2012 O'Byrne Cup

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2012 O'Byrne Cup
Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year2012
Trophy O'Byrne Cup
Winners
Champions DCU
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The 2012 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level. The winners of the 2011 O'Byrne Cup were Kildare. The O'Byrne Cup began on 8 January 2012. Prior to the start of the competition, Kilkenny announced that they would not be participating in the competition this year. [1]

Contents

O'Byrne Cup

First round
8 January 2012
Quarter-finals
15 January 2012
Semi-finals
22 January 2012
Final
29 January 2012
Meath 1-13
Wexford 1-10 Meath 0-11
Louth 0-05
Meath 0-06
Wicklow 1-14 D.C.U. 2-08
D.C.U. 0-18 D.C.U. 2-11
Longford 0-13 Longford 0-12
Athlone I.T. 1-09 D.C.U. 3-07
Kildare 2-11 Kildare 1-12
D.I.T. 0-09 Kildare 0-17
Offaly 3-06 Offaly 0-04
Westmeath 0-07 Kildare 1-11
Carlow 0-10 Dublin 0-08
Dublin 0-17 Dublin 4-14
Laois 0-11 U.C.D. 0-12
U.C.D. 0-15

First round

The first round winners Meath, DCU, Longford, Kildare, Offaly, Dublin and UCD went on to qualify for the quarter-finals of the tournament. The losers of the first round went on to the O'Byrne Shield quarter finals. All the first round matches took place on 8 January 2012. [2]

Meath 1-13 - 1-10 Wexford
Wicklow 1-14 - 0-18 D.C.U.
Longford 0-13 - 1-09Athlone I.T.
Kildare 2-11 - 0-09 D.I.T.
Offaly 3-06 - 0-07 Westmeath
Carlow 0-10 - 0-17 Dublin
Laois 0-11 - 0-15 U.C.D.

Quarter-finals

Meath 0-11 - 0-05 Louth
D.C.U. 2-11 - 0-12 Longford
Kildare 0-17 - 0-4 Offaly
Dublin 4-14 - 0-12 U.C.D.

Semi-finals

Meath 0-06 - 2-08 D.C.U.
Kildare 1-11 - 0-08 Dublin

Final

The final of the O'Byrne Cup was originally supposed to take place on 29 January 2012. However, due to the venue (St Conleth's Park) being waterlogged, it was postponed. The new date was Friday 17 February in Portlaoise. [3]

D.C.U. 3-07 - 1-12 Kildare
D. Rock (2-3), P. McMahon (1-0), R. Hennelly, P. Flynn, C. Cregg, A. McFadden (0-1 each) Report E. Callaghan (1-1), C. McDonnell (0-3), D. Lawlor, S. Hanafin (0-2 each), S. Bergin, H. McGrillen, A. Smith, K. Donnelly (0-1 each)

O'Byrne Shield

The O'Byrne Shield consists of the 7 losing teams from the first round of the O'Byrne Cup.

Quarter-finals
15 January 2012
Semi-finals
22 January 2012
Final
29 January 2012
Wexford 1-15
Wicklow 1-12 Wicklow 0-17
Athlone I.T. 1-09 Wexford 1-06
D.I.T.0-16 Laois 1-15
Westmeath 0-13 D.I.T. 0-07
Carlow 1-07 Laois 0-15
Laois 1-14

Quarter-finals

Wicklow 1-12 - 1-09Athlone I.T.
D.I.T. 0-16 - 0-13 Westmeath
Carlow 1-14 - 1-07 Laois

Semi-finals

Wexford 1-15 - 0-17 Wicklow
D.I.T. 0-07 - 0-15 Laois

Final

Wexford 1-06 - 1-15 Laois
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References

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