2022 Gerry Reilly Cup

Tournament details
Year	2022
Trophy	Gerry Reilly Cup
Date	9 April — 14 August
Teams	7
Winners
Champions	Louth (1st win)
Runners-up
Runners-up	Meath
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The 2022 Gerry Reilly Cup was the thirty-third staging of the Gerry Reilly Cup, the under-16 inter-county Gaelic football competition hosted by Meath club Oldcastle. ^[1] Louth won the tournament for the first time, after defeating Meath by eleven points in the final. ^[2]

Format

The tournament consisted of two groups of teams. Two points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.

Table

After completion of the group stage, Louth and Cavan qualified from Group 1. ^[3] Meath and Kildare progressed from Group 2. ^[4]

Group 1

Table	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
Louth	2	2	0	0	47	26	+21	4
Cavan	2	1	0	1	45	38	7	2
Antrim	2	0	0	2	24	52	-28	0

Group 2

Table	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
Meath	3	3	0	0	80	31	+49	6
Kildare	3	2	0	1	70	42	+28	4
Clare	3	1	0	2	38	68	-30	2
Fermanagh	3	0	0	3	20	67	-47	0

Knockout stage

Semi-Finals

Meath v Cavan

23 July 2022 [5]	Meath	2-17 - 2-14	Cavan
				Referee: P. Skelly (Meath)

Louth v Kildare

23 July 2022 [6]	Louth	3-17 - 0-15	Kildare
				Referee: P. Skelly (Meath)

Final

Meath v Louth

14 August 2022 [7] [8]	Meath	1-12 – 5-11	Louth
	Gls: J. Harkin (pen) 1-0 Pts: B. Smyth 0-4 (3f), C. Commons, J. Harkin (2f) 0-3 each, T. Lenehan, M. McIvor 0-1 each		Gls: D. Shevlin 2-0, A. Gillespie, P. Grimes-Murphy, J. Healy 1-0 each Pts: A. Gillespie (1f), P. Grimes-Murphy, J. Healy (1f), D. Shevlin 0-2 each, S. Flynn, S. Lennon, C. McKeown 0-1 each	Referee: C. Dourneen (Cavan)

GK 1 Jamie McCormack (St Peter's Dunboyne) RCB 2 Oliver Maloney (Walterstown) FB 3 Paddy White (Ratoath) LCB 4 Cormac Liggan (Dunderry) RHB 5 Tom Lenehan (Skryne) CHB 6 John Gormley (Gaeil Colmcille) LHB 7 Ciarán O'Hare (Rathkenny) MF 8 Cian Commons (Seneschalstown) MF 9 David Donnelly (Bective) RHF 10 Billy Smyth (Skryne) CHF 11 John Harkin (St Peter's Dunboyne) LHF 12 Michael McIvor (St Vincent's) RCF 13 Aaron O'Rourke (Trim) FF 14 Liam Jennings (Blackhall Gaels) LCF 15 Kyle Ennis (Trim) (c) Substitutes: 16 Naoise Maguire (St Colmcille's) 17 Hugh Kehoe (Ratoath) 18 Oisín Yore (Carnaross) 19 Rory Crawley (Oldcastle) 20 Andrew Gormley (Gaeil Colmcille) 21 Tiernan Anderson (Gaeil Colmcille)

GK 1 Cian O'Donoghue (Geraldines) RCB 2 Ciarán McGinty (St Fechin's) FB 3 Caoimhín Prout (St Kevin's) LCB 4 Keelin Martin (St Mary's) RHB 5 Cormac McKeown (St Joseph's) CHB 6 Micheál Reid (Hunterstown Rovers) (c) LHB 7 Shayne Soraghan (Geraldines) MF 8 Conor McGinty (O'Raghallaighs) MF 9 Paul Galvin (Newtown Blues) RHF 10 Dylan Shevlin (Stabannon Parnells) CHF 11 Jack Healy (Newtown Blues) LHF 12 Pearse Grimes-Murphy (St Joseph's) RCF 13 Adam Gillespie (St Mary's) FF 14 Seán Flynn (Mattock Rangers) LCF 15 Shane Lennon (St Mochta's) Substitutes: 16 James Corcoran (Roche Emmets) 17 Liam Brannigan (Newtown Blues) 18 Cian Farrell (Geraldines) 19 Donnacha Hodgins (Dreadnots) 20 Paddy McHugh (Glen Emmets) 21 Justin Cooney (O'Connells) 22 Jack O'Leary (St Joseph's) 23 Robbie Matthews (St Kevin's) 24 Josh Taaffe (St Mary's)

References

1. "Oldcastle get ready for eagerly awaited local derby in Reilly Cup Final". LMFM . 11 August 2022.
2. "Lethal Louth blitz Meath to win Gerry Reilly Cup for the first time". The Argus . 15 August 2022.
3. "Gerry Reilly Cup Group 1". Antrim GAA .
4. "Gerry Reilly Cup Group 2". Fermanagh GAA .
5. "Gerry Reilly Cup semi final: Young Royals advance". Hogan Stand . 23 July 2022.
6. "Louth proved too strong for Kildare in the Gerry Reilly U16 FT". Oldcastle GFC . 23 July 2022.
7. "David Reid encourages supporters to travel for 'driven' Louth's Gerry Reilly Cup final against Meath". The Argus . 11 August 2022.
8. "Louth Under 16s show potential in breakthrough Gerry Reilly Cup victory". LMFM . 15 August 2022.