2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Championship details | |
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Dates | 13 May – 24 September 2017 |
Teams | Connacht 2 Leinster 4 Munster 3 Ulster 4 |
All-Ireland champions | |
Winners | Dublin (2nd win) |
Captain | Sinéad Aherne |
Manager | Mick Bohan |
All Ireland Runners-up | |
Runners-up | Mayo |
Captain | Sarah Tierney |
Manager | Frank Browne |
Provincial champions | |
Connacht | Galway |
Leinster | Dublin |
Munster | Kerry |
Ulster | Donegal |
Championship Statistics | |
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The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 44th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic Football tournament. It is known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship.
As well as live games on TG4, this season was the first to see live-streaming of championship games via YouTube.[1]
Format
[edit]Provincial Championships
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise their provincial championship. Each province determines the format for deciding their champions and it may be league, group, knock-out, double-elimination, etc. or a combination. For clarity, the format is explained in the provincial sections below.
Qualifiers
All teams except the provincial champions enter the All-Ireland qualifiers. The final four winners from the qualifiers re-enter the All-Ireland championship at the quarter-final stage. All matches are knock-out.
All-Ireland
The four provincial champions play the four winners from the qualifiers in the All-Ireland quarter-finals with the winners progressing to the semi-finals. The final is normally played on the fourth Sunday in September. All matches are knock-out.
Hawkeye
This was the first year that Hawkeye was used in Ladies Gaelic Football but was limited to televised matches.[2]
Provincial championships
[edit]Connacht Championship
[edit]Connacht Format
[edit]As only two teams enter, a knock-out final is played.[3]
Connacht Final
[edit]2 July 2017 4:30 pm Final |
Mayo | 1-8 – 3-12 | Galway | MacHale Park, Castlebar Referee: G Chapman (Sligo) |
Report |
Leinster Championship
[edit]Leinster Format
[edit]Three of the four Leinster teams (Kildare, Laois and Westmeath) compete in an initial group stage. Each team plays all the other teams once in three rounds.
The group winner advances to the final. The group runner-up plays Dublin in the semi-final.[4]
Leinster Group Stage
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +8 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –10 |
Leinster Semi-Final
[edit]25 June 2017 12:00 pm Semi-Final |
Laois | 2-3 - 8-13 | Dublin | Páirc Mochua, Timahoe |
Aileen O'Loughlin and Ciara Burke 1-0 each, Mo Nerney, Rachel Williams, Clare Conlon (0-1f) 0-1 each | Report | Sinéad Aherne 3-4 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Sarah McCaffrey 2-2, Nicole Owens 2-1, 1-4, Amy Connolly and Lyndsey Davey 0-1 each |
Leinster Final
[edit]9 July 2017 4:00 pm Final |
Dublin | 3-18 - 0-8 | Westmeath | Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow Man of the Match: Noëlle Healy |
Noëlle Healy 2-3, Lauren Magee 1-1, Sinéad Aherne 0-4 (0-2f), Carla Rowe 0-3, Nicole Owens and Denise McKenna (0-1f) 0-2 each Rachel Ruddy, Niamh Collins, Niamh McEvoy 0-1 each | Report | Fiona Claffey, Laura Lee Walsh 0-2, Leona Archibald (0-1f) 0-2 each, Maud Annie Foley and Lucy McCartan 0-1 each |
Munster Championship
[edit]Munster Format
[edit]The three Munster teams (Cork, Kerry and Waterford) compete in an initial group stage. The top two teams advance to the final.[5]
Munster Group Stage
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +9 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | –1 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –8 |
Munster Final
[edit]8 July 2017 3:15 pm Final |
Waterford | 3-6 – 1-14 | Kerry | Carrigoon GAA Complex, Mallow Man of the Match: Aislinn Desmond |
Maria Delahunty 1-3 (0-3f), Katie Hannon (1-0 pen) and Grainne Kennealy 1-0 each, Michelle Ryan 0-2, Aoife Murray 0-1 | Report | Sarah Houlihan 1-4 (0-1f), Louise Ni Mhuircheartaigh 0-6 (0-2f), Lorraine Scanlon 0-2, Amanda Brosnan and Laura Rogers 0-1 each |
Ulster Championship
[edit]Ulster Format
[edit]Four teams compete in two semi-finals and a final. All matches are knockout.[6]
Ulster Semi-Finals
[edit]Ulster Final
[edit]2 July 2017 3:45 PM Final |
Donegal | 4-11 - 0-15 | Monaghan | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones Referee: Conor Dourneen (Cavan) Man of the Match: Geraldine McLaughlin |
Geraldine McLaughlin 2-6 (0-4f), Yvonne McMonagle 1-1, Roisin Friel 1-0, Karen Guthrie 0-2f, Grainne Houston and Eilish Ward 0-1 each | Report | Ellen McCarron 0-8 (0-4f), Eileen McKenna and Ciara McAnespie 0-2, Cora Courtney (0-1f), Caoimhe Mohan, Rosemary Courtney 0-1 each |
Qualifiers
[edit]Qualifiers Format
[edit]All the teams except the provincial champions enter the qualifiers. All matches are knock-out.
A preliminary round is held to reduce the number of teams to eight who then play four matches. The four winners play the four provincial champions in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.
Qualifiers Preliminary Round
[edit]Qualifiers Last Eight
[edit]5 August 2017 Qualifier |
Mayo | 3-20 – 0-8 | Kildare | Dunlo GAA Grounds, Ballinasloe Referee: S Joy (Kerry) Man of the Match: Sarah Rowe (Kilmoremoy) |
Cora Staunton 1-11 (0-8f), Sarah Rowe 1-4, Grace Kelly 1-3, Aileen Gilroy and Orla Conlon 0-1 each | Report | Roisin Byrne 0-4 (0-2f), Molly Price 0-2, Louise Scully and Neasa Dooley 0-1 each |
7 August 2017 3 p.m. Qualifier |
Monaghan | 1-10 - 0-14 | Cork | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: Gerry Carmody Man of the Match: Eimear Scally (Éire Óg) |
Ciara McAnespie 1-2, Ellen McCarron 0-4 (0-2f), Cora Courtney (0-1f), Laura McEnaney, Caoimhe Mohan, Rosemary Courtney 0-1 each | Report | Eimear Scally (0-1f) and Orla Finn (0-3f) 0-5 each, Niamh Cotter, Cara O’Sullivan, Doireann O’Sullivan, Áine O’Sullivan 0-1 each |
All-Ireland
[edit]All-Ireland Quarter-Finals
[edit]The four provincial champions play the four remaining teams from the qualifiers.
12 August 2017 4:45 pm Quarter-final |
Dublin | 2-15 - 1-7 | Waterford | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Referee: Seamus Mulvihil (Kerry) Man of the Match: Nicole Owens (St. Sylvesters) |
Sinéad Aherne 1-9 (0-6f), Nicole Owens 1-4, Noëlle Healy 0-2 | Report | Roisin Tobin 1-0, Maria Delahunty 0-3f, Aoife Murray, Katie Murray, Eimear Fennell, Michelle Ryan 0-1 each |
12 August 2017 6:30 pm Quarter-final |
Kerry | 3-14 - 2-11 | Armagh | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Referee: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow) Man of the Match: Hannah O'Donoghue (Beaufort) |
Hannah O’Donoghue 1-4, Loiuse Ní Mhuircheartaigh 1-3 (0-1f), Sara Houlihan 0-4 (0-2f), Anna Galvin 1-0, Lorraine Scanlon 0-2, Eilish O’Leary 0-1 | Report | Aimee Mackin 2-4, Aoife McCoy and Fionulla McKenna (0-2f) 0-3 each, Lauren McConville 0-1 |
19 August 2017 12:30 pm Quarter-final |
Galway | 1-10 - 6-19 | Cork | Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Niall McCormack (Laois) Man of the Match: Orla Finn (Kinsale) |
Deirdre Brennan 1-0, Mairéad Seoighe (0-1f) and Tracey Leonard (0-2f) 0-3 each, Shauna Hynes, Catriona Cormican, Olivia Divilly, Megan Glynn 0-1 each | Report | Orla Finn 0-10 (0-4f), Brid O'Sullivan 2-1, Eimear Scally 1-3, Áine O’Sullivan and Doireann O’Sullivan (0-1f) 1-2 each, Niamh Cotter 1-0, Ciara O'Sullivan 0-1 |
19 August 2017 2:15 pm Quarter-final |
Donegal | 2-11 - 3-14 | Mayo | Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Gus Chapman (Sligo) Man of the Match: Grace Kelly (Moy Davitts) |
Yvonne McMonagle 1-3, Geraldine McLaughlin 1-1 (0-1f), Karen Guthrie 0-3 (0-2f), Niamh Hegarty 0-2, Aoife McDonnell and Katy Herron 0-1 each | Report | Cora Staunton 1-6 (0-3f), Grace Kelly 1-4, Niamh Kelly 1-0, Sarah Rowe 0-3, Aileen Gilroy 0-1 |
All-Ireland Semi-Finals
[edit]26 August 2017 6:30 pm Semi-final |
Dublin | 5-10 - 0-11 | Kerry | Semple Stadium, Thurles Referee: S McNulty (Sligo) Man of the Match: Sinéad Aherne (St. Sylvesters) |
Sinéad Aherne 2-7 (1-0 pen, 0-4f), Noëlle Healy 2-0, Nicole Owens 1-1, Sinéad Goldrick and Carla Rowe 0-1 each | Report | Louise Ni Mhuircheartaigh 0-8 (0-4f), Hannah O'Donoghue, Laura Rogers, Fiadhna Tangney 0-1 each |
2 September 2017 4:45 pm Semi-final |
Mayo | 3-11 – 0-18 | Cork | Breffni Park, Cavan Referee: Niall McCormack (Laois) Man of the Match: Cora Staunton (Carnacon) |
Cora Staunton 1-9 (0-2f), Aileen Gilroy and Amy Dowling 1-0, Niamh Kelly and Ciara Whyte 0-1 each | Report | Orla Finn 0-13 (0-11f), Áine O'Sulliavan 0-2, Roisin Phelan, Ciara O'Sullivan, Brid O'Sullivan 0-1 each |
All-Ireland final
[edit]Dublin | 4-11; 0-11 | Mayo |
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Sinéad Aherne (0-9) Sarah McCaffrey (2-0) Carla Rowe (1-1) Niamh McEvoy (1-1) |
[7][8][9][10] | Cora Staunton (0-7) Grace Kelly (0-2) Aileen Gilroy (0-1) Niamh Kelly (0-1) |
References
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- ^ "Hawkeye will be used at Ladies Football final". RTE.ie. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Connacht Ladies Gaelic".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
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