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2017 O'Byrne Cup

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{{Infobox GAA championship

| image =

| caption =

| name = 2017 O'Byrne Cup

| trophy = O'Byrne Cup

| province = Leinster

| year = 2017

| manager = Paul Clarke

| captain = Ciarán Reddin

| winners = Dublin

| ordinal = 9

| runnersup = Louth

| runnerupcaptain =

| runnerupmanager = Colin Kelly

| previous = 2016

| next = 2018

}}

The 2017 O'Byrne Cup was played by county and further education college teams of Leinster GAA in January 2017 and was won by Dublin.{{cite web|url=http://www.leinstergaa.ie/leinster-accident-tournaments-2012/obyrne-cup-sf-2012.325.html |title = The Bord Na Mona O'Byrne Cup S.F. 2013 |accessdate=2012-11-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114025657/http://www.leinstergaa.ie/leinster-accident-tournaments-2012/obyrne-cup-sf-2012.325.html |archivedate=2012-11-14 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.leinstergaa.ie/news/attractive-bord-na-m%C3%B3na-obyrne-cup-sfinals-next-sunday.8413.html |title=Attractive Bord na Móna O'Byrne Cup S/Finals Next Sunday |access-date=2017-01-15 |archive-date=2017-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116184838/http://www.leinstergaa.ie/news/attractive-bord-na-m%C3%B3na-obyrne-cup-sfinals-next-sunday.8413.html |url-status=dead }}

Format

16 teams compete: 11 county teams (all those of Leinster except Kilkenny) and 5 third-level teams (DIT, UCD, IT Carlow, DCU–Dóchas Éireann and Maynooth University).

The teams are drawn into 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team plays the other teams in their group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The four group winners compete in the semi-finals.

Group stage

=Group 1=

class="wikitable"
Table

! P

! W

! D

! L

! F

! A

! +/-

! Pts

style="text-align:Center; background:#cfc;"

| align=left|File:Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin

| 3

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 46

| 38

| 8

| 4

style="text-align:Center;

| align=left|File:Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford

| 3

| 1

| 1

| 1

| 44

| 45

| -1

| 3

style="text-align:Center;

|align=left|File:Colours of Dublin.svg UCD

| 3

| 1

| 1

| 1

| 47

| 51

| -4

| 3

style="text-align:Center;

| align=left|File:Colours of Roscommon.svg DCU–Dóchas Éireann

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 2

| 39

| 42

| -3

| 2

=Group 2=

class="wikitable"
Table

! P

! W

! D

! L

! F

! A

! +/-

! Pts

style="text-align:Center; background:#cfc;"

| align=left|File:Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare

| 3

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 74

| 21

| +53

| 6

style="text-align:Center;

|align=left|File:Colours of Longford.svg Longford

| 3

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 55

| 45

| +10

| 4

style="text-align:Center;

|align=left|File:Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 2

| 50

| 41

| +9

| 2

style="text-align:Center;

| align=left|File:Colours of Sligo.svg IT Carlow

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 3

| 23

| 95

| –72

| 0

=Group 3=

class="wikitable"
Table

! P

! W

! D

! L

! F

! A

! +/-

! Pts

style="text-align:Center; background:#cfc;"

|align=left|File:Colours of Meath.svg Meath

| 3

| 2

| 1

|0

| 6-50

| 1-35

| +30

| 5

style="text-align:Center;

|align=left|File:Colours of Laois.svg Laois

| 3

| 2

| 1

|0

| 4-48

| 3-29

| +22

| 5

style="text-align:Center;

|align=left|File:Colours of Laois.svg DIT

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 3

| 1-28

| 4-37

| –18

| 2

style="text-align:Center;

|align=left|File:Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 3

| 2-24

| 3-49

| –34

| 0

  • Meath finished 1st due to their better score difference.

=Group 4=

class="wikitable"
Table

! P

! W

! D

! L

! F

! A

! +/-

! Pts

style="text-align:Center; background:#cfc;"

|align=left| File:Colours of Louth.svg Louth

| 3

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 51

| 40

| +11

| 6

style="text-align:Center;

|align=left|File:Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath

| 3

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 57

| 49

| +8

| 4

style="text-align:Center;

|align=left|File:Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 3

| 62

| 60

| +2

| 2

style="text-align:Center;

|align=left|File:Colours of Maynooth.png Maynooth University

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 3

| 46

| 67

| –21

| 0

Knockout stage

=Semi-finals=

{{GAA match

|date = 22 January 2017

|time = 2:00 pm

|round = Semi-Final

|team1 = Kildare

|score = 2-8 – 0-16

|report =[http://www.the42.ie/dublin-obyrne-cup-final-2017-3199701-Jan2017/ Report]

|team2 = Dublin

|goals1 = Johnny Byrne and Daniel Flynn 1-0 each, Niall Kelly, Paul Cribbin, Neil Flynn (0-1f) 0-2 each, Kevin Feely and Ben McCormack 0-1 each

|goals2 = Paul Hudson 0-4 (0-2f), Niall Scully and Conor McHugh (0-1f) 0-3 each, Ciaran Reddin, Jason Whelan, Ross Hazley, Shane Boland, Colm Basquel, Shane Cunningham 0-1 each

|stadium = St Conleth's Park

|attendance =

|referee = David Hickey (Carlow)

|motm =

}}

{{GAA match

|date =22 January 2017

|time =2 p.m.

|round =Semi-Final

|team1 =Meath

|score =0-10 – 1-14

|report =[http://www.the42.ie/louth-meath-obyrne-cup-3199716-Jan2017/ Report]

|team2 = Louth

|goals1 = R. Ó Coileáin (0-3, 2 frees); C. Downey (0-2); E. Wallace, S, Tobin (45), B. McMahon (free), B. Menton, C. O’Brien (0-1 each).

|goals2 = J. McEneaney (1-1, 1-0 pen); D. Maguire, S Mulroy (1 45, 1 free) (0-3 each); T. Durnin, A. McDonnell (0-2 each); A. Williams, D. Byrne, P Smith (0-1 each).

|stadium =Páirc Tailteann, Navan

|attendance =

|referee = D. Moore (Laois)

|motm =

}}

=Final=

{{GAA match

|date = 29 January 2017

|time = 2:00 pm

|round = Final

|team1 = File:Colours_of_Dublin.svg Dublin

|score = 2-16 – 1-10

|report = [http://www.the42.ie/dublin-obyrne-cup-louth-3211633-Jan2017/ Report] [https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2017/0129/848499-louth-v-dublin/]

|team2 = File:Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth

|goals1 = Paul Hudson 0-6 (0-3f), Colm Basquel 1-1, Killian O'Gara 1-0, Ciarán Reddin 0-3 (1 '45), Conor Mullally, Jason Whelan, Niall Scully, Conor McHugh, Shane Cunningham, Ross O'Brien 0-1 each

|goals2 = Páraic Smith 0-5, Pádraig Rath 1-0, Ronan Holcroft and Sam Mulroy (0-2f) 0-2 each, Bevan Duffy 0-1.

|stadium = Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda

|av = [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3V55KoWQAAFmX6.jpg] [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3V55KjWMAAbhzW.jpg]

|attendance = 3,500

|referee = John Hickey (Carlow)

|motm = Niall Scully

}}

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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

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GK1Evan Comerford (Ballymun Kickhams)
RCB2Ross McGowan (Kilmacud Crokes)
FB3Eoin O'Brien (Castleknock)
LCB4Jack Smith (Skerries Harps)
RHB5Robbie Gaughan (Ballinteer St John's)
CHB6Ciarán Reddin (St Maur's)
LHB7Conor Mullally (Cuala)
MF8Jason Whelan (Ballymun Kickhams)
MF9Ross Hazley (St Sylvester's)
RHF10Niall Scully (Templeogue/Synge Street)
CHF11Shane Boland (Castleknock)
LHF12Niall Walsh (St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh)
RCF13Conor McHugh (Na Fianna)
FF14Shane Cunningham (Kilmacud Crokes)
LCF15Paul Hudson (Thomas Davis)
colspan=3|Substitutes:
16Emmett Ó Conghaile (Lucan Sarsfields) for Hazley
17Colm Basquel (Ballyboden St Enda's) for Boland
18Tom Shields (Castleknock) for Mullally
19Gary Sweeney (St Sylvester's) for Walsh
20Killian O'Gara (Templeogue/Synge Street) for Cunningham
21Seán Newcombe (Lucan Sarsfields) for Whelan
22Ross O'Brien (St Jude's) for McHugh

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GK1Craig Lynch (Naomh Máirtín)
RCB2Pádraig Rath (Dreadnots)
FB3Patrick Reilly (St Bride's)
LCB4Kevin Carr (Newtown Blues)
RHB5Derek Maguire (Dundalk Young Irelands)
CHB6Darren McMahon (St Mochta's)
LHB7Anthony Williams (Dreadnots)
MF8Tommy Durnin (Westerns)
MF9Andy McDonnell (Newtown Blues)
RHF10James Stewart (Dundalk Gaels)
CHF11Páraic Smith (Dreadnots)
LHF12Bevan Duffy (St Fechin's)
RCF13Conal McKeever (Clan Na Gael)
FF14Jim McEneaney (Geraldines)
LCF15Ronan Holcroft (St Fechin's)
colspan=3|Substitutes:
16Adrian Reid (Mattock Rangers) for McKeever
17Ryan Burns (Hunterstown Rovers) for McEneaney
18Declan Byrne (St Mochta's) for McMahon
19Eoin O'Connor (St Patrick's) for Durnin
20Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtín) for Holcroft
21Ruairí Moore (O'Raghallaighs) for McDonnell
22Ross Nally (Newtown Blues) for Smith

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References

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External links

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