2015 Dr McKenna Cup

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2015 Dr McKenna Cup
Tournament details
ProvinceUlster
Year2015
Trophy Dr. McKenna Cup
Sponsor Bank of Ireland
Teams12
Winners
Champions Tyrone (13th win)
Manager Mickey Harte
Captain Seán Cavanagh
Runners-up
Runners-up Cavan
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The 2015 Dr McKenna Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup, was an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in the province of Ulster. As well as the nine county teams, three colleges' teams competed: St Mary's University College, Belfast, Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University. [1] [2] The final was broadcast live on BBC Sport NI.

Contents

Format

The teams are drawn into three groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The three group winners, and the best runner-up progress to the semi-finals.

Results

Final

Tyrone 1-13 – 0-10 Cavan
Kyle Coney 0-5 (2f); Niall Morgan (3f), Paddy McNeice 0-3 each; Plunkett Kane 1-0; Sean Cavanagh, Niall McKenna, Mark Donnelly, Ciaran McGinley 0-1 each Report Martin Dunne 0-4 (2f); Eugene Keating, Cian Mackey 0-3 each; David Givney 0-1
Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)

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References

  1. "Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup 2015". ulster.gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014.
  2. "GAA | Latest Gaelic Games News, Results & Fixtures | RTÉ Sport". RTE.ie.