Watch: Westmeath's Connolly kicks second '45 in a month

20 June 2023

Westmeath's Aoife Connolly. ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo.

Aoife Connolly is believed to be the first ladies footballer to score two ‘45s at inter-county level.

A month after scoring her first against Louth in the Leinster Intermediate Championship to become only the third LGFA player after Mayo's Niamh Kearns and Galway's Roisín Leonard to kick a two-point ’45 since the rule was introduced in 2020, the Garrycastle sharpshooter repeated the trick in Sunday’s All-Ireland Intermediate Championship victory over neighbours Longford at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park.

A little bit of history made in Pearse Park this afternoon as Aoife Connolly hit her second ‘45 of the 2023 season, earning Westmeath two points for the second time - the first player to do so? @WestmeathLadies @gaagarrycastle @LadiesFootball #ProperFan pic.twitter.com/5MjU83dj4T
— Leinster LGFA (@LeinsterLGFA) June 18, 2023