Ah You voted Player of the Month & approaches 100th cap
\n20th May 2015<\/p>\n
As he approaches his 100th appearance for Connacht Rugby, tighthead prop Rodney Ah You has been named the Player of the Month for April in association with Hartmanns Jewellers and Seiko Watches.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old, who was last year capped for Ireland against Argentina and then subsequently in the November games against Georgia and South Africa, was selected as one of three nominees by the management team for his consistent performances on the pitch and his hard work and commitment off it. He was then applauded across social media where he won the majority of the votes from the Connacht Rugby supporters.<\/p>\n
The New Zealander who joined Connacht in 2010 from Canterbury (NPC) is due to join the elite group of Connacht centurions when he lines out in Sunday\u2019s Champions Cup play-off game away to Gloucester. He has featured in the front row in 26 of the 29 games played so far this season.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the award winner, assistant coach Dan McFarland said:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s fitting that Rodney will win his 100th cap as he is celebrated as \u2018Player of the Month\u2019. He has demonstrated over the last few months what a destructive scrummager he can be, whilst adding a consistency to his game that has been missing in the past. I\u2019m just glad I retired before I ever had to lock horns with him!\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard Hartmann, Director of Hartmann Jewellers added:<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone at Hartmanns is delighted to present Rodney with his first Player of the Month award. He has become a regular starter in the number 3 shirt and has worked extremely hard for Connacht. There\u2019s nothing better for supporters than seeing Rodney put in one of his monster hits on the opposition causing, at times, a big momentum shift in the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019d also like to congratulate him on achieving his 100th cap for Connacht. Rodney and his young family have made Galway and Connacht their home and it\u2019s an important milestone that he should be very proud of reaching.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hartmanns of Galway are the leading store in the west of Ireland stocking a huge array of the world\u2019s top watch and Jewellery brands. They have been long-time supporters of Connacht Rugby.<\/p>\n
Beyond this array of Premier Designers and watch brands you will find the largest collection of diamond engagement and wedding rings which their team will be delighted to present to you in the comfort of private viewing rooms. Find out more on www.hartmanns.ie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ah You voted Player of the Month & approaches 100th cap 20th May 2015 As he approaches his 100th appearance for Connacht Rugby, tighthead prop Rodney Ah You has been named the Player of the Month for April in association with Hartmanns Jewellers and Seiko Watches. The 26-year-old, who was last year capped for Ireland […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1836],"tags":[394,614,34,165,393,395],"class_list":["post-6326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","tag-ah","tag-month","tag-of","tag-player","tag-rodney","tag-you"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6328,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6326\/revisions\/6328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}