2017 Nicky Rackard Cup

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2017 Nicky Rackard Cup
Dates22 April to 10 June 2017
Teams7 (normally 8)
ChampionsDerry (2nd title)
Oisin McCloskey (captain)
Runners-upArmagh
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored37 (3.7 per match)
Points scored318 (31.8 per match)
Top scorer(s) Colours of Armagh.svg David Carvill (2-34)
2016 (Previous)(Next) 2018

The 2017 Nicky Rackard Cup was the 13th staging of the Nicky Rackard Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. It is the third tier of senior inter-county championship hurling. [1]

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Mayo, the 2016 champions, were promoted to the 2017 Christy Ring Cup after defeating Derry in the promotion/relegation playoff 1–21 to 1–14.

Format

The 2017 Nicky Rackard Cup is played in a double-elimination format. For clarity, the match-ups are explained in each round below.

The seven teams competing in 2017 were Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh, Colours of Derry.svg Derry, Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal, Colours of Longford.svg Longford, Colours of Louth.svg Louth, Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan, and Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone. Colours of Fingal.svg Fingal were scheduled to compete but withdrew for 2017.

Round 1

Six of the seven teams play in Round 1. The seventh team receives a bye.

22 April 2017 Colours of Louth.svg Louth 1-12 - 2-17 Colours of Derry.svg Derry St. Brigid's Park, Dowdallshill
D Kettle 1-1, P Lynch 0-4 (3fs), D Murphy 0-3, L Dwan 0-2, G Smyth 0-1, M Ryan 0-1. Report R Convery 0-11 (10fs), M McGrath 1-0, A Grant 1-0, K Hinphey 0-2, C Steele 0-1, D Cartin 0-1, P Cleary 0-1, L Óg Hinphey 0-1.Referee: T Carroll (Offaly)
22 April 2017 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 1-19 - 0-13 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh O'Donnell Park, Letterkenny
D Flynn 1-5, L Henderson 0-5 (4f, 1 '45), D Coulter 0-3, J Boyle, G Gilmore 0-2 each, B Lafferty, D Cullen 0-1 each Report D Carvill 0-6f, C Carvill, D McKenna 0-2 each, C Corvan, C Devlin, C Gorman 0-1 each
22 April 2017 Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 0-16 - 2-11 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
D Meegan (0-10, 8f), F Rafter (0-2), B McGuigan (0-1), C Boyle (0-1), P Treanor (0-1), C Meegan (0-1). Report D Casey (1-2, 0-1), J Kelly (0-4),S Óg Grogan (1-0), L Devlin (0-2), P Daly (0-1), C Grogan (0-1), R McKernan (0-1).Referee: P Murphy (Carlow)
Colours of Longford.svg Longford BYE

Round 2

Round 2A

Contested by the three winners of Round 1 and the team that received a bye.

29 April 2017 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 4-19 - 0-16 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal Páirc Naomh Colmcille, Carrickmore
3.00 PMD Casey (1-10, 6f), C Grogan (2-1), S Óg Grogan (1-1), B McGurk (0-4), J Kelly (0-1); S Donnelly (0-1), T Morgan (0-1). Report L Henderson (0-6, 1 ’65, 5f); G Gilmore (0-3); D Flynn (0-3), J Boyle (0-2), P Doherty (0-1); S McVeigh (0-1).Referee: J Murphy (Limerick)
29 April 2017 Colours of Derry.svg Derry 8-21 - 1-14 Colours of Longford.svg Longford Owenbeg Centre, Dungiven
B Rogers (3-2), A Grant (2-5, one goal from penalty, four points from frees), B Cassidy (2-4), G Bradley (1-2), A Kelly (0-3), K Hinphey (0-1), D Cartin (0-1), P Cleary (0-1), E McGuckin (0-1), C McKaigue (0-1). Report P Walsh (0-8, seven frees), E Kiernan (1-0), R Murray (0-2), S Hannon (0-2), C Mullane (0-1), J Mulhern (0-1).

Round 2B

One match contested by two of the three losers of Round 1. The other losing team from Round 1 receives a bye.

29 April 2017 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 0-23 - 2-09 Colours of Louth.svg Louth Athletic Grounds, Armagh
D Carvill 0-11, Conor Corvan 0-5, J Corvan 0-2, C Corvan 0-2, N Curry 0-1, D Magee 0-1, D McKenna 0-1.D Murphy 0-4, G Kerrigan 1-0, M Ryan 1-0, R Maher 0-2, P McCormack 0-1, D Kettle 0-1, D Ryan 0-1.

Quarter-finals

The two losers of round 2A played the winner of round 2B and Monaghan, who had received a bye from that round. These two matches are referred to as quarter-finals.

6 May 2017 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 4-20 - 0-12 Colours of Longford.svg Longford St. Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen
3.00 PMC Corvan 1-7 (4f), D Carvill 1-6 (5f), F Bradley 1-1, R Gaffney 1-0, N Curry 0-2; C Carvill, D McKenna, O Curry, C Gorman 0-1 each. Report P Walsh 0-7 (6f, 1 sl), R Murray 0-2, S O'Brien 0-2; S Hannon 0-1.Referee: J Connors (Donegal)
6 May 2017 Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 1-16 - 1-12 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal Grattan Park, Inniskeen
3.00 PMF Rafter 0-9 (4f), T Campbell 1-1, B McGuigan 0-3, C Boyle and M Treanor 0-1 each. Report D Flynn 1-3, L Henderson 0-5 (2f), D Coulter 0-3, J Boyle 0-1.

Semi-finals

The winners of round 2A play the winners of the two quarter-finals.

20 May 2017 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 1-14 - 2-25 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh Páirc Naomh Colmcille, Carrickmore
15:00B McGurk 1-1, D Casey 0-11 (8f, 1 ’65), C Grogan, R McKernan 0-1 each. Report D Carvill 1-11 (0-6f), N Curry 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), R Gaffney, C Corvan (1f) 0-3 each, F Bradley, D McKenna, D Magee, D Gaffney 0-1 each.
20 May 2017 Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 1-12 - 6-17 Colours of Derry.svg Derry Grattan Park, Inniskeen
17:00D Meegan 0-6 (5f), S Lambe 0-4 (1f), T Campbell 1-0, M Treanor and P Treanor 0-1 each. Report B Rodgers 3-1, A Grant 1-4, R Convery 1-3, B Cassidy 1-2, M McGrath 0-4, D Cartin and A Kelly 0-2 each.

Final

The winners of the Nicky Rackard Cup (tier 3) are automatically promoted to next year's Christy Ring Cup (tier 2).

10 June 2017 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 2-15 - 3-23 Colours of Derry.svg Derry Croke Park, Dublin
15.00A Grant 1-5 (0-4f), B Cassidy 1-4, G Bradley 1-3, C McKaigue, B Rogers, R Convery (1f, 1 ’65) 0-3 each, C Doherty, K Hinphey 0-1 Report R Gaffney 2-0, D Carvill 0-7 (6f), C Carvill 0-3, E McGuinness 0-2, C Corvan, D Gaffney, N Curry 0-1Referee: S Hynes (Galway)

Bracket

Round 1
Round 2B
Round 2A
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals Final
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 1-12
Colours of Derry.svg Derry 2-17 Colours of Derry.svg Derry 8-21
Colours of Longford.svg Longford Colours of Longford.svg Longford 1-14
(Bye) Colours of Derry.svg Derry 6-17
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 1-12
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 1-12
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 1-16
(Bye) Colours of Derry.svg Derry 3-23
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 0-23 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 2-15
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 2-09 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 4-20
Colours of Longford.svg Longford 1-12
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 2-25Relegation Playoff
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 0-16 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 1-14
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 2-11 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 4-19 Colours of Louth.svg Louth
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 1-19 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 0-16 (Cancelled)
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 0-13

Relegation play-off (cancelled)

Normally contested by the two losers from round 2B as both these teams lost their first two matches. In 2017, no team was relegated as Fingal withdrew, thereby creating a vacant place in the normal eight-team Nicky Rackard Cup which was taken up by Warwickshire, the winners of the 2017 Lory Meagher Cup.

Scoring statistics

Top scorers overall
RankPlayerTeamTallyTotal
1David Carvill Armagh 2-3440
2 Damian Casey Tyrone 2-2329
3 Alan Grant Derry 4-0921
Brendan Rogers Derry 6-0321
5Davin Flynn Donegal 2-1117
Ruairí Convery Derry 1-1417
7Conor Corvan Armagh 1-1316
Lee Henderson Donegal 0-1616
Donal Meegan Monaghan 0-1616
10Brian Cassidy Derry 3-0615
Patrick Walsh Longford 0-1515
Top scorers in a single game
RankPlayerTeamTallyTotalOpposition
1David Carvill Armagh 1-1114 Tyrone
2 Damian Casey Tyrone 1-1013 Donegal
3 Brendan Rogers Derry 3-0211 Longford
Alan Grant Derry 2-0511 Longford
Damian Casey Tyrone 0-1111 Armagh
Ruairí Convery Derry 0-1111 Louth
David Carvill Armagh 0-1111 Louth
8 Brendan Rogers Derry 3-0110 Monaghan
Brian Cassidy Derry 2-0410 Longford
Conor Corvan Armagh 1-0710 Longford
Donal Meegan Monaghan 0-1010 Tyrone

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References

  1. Hurling tiers - 1. All-Ireland (Liam McCarthy) 2. Christy Ring 3. Nicky Rackard 4. Lory Meagher