Clare’s Lorna McNamara and Armagh’s Blaithin Mackin are the April winners of the PwC GPA Women’s Player of the Month awards for camogie and football, with Waterford forward Stephen Bennett and Down captain Odhran Murdock named the PwC GAA/GPA Hurler and Footballer of the month.

Full forward McNamara was the difference maker as Clare beat Dublin in the Centra Camogie League Division 1B Final. Her tally of 2-6 from Clare’s 3-11 total helped the Banner women exorcise the ghosts of last year’s loss to Antrim at the same stage. Mackin scored four points, including a superb two-pointer as Armagh opened their TG4 Ulster Senior Championship with a win against Donegal.

Down captain Odhran Murdock scored three points as the Mourne men beat a heavily fancied Donegal in the Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final, while Stephen Bennett scored a total of 4-22 against Clare and Tipperary in the opening rounds of the Munster Hurling Championship. His 1-10 tally against Tipperary helped secure the draw that keeps Waterford’s hopes alive heading into this weekend’s game against Cork.