2012 Leinster Senior Football Championship

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The 2012 Leinster Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Leinster GAA. It was won by Dublin who defeated Meath in the final. [1] The winning Dublin team received the Delaney Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. They limply exited in the semi-final after defeat to All-Ireland final losers Mayo. [2] [3] [4]

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Meath entered the All-Ireland Qualifiers but lost their next game, to Laois. [5]

Bracket

Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Westmeath 0-14
Louth 2-9 Louth 0-12
Dublin 2-22
Dublin 2-11
Longford 1-10 Wexford 1-10
Laois 0-12 Longford 0-15
Wexford 1-13
Dublin 2-13
Meath 0-16 Meath 1-13
Wicklow 0-11 Meath 2-21
Carlow 1-9
Meath 1-17
Kildare 1-11
Offaly 0-6
Kildare 0-19

Preliminary round

Preliminary Round
Westmeath 0-14 - 2-9 Louth
J Heslin (2f) 0-5, P Sharry (1 '45') 0-2, K Martin, G Egan, D McDermott, David Glennon, C McCormack, P Bannon, J Dolan 0-1 each Report R Carroll 1-2, D O'Connor 1-0, D Clarke (1f) 0-3, D Crilly 0-2, R Finnegan, J Carr 0-1 each
Pairc Tailteann, Navan
Attendance: 4,500 (estimated)
Referee: M Higgins (Fermanagh)
Preliminary Round
Longford 1-10 - 0-12 Laois
P Barden 1-2, S McCormack 0-4 (2f), B Kavanagh 0-2, D Barden, M Quinn 0-1 each. Report G Walsh 0-4 (2f, 1 45), R Munnelly (1f), D Strong 0-2 each, C Begley, K Meaney, C Boyle, C Kelly (f) 0-1 each
Pearse Park, Longford
Attendance: 5,587
Referee: M Duffy (Sligo)
Preliminary Round
Meath 0-16 - 0-11 Wicklow
G Reilly 0-5, B Farrell 0-4, J Sheridan, J Queeney 0-2 each, A Forde, C Ward (1f), M Collins 0-1 each Report T Hannon 0-6 (4f 2 '45'), J McGrath 0-3, S Furlong (f), S Byrne 0-1 each
Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
Attendance: 7,350
Referee: P Hughes (Armagh)

Quarter-finals

3 June 2012
2:00pm
Quarter Final		 Wexford 0-15 - 2-9 Longford Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 31,570
Referee: M Collins (Cork)
Man of the Match: Adrian Flynn (Gusserane O'Rahillys)
Adrian Flynn 0-5, Ben Brosnan (0-3f) and Ciaran Lyng (0-1f), 0-3 each, Redmond Barry 0-2, Rob Tierney and Eric Bradley 0-1 each Report Paul Barden 2-0 (1-0 pen), Brian Kavanagh and Sean McCormack (0-3f) 0-4 each, Niall Mulligan 0-1
3 June 2012
4:00pm
Quarter Final		 Dublin 2-22 - 0-12 Louth Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 31,570
Referee: E Kinsella (Laois)
Man of the Match: Bernard Brogan (St. OP/ER)
Bernard Brogan 2-5 (0-1f), Kevin McManamon and Diamuid Connolly 0-3 each, Stephen Cluxton (2 '45), Paul Flynn, Bryan Cullen, Alan Brogan, Craig Dias 0-2 each, Denis Bastick 0-1. Report Darren Clarke 0-8 (0-7f, 0-1 sl), Ray Finnegan, Ronan Carroll, Adrian Reid, JP Rooney 0-1 each
10 June 2012
4:00pm
Quarter Final Replay		 Longford 0-15 - 1-13 Wexford O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Attendance: 10,171
Referee: C Lane (Cork)
S McCormack 0-6 (4f), P Barden 0-4, B Kavanagh 0-2, M Quinn, S Mulligan, P Kelly 0-1 each Report S Roche 0-5 (2f), R Barry 1-2, B Brosnan 0-4 (2f), A Flynn, PJ Banville 0-1 each
10 June 2012
2:00pm
Quarter Final		 Carlow 1-12 - 1-12 Meath O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Attendance: 10,171
Referee: B Cassidy (Derry)
JJ Smith 1-5 (4f), Brian Murphy 0-3 (2f), Brendan Murphy, D Foley, P Reid, D St Ledger (f) 0-1 each Report C Ward 1-3 (2f), B Farrell 0-4, G Reilly 0-3, D Tobin, M Burke 0-1 each
16 June 2012
7:00pm
Quarter Final Replay		 Meath 2-21 - 1-9 Carlow O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Attendance: 5,070
Referee: D Fahy (Longford)
Brian Farrell 0-8, P Byrne 2-0, Graham Reilly 0-4, A Forde, D Carroll, J Queeney 0-2 each, B Menton, C Gillespie, C Ward 0-1 each Report JJ Smith 0-5, K Jackson 1-0 , K Nolan, Brendan Murphy, D Foley, Brian Murphy 0-1 each
17 June 2012
4:00pm
Quarter Final		 Offaly 0-6 - 0-19 Kildare O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Attendance: 16,178
Referee: P O'Sullivan (Kerry)
K Casey 0-3 (1f), A McNamee, A Sullivan, N Smith 0-1 each Report M Conway 0-5 (4f, 1 '45'), J Doyle 0-4, O Lyons 0-3, E O'Flaherty 0-2, R Kelly, P O’Neill, J Kavanagh, A Smith, Padraig Fogarty 0-1 each

Semi-finals

1 July 2012
2:00pm
Semi Final		 Meath 1-17 - 1-11 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 47,961
Referee: M Collins (Cork)
Man of the Match: Conor Gillespie (Summerhill)
Brian Farrell 0-6 (4f), Peadar Byrne 1-0, Graham Reilly and Joe Sheridan (1 '45) 0-3 each, Jamie Queeney 0-2, Damien Carroll, Alan Forde, Stephen Bray 0-1 each Report Mikey Conway 1-1 (0-1f), Alan Smith and Eoghan O'Flaherty (0-2f, 1 '45) 0-3 each, Emmet Bolton, John Doyle, James Kavanagh, Tomas O'Connor 0-1 each;
1 July 2012
4:00pm
Semi Final		 Dublin 2-11 - 1-10 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 47,961
Referee: R Hickey (Clare)
Man of the Match: Kevin McManamon (St. Judes)
Kevin McManamon 1-3, Diarmuid Connolly 1-1, Kevin Nolan and Bryan Cullen 0-2 each, Stephen Cluxton (0-1f), Alan Brogan, Bernard Brogan (0-1f) 0-1 each Report Redmond Barry 1-1, Ben Brosnan 0-4, Adrian Flynn and Shane Roche (0-2f) 0-2 each, PJ Banville 0-1

Final

Final
Dublin 2-13 - 1-13 Meath
B Brogan (4f) 1-7 , D Bastick 1-0, A Brogan, E O’Gara 0-2 each, K McManamon, J McCarthy 0-1 each Report B Farrell (6f) 0-7 , J Queeney 1-0, G Reilly 0-3, S Bray, J Sheridan (‘45’), D Tobin 0-1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 69, 656
Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)

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