FOOTBALL: 2021 SportsDaz Team of the Year – Day 3 Results

Day Three of the 2021 SportsDaz Football Team of the Year continues to throw up some big results as the remaining 72 contenders were reduced to 52. (Day 3 Poll Toppers (l-r) – Ciara Brown, Orla Corr and Aoibhín Cleary)

The midfielders began their campaign as the 16 nominees were cut to 8; while it was semi-finals day for the defenders with the 24 starters now down to 12 remaining.

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Antrim’s Ciara Brown topped the poll in the midfield category with (55.1%) followed by Sligo’s Sarah Reynolds (48.9%) and Meath’s Orlagh Lally (46.2%).

Meath have two midfielders into the semi-finals; while Antrim, Clare, Dublin, Kildare, Limerick and Sligo are also represented.

Among the shock eliminations were Dublin’s Lauren Magee, Armagh’s Caroline O’Hanlon, Cork’s Hannah Looney and Mayo’s Sinead Cafferky.

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Antrim’s Orla Corr topped the poll in the defenders category with 55.5%, ahead of Meath’s Aoibhin Cleary (51.4%) and Sligo’s Lauren Boles (47.6%).

Meath came top with five qualifiers reaching the final; ahead of Derry who saw two advance.

Antrim, Limerick, Roscommon, Sligo and Wexford will also be represented in the decider.

Among the shock eliminations wer Cork’s Melissa Duggan, Meath’s Katie Newe, Dublin’s Martha Byrne and Galway’s Nicola Ward.

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The midfielders are back in action again on Thursday (today) on twitter with the semi-finals reducing the eight qualifiers to four.

For the defenders, 12 have reached the final and will battle for the six team slots on Friday (15th October).

As well as the midfielders, keep an eye out on twitter on Thursday as we’ve semi-finals for the goalkeepers (8 become 4) and the forwards semi-finals (24 become 12).

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Midfield – Quarter-Final Qualifiers

Ciara Brown – Antrim (55.1%), Sarah Reynolds – Sligo (48.9%), Orlagh Lally – Meath (46.2%), Máire O’Shaughnessy – Meath (41.3%), Erica Burke – Kildare (30.6%), Roisin Ambrose – Limerick (28.5%), Chloe Moloney – Clare (19.4%), Jennifer Dunne – Dublin (19.0%)

Midfield – Eliminated

Caroline O’Hanlon – Armagh (18.6%), Lauren Magee – Dublin (18.4%), Fiona Dooley – Laois (16.2%), Hannah Looney – Cork (16.0%), Katy Herron – Donegal (14.1%), Jane Moore – Laois (12.4%), Sinead Cafferky – Mayo (10.8%), Roisin O’Reilly – Fermanagh (4.7%)

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Defence – Semi-Final Qualifiers

Orla Corr – Antrim (55.5%), Aoibhin Cleary – Meath (51.4%), Lauren Boles – Sligo (47.6%), Mary Kate Lynch – Meath (47.2%), Emma Troy – Meath (38.3%), Aisling Halligan – Wexford (33.5%), Anna Frizelle – Derry (32.6%), Joanne Cregg – Roscommon (30.1%), Grace Conway – Derry (29.7%), Aoibheann Leahy – Meath (29.3%), Shauna Ennis – Meath (21.2%), Meadhbh McNamara – Limerick (21.2%)

Defence – Eliminated

Melissa Duggan – Cork (20.2%), Nuala Browne – Derry (19.1%), Leah Caffrey – Dublin (18.9%), Nicola Ward – Galway (18.2%), Katie Newe – Meath (16.2%), Sinead McGettigan – Wicklow (16.0%), Niamh Spellman – Westmeath (14.8%), Erika O’Shea – Cork (11.2%), Clara Donnelly – Wexford (10.8%), Martha Byrne – Dublin (7.1%), Roisin Phelan – Cork (7.1%), Eimear Meaney – Cork (2.9%).

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