2016 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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2016 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
All Ireland Champions
Winners Kerry (17th win)
CaptainPaul O'Donoghue
ManagerStephen Wallace
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Mayo
CaptainAndrew Farrell
ManagerSeán McLoughlin
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Wexford
UlsterNot Played
Connacht Mayo
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The 2016 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 86th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

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Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions. [1]

The All-Ireland final was played on 6 August 2016 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Kerry and Mayo, in what was their fourth ever meeting in the final and a second successive meeting. Kerry won the match by 2–18 to 2–11 to claim their 17th championship title overall and a second consecutive title. [2]

Results

Munster Junior Football Championship

29 June 2016 [3] Final Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 0–14 - 0–13 Colours of Cork.svg Cork Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Referee: D. Grogan (Tipperary)

Leinster Junior Football Championship

21 June 2016 [4] [5] Final Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 2–12 - 0–09 Colours of Louth.svg Louth St Brigid's Park, Dundalk
Ryan 2-2, Sinnott 0-6 (2f), Harney 0-3, I. Carty 0-1Maguire 0-3, Lafferty 0-2 (2f), Carroll, Hand (1f), Corcoran, O'Connell 0-1 eachReferee: P. Maguire (Longford)
GK1Philip Murphy (Bannow–Ballymitty)
RCB2Páraic O'Keeffe (St Anne's) (c)
FB3Jason Barron (St James')
LCB4Johnny Connors (Adamstown)
RHB5Robbie Vallejo (Geraldine O'Hanrahans)
CHB6Shane Doyle (Ballyhogue)
LHB7Paul Curtis (Clongeen)
MF8Niall Hughes (Kilanerin)
MF9Eoin Roche (Sarsfields)
RHF10Jake Firman (St Martin's)
CHF11Glen Malone (Shelmaliers)
LHF12Niall Harney (Bannow–Ballymitty)
RCF13Conor Sinnott (St Fintan's)
FF14Seán Ryan (Gusserane O'Rahilly's)
LCF15Ian Carty (Taghmon–Camross)
Substitutes:
16Jamie Carty (St Martin's) for Roche
17Tom Byrne (Kilmore) for Hughes
18James Stafford (Glynn–Barntown) for Malone
19Shane Byrne (Ballyhogue) for I. Carty
20Graham Carty (St Mary's, Maudlintown) for Harney
21Tony Smith (Shelmaliers) for Sinnott

Manager:
David Power
GK1Kevin Brennan (Seán O'Mahony's)
RCB2Ciarán Ward (St Colmcille's, Meath)
FB3David Finn (Hunterstown Rovers)
LCB4Hugh Osborne (Naomh Fionnbarra)
RHB5Conall Hoey (Geraldines)
CHB6Robbie Curran (Clan na Gael)
LHB7Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers)
MF8Tony McKenna (Hunterstown Rovers)
MF9Daniel O'Connell (Roche Emmets)
RHF10Darragh Hamill (Geraldines)
CHF11Seán Hand (Kilkerley Emmets)
LHF12Dean Maguire (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCF13Tadhg McEneaney (Kilkerley Emmets)
FF14Darragh Lafferty (St Patrick's)
LCF15Cathal Bellew (Kilkerley Emmets)
Substitutes:
16 Ronan Carroll (St Mary's) for Hamill
17Patrick Kirk (St Patrick's) for Curran
18Conor Branigan (Newtown Blues) for McEneaney
19Matt Corcoran (Geraldines) for McKenna
20Ciarán Bellew (Kilkerley Emmets) for Sharkey
21John Clutterbuck (Naomh Máirtín) for Hoey

Manager:
Colin Kelly

Connacht Junior Football Championship

22 May 2016 [6] Final Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 1–11 - 0–12 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-On-Shannon
Referee: B. Judge (Sligo)

All-Ireland Semi-Finals

23 July 2016 [7] Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 2–10 - 0–10 Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Referee: B. Tiernan (Dublin)
23 July 2016 [8] Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 4–17 - 3–10 Colours of Antrim.svg Lancashire Old Bedians, Manchester
Referee: N. McKenna (Monaghan)

All-Ireland Final

6 August 2016 [9] Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 2–18 - 2–11 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Croke Park, Dublin
N. O'Shea 2-0, M.S. Ó'Conchúir 0-5 (2f), K. Hurley, D. Foran, P. O'Donoghue (1'45)(1f) 0-3 each, J. Foley, A. Barry, A. Spillane, D. Roche 0-1 eachD. Coen 0-5 (4f), C. Keane 0-4, M. Forde 1-1, R. Holian 1-0, J. Kelly 0-1Referee: S. McLaughlin (Donegal)

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References

  1. ↑ "All-Ireland JFC final: Kerry crowned champions". Hogan Stand. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "All-Ireland JFC final: back-to-back titles for Kerry". Hogan Stand. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Kerry juniors repel Cork fightback to seal three in a row". Irish Examiner . 30 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Junior footballers retain Leinster title". Wexford People . 23 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ace attackers do damage". New Ross Standard . 28 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Connacht JFC final: Coen guides Mayo to glory". Hogan Stand . 22 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "clinical Mayo send Wexford packing". Connaught Telegraph . 26 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Kerry too tough for brave Lancashire in semi-final of All-Ireland JFC". The Irish Post . 24 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Juniors tangled up in blue". Mayo News . 9 August 2016.
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