2016 O'Byrne Cup
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{{Infobox GAA championship
| name = 2016 O'Byrne Cup
| image = Meath donal.jpg
| caption = Donal Keogan lifts the O'Byrne Cup
| province = Leinster
| year = 2016
| trophy = O'Byrne Cup
| manager = Mick O'Dowd
| captain = Donal Keogan
| winners = Meath
| ordinal = 9
| runnersup = Longford
| runnerupcaptain =
| runnerupmanager = Denis Connerton
| previous = 2015
| next = 2017
}}
The 2016 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.
Meath were the winners.
Format
16 teams compete: 11 county teams (all those of Leinster except Kilkenny) and 5 third-level teams: DIT, UCD, IT Carlow, DCU and Maynooth University.
The teams are drawn into 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The four group winners progress to the semi-finals.
Group A
| class="wikitable" |
| Table
! P ! W ! D ! L ! F ! A ! +/- ! Pts |
|---|
| style="text-align:Center; background:#cfc;"
| File:Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 41 | 23 | 5 |
| style="text-align:Center;
| File:Colours of Roscommon.svg DCU | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 37 | 18 | 4 |
| style="text-align:Center;
| File:Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 38 | 9 | 3 |
| style="text-align:Center;
| File:Colours of Sligo.svg IT Carlow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 91 | -50 | 0 |
{{GAA match
|date = 3 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 = Wexford
|score = 2-6 - 0-12
|report =
|team2 = Dublin
|goals1 = A Flynn (1-1), B Brosnan (1-1), R Vallejo, K Rowe, K O'Grady, PJ Banville (0-1) each
|goals2 = D Rock (0-6), C Reddin, J Whelan, S Carthy, C Costello, P Andrews, C O'Callaghan (0-1) each
|stadium =Enniscorthy
|attendance =
|referee =J Hickey
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 3 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =IT Carlow
|score =2-6 - 3-20
|report =
|team2 =DCU
|goals1 = S McGraynor (2-3), D Aston (0-3)
|goals2 = C McGraynor (1-7), C McHugh (1-2), D Mannix (0-5), E Smith (1-1), C McNally (0-3), S Carey (0-1), S Attride (0-1)
|stadium =Fenagh
|attendance =
|referee =F Barry
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 6 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Dublin
|score =3-24 - 2-8
|report =
|team2 =IT Carlow
|goals1 = C Costello (2-6), P Andrews (1-3), M Deegan (0-5), T Brady (0-2), J Whelan (0-2), S Carthy (0-2), C McGuire (0-2), N Scully (0-1), P McMahon (0-1)
|goals2 = C Healy (1-3), M Sherry (1-0), C Conroy (0-2), K Ryan (0-2), N Kane (0-1)
|stadium =Blanchardstown
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date =6 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Wexford
|score =1-3 - 1-8
|report =
|team2 =DCU
|goals1 = J Carthy (1-0), K O'Grady (0-3)
|goals2 = C McGraynor (1-1), C McHugh (0-2), M Plunkett (0-2), S Carthy (0-1), C Breheny (0-1), D Mannix (0-1)
|stadium =Enniscorthy
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Wexford
|score = 3-20 - 1-12
|report =
|team2 =IT Carlow
|goals1 = T Rossiter (0-6), D Shanley (0-5), K Rowe (1-2), K O'Grady (0-3), S Ryan (1-0), B Brosnan (0-2), P Curtis (1-0), K Butler (0-1), C Kehoe (0-1)
|goals2 = B McHugh (0-8), C Healy (1-4)
|stadium = Bunclody
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Dublin
|score = 1-16 - 1-12
|report =
|team2 =DCU
|goals1 = D Rock (0-6), C O'Callaghan (1-2), C Costello (0-3), S Carthy (0-2), P Andrews (0-2), J Whelan (0-1)
|goals2 = S Carey (0-7), E Smith (1-3), M Quinn (0-1), D Byrne (0-1)
|stadium = Parnell Park
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
Group B
| class="wikitable" |
| Table
! P ! W ! D ! L ! F ! A ! +/- ! Pts |
|---|
| style="text-align:Center; background:#cfc;"
| File:Colours of Louth.svg Louth | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 33 | 24 | 4 |
| style="text-align:Center;
| File:Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 38 | 7 | 4 |
| style="text-align:Center;
|File:Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 42 | -8 | 2 |
| style="text-align:Center;
|File:Colours of Laois.svg DIT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 62 | -23 | 2 |
- Louth are placed ahead of Kildare because they won the head-to-head game between the teams.
{{GAA match
|date = 3 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 = Kildare
|score = 0-24 - 1-7
|report =
|team2 = DIT
|goals1 = A Tyrrell (0-9), E O'Flaherty (0-6), D Flynn (0-3), C McNally (0-2), R Houlihan, F Dowling, S Hanafin, R Cahill (0-1) each
|goals2 = B McMahon (0-5), C Madden (1-1), K O'Gara (0-1)
|stadium = Newbridge
|attendance =
|referee = S Johnson
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 3 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Louth
|score = 1-9 - 0-13
|report =
|team2 =Offaly
|goals1 = J McEneaney (1-5), C Judge (0-2), G McSorley (0-1), R Holcroft (0-1)
|goals2 = B Allen (0-4), J Maher (0-3), S Doyle (0-3), C McNamee (0-1), C Donoghue (0-1), M Brazil (0-1)
|stadium = Darver Centre of Excellence
|attendance =
|referee =B Cawley
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 6 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Kildare
|score = 0-8 - 2-11
|report =
|team2 =Louth
|goals1 = R Cahill (0-4), M Conway (0-1), E Heavey (0-1), E Callaghan (0-1), C McNally (0-1)
|goals2 = J Califf (1-8), B Flannagan (1-0), R Holcroft (0-2), J McEneaney (0-1)
|stadium = Hawkfield
|attendance =
|referee = S Culhair
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date =6 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =DIT
|score =2-11 - 0-10
|report =
|team2 =Offaly
|goals1 = K O'Gara (1-3), B McMahon (0-4), R Connelly (1-0), L Irwin (0-2), G Guilfoyle (0-1), C Madden (0-1)
|goals2 = N Dunne (0-5), A Sullivan (0-2), W Mulhall (0-1), S Dooley (0-1), J Gethings (0-1)
|stadium =Haggardstown
|attendance =
|referee = N McKenna
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Offaly
|score = 0-11 - 0-13
|report =
|team2 =Kildare
|goals1 = J Evans (0-3), J Maher (0-3), S Moriarty (0-1), S Nally (0-1), S Dooley (0-1), R McNamee (0-1), S Doyle (0-1)
|goals2 = R Cahill (0-5), E O'Connor (0-3), C McNally (0-2), M Byrne (0-1), A Tyrrell (0-1), S Hannafin (0-1)
|stadium = Tullamore
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Louth
|score = 3-19 - 1-9
|report =
|team2 =DIT
|goals1 = J McEneaney (1-6), T Durnin (1-1), B Flannagan (1-1), D Byrne (0-3), R Holcroft (0-3), C McKeever (0-3), A Reid (0-1), M Rafferty (0-1)
|goals2 = K O'Gara (0-6), C Madden (0-3), E O Conghaile (1-0)
|stadium = Darver Centre of Excellence
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
Group C
| class="wikitable" |
| Table
! P ! W ! D ! L ! F ! A ! +/- ! Pts |
|---|
| style="text-align:Center; background:#cfc;"
|File:Colours of Meath.svg Meath | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 35 | 19 | 4 |
| style="text-align:Center;
|File:Colours of Dublin.svg UCD | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 34 | 11 | 4 |
| style="text-align:Center;
|File:Colours of Laois.svg Laois | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 4 |
| style="text-align:Center;
|File:Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 59 | -30 | 0 |
{{GAA match
|date = 3 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 = Carlow
|score = 1-4 - 1-18
|report =
|team2 = Meath
|goals1 = C Blake (0-4), B Kavanagh (1-0)
|goals2 = M Newman (0-7), M Battersby (1-2), G Reilly (0-3), D McDonagh (0-3), H Rooney (0-1), S Tobin (0-1), P Geraghty (0-1)
|stadium = Carlow
|attendance =
|referee = C Dwyer
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 3 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Laois
|score = 1-10 - 1-9
|report =
|team2 =UCD
|goals1 = D Kingston (0-4), J Farrell (1-0), K Meaney (0-2), A Farrell (0-1), J O'Loughlin (0-1), N Murphy (0-1), R O'Connor (0-1)
|goals2 = J Heslin (0-4), L Kelly (1-0), C McCarthy (0-3), F Andrews (0-1), R Carr (0-1)
|stadium = Ratheniska
|attendance =
|referee = P Maguire
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 6 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Laois
|score =1-16 - 1-9
|report =
|team2 =Carlow
|goals1 = G Walsh (0-5), D Kingston (0-4), P Cahillane (1-1), J O'Loughlin (0-2), E Costello (0-1), A Farrell (0-1), K Meaney (0-1), R O'Connor (0-1)
|goals2 = J Murphy (1-0), G Kelly (0-2), D O'Brien (0-2), D Lunney (0-2), B Murphy (0-1), E Finnegan (0-1), J Kennedy (0-1)
|stadium = Portlaoise
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date =6 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Meath
|score = 0-11 - 2-8
|report =
|team2 =UCD
|goals1 = S Tobin (0-3), M Newman (0-2), D Lenihan (0-2), B O'Brien (0-1), C O'Sullivan (0-1), E Wallace (0-1), B Tormay (0-1)
|goals2 = T Hayes (1-1), C Basquel (1-0), J Heslin (0-2), J McEntee (0-2), C McCarthy (0-1), L Casey (0-1), E Lowry (0-1)
|stadium =Simonstown
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Meath
|score = 2-16 - 0-14
|report =
|team2 =Laois
|goals1 = G Reilly (1-4), S Tobin (0-5), M Newman (1-0), C O'Sullivan (0-2), D Lenihan (0-2), D Keogan (0-1), A Douglas (0-1), H Rooney (0-1)
|goals2 = D Kingston (0-8), P Cahillane (0-2), G Dillon (0-1), N Murphy (0-1), E Costello (0-1), G Walsh (0-1)
|stadium = Navan
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Carlow
|score = 1-7 - 2-13
|report =
|team2 =UCD
|goals1 = D Foley (1-5), C Blake (0-1), P Broderick (0-1)
|goals2 = R Carr (1-4), E Lowry (1-4), P Mannion (0-1), L Kelly (0-1), P Kingston (0-1), N O'Reilly (0-1), E O'Byrne (0-1)
|stadium = Carlow
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
Group D
| class="wikitable" |
| Table
! P ! W ! D ! L ! F ! A ! +/- ! Pts |
|---|
| style="text-align:Center; background:#cfc;"
|File:Colours of Longford.svg Longford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 34 | 9 | 4 |
| style="text-align:Center;
|File:Colours of Maynooth.png Maynooth | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 4 |
| style="text-align:Center;
|File:Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 4 |
| style="text-align:Center;
|File:Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 47 | -17 | 0 |
{{GAA match
|date = 3 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 = Wicklow
|score = 0-13 - 1-14
|report =
|team2 = Westmeath
|goals1 = R Finn (0-5), A McLoughlin (0-2), P Byrne (0-2), D Healy (0-1), C Murphy (0-1), D Hayden (0-1), C Fitzgerald (0-1)
|goals2 = J Connellan (1-6), S Dempsey (0-4), P Sharry (0-2), G Egan (0-1), C McCormack (0-1)
|stadium = Bray
|attendance =
|referee = B Tiernan
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 3 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Longford
|score = 0-18 - 1-9
|report =
|team2 =Maynooth
|goals1 = J McGivney (0-5), R Smyth (0-5), B Kavanagh (0-4), B Farrell (0-2), B McKeon (0-1), A Dalton (0-1)
|goals2 = N Flynn (0-5), E O'Carroll (1-0), J Wallace (0-2), B Duggan (0-1)
|stadium = Longford
|attendance =
|referee = D Gough
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 6 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Westmeath
|score = 0-14 - 1-10
|report =
|team2 =Longford
|goals1 = K Martin (0-4), G Egan (0-4), C McCormack (0-2), D Daly (0-1), R Foley (0-1), D Corroon (0-1), L Dolan (0-1)
|goals2 = B Kavanagh (0-4), M Brady (1-0), B McKeon (0-2), A Dalton (0-2), C Smyth (0-1), D Gallagher (0-1)
|stadium = Mullingar
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date =6 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Wicklow
|score = 0-9 - 1-15
|report =
|team2 =Maynooth
|goals1 = M O'Connor (0-3), N Gaffney (0-2), P Cunningham (0-2), G Allen (0-1), E Murtagh (0-1)
|goals2 = N Flynn (0-7), R Kennedy (1-3), R McManus (0-4), F Conway (0-1)
|stadium =Rathdrum
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Longford
|score = 1-9 - 1-5
|report =
|team2 =Wicklow
|goals1 = J McGivney (1-0), D McElligott (0-2), F McGee (0-2), D Masterson (0-1), C Smyth (0-1), R Smyth (0-1), D Gallagher (0-1), P McKeon (0-1)
|goals2 = P Byrne (1-2), C Murphy (0-1), R Finn (0-1), C Fitzgerald (0-1)
|stadium = Longford
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 10 January 2016
|time =
|round =
|team1 =Westmeath
|score = 0-9 - 0-10
|report =
|team2 =Maynooth
|goals1 = G Egan (0-4), R Sharry (0-2), D Corroon (0-1), L Dolan (0-1), K Martin (0-1)
|goals2 = R Kennedy (0-6), E O'Carroll (0-2), B Duggan (0-1), R McManus (0-1)
|stadium =
|attendance = Moate
|referee =
|motm =
}}
Semi-finals
{{GAA match
|date = 17 January 2016
|time =
|round =Semi-final
|team1 =Meath
|score = 0-11 – 0-10
|report =
|team2 =Louth
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Drogheda Park
|attendance =
|referee =
|motm =
}}
{{GAA match
|date = 17 January 2016
|time =
|round =Semi-final
|team1 = Dublin
|score = 0-9 – 1-12
|report =[http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/0117/760845-longford-v-dublin/ Report]
|team2 = Longford
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Pearse Park, Longford
|attendance = 2,000
|referee = J Hickey (Carlow)
|motm =
}}
Final
{{GAA match
|date = 24 January 2016
|time = 2:40 p.m.
|round =Final
|team1 ={{GG|Meath|football}}
|score = 1-17 – 1-11
|report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/0124/762592-meath-beat-longford-to-obyrne-cup-title/ Report]
|team2 ={{GG|Longford|football}}
|goals1 = G Reilly 0-6; M Newman 0-4 (4f); C O’Sullivan 1-1; D Lenihan, S Tobin 0-2 each; D Smyth, R Ó Coilleann 0-1 each
|goals2 = F McGee 0-6 (3f, 1 '45'); R Smyth 1-2; B McKeon, L Connerton, M Brady 0-1 each
|stadium = Páirc Tailteann, Navan
|attendance =
|referee =B Cawley (Kildare)
|motm =
}}