The 2022 Leinster Senior Football Championship was the 2022 iteration of the Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Year | 2022 |
| Winners | |
| Champions |  Dublin (61st win) |
| Manager | Dessie Farrell |
| Captain | James McCarthy |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Kildare |
| Manager | Glenn Ryan |
| Captain | Mick O'Grady |
The draws for the preliminary round and quarter-finals took place on Saturday 27 November 2021, while the draw for the semi-finals took place on Sunday 1 May 2022.
Teams
editThe Leinster championship was contested by 11 of the 12 county teams in Leinster, a province of Ireland. Kilkenny was the only county team not to compete.
| Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Captain | Most recent success | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | |||||
| Carlow |  Red, green and gold | IT Carlow | Niall Carew | |||
| Dublin |  Sky blue and navy | AIG | Dessie Farrell | |||
| Kildare |  White | Brady's Family Ham | Glenn Ryan | |||
| Laois |  Blue and white | MW Hire | Billy Sheehan | |||
| Longford |  Royal blue and gold | Glennon Brothers | Billy O'Loughlin | |||
| Louth |  Red and white | StatSports | Mickey Harte | |||
| Meath |  Green and gold | Devenish | Andy McEntee | Shane McEntee | ||
| Offaly |  White, green and gold | Carroll's | John Maughan | |||
| Westmeath |  Maroon and white | Renault | Jack Cooney | Kevin Maguire[3][4] | ||
| Wexford |  Purple and gold | Zurich | Shane Roche | |||
| Wicklow | Royal blue and gold | Joule | Alan Costello and Gary Duffy | Dean Healy | ||
Draw
editThe semi-finalists from the 2021 competition, along with one unseeded team, received a bye to the quarter-finals. The six remaining unseeded teams played in the preliminary round.
| Seeded | Unseeded |
|---|---|
| Dublin Kildare Meath Westmeath | Carlow Laois Longford Louth Offaly Wexford Wicklow |
Bracket
edit| Preliminary round 24 April | Quarter-finals 30 April / 1 May | Semi-finals 15 May | Final 29 May | ||||||||||||||||
 Louth | 5-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Carlow | 0-10 | Louth | 0-12 | ||||||||||||||||
 Kildare | 2-22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kildare | 1-21 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Westmeath | 2-15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Westmeath | 3-13 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Longford | 0-14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kildare | 1-15 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Wexford | 1-15 | Dublin | 5-17 | ||||||||||||||||
 Offaly | 1-12 | Wexford | 0-04 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dublin | 1-24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dublin | 1-27 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Meath | 1-14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Meath | 4-13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wicklow | 5-15 | Wicklow | 1-12 | ||||||||||||||||
 Laois | 4-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Preliminary round
edit| 24 April 2022 Preliminary round | Louth | 5-10 - 0-10 | Carlow | Pairc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh) Man of the Match: Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtín) |
| Sam Mulroy 2-5 (1-0 pen, 0-3f, 1 '45), Tommy Durnin and Conor Grimes 1-1 each, Ciaran Byrne 1-0, Ciaran Downey 0-2, Conor Earley 0-1 | Report | Darragh Foley 0-3 (0-2f), Ross Dunphy 0-2, Josh Moore, Jamie Clarke (0-1f), Conor Crowley, Colm Hulton, Niall Hickey 0-1 each |
| 24 April 2022 Preliminary round | Wicklow | 5-15 - 4-12 | Laois | Aughrim Park, Aughrim Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford) Man of the Match: Kevin Quinn (Blessington) |
| Kevin Quinn 3-0, Mark Kenny 0-5, Eoin Darcy 1-2 (0-1f), Padraig O'Toole 1-1, Mark Jackson 0-3f, Dean Healy 0-2, Andy Maher and Darragh Fitzgerald 0-1 each | Report | Gary Walsh 2-2 (0-2f), Paddy O'Sullivan 1-1, Sean O'Flynn 1-0, Mark Barry (0-3f) and Paul Kingston (0-1m, 0-2f) 0-3 each, Evan O'Carroll 0-2, Brian Byrne 0-1 |
| 24 April 2022 Preliminary round | Wexford | 1-15 - 1-12 | Offaly | Wexford Park, Wexford Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary) |
| Ben Brosnan 1-8 (0-4f), Darragh Brooks (0-1f), Martin O'Connor, Paraic Hughes, Glen Malone, Kevin O'Grady (0-1f), Eoghan Nolan (0-1m), Tom Byrne 0-1 each | Report | Lee Pearson 1-0, Paddy Dunican 0-3f, Bill Carroll 0-2, Colm Doyle, Niall Darby (0-1f), Johnny Moloney (0-1f), Dylan Hyland (0-1f), Mark Abbott, Bernard Allen (0-1f), Joseph O'Connor 0-1 each |
Quarter-finals
edit| 30 April 2022 Quarter-final | Dublin | 1-24 - 0-4 | Wexford | Wexford Park, Wexford Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry) Man of the Match: Brian Fenton (Raheny) |
| Con O'Callaghan 1-6, Brian Fenton and Dean Rock (0-1f, 1 '45) 0-5 each, Brian Howard and Cormac Costello 0-2 each, John Small, Tom Lahiff, Ciaran Kilkenny, Lorcan O'Dell 0-1 each | Report | Paraic Hughes, Niall Hughes (0-1m), Eoghan Nolan, Ben Brosnan 0-1 each |
| 30 April 2022 Quarter Final | Westmeath | 3-13 - 0-14 | Longford | Cusack Park, Mullingar Attendance: 2,290 Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare) Man of the Match: Ronan Wallace (Multyfarnham) |
| John Heslin 1-5 (0-4f), Alex Gardiner 0-3, Ronan O'Toole and Robbie Forde 1-0 each, Nigel Harte and Ray Connellan 0-2 each, Lorcan Dolan 0-1 | Report | Darren Gallagher 0-4 (0-2f, 1 '45), Dylan Farrell 0-3f, Paddy Collum (1 '45), Mickey Quinn, Kevin Diffley, Dessie Reynolds, Daniel Reynolds, Keelin McGann, Darragh Doherty 0-1 each |
| 1 May 2022 Quarter-final | Meath | 4-13 - 1-12 | Wicklow | Páirc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Paul Faloon (Down) Man of the Match: Bryan Menton (Donaghmore Ashbourne) |
| Jack O'Connor 1-3 (0-2f), Bryan Menton and Jordan Morris (0-2f) 0-4 each, James McEntee, Matthew Costello, Jack Flynn 1-0 each. Thomas O'Reilly 0-2 | Report | Mark Jackson (0-3f, 1 '45) and Eoin Darcy (0-4f) 0-4 each, Oisin McGraynor 1-0 each, Padraig O'Toole 0-2, Rory Stokes and Kevin Quinn 0-1 each |
| 1 May 2022 Quarter-final | Kildare | 2-22 - 0-12 | Louth | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 5,308[5] Referee: David Gough (Meath) Man of the Match: Ben McCormack (Sarsfields) |
| Darragh Kirwan 1-3 (0-1f), Jimmy Hyland 0-5 (0-1f), Ben McCormack 0-4, Kevin Feely 1-0 pen, Paul Cribbin and Daniel Flynn (0-1m) 0-3 each, Paddy Woodgate 0-2 (0-1f), Alex Beirne and Brian McLoughlin 0-1 each | Report | Sam Mulroy 0-5 (0-1m, 0-1f), Conor Grimes 0-3 (0-2f), Tommy Durnin, Conor Early, Ciaran Byrne, Jack Murphy 0-1 each |
Semi-finals
editThe draw took place after the quarter-finals.
| 15 May 2022 Semi-final | Kildare | 1-21 - 2-15 | Westmeath | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 38,081 Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone) Man of the Match: Ben McCormack (Sarsfields) |
| Jimmy Hyland 1-4 (0-1f), Ben McCormack (0-1m) and Darragh Kirwan (0-1f) 0-5 each, Daniel Flynn 0-2 (0-1m), Tony Archbold, Kevin Flynn, Alex Beirne, Paul Cribbin, Neil Flynn (0-1f) 0-1 each | Report | Ronan O'Toole 1-3, Sam McCartan and John Heslin (0-1f) 0-4 each, Jamie Gonoud 1-0, Ray Conellan 0-2, Nigel Harte and Luke Loughlin 0-1 each |
| 15 May 2022 Semi-final | Dublin | 1-27 - 1-14 | Meath | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 38,081[6] Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary) Man of the Match: James McCarthy (Ballymun Kickhams) |
| Dean Rock 1-8 (1-0 pen, 0-5f, 1 '45), Ciaran Kilkenny 0-5, Cormac Costello 0-3, James McCarthy, Tom Lahiff, Lorcan O'Dell, Con O'Callaghan 0-2 each, Brian Howard, Sean Bugler, Paddy Small (0-1m) 0-1 each | Report [1] | Jordan Morris 1-3 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Bryan Menton and Jack O'Connor (0-2f) 0-3 each, Donal Keogan, Thomas O'Reilly, Joey Wallace, Jack Flynn, Shane McEntee 0-1 each |
Final
edit| 28 May 2022 | Dublin | 5-17 - 1-15 | Kildare | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 38,000 (est.) Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) Man of the Match: Con O'Callaghan (Cuala) |
| Con O'Callaghan 1-5 (0-1m), Cormac Costello 2-1, Dean Rock 0-4f, John Small and Ciaran Kilkenny 1-0 each, Brian Fenton 0-3, Lee Gannon 0-2, Niall Scully and Aaron Byrne 0-1 each | Report | Jimmy Hyland 1-4 (0-3f), Ben McCormack 0-5 (0-1m), Kevin Feely 0-2 (0-1m), Kevin Flynn, Paul Cribbin, Darragh Kirwan, Paddy Woodgate (0-1f) 0-1 each |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Leinster GAA Senior Football Championship 2022". 28 May 2022.
- ^ "Dublin 5-17 Kildare 1-15: Dubs stamp Leinster Championship authority with dominant Lilywhites win".29 May 2022
- ^ "Kevin Maguire Named Westmeath Football Captain for 2021". Midlands 103. 12 May 2021.
- ^ Keane, Paul (9 July 2022). "Late goal seals inaugural Tailteann Cup for Westmeath". RTÉ.
Westmeath captain Kevin Maguire lifts the Tailteann Cup
- ^ "Mickey Harte says Louth 'didn't deserve that battering' as Kildare make semis". 2 May 2022.
- ^ "One-way traffic: Dublin v Meath done and dusted by half-time". The Irish Times. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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