2012 O'Byrne Cup

The 2012 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level. The winners of the 2011 O'Byrne Cup were Kildare. The O'Byrne Cup began on 8 January 2012. Prior to the start of the competition, Kilkenny announced that they would not be participating in the competition this year.[1]

2012 O'Byrne Cup
Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year2012
TrophyO'Byrne Cup
Winners
ChampionsDCU

O'Byrne Cup
First Round
8 January 2012		 Quarter Finals
15 January 2012		 Semi Finals
22 January 2012		 Final
29 January 2012
Meath 1-13  
Wexford 1-10     Meath 0-11  
        Louth 0-05  
          Meath 0-06  
Wicklow 1-14       D.C.U. 2-08  
D.C.U. 0-18     D.C.U. 2-11  
Longford 0-13     Longford 0-12  
Athlone I.T. 1-09       D.C.U. 3-07
Kildare 2-11       Kildare 1-12
D.I.T. 0-09     Kildare 0-17  
Offaly 3-06     Offaly 0-04  
Westmeath 0-07       Kildare 1-11  
Carlow 0-10       Dublin 0-08  
Dublin 0-17     Dublin 4-14      
Laois 0-11     U.C.D. 0-12      
U.C.D. 0-15  

First Round

The first round winners Meath, DCU, Longford, Kildare, Offaly, Dublin and UCD went on to qualify for the quarter finals of the tournament. The losers of the first round went on to the O'Byrne Shield quarter finals. All the first round matches took place on 8 January 2012.[2]

Meath1-13 - 1-10Wexford
Wicklow1-14 - 0-18D.C.U.
Longford0-13 - 1-09Athlone I.T.
Leo Casey Park, Ballymahon
Kildare2-11 - 0-09D.I.T.
Offaly3-06 - 0-07Westmeath
Carlow0-10 - 0-17Dublin
Laois0-11 - 0-15U.C.D.

Quarter finals
Meath0-11 - 0-05Louth
D.C.U.2-11 - 0-12Longford
Kildare0-17 - 0-4Offaly
Dublin4-14 - 0-12U.C.D.

Semi finals
Meath0-06 - 2-08D.C.U.
Kildare1-11 - 0-08Dublin

Final

The final of the O'Byrne Cup was originally supposed to take place on 29 January 2012. However, due to the venue (St Conleth's Park) being waterlogged, it was postponed. The new date was Friday 17 February in Portlaoise.[3]

D.C.U.3-07 - 1-12Kildare
D. Rock (2-3), P. McMahon (1-0), R. Hennelly, P. Flynn, C. Cregg, A. McFadden (0-1 each) Report E. Callaghan (1-1), C. McDonnell (0-3), D. Lawlor, S. Hanafin (0-2 each), S. Bergin, H. McGrillen, A. Smith, K. Donnelly (0-1 each)

O'Byrne Shield

The O'Byrne Shield consists of the 7 losing teams from the first round of the O'Byrne Cup.

Quarter Finals
15 January 2012		 Semi Finals
22 January 2012		 Final
29 January 2012
     
        Wexford 1-15  
Wicklow 1-12     Wicklow 0-17  
Athlone I.T. 1-09       Wexford 1-06
D.I.T. 0-16       Laois 1-15
Westmeath 0-13     D.I.T. 0-07
Carlow 1-07     Laois 0-15    
Laois 1-14  

Quarter finals
Wicklow1-12 - 1-09Athlone I.T.
D.I.T.0-16 - 0-13Westmeath
Carlow1-14 - 1-07Laois

Semi finals
Wexford1-15 - 0-17Wicklow
D.I.T.0-07 - 0-15Laois

Final
Wexford1-06 - 1-15Laois
Report
Clongeen

See also

References
  1. "Kilkenny withdraw from O'Byrne Cup". SportsNews Ireland. 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  2. "O'Byrne Cup round-up". RTÉ Sport. 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  3. "Waterlogged pitch hits O'Byrne Cup final". Irish Examiner. 2012-01-29. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
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