2023 Nicky Rackard Cup

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2023 Nicky Rackard Cup
Dates15 April – 3 June 2023
Teams6
Champions Wicklow (1st title)
Runners-up Donegal
Relegated Fermanagh
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
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The 2023 Nicky Rackard Cup was the 19th staging of the Nicky Rackard Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. [1] Wicklow were the winners, defeating Donegal in the final. [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

Format

Format

The 2023 Nicky Rackard Cup employs a round-robin system, contested within a single group of 6 county teams. At the completion of the round-robin, the top two teams proceed to contest the Nicky Rackard Cup final.

Aside from the trophy itself, the reward for victory in the cup is promotion to the 2024 Christy Ring Cup, with their place in the 2024 Nicky Rackard Cup taken by the bottom-placed team in that year's Christy Ring Cup.

There is no direct entry route to the 2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship for 2023 Nicky Rackard Cup teams.

The bottom team in the group stage are relegated to the 2024 Lory Meagher Cup, being replaced by the champions of the 2023 Lory Meagher Cup.

Teams by province

The participating teams, listed by province, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the 2023 National Hurling League before the championship were:

Britain (0)

Connacht (1)

Leinster (2)

Munster (0)

Ulster (3)

Teams

General Information

County Last Cup TitleLast Provincial TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 2022 ChampionshipAppearance
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 2012 ——4th14th
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 2020 1932 —3rd15th
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh ———5th7th
Colours of Louth.svg Louth ———Champions (Lory Meagher Cup)15th
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 2015 1913 —Runners-up10th
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow ———6th (Christy Ring Cup)1st

Personnel and kits

County ManagerCaptain(s)Sponsor
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh
Colours of Louth.svg Louth
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow

Group Stage

Table

PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPtsQualification
1 Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 550015-1077-62+6910Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 54019-1039-74+298
3 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 520311-808-110-214
4 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 520311-7011-107-374
5 Colours of Louth.svg Louth 51138-8117-83-293
6 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 50147-829-87-111Relegation to Lory Meagher Cup

Round 1

16 AprilRound 1 Donegal Colours of Donegal.svg 1-21 - 0-18 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh Letterkenny
16 AprilRound 1 Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg 0-18 - 2-24 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh Dr. Hyde Park
16 AprilRound 1 Wicklow Colours of Wicklow.svg 4-25 - 0-13 Colours of Louth.svg Louth Aughrim

Round 2

Louth 1-17 - 5-08 Roscommon
Fermanagh 1-12 - 1-14 Wicklow
Armagh 1-16 - 3-20 Donegal

Round 3

Louth 3-17 - 3-17 Fermanagh
Armagh 3-08 - 3-28 Wicklow
Roscommon 2-16 - 2-25 Donegal

Round 4

Fermanagh 2-17 - 2-18 Armagh
Donegal 2-19 - 4-07 Louth
Wicklow 5-23 - 2-12 Roscommon

Round 5

Armagh 3-14 - 0-27 Louth
Donegal 1-18 - 2-17 Wicklow
Roscommon 2-17 - 1-18 Fermanagh

Knockout stage

Final

3 June 2023Final Wicklow Colours of Wicklow.svg 1-20 - 3-12 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal Croke Park, Dublin
C Moorehouse 0-9 (5f), A O’Brien 1-1, D Staunton (sl), S Germaine and L Evans 0-2 each,, P Doyle, E McCormack, D Maloney and M Boland 0-1 each Report L White 1-2 (1-1f, 1’65) R McDermott 0-3, L McKinney 1-1, R Hilferty 1-0, J O’Loughlin, B McIntyre, R Campbell, D Cullen, G Gilmore (sl) and C McDermott 0-1 each

Wicklow are promoted to the 2024 Christy Ring Cup. [1]

Stadia and locations

County Location Province Stadium Capacity
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh Armagh Ulster Athletic Grounds 18,500
Colours of Donegal GAA.svg Donegal Ballybofey Ulster MacCumhaill Park 18,000
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh Enniskillen Ulster Brewster Park 20,000
Colours of Louth.svg Louth Drogheda Leinster Drogheda Park 3,500
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon Roscommon Connacht Dr Hyde Park 25,000
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow Aughrim Leinster Aughrim County Ground 7,000

Statistics

Scoring events

Miscellaneous

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "GAA Master Fixtures for 2023 published". www.gaa.ie.
  2. ↑ Bannon, Dan (3 June 2023). "Wicklow come from behind to win Nickey Rackard Cup for first time". Irish Examiner.
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