GAA.ie Footballer of the Week
1: Chrissy McKaigue – 6,423 (56%)
2: Niall Sludden – 3,516 (31%)
3: Cillian O’Sullivan – 1,481 (13%)
GAA.ie Footballer of the Week Chrissy McKaigue.
The showdown between Slaughtneil centre-back **Chrissy McKaigue **and St Vincent’s centre-forward Diarmuid Connolly was billed as a pivotal one ahead of Saturday’s AIB All-Ireland Club SFC Semi-Final, but few would have predicted McKaigue would dominate it to the extent he did.
Not only did he limit Connolly to a single-point from play, he also bombed forward to support his attack at every opportunity and scored four superb points.
In a match of very tight margins, McKaigue’s heroism was the defining factor that swung the match in Slaughtneil’s favour.
Niall Sludden made light of the terrible weather conditions and suffocating Dublin defence to produce a man-of-the-match performance for Tyrone in Saturday night’s drawn Allianz Football League Division One clash at Croke Park.
Whenever the half-forward won possession his first instinct was to run straight at the Dublin defence who struggled to contain his direct and speedy attacking thrusts.
He never stopped working hard for the cause, and finished the game with three quality points to his name which was a fair achievement in a tight game where defences generally dominated.
Meath centre-forward Cillian O’Sullivan has started the season at 100mph for the Royals.
He was the one bright-spark in their dismal defeat to Kildare in Round 1, and was head and shoulders above everyone else on the field in Sunday’s impressive Allianz Football League Division 2, Round 2, victory over Derry.
He scored 2-2 from play and tortured the Derry defence throughout the match with his blistering pace, intelligent use of possession, and clinical finishing.
Players of the Week are decided based on votes cast by followers of @officialgaa on Twitter, on the Official GAA Facebook Page and on the Official GAA Instagram page
