Gael Linn Cup 2007

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Gael Linn Cup 2007
Winners
Champions Ulster (2nd title)
Runners-up
Runners-up Leinster
Other
Matches played3

The 2007 Gael Linn Cup, the most important representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, was won by Ulster, who defeated Leinster in the final, played at Russell Park. [1] [2]

Contents

Arrangements

Ulster defeated Munster by 4–9 to 2–10 at Russell Park while Leinster received a walkover from Connacht. Ulster then defeated the holders, Leinster, by 2–12 to 3–8 and ended a 40-year wait for their second Gael-Linn title. Despite scoring an 18th-minute goal Leinster trailed by 0–11 to 1–4 at half time and it was the good work of the player of the tournament, Antrim's Jane Adams, Derry's Sinead Cassidy and Katie McAuley, along with Down players Fionnuala Carr and Moya McGinn, which resulted in victory. [3] >

Gael Linn Trophy

Leinster's Junior side made amends for the defeat of their Senior counterparts with a 3–16 to 0–11 win over Munster. Leinster led 1–6 to 0–7 at half-time, but were very impressive after the restart, with Laois's Louise Mahony scoring 1–10, enough to win the Player of the Tournament award. Kilkenny's Anne Farrell and Pauline Comerford along with Westmeath's Pamela Greville and Meath's Lizzy Lynch and Jane Dolan also made vital contributions. Waterford's Áine Lyng scored 0–8 for Munster, while Sharon McMahon and Sally Anne O'Grady were also among the scorers.

Final stages

Ulster 2–12 – 3–8 Leinster

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Ulster:
GK1 Claire O'Kane (Derry)
RCB2 Ciara McGovern (Down)
FB3 Moya Maginn (Down)
LCB4 Kate Laverty (Derry)
RWB5 Karen McMullan (Down)
CB6 Claire Doherty (captain) (Derry)
LWB7 Maureen Stewart (Antrim)
MF8 Gráinne McGoldrick (Derry)
MF9 Fionnuala Carr (Down)
RWF10 Karen Gribben (Down)
CF11 Jane Adams (Antrim)
LWF12 Bríd Convery (Derry)
RCF13 Sheila Cassidy (Derry)
FF14 Katie McAuley (Derry)
LCF15 Aisling Diamond (Derry)
Leinster:
GK1 Eimear Butler (Dublin)
RCB2 Elaine Aylward (Killkenny)
FB3 Catherine O'Loughlin (Wexford)
LCB4 Aoife O'Connor (Wexford)
RWB5 Eimear Brannigan (captain) (Dublin)
CB6 Aoife Cullen (Dublin)
LWB7 Mary Leacy (Wexford)
MF8 Bróna Furlong (Wexford)
MF9 Rose-Marie Breen (Wexford)
RWF10 Kate Kelly (Wexford)
CF11 Louise O'Hara (Dublin)
LWF12 Michelle O'Leary (Wexford)
RCF13 Una Leacy (Wexford)
FF14 Katie Power (Killkenny)
LCF15 Aoife Neary (Killkenny)

Junior Final

Leinster 3–16 – 0–11 Munster

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Leinster:
GK1 Eimear Moynan (Laois)
RCB2 Eimear O'Connor (Wexford)
FB3 Pauline Comerford (Killkenny)
LCB4 Orla Banbury (captain) (Kildare)
RWB5 Sharon Moylan (Laois)
CB6 Máire Griffith (Carlow)
LWB7 Liz Shaw (Westmeath)
MF8 Jacinta Goonery (Westmeath)
MF9 Elizabeth Lynch (Meath)
RWF10 Frances Lynch (Meath)
CF11 Aileen Donnelly (Meath)
LWF12 Elaine Mahony (Laois)
RCF13 Catríona Phelan (Laois)
FF14 Louise Mahony (Laois)
LCF15 Aoife Neary (Killkenny)
Munster:
GK1 Aisling O'Brien (Waterford)
RCB2 Denise Lynch (Clare)
FB3 Mary Ann Hawkes (Cork)
LCB4 Sally Ann O'Grady (Clare)
RWB5 Deirdre Murphy (Clare)
CB6 Fiona Lafferty (Clare)
LWB7 Aisling Kelly (Waterford)
MF8 Charlotte Raher (Waterford)
MF9 Bríd Twomey (captain) (Cork)
RWF10 Deirdre Corcoran (Clare)
CF11 Jane Scanlon (Clare)
LWF12 Kate Lynch (Clare)
RCF13 Sharon McMahon (Clare)
FF14 Gráinne Kenneally (Waterford)
LCF15 Áine Lyng (Waterford)

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References

  1. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  2. Gael Linn Cup on Camogie.ie
  3. 2007 Ulster 2–12 Leinster 3–8 report on rte.ie
Preceded by Gael Linn Cup
1954 – present
Succeeded by