2018 O'Byrne Cup

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2018 O'Byrne Cup
Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year2018
Trophy O'Byrne Cup
Winners
Champions Meath (10th win)
Manager Andy McEntee
Captain Bryan Menton
Runners-up
Runners-up Westmeath
Manager Colin Kelly
Captain John Heslin
Other
Matches played14
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The 2018 O'Byrne Cup was played by county teams of Leinster GAA. It began in December 2017 and ended in May 2018. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

On 14 January 2018, the result of the Meath versus Longford semi-final was determined by a free-taking competition, as the score was level at the end of both normal time and extra time. Each side took five free kicks from the forty five metre line and Meath won 2-1. This was the first inter-county Gaelic match to be decided in this way (previously the match would have been replayed).

The final was delayed on multiple occasions due to bad weather; it was finally played in May, with Meath the winners. [4]

Format

There are 11 teams, in three groups of three teams and one group two teams. In the three-team groups, each team plays the other teams once; in the two-team group, the teams play each other in two games. Two group points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

The four group winners play in the semi-finals and final. If a game is level after the normal seventy minutes, two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way. If the score is still level after extra time, a free-taking competition is held to determine the result.

Group stage

Group 1

TeamPldWDLPtsDiff
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 21103+16
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 21012–15
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 20111–1
30 December 2017
2:00 pm		 Offaly 3-16 - 0-9 Wexford O'Connor Park
Referee: Niall Ward
Jordan Hayes 2-0, Bernard Allen 0-6 (0-2f), Cian Johnston 1-3, Sean Doyle 0-4 (0-2f), Bobby O'Dea, Joey O'Connor, Shane Tierney 0-1 eachDonal Shanley 0-3f, Donnacha Holmes 0-2, Conor Carty, Glen Malone, Mark Rossiter, Cathal Devereux 0-1 each
3 January 2018
8:00 pm		 Dublin 1-13 - 0-16 Offaly Parnell Park
Referee: Brendan Cawley
Colm Basquel 1-6 (0-3f), Shane Carthy 0-3 (0-1f), Gerry Seaver, Kieran Doherty, Killian O'Gara, Chris Carthy 0-1 each Report Cian Johnston 0-6, Nigel Dunne 0-4 (0-3f), Anton Sullivan 0-2, Cian Donohue, Declan Hogan, Jordan Hayes, Joey O'Connor 0-1 each
7 January 2018
2:00 pm		 Wexford 1-12 – 0-14 Dublin St. Patrick's Park, Enniscorthy
Referee: David Hickey (Carlow)
Report

Group 2

TeamPldWDLPtsDiff
Colours of Longford.svg Longford 22004+10
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 21012+2
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 20020–12
30 December 2017
2:00 pm		 Louth 1-10 - 2-13 Longford Darver
Referee: Patrick Coyle
Ross Nally 1-1, Sam Mulroy 0-3 (0-2f), William Woods (0-1f) and James Butler 0-2 each, Andy McDonnell and Jim McEneaney 0-1Sean McCormack 0-6 (0-4f), Pauric Gill 1-1, Andrew Farrell 1-0, Ronan McEntire 0-2, Paddy Collum (1 '45), Michael Quinn, Dessie Reynolds, Connor Berry 0-1 each
3 January 2018
8:00 pm		 Kildare 0-9 - 2-11 Louth Hawkfield
Referee: Fergal Smyth
Neil Flynn 0-3, Brian McLoughlin 0-2 (2 frees); Luke Flynn 0-1, Johnny Byrne 0-1, Chris Healy 0-1, Kevin Flynn 0-1Tadhg McEneaney 2-0, Andy McDonnell 0-2, James Butler 0-2 (2 frees), Tommy Durnin 0-2 (1 free), Bevan Duffy 0-1, Gerard McSorley 0-1, Ronan Holcroft 0-1, William woods 0-1, Niall Conlon 0-1.
7 January 2018
2:00 pm		 Longford 1-14 – 0-13 Kildare Pearse Park, Longford
Referee: Chris Dwyer
R Smyth 1-3 (0-1f); S McCormack 0-6 (4f); R Brady 0-4; D Reynolds 0-1 Report K Feely 0-4 (4f); P Cribbin, D Flynn, F Dowling 0-2 each; E Lawless, L Flynn, T Moolick 0-1 each

Group 3

TeamPldWDLPtsDiff
Colours of Meath.svg Meath 22004+20
Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 21012+9
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 20020–29
30 December 2017
2:00 pm		 Carlow 3-8 - 0-6 Wicklow Bray Emmets
Referee: James King
John Murphy 2-1 (1-0 pen), Sean Gannon 1-0, Paul Broderick (0-1f) and Darragh Foly (0-1f) 0-2 each, Ciaran Moran, Diarmuid Walshe, Jamie Clarke 0-1 eachMark Jackson (0-2f) and Darren Hayden 0-2 each, Rory Finn and Seanie Furlong (0-1f) 0-1 each
3 January 2018
8:00 pm		 Meath 0-9 - 0-7 Carlow Dr. Cullen Park
Referee: Seamus Mulhare
Ben Brennan 0-4 (0-1f), Donal Lenihan 0-3, Graham Reilly and Thomas O'Reilly 0-1 eachDiarmuid Walshe 0-3 (0-2f), Darragh O'Brien 0-2 (0-1f), Daniel St. Ledger (1 '45) and Darragh Foley 0-1 each
7 January 2018
2:00 pm		 Meath 4-19 – 0-13 Wicklow Páirc Tailteann
Referee: Stephen Murphy (Louth)
Report

Group 4

TeamPldWDLPtsDiff
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 22004+10
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 20020–10
30 December 2017
2:00 pm		 Westmeath 1-13 - 1-12 Laois Cusack Park
Referee: Patrick Maguire
Man of the Match: Luke Loughlin (The Downs)
Luke Loughlin 0-5 (0-1f), James Dolan 1-0, Callum McCormack 0-3, Ger Leech (0-2f) and Finbar Coyne 0-2 each, Denis Corroon 0-1Gary Walsh 0-9 (0-7f), Paul Kingston 1-0, Brian Glynn 0-2, Aaron Dowling 0-1
7 January 2018
2:00 pm		 Laois 1-13 – 3-16 Westmeath Stradbally
Referee: Fintan Pierce (Offaly)
Ross Munnelly 1-4 (0-2 frees), Eoin Lowry 0-6 (0-5 frees), Niall Donoher, Ronan Murray and Aaron Forbes 0-1 each Report Callum McCormack 3-3, Luke Loughlin 0-7 (0-2 frees), Kieran Martin 0-3, John Egan, Conor Slevin (free) and Alex Gardiner 0-1 each

Knockout Stage

Semi-Finals

14 January 2018 (2018-01-14)
14:00 GMT
Semi-Final
Meath Colours of Meath.svg 1-19 – 2-16
(a.e.t.) (2–1 fk) 		Colours of Longford.svg Longford
(HT: 1-5 – 0-4)
Gls: S Tobin
Pts: B McMahon (4, 1f), S Tobin (2, 1f), B Menton (2), T O'Reilly (2), J Wallace (2), D O'Neill (2), B Conlon, D Toner, B Brennan (f), M McCabe, J McEntee		Gls: R Smyth, M Quinn
Pts: R Smyth (4, 2f), S McCormack (4, 1f), D Reynolds (2), R Brady (2), M Quinn, R McEntire, J McGivney, D Quinn
Free-taking competition
Seán Tobin X mark.svgN
Mark McCabe Yes check.svgY
Cillian O'Sullivan Yes check.svgY
Joey Wallace X mark.svgN
James McEntee X mark.svgN		 X mark.svgN Robbie Smyth
Yes check.svgY Sean McCormack
X mark.svgN Paddy Colum
X mark.svgN Barry Gilleran
X mark.svgN James McGiveney
Páirc Tailteann , Navan
Referee: Darragh Sheppard (Dublin)
14 January 2018 (2018-01-14)
14:00 GMT
Semi-Final
Westmeath Colours of Westmeath.svg 1-9 – 1-7 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly
(HT: 1-7 – 1-2)
Gls: D Corroon
Pts: L Loughlin (3, 2f), J Egan (2), D Corroon, C McCormack, K Martin, F Coyne		Gls: J O’Connor
Pts: C Johnson (2), N Dunne (2, 2f), J Hayes, M Brazil, B Allen
TEG Cusack Park , Mullingar
Referee: David Hickey (Carlow)

Final

13 May 2018 (2018-05-13)
15:00 IST (UTC+1)
Final
Westmeath Colours of Westmeath.svg 1-13 (16)–(25) 4-13 Colours of Meath.svg Meath
TEG Cusack Park , Mullingar
Referee: Fergal Smyth (Offaly)

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References

  1. ↑ "O'Byrne Cup and Walsh Cup groups and fixtures".
  2. ↑ "Offaly to face the Dubs in O'Byrne Cup".
  3. ↑ "HoganStand - 2018 O'Byrne Cup draw: Dubs grouped with Offaly and Wexford". www.hoganstand.com.
  4. ↑ McKenna, Conor (13 May 2018). "13-man Meath power to O'Byrne Cup success".
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