RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award explained

The RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award is given on an annual basis to the sporting team or partnership considered to have made the most substantive contribution to sport in that year.

List of winners

Year	Winner	Sport	Achievement
2004	Ireland Rugby Union	Rugby Union	Winners of the Triple Crown in the 2004 Six Nations Championship
2005	Tyrone Gaelic Football	Gaelic Football	Winners of the 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
2006	Munster Rugby	Rugby Union	Winners of the 2005–06 Heineken Cup
2007	Ireland Cricket	Cricket	Qualified for the Super 8 stages in their first ever World Cup
2008	Munster Rugby	Rugby Union	Winners of the Heineken Cup for the second time in three years
2009	Ireland Rugby Union	Rugby Union	Winners of the Six Nations Grand Slam for first time in sixty-one years
2010	Irish Amateur Boxing Team	Boxing	Winners of 5 medals at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships
2011	Leinster Rugby	Rugby Union	2008-09 & 2010-11 Heineken Cup Champions - Heineken Cup for the second time in three years
2012	Donegal Gaelic Football^[1]	Gaelic Football	Blew every opponent away using "The System" on their way to Championship glory
2013	Clare Hurling	Hurling	Emerged to win the 2013 All-Ireland after only winning one championship match over the previous four campaigns.
2014	Cork Ladies' Football	Ladies' Gaelic Football	Won their 9th All-Ireland title in 10 years.
2015	Dundalk F.C.	Association football	Won the double of League of Ireland and FAI Cup
2016	Gary O'Donovan and Paul O'Donovan	Rowing	Won the silver medal in the Men's lightweight double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics
2017	Irish show jumping team	Show jumping
2018	Ireland women's national field hockey team	Field hockey	Runners-up at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup
2019	Dublin Gaelic football team	Gaelic football	Record-breaking five successive All-Ireland Championships
2020	Limerick hurling team	Hurling	Winners of the 2020 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and the 2020 National Hurling League
2021	Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal	Cycling	Won the silver medal in the Women's individual pursuit at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
2022	Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy	Rowing	Won the gold medal in the 2022 World Rowing Championships Men's lighweight double sculls