Wexford Youths midfielder Aisling Frawley has been named the Continental Tyres Women’s National League Player of the Month for July.
The 20-year old is currently in Taipei with the Team Ireland squad at the World University Games and she was told the news ahead of their first game against Mexico on Friday.
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Frawley has been instrumental in Youths’ solid form throughout the month of July where they claimed wins over UCD Waves, Cork City WFC and Kilkenny United, and picked up a valuable point at Peamount United in a 2-2 draw.
“It’s a great honour to be named the Continental Tyres Women’s National League Player of the Month, I’m absolutely delighted,” said Frawley.
“I think it shows how well the team have done during the month of July and the great season we’re currently having. It’s great to be top of the league but we’ve got to keep going now as we get into the business end of it.
“We’re going to be playing a lot of the top teams from now until the end of the season so it is going to be tough but we’ve played really well against the top teams so far this season, which showed in the win over UCD Waves.”
Frawley is one of four Wexford Youths’ players in the World University Games squad with Claire O’Riordan, Aoibhin Webb and Rianna Jarrett, who was called up as a late replacement a day before the squad departed for the games.
Team Ireland face Mexico and Canada in a three-team group with 18 out of the 20-player squad from Continental Tyres Women’s National League teams.
“It’s been a great experience so far and I’m really enjoying it. It’s a great group of players with plenty of experience and we can be confident.”
“It’s also great to have the Women’s National Team manager Colin Bell here with us so we get to work with him and he gets to see us which is great exposure for the group.
Continental Tyres have been sponsors of the Women’s National League and the Women’s game here since adding Ireland to the partnerships they have with the German and English FA’s in 2014.
