2022 Nicky Rackard Cup

2022 Nicky Rackard Cup

Dates	10 April – 21 May 2022
Teams	6
Champions	Tyrone Mickey McShane (manager)
Runners-up	Roscommon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	65 (4.33 per match)
Points scored	553 (36.87 per match)
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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]}

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Christy Ring Cup

• Roscommon

Promoted from the Lory Meagher Cup

• Fermanagh

From Championship

Promoted to the Christy Ring Cup

• Mayo

Relegated to the Lory Meagher Cup

• Leitrim

Teams

General Information

County	Last Cup Title	Last Provincial Title	Last All-Ireland Title	Position in 2021 Championship	Appearance
Armagh	2012	—	—	Semi-finals
Donegal	2020	1932	—	Semi-finals
Fermanagh	—	—	—	Champions (Lory Meagher Cup)
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Roscommon	5	4	1	0	17-110	6-79	+64	9	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Tyrone	5	4	0	1	12-97	8-83	+26	8
3	Donegal	5	3	1	1	4-117	8-76	+29	7
4	Armagh	5	2	0	3	13-81	16-93	-21	4
5	Fermanagh	5	1	0	4	9-92	10-87	+2	2
6	Warwickshire	5	0	0	5	10-56	17-135	-100	0	Relegation to Lory Meagher Cup

Fixtures and results

Round 1

Warwickshire v Tyrone

10 April 2022Round 1	Warwickshire	2-11 - 7-18	Tyrone	Páirc na hÉireann
		Report

Armagh v Roscommon

10 April 2022Round 1	Armagh	2-07 - 5-19	Roscommon	Athletic Grounds
		Report

Fermanagh v Donegal

10 April 2022Round 1	Fermanagh	2-13 - 1-21	Donegal	Maguiresbridge
		Report

Round 2

Tyrone v Fermanagh

17 April 2022Round 2	Tyrone	1-18 - 1-14	Fermanagh	Healy Park
		Report

Roscommon v Warwickshire

17 April 2022Round 2	Roscommon	3-26 - 1-14	Warwickshire	Dr. Hyde Park
		Report

Donegal v Armagh

17 April 2022Round 2	Donegal	1-22 - 2-14	Armagh	O'Donnell Park
		Report

Round 3

Tyrone v Armagh

23 April 2022Round 3

Tyrone

3-17 - 1-15

Armagh

Healy Park

Donegal v Roscommon

23 April 2022Round 3	Donegal	1-22 - 3-16	Roscommon	O'Donnell Park
		Report

Fermanagh v Warwickshire

24 April 2022Round 3

Fermanagh

2-31- 2-05

Warwickshire

Brewster Park

Round 4

Roscommon v Tyrone

7 May 2022Round 4	Roscommon	3-24 - 0-21	Tyrone	Dr. Hyde Park
		Report

Armagh v Fermanagh

7 May 2022Round 4	Armagh	3-18 - 2-19	Fermanagh	Athletic Grounds
		Report

Warwickshire v Donegal

8 May 2022Round 4	Warwickshire	0-10 - 0-33	Donegal	Páirc na hÉireann
		Report

Round 5

Warwickshire v Armagh

14 May 2022Round 5

Warwickshire

5-16 - 5-27

Armagh

Páirc na hÉireann

Tyrone v Donegal

14 May 2022Round 5

Tyrone

1-23 - 1-19

Donegal

Healy Park

Fermanagh v Roscommon

14 May 2022Round 5

Fermanagh

2-15 - 3-25

Roscommon

Brewster Park

Knockout stage

Final

Roscommon v Tyrone

21 May 2022Final	Roscommon	0-19 - 1-27	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)