2021 Christy Ring Cup

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2021 Christy Ring Cup
Dates26 June - 1 August 2021
Teams5
Champions Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly (1st title)
Ben Conneely (captain)
Michael Fennelly (manager)
Runners-up Colours of Derry.svg Derry
Cormac O'Doherty (captain)
Dominic McKinley (manager)
Cormac Donnelly (manager)
Relegated Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored23 (2.88 per match)
Points scored338 (42.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Colours of Offaly.svg Eoghan Cahill (0-36)
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The 2021 Christy Ring Cup was the 17th staging of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The cup began on 26 June 2021 and ended on 1 August 2021. [1]

Contents

Covid-19 caused all London games to be postponed for an extra year.

The final was played on 1 August 2021 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Offaly and Derry, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Offaly won the match by 0-41 to 2-14 to claim their first ever cup title. [2] [3] [4]

Offaly's Eoghan Cahill was the Ring Cup's top scorer with 0-36.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup

Promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup

From Championship

Promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup

Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup

Teams

General Information

County Last Cup titleLast provincial titleLast All-Ireland titlePosition in 2020 ChampionshipAppearance
Colours of Derry.svg Derry — 2001 —Round 215th
Offaly— 1995 1998 Semi-finals2nd
Roscommon— 1913 —Semi-finals13th
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo ———Round 22nd
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow ———Round 2

Personnel and kits

County Manager Captain(s) Sponsor
Colours of Derry.svg Derry
Offaly
Roscommon
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow

Competition Format

Cup format

The format has been changed for 2021 with 5 teams playing across two groups, one with 3 teams and one with 2 teams based on an open draw. [1]

Group A will feature 3 teams and be played in a single Round Robin format with each team having one home game and one away game.

Group B will feature 2 teams who will play a single fixture.

All teams will play a knockout format after this group stage, with the group winners and second-placed team in Group A being placed in the semi-finals. A tie between the third-placed team in Group A and second-placed team in Group B will determine the fourth semi-finalist.

Promotion

The winner of the final will be promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup.

Relegation

The loser of the quarter-final will be relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPtsQualification
1 Colours of Derry.svg Derry 22002-421-33+124Advance to Semi-Finals
2 Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 21012-363-34-12
3 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 20022-262-37-110Advance to Quarter-Finals

Group A round 1

26 June 2021Round 1 Wicklow Colours of Wicklow.svg 2-18 - 1-11 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon Aughrim County Ground
A O'Brien (0-10, 9f), G Hughes (1-1), M Lee (1-3), E Kearns (0-1); L Evans (0-1), C Moorehouse (0-1, sideline), E McCormack (0-1). Report C Egan (1-5, 5f, 1p), C Dolan (0-5, 1f), P Kellehan (0-1).Referee: T Gleeson (Dublin)

Group A round 2

3 July 2021Round 2 Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg 1-15 - 0-19 Colours of Derry.svg Derry Dr. Hyde Park
C Dolan (0-6f); C Kennelly (1-0), C Mulry (0-2), D Heavey (0-2); C Egan (0-2), E Costello (0-1), B McGahon (0-1), C Kenny (0-1). Report C O’Doherty (0-8, 4f, 2 ‘65s); D Foley (0-2), G Bradley (0-2), S McGuigan (0-2), C Kelly (0-1), M McGuigan (0-1), O McKeever (0-1), B Cassidy (0-1), S Cassidy (0-1).Referee: C Mooney (Dublin)

Group A round 3

10 July 2021Round 3 Derry Colours of Derry.svg 2-23 - 0-18 Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow Owenbeg
O McKeever (2-2), C O'Doherty (0-7, 5f, 1 65), S McGuigan (0-4), G Bradley (0-3), E Cassidy (0-2), B Cassidy (0-2), M McGuigan (0-1), D Foley (0-1), P Nelis (0-1). Report A O'Brien (0-12, 9f), S Cranley (0-1), C Moorehouse (0-1), D Staunton (0-1), E Kearns (0-1), G Hughes (0-1), L Evans (0-1).Referee: C McDonald (Antrim)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPtsQualification
1 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 11002-392-17+222Advance to Semi-Finals
2 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 10012-172-39-220Advance to Quarter-Finals

Group B round 1

3 July 2021Round 1 [1] Sligo Colours of Sligo.svg 2-17 - 2-39 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly Markievicz Park
G O'Kelly-Lynch 2-12 (12f), T Cawley, G Connolly, C Hanniffy, F Cawley and A Kilcullen 0-1 each. Report E Cahill 0-15 (9f and 3 '65s'), B Duignan 0-6, A Treacy and S Dooley 1-1 each, L Langton 0-5, J Murphy 0-4, O Kelly and K Sampson 0-2 each, L Fox, J Sampson and L O'Connor 0-1 each.Referee: A Kelly (Galway)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-Finals - 17 July Semi-Finals - 24 July Final - 1 August
         
1A Colours of Derry.svg Derry 0-28
2B Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 2-17
2B Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 2-18
3A Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 1-20
1A Colours of Derry.svg Derry 2-14
1B Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 0-41
1B Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 6-30
2A Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 0-11

Quarter-final

17 July 2021Quarter-final Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg 1-20 - 2-18 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Dr. Hyde Park
C Dolan (4f) 0-8, C Kenny 0-4, N Kilroy 1-0, B McGahon 0-3, O Kelly, C Mulry 0-2 each, M Brennan 0-1 Report M Hanniffy 2-1, G O’Kelly-Lynch 0-6 (5f), T Cawley, A Kilcullen 0-3 each, F Cawley 0-2, G Connolly, C Hanniffy, J McHugh 0-1 each.

Roscommon are relegated to the 2022 Nicky Rackard Cup.

Semi-finals

24 July 2021Semi-final Derry Colours of Derry.svg 0-28 - 2-17 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Owenbeg
C O’Doherty 0-12 (8 fs), G Bradley 0-5, S McGuigan 0-3, Brian Cassidy and O McKeever 0-2 each, R Mullan, E Cassidy, M McGuigan, D Foley 0-1 each Report G O’Kelly-Lynch 1-6 (5 fs), J McHugh 1-4, C Hanniffy 0-2, T Cawley, A Kilcullen, E Comerford, L O’Kelly-Lynch 0-1 each.
24 July 2021Semi-final Offaly Colours of Offaly.svg 6-30 - 0-10 Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow Bord na Móna O'Connor Park
E Cahill 0-8 (3f and one sideline), B Duignan 1-4, O Kelly 2-1, L Fox 1-2, B Conneely 1-1, K Sampson 1-0, J Murphy and E Kelly 0-3 each, J Sampson and S Dooley (2f) 0-2 each, A Treacy, L Langton, L O'Connor and C Gath 0-1 each. Report A O'Brien 0-8 (7f), E McCormack, G Weir and W Kinsella 0-1 each.

Final

1 August 2021Final Derry Colours of Derry.svg 2-14 - 0-41 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly Croke Park
C O'Doherty (0-5, 5f), B Cassidy (0-3), D Foley (0-1), G Bradley (1-1), O McKeever (1-1), S Cassidy (0-2), R Mullan (0-1). Report E Cahill (0-13, 8f), O Kelly (0-7), J Murphy (0-5), L Fox (0-2), L Langton (0-1), B Conneely (0-1), J Sampson (0-1), A Treacy (0-3), L O'Connor (0-2), S Kinsella (0-2), S Dooley (0-2, 2f), D Egan (0-1), K Sampson (0-1).Referee: T Gleeson (Dublin)

Offaly are promoted to the 2022 Joe McDonagh Cup.

Statistics

Top scorers

Top Scorer Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1 Eoghan Cahill Offaly 0-3636312.00
2 Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch Sligo 3-2433311.00
3 Cormac O'Doherty Derry 0-323248.00
4Andy O'Brien Wicklow 0-3030310.00
5Cathal Dolan Roscommon 0-191936.33
6 Oisín Kelly Offaly 2-101635.33
7Odhran McKeever Derry 3-061543.75
8Gerald Bradley Derry 1-111443.50
9 Brian Duignan Offaly 1-101334.33
10 John Murphy Offaly 0-121234.00
In a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1 Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch Sligo 2-1218 Offaly
2 Eoghan Cahill Offaly 0-1515 Sligo
3 Eoghan Cahill Offaly 0-1313 Derry
4Andy O'Brien Wicklow 0-1212 Derry
Cormac O'Doherty Derry 0-1212 Offaly
6Andy O'Brien Wicklow 0-1010 Roscommon
7 Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch Sligo 1-069 Derry
8Odhran McKeever Derry 2-028 Wicklow
Cillian Egan Roscommon 1-058 Wicklow
Andy O'Brien Wicklow 0-088 Offaly
Cormac O'Doherty Derry 0-088 Roscommon
Eoghan Cahill Offaly 0-088 Wicklow
Cathal Dolan Roscommon 0-088 Sligo

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References

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  2. ↑ "Derry defeated but no disgrace as Offaly lift Christy Ring Cup in Croke Park". Derry Journal. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Free-scoring Offaly crush Derry to win Christy Ring". RTE Sport. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Offaly hit 0-41 in massive Christy Ring Cup final victory over Derry". The 42. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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