2020 Sigerson Cup

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Sigerson Cup
Tournament details
Year2020
Sponsor Electric Ireland
Date11–29 January
Teams16
Defending champions UCC
Winners
Champions DCU (5th win)
Manager Paddy Christie [1]
Captain Brendan McCole [1]
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s) Athlone Institute of Technology [2]
Other
Matches played16
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2021  →

The 2020 Sigerson Cup was the 110th staging of the Sigerson Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1911. It was sponsored by Electric Ireland, and known as the Electric Ireland HE GAA Sigerson Cup for sponsorship purposes.

Contents

The draw for the eight first round fixtures took place on 4 December 2019. [3]

2019 winners UCC met NUI Galway in the tie of the first round, while defeated finalists St Mary's were drawn against Maynooth University. 2018 champions UCD met UUJ. Eventual 2020 champions DCU met Garda College, while the remainder of the ties largely involved an assortment of institutes of technology and polytechnics. [3] Play began on 11 January 2020, with Queen's University Belfast winning their first round tie.

DCU won the final, played on 29 January in Dublin. [1]

Awards

2020 Higher Education GAA Rising Stars Football Team

  1. Evan Comerford
  2. Brendan McCole
  3. Mike Breen
  4. Niall Hughes
  5. Ray Connellan
  6. Jordan Morrissey
  7. Trevor Collins
  8. Shane Carthy
  9. Michael Langan
  10. Pádraig O'Toole
  11. Mícheál Bannigan
  12. Peadar Mogan
  13. David Garland FOTY
  14. Gavin O'Brien
  15. Cian Farrell

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Keane, Paul (29 January 2020). "Dominant DCU secure fifth Sigerson Cup crown". Irish Independent . Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. ↑ McKenna, Conor (19 January 2020). "Brosnan steps down after IT Tralee preserve Sigerson status". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 O'Toole, Fintan (4 December 2019). "Here are the draws for the 2020 Fitzgibbon and Sigerson Cup competitions". The42.ie . Retrieved 4 December 2019.


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