2022 Nicky Rackard Cup

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2022 Nicky Rackard Cup
Dates10 April – 21 May 2022
Teams6
Champions Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone
Mickey McShane (manager)
Runners-up Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored65 (4.33 per match)
Points scored553 (36.87 per match)
2021 (Previous)(Next) 2023

The 2022 Nicky Rackard Cup was the 18th staging of the Nicky Rackard Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The cup began on 10 April 2022 and ended on 21 May 2022. [1] [2]

Contents

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Christy Ring Cup

Promoted from the Lory Meagher Cup

From Championship

Promoted to the Christy Ring Cup

Relegated to the Lory Meagher Cup

Teams

General Information

County Last Cup TitleLast Provincial TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 2021 ChampionshipAppearance
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 2012 Semi-finals
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 2020 1932 Semi-finals
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh Champions (Lory Meagher Cup)
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 2015 1913 Quarter-finals (Christy Ring Cup)
Tyrone 2014 Runners-up
Warwickshire

Competition format

Cup format

The 2022 Nicky Rackard is played on a Round-Robin basis. The counties who finish in the top two places shall qualify for the final, with the winner being promoted to the Christy Ring Cup. The bottom placed team in the Round Robin is relegated to the Lory Meagher Cup. [3] [4]

Group stage

Group stage table

PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPtsQualification
1 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 541017-1106-79+649Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 540112-978-83+268
3 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 53114-1178-76+297
4 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 520313-8116-93-214
5 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 51049-9210-87+22
6 Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire500510-5617-135-1000Relegation to Lory Meagher Cup

Fixtures and results

Round 1

10 April 2022Round 1 Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 2-11 - 7-18 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone Páirc na hÉireann
Report
10 April 2022Round 1 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 2-07 - 5-19 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon Athletic Grounds
Report
10 April 2022Round 1 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 2-13 - 1-21 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal Maguiresbridge
Report

Round 2

17 April 2022Round 2 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 1-18 - 1-14 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh Healy Park
Report
17 April 2022Round 2 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 3-26 - 1-14 Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire Dr. Hyde Park
Report
17 April 2022Round 2 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 1-22 - 2-14 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh O'Donnell Park
Report

Round 3

23 April 2022Round 3 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 3-17 - 1-15 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh Healy Park
23 April 2022Round 3 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 1-22 - 3-16 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon O'Donnell Park
Report
24 April 2022Round 3 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 2-31- 2-05 Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire Brewster Park

Round 4

7 May 2022Round 4 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 3-24 - 0-21 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone Dr. Hyde Park
Report
7 May 2022Round 4 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 3-18 - 2-19 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh Athletic Grounds
Report
8 May 2022Round 4 Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 0-10 - 0-33 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal Páirc na hÉireann
Report

Round 5

14 May 2022Round 5 Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 5-16 - 5-27 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh Páirc na hÉireann
14 May 2022Round 5 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 1-23 - 1-19 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal Healy Park
14 May 2022Round 5 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 2-15 - 3-25 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon Brewster Park

Knockout stage

Final

21 May 2022Final Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 0-19 - 1-27 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone Croke Park
Report Referee: C McDonald (Antrim)

Tyrone are promoted to the 2023 Christy Ring Cup.

References

  1. "GAA fixtures 2022: Calendar confirmed with replays only for All-Ireland finals".
  2. "Nicky Rackard Cup". RTÉ.ie .
  3. "GAA publish Master Fixtures Schedule for 2022".
  4. GAA Master Fixture Schedule Booklet 2022 (20122021)