2018 Nicky Rackard Cup

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2018 Nicky Rackard Cup
Dates12 May 2018 – 23 June 2018
Teams9
Champions Donegal (2nd title)
Mickey McCann (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Top scorer(s)Joe O'Brien (2-24)
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The 2018 Nicky Rackard Cup was the 14th staging of the Nicky Rackard Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. It was the fourth tier [1] of senior inter-county hurling as of 2018.

Contents

The competition began on Saturday 12 May 2018 and ended on Saturday 23 June 2018.

Derry were the 2017 champions, beating Armagh in the final. Both teams were promoted to the 2018 Christy Ring Cup as a result of the restructuring of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Following the withdrawal of the Fingal team from the competition in 2017, there was no relegation from the 2017 competition and Warwickshire were promoted from the 2017 Lory Meagher Cup.

Format

Beginning in 2018, the Nicky Rackard Cup changed to an initial stage of two groups, which in 2018 consisted of one group of four teams and one group of three teams. Previously it was a double elimination tournament.

The top two teams from both groups advance to the knockout semi-finals. The winners of the 2018 Nicky Rackard Cup are promoted to the 2019 Christy Ring Cup. Two teams will be relegated from the 2018 Christy Ring Cup to the 2019 Nicky Rackard Cup to make the 2019 completion into two groups of four teams.

The bottom teams from each group playoff in a relegation match with the losers playing in the 2019 Lory Meagher Cup. They are replaced by the winners of the 2018 Lory Meagher Cup. [2]

Group stage

Group 1

Table

PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPtsQualification
1 Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire33006852+166Advance to knockout stage
2 Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 31116958+113
3 Colours of Longford.svg Longford 31024859-112
4 Colours of Louth.svg Louth 30124965-161Advance to relegation playoff

Matches

Group 1 Round 1
12 May 2018Round 1 Monaghan 4-19 – 2-11 Longford Grattan Park, Inniskeen
E Collins 1-7, M Treanor 1-3, F Rafter 0-5 (2fs) T Campbell, B McGuigan 1-0, C Boye 0-2, A Kenny, C McNally 0-1 each. Report J O'Brien 2-3, C Mullane 0-4 (3fs), P Walsh 0-2, C Kavanagh 0-1.Referee: A Ferguson (Fermanagh)
12 May 2018Round 1 Louth 1-16 – 3-19 Warwickshire Dundalk
P Lynch 0-6 (4 fs), D Kettle 1-1, R Byrne (2fs), S Callan, S Connelly 0-2 each, J Crosbie, G Smyth, D Ryan 0-1 each. Report N McKenna (5fs), D Nugent 0-5 each, P Hoban 0-4 (3fs), S Caulfield 1-1, G Lennon, K Magee 1-0 each, P Uniacke 0-2, J Collins, N Kennedy 0-1 each.Referee: J Clarke (Cavan)
Group 1 Round 2
19 May 2018Round 2 Warwickshire 1-21 - 3-11 Monaghan Páirc na hÉireann, Solihull
N McKenna 0-9 (5f), G Lennon 1-4, P Hoban 0-2 (1f), D Nugent 0-2, B Fallon 0-2, J Collins and S Caulfield 0-1 each. Report F Rafter 0-7 (2f), M Treanor 1-0, E Collins 1-1, T Campbell 1-1, C Boyle 0-3, P Finnegan 0-1.Referee: K Brady (Louth)
19 May 2018Round 2 Longford 0-19 - 0-12 Louth Pearse Park, Longford
J O'Brien 0-9 (5f), P Walsh 0-5, K Murray 0-2, C Mullane, C Kavanagh, D Connell 0-1 each. Report P Lynch 0-4, (3f, 1'65), A McCrave, M Molloy, S Connolly 0-2 each, D Ryan, J Crosbie 0-1 each.Referee: T Gleeson (Dublin)
Group 1 Round 3
2 June 2018Round 3 Louth 0-18 - 0-18 Monaghan Dowdallshill
1:00 pmP Lynch 0-10 (9f); R Byrne 0-3 (3f); G Smyth, D Kettle, S Connelly, S Kettle, M Molloy 0-1 each. Report F Rafter 0-10 (9f); M Treanor 0-2; E Collins 0-2; C Boyle, C Flynn, P Finnegan and C Power 0-1 each.Referee: G McGrath (Wexford)
2 June 2018Round 3 Longford 0-13 - 1-13 Warwickshire Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, Longford
1:00 pmJ O'Brien 0-12 (8f, 1 '65), Jody Leonard 0-1. Report N McKenna 0-9 (7f, 1 '65'), K Magee 1-0, P Hoban, S Caulfield, C Robbins, B Fallon 0-1 each.Referee: J Clarke (Cavan)

Group 2

Table

PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPtsQualification
1 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 22006329+344Advance to knockout stage
2 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 21014649-32
3 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 20023465-310Advance to relegation playoff

Matches

Group 2 Round 1
12 May 2018Round 1 Tyrone 1-12 – 1-26 Donegal Killyclogher
1:00 pmD Casey 0-7 (4f, 1 '65), B McGurk 1-0, C Kearns 0-2, L Devlin, R McKernan, D Begley 0-1 each. Report D Coulter 0-13 (9f), D Flynn 1-5, C Matthewson 0-3, G Gilmore 0-2, R McDermott, J Donnelly, C McDermott 0-1 each.
Group 2 Round 2
19 May 2018Round 2 Donegal 2-28 - 2-08 Leitrim O'Donnell Park, Letterkenny
1:00 pmD Flynn (4f, 1 '65) 1-13, G Gilmore 1-4, J Boyle, K Campbell, L Henderson 0-2 each, C Matthewson, D Cullen, E McDermott, B Lafferty, C McDermott 0-1 each. Report C Cunniffe (4f) 1-5, B Murray 1-0, C Donovan 0-2, J Clancy 0-1.Referee: K McGeeney (Roscommon)
Group 2 Round 3
2 June 2018Round 3 Leitrim 2-14 - 2-25 Tyrone Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick
1:00 pmC Cunniffe 0-6 (5f, '65'); C O'Donovan 0-4; C Moreton & J Glancy 1-0 (each); Z Moradi 0-2; A Duffy, J McNabola 0-1 (each). Report P O'Kelly 0-8; D Casey 1-4 (f); A Kelly 1-1; C Kearns, J Ferguson, J Kelly, T Morgan 0-2 each; R McKernan, B McGurk, D Begley, L Armstrong 0-1 each.Referee: A Ferguson (Fermanagh)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-Finals Final
      
Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire1-25
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 1-14
Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 0-18
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 2-19
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 4-22
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 1-10

Semi-finals

The Group 1 winners play the Group 2 runners-up and the Group 2 winners play the Group 1 runners-up.

9 June 2018Semi-final Warwickshire 1-25 - 1-14 Tyrone Dowdallshill
Report
9 June 2018Semi-final Donegal 4-22 - 1-10 Monaghan Owenbeg
Report

Final

The semi-final winners met in the Nicky Rackard Cup final at Croke Park with the winners being promoted to the Christy Ring Cup for 2019.

Final
Warwickshire0-18 - 2-19 Donegal
Niall McKenna 0-12 (8fs), Shane Caulfield 0-2, Paul Hoban 0-1 (’65), Niall Kennedy 0-1, Conor Robbins 0-1, Domhnall Nugent 0-1 (1f) Report Declan Coulter 1-9 (2fs, 1 ’65), Gerry Gilmore 0-5 (3 sidelines), Gavin Brown 1-0, Davin Flynn 0-2, Bernard Lafferty 0-2, Ciaran Mathewson 0-1.
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Gearoid McGrath (Wexford)

Relegation playoff

The bottom teams in each group - the fourth placed team in group 1 and the third placed team in group 2 - meet in a relegation playoff. The winners remain in the Nicky Rackard Cup for 2019, while the losers are relegated to the 2019 Lory Meagher Cup.

Relegation final
Louth 2-22 - 2-10 Leitrim

Stadia and locations

Statistics

Top scorers

Overall

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Davin Flynn Donegal 4-3143410.75
1Declan Coulter Donegal 1-2831310.33
1Joe O Brien Longford 2-2430310.00
3 Niall McKenna Warwickshire0-232337.66
4Fergal Rafter Monaghan 0-222237.33
5Paddy Lynch Louth 0-202036.66
6Eamon Collins Monaghan 2-101635.33
7Clement Cunniffe Leitrim 1-111427.00
Damian Casey Tyrone 1-111427.00
9Gerry Gilmore Donegal 1-111443.5

Single game

RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Davin Flynn Donegal 2-1117 Monaghan
1Davin Flynn Donegal 1-1316 Leitrim
2Declan Coulter Donegal 0-1313 Tyrone
3Joe O'Brien Longford 0-1212Warwickshire
4Eamon Collins Monaghan 1-0710 Longford
Fergal Rafter Monaghan 0-1010 Louth
Paddy Lynch Louth 0-1010 Monaghan
5Joe O'Brien Longford 2-039 Monaghan
Niall McKenna Warwickshire0-099 Monaghan
Joe O'Brien Longford 0-099 Louth
Niall McKenna Warwickshire0-099 Longford

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Hurling tiers - 1. All-Ireland (Liam MacCarthy Cup) 2. Joe McDonagh Cup 3. Christy Ring Cup 4. Nicky Rackard Cup 5. Lory Meagher Cup
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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