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Cillian O'Connor voted GAA.ie Footballer of the Week

Cillian O Connor

Cillian O Connor

Mayo’s Cillian O’Connor has been voted GAA.ie Footballer of the Week.

O’Connor earned a whopping 6495 votes on the GAA’s Official Twitter (@officialgaa), Facebook, and Instagram pages with Cork’s Sean Powter in second and Galway’s Johnny Heaney third.


GAA.ie Footballer of the Week

1: Cillian O'Connor - 6495 votes (50 per cent)

2: Sean Powter - 3680 votes (28 per cent)

3: Johnny Heaney – 2815 votes (22 per cent)


Cillian O’Connor is putting together a very impressive body of work this Championship summer and he produced another top-class performance for Mayo against Cork on Sunday.

On a day when the Connacht side badly needed cool heads, O’Connor’s unflappable demeanour and metronomic accuracy in front of the posts was vital.

He scored 11 of his team’s 27 points, an impressive six of them from play, and there’s no way Mayo would have survived a big scare without him.

There won’t be many goals scored this summer as spectacular as the one Cork's Sean Powter drove to the back of the Mayo net on Saturday.

He started the move with a delightful one-two then raced past three would-be tacklers before firing the ball low and hard past David Clarke for a brilliant finish.

The flying wing-forward looks like a real talent and troubled the Mayo defence all day with his willingness to run at them.

Johnny Heaney was subbed off at half-time in Galway’s Connacht SFC Final against Roscommon two weeks ago but he proved class is permanent with a game-breaking performance in Saturday’s round 4A Qualifier victory over Donegal.

He scored 2-2 from play and his two first-half goals effectively settled the contest in Galway’s favour.

Being in the right place at the right time is an underappreciated skill every forward must possess, and Heaney showed great predatory instincts to palm the ball to the back of the net twice from close range.


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.