| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Year | 2017 |
| Trophy | Fitzgibbon Cup |
| Sponsor | independent.ie |
| Winners | |
| Champions | Mary I |
| Manager | Jamie Wall |
| Captain | Eoin Quirke |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | IT Carlow |
| Manager | D. J. Carey |
| Other | |
| Player of the Year | Cian Lynch |
The 2017 independent.ie Fitzgibbon Cup was the 101st staging of the Fitzgibbon Cup since its establishment in 1912. The semi-finals and final were hosted by NUI Galway on 24 and 25 February 2017. Mary I retained the title after a 3–24 to 1–19 win against IT Carlow in the final.[1]
Format
Group stage
Sixteen institutes of higher education compete in groups of four. Each team in a group plays all the other teams in the group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.
Knockout stage
The four group winners play the four group runners-up in the quarter-finals. The semi-finals and final are played over a single weekend, usually the last Friday and Saturday in February.
Group stage
Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Mary I Limerick 3 2 1 0 7-77 1-42 53 5 2 IT Carlow 3 2 1 0 10-56 1-44 39 5 3 DIT 3 1 0 2 5-38 9-57 -31 2 4 GMIT 3 0 0 3 0-38 11-66 -61 0
| 24 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 |
Mary I Limerick | 2-31 - 0-16 | GMIT | MICL Grounds Referee: Mick Murtagh |
| D O'Donovan (0-8, 0-1 free, 0-1 sideline); C Lynch, T Grimes (1-2); A Gillane (0-5, 0-1 free); T Monaghan, M O'Neill (0-4); R Maher (0-3); C Galvin (0-2); E Quirke (0-1) | Report | A Ward (0-8, 0-6 frees, 0-1 '65); J Mannion, J Forde (0-2); I Creaven, J Mooney, L Kelly, R Doyle |
| 24 January 2017 19:00 Round 1 |
IT Carlow | 4-18 - 1-15 | DIT | Carlow I.T. Referee: James McGrath |
| S Maher (0-8, 0-5 frees); C Bolger (2-1); J Fagan (1-2); C Dwyer (0-4); M Kavanagh (0-3); M Redmond (1-0) | Report | B Maher (1-2), D McNicholas (0-4, 0-2 frees); C O'Donoghue (0-3, 0-2 frees); S Keating, J Guiney, R Greville, A Nugent, C Sheehan, T Doyle (0-1) |
| 2 February 2017 14:00 Round 2 |
IT Carlow | 0-18 - 0-18 | Mary I Limerick | Carlow I.T. |
| Stephen Maher (0-9, 0-7 frees, 0-1 '65); Colin Dunford, Cha Dwyer, Marty Kavanagh (0-2); Enda Rowland (0-1 free); James Doyle, Tommy Nolan (0-1) | Report |
| 2 February 2017 14:00 Round 2 |
DIT | 3-15 - 0-11 | GMIT | Carnmore Referee: K McGeeney (Mayo) |
| D McNicholas (1-4, 1-2 frees); L Blanchfield, S Keating (1-0); R Greville (0-3, 0-1 '65); B Maher (0-3); J Guiney (0-2); C Byrne, C Taylor, R Curley (0-1) | Report | A Ward (0-7 frees); D Mangan (0-2); C Slevin (0-1 penalty); E McEvoy (0-1) |
| 7 February 2017 14:00 Round 3 |
GMIT | 0-11 - 6-20 | IT Carlow | Carnmore Referee: M Murtagh (Westmeath) |
| D Burke 0-9 (7f, 1 ’65), A Ward, D Conroy 0-1 each. | Report | S Maher 3-12 (8f, 0-2 ’65), M Russell 1-0, J Fagan 1-0, C Bolger 1-0, M Kavanagh 0-3, J Doyle 0-2, C Dwyer, E Rowland (f), T Nolan 0-1 each. |
| 7 February 2017 14:00 Round 3 |
DIT | 1-8 - 5-28 | Mary I Limerick | Grangegorman Referee: Brian Gavin (Offaly) |
| C O’Donoghue 1-0, C Taylor 0-2 (1f), D McNicholas 0-2f, J Walsh 0-1, J Guiney 0-1f, L Blanchfield 0-1, N Walsh 0-1. | Report | Aaron Gillane 3-9 (1-0 pen, 0-5f), Cian Lynch 0-6, Darragh O’Donovan 1-2, Thomas Monaghan 0-4, Tadhg Gallagher 1-0, Mikey O’Neill 0-2, Alan Flynn, Ronan Maher, Colm Galvin, Luke Meade, David Sweeney 0-1 each. |
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 UL 2 2 0 0 4-44 2-28 22 4 2 NUI Galway 2 1 0 1 6-26 3-33 2 2 3 CIT 2 1 0 1 1-30 2-31 -2 2 4 DCU St Patricks Campus 2 0 0 2 1-18 5-28 -22 0
| 24 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 |
UL | 2-23 - 0-16 | CIT | UL Grounds Referee: Alan Kelly |
| J McGrath (1-8, 0-6 frees, 0-1 '65); K Hehir (0-4); S Bennett (1-1); T Kelly, B Heffernan (0-2); A McGuane, T Morrissey, G Hegarty, J Forde, R Lynch, B Nash (0-1) | Report | M Kearney (0-11, 0-9 frees, 0-1 '65); M Cahalane (0-2); R Hanley, T O'Connor, A Coffey (0-1) |
| 25 January 2017 13:00 Round 1 |
NUI Galway | 4-14 - 1-12 | DCU St Patricks Campus | NUIG Referee: Brian Gavin (Offaly) |
| S Conlon (2-2); C Cleary (1-3); K McHugo (1-2); G Hennelly (0-2 frees); G Loughnane (0-2), A Helebert (0-1 free); O Donnellan, C Whelan (0-1) | W Ryan (0-6, 0-4 frees); C Breathnach (1-1); P Spellacy (0-3); J Firman, C Brady (0-1) |
| 2 February 2017 14:00 Round 2 |
UL | 2-21 - 2-12 | NUI Galway | UL Grounds Referee: J McCormack (Tipperary) |
| J McGrath (1-5, 0-4 frees); S Bennett (1-5); G Hegarty (0-4); D Fitzgerald, K Hehir (0-2); M Mullins, L Lyons, T Morrissey (0-1) | Report | N Mitchell (1-4 frees); S Conlon (1-1); K McHugo (0-2); G Hennelly (0-2, 0-1 free); C Cleary (0-2 frees); O Donnellan (0-1) |
| 2 February 2017 14:00 Round 2 |
CIT | 1-14 - 0-6 | DCU St Patricks Campus | St Pats GAA Pitch Referee: J Keane (Galway) |
| M Kearney (1-6, 1-0 penalty, 0-4 frees); A Coffey (0-3, 0-1 free); J O’Neill (0-2); J Buckley, T O’Connor, C Kingston (0-1) | Report | B Ryan (0-5 frees); P Spellacy (0-1) |
| 7 February 2017 14:00 Round 3 |
DCU St Patrick's Campus | 2-14 - 4-31 | UL | St Pats GAA Pitch Referee: Gavin Quilty (Kilkenny) |
| Billy Ryan 2-7 (1-7f), Sean Morrissey 0-4, Fearghal Curran 0-2, Christy Breathnach 0-1. | Report | Bobby Duggan 0-12 (1f, 1 65), John McGrath 1-8 (0-6f, 0-1 65), Lorcan Lyons 1-2, PJ Scully 1-1, Mike Mullins 1-0, Tony Kelly 0-3, Adrian Morrissey, Jason Forde, Aidan McGuane, Ronan Lynch & John Paul Lucey 0-1 each. |
| 7 February 2017 14:00 Round 3 |
CIT | 0-19 - 0-19 | NUI Galway | Cork IT Referee: Fergal Horgan (Tipperary) |
| Michael Kearney 0-8 (0-6 frees), John O’Dwyer 0-5 (0-4 frees), Michael Cahalane, Jerry O’Neill 0-2 each, John Good, Andrew Coffey 0-1 each. | Report | Ger Hennelly 0-11 (0-8 frees, 0-2 65), Ian Fox, Kevin McHugo, Conor Whelan 0-2 each, Oisín Donnellan, Gearóid Loughnane 0-1 each. |
Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Limerick IT 2 2 0 0 6-33 0-22 29 4 2 WIT 2 1 0 1 5-25 2-22 12 2 3 DCU Dóchas Éireann 2 1 0 1 1-29 3-22 1 2 4 Trinity College Dublin 2 0 0 2 1-15 8-36 -42 0
| 24 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 |
Limerick IT | 4-21 - 0-7 | Trinity College Dublin | Limerick IT Referee: Joe Larkin (Cork) |
| S Bennett (3-7, 1-0 pen, 0-6 frees); D Dempsey (1-2, 0-1 free); D Byrnes (0-3, 0-1 '65); P Killeen, P Duggan, J McCarthy (0-2); J Shanahan, B O'Gorman, J Campion (0-1) | Report | C O'Sullivan (0-6, 0-4 frees, 0-1 '65, 0-1 sideline); N Redmond (0-1) |
| 24 January 2017 19:00 Round 1 |
DCU Dóchas Éireann | 1-14 - 1-10 | WIT | Dublin City University Sportsgrounds Referee: Patrick Murphy (Carlow) |
| P Curran (1-6, 0-3 frees); J O'Connor, R McBride (0-2); G Bailey, P Hogan, K Doyle, AJ Murphy (0-1) | Report | L McGrath (0-7, 0-5 frees, 0-1 sideline); A Joyce, S McNulty, C Lyons (0-1) |
| 2 February 2017 14:00 Round 2 |
WIT | 4-15 - 1-8 | Trinity College Dublin | Santry Avenue Referee: J Keenan (Wicklow) |
| L McGrath 0-7 (5fs), S Ryan 2-0, A Joyce, J O’Connor 1-0 each, T Fox, S McNulty 0-2 each, J O’Dwyer, P Walsh, C Lyons, A Gleeson (f) 0-1 each. | Report | C O’Sullivan 1-6 (1-0 sl, 0-6fs), E Kelly, C O’Carroll 0-1 each. |
| 2 February 2017 19:00 Round 2 |
Limerick IT | 2-12 - 0-15 | DCU Dóchas Éireann | Dublin City University Sportsgrounds Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath) |
| P Killeen 2-0, S Bennett 0-6 (3f), D Byrnes 0-2 (1f), D Reidy, M O'Malley, P Duggan, S Ryan 0-1 each | Report | P Curran 0-8 (6f), J O'Connor 0-2, P O'Dea 0-2, J Byrne 0-2, G Bailey 0-1. |
| 7 February 2017 14:00 Round 3 |
Trinity College Dublin | 1-14 - 0-19 | DCU Dóchas Éireann | Santry Avenue Referee: James McGrath (Westmeath) |
| Cian O’Sullivan 0-8 (6f), Jack O’Neill 1-0, Donncha Butler 0-3, Fionn O Riain Broin 0-2 (1f), Niall Redmond 0-1. | Report | Patrick Curran 0-12 (10f), Gavin Bailey 0-2, Rian McBride, AJ Murphy, Killian Doyle, Tony French & Eoghan Conroy 0-1 each. |
| 7 February 2017 14:00 Round 3 |
WIT | 3-13 - 5-14 | Limerick IT | WIT Sports Campus |
| Report |
Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 UCC 3 3 0 0 6-43 3-23 29 6 2 UCD 3 2 0 1 2-51 1-26 28 4 3 Maynooth University 3 1 0 2 4-50 1-50 9 2 4 UUJ 3 0 0 3 3-16 10-61 -66 0
| 24 January 2017 14:00 Round 1 |
UCC | 5-13 - 2-4 | UUJ | Mardyke Referee: Gavin Quilty (Kilkenny) |
| A Cadogan (3-1); R O'Shea (1-7, 0-6 frees); J O'Flynn (1-1); G O'Brien (0-2); R Cahalane, A Spillane (0-1) | Report | N McKeague (1-2, 0-2 frees); L Dunphy (1-0 free); J Connolly, K Rice (0-1) |
| 24 January 2017 19:00 Round 1 |
UCD | 0-21 - 0-13 | Maynooth University | Belfield Referee: John Keenan (Wicklow) |
| DJ Foran (0-10, 0-4 frees, 0-2 '65s); D Dolan (0-3, 0-1 free); L Scanlon, C Cronin (0-2); T de Burca, J O'Connor, O O'Rorke, S Quirke (0-1) | Report |
| 2 February 2017 14:00 Round 2 |
Maynooth University | 4-23 - 1-7 | UUJ | Jordanstown Referee: K Brady (Louth) |
| B Molloy (1-13, 0-7 frees, 0-1 '65); P Walsh (0-5); D Egerton, N Kenny, E Kenny (1-0); D Burke, MJ Lalor (0-2); S O’Brien (0-1) | Report | N McKeague (1-2, 1-0 penalty); D Nugent (0-2, 0-1 free); K Rice, M Dudley, J Connolly (0-1) |
| 2 February 2017 15:00 Round 2 |
UCC | 1-8 - 1-5 | UCD | Belfield Referee: A Devine (Westmeath) |
| M O’Brien (1-1); R O’Shea (0-3, 0-2 frees); A Cadogan, J O’Flynn, G O’Brien and C O’Leary (0-1) | Report | DJ Foran (1-3, 0-2 frees, 0-1 '65); C MacGabhann (0-2) |
| 7 February 2017 14:00 Round 3 |
Maynooth University | 0-14 - 0-22 | UCC | Maynooth University North Campus |
| B Molloy 0-9f, B Hogan 0-2f, C Breen, D Egerton, R Donohue 0-1 each. | Report | R O’Shea 0-9f, M O’Brien, J Barron 0-3 each; S Kennedy, C O’Leary 0-2 each; G O’Brien, T Devine, A Cadogan 0-1 each |
| 7 February 2017 14:30 Round 3 |
UUJ | 0-5 - 1-25 | UCD | Jordanstown |
| Report |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 14 February - | ||||||||||
| UL | 0-23 | |||||||||
| 24 February - NUIG | ||||||||||
| IT Carlow | 4-16 | |||||||||
| IT Carlow | 2-20 | |||||||||
| 14 February - | ||||||||||
| UCC | 1-20 | |||||||||
| UCC | 1-18 | |||||||||
| 25 February - NUIG | ||||||||||
| DCU Dóchas Éireann | 0-16 | |||||||||
| IT Carlow | 1-19 | |||||||||
| 14 February - | ||||||||||
| Mary I Limerick | 3-24 | |||||||||
| Mary I Limerick | 4-18 | |||||||||
| 24 February - NUIG | ||||||||||
| NUIG | 1-16 | |||||||||
| Mary I Limerick | 0-19 | |||||||||
| 14 February - | ||||||||||
| LIT | 0-14 | |||||||||
| LIT | 1-20 | |||||||||
| UCD | 1-13 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Group winners had home advantage for the quarter-finals.
| 14 February 2017 Quarter-final |
UCC | 1-18 - 0-16 | DCU Dóchas Éireann | Mardyke Referee: Alan Kelly (Galway) |
| Séamus Kennedy 0-4 (2f), Anthony Spillane 0-3, Michael Breen 1-0, Jamie Barron (0-1 free), Alan Cadogan (0-1 free), Chris O’Leary (0-2 frees) 0-2 each, Mark O’Brien, Conor Gleeson, Gavin O’Brien, Mark O’Connor, Michael O’Halloran 0-1 each. | Report | Patrick Curran 0-7 (0-6 frees), AJ Murphy 0-3, Rian McBride 0-2, Paul O’Dea, Liam Fahey, Paul Kelly, Killian Doyle 0-1 each. |
| 14 February 2017 Quarter-final |
LIT | 1-20 - 1-13 | UCD | Limerick IT Referee: Brian Gavin (Offaly) |
| P Killeen 0-7 (6f), J McCarthy 1-3, D Byrnes 0-3 (1f), S Bennett (1f) & D Dempsey 0-2 each, B O’Connell, P Duggan & W Connors 0-1 each. | Report | DJ Foran 0-5 (4f), L Scanlon 1-0, O O’Rorke 0-3 (2f), D Dolan 0-2, J Madden, T de Búrca (f) & J Maher 0-1 each. |
| 14 February 2017 Quarter-final |
UL | 0-23 - 4-16 | IT Carlow | UL Referee: Diarmuid Kirwan (Cork) |
| John McGrath 0-8 (6f, 1 ’65), Tony Kelly 0-4, David Fitzgerald 0-3, Gearoid Hegarty 0-2, Aidan McGuane 0-2, Aidan McGuane 0-2, Michael Mullins 0-1, Jason Forde 0-1 (f). | Report | Stephen Maher 0-6 (4f, 1 ’65), Jack Fagan 1-2, Martin Kavanagh 1-2, Mark Russell 1-1, Chris Bolger 1-1, Charles Dwyer 0-2, James Doyle 0-1, Colin Dunford 0-1. |
| 14 February 2017 Quarter-final |
Mary I Limerick | 4-18 - 1-16 | NUIG | MICL Grounds Referee: Fergal Horgan (Tipperary) |
| Aaron Gillane 2-10 (0-4f, 0-2 65s), Luke Meade 1-2, Tadhg Gallagher 1-0, Michael O’Neill 0-3, Darragh O’Donovan 0-2, Thomas Monaghan 0-1. | Report | Gerry Hennelly 0-9 (6f, 1 65), Gearoid Loughnane 1-0, Conor Whelan 0-3 (1f, 1 sl), Conor Cleary (f), Ian Fox, Oisin Donnellan & Sam Conlon 0-1 each. |
Semi-finals
| 24 February 2017 13:00 Semi-final |
IT Carlow | 2-20 - 1-20 | UCC | NUIG Referee: Barry Kelly (Westmeath) |
| S Maher 0-11 (6f, 2’65), C Bolger 0-4, K Kelly 1-1, C Dunford 1-0, M Kavanagh 0-2, J Fagan 0-1, E Rowland 0-1 (1f). | Report | R O’Shea 0-7 (5f), M Breen 0-5, J Power 1-1, A Spillane 0-2, J Barron 0-2, A Cadagon 0-1, M O’Connor 0-1, T Devine 0-1. |
| 24 February 2017 15:00 Semi-final |
Mary I Limerick | 0-19 - 0-14 | LIT | NUIG Referee: Paud O’Dwyer (Carlow) |
| A Gillane 0-12 (10f, 1’65), C Galvin 0-3, D O’Donovan 0-1 (1’sl), R Maher 0-1, M O’Neill 0-1, S Cahill 0-1. | Report | P Killeen 0-7 (7f), P Duggan 0-2 (2f), W Connors 0-2, D Dempsey 0-1, J McCarthy 0-1 (1f), S Ryan 0-1. |
Final
| 25 February 2017 14:00 Final |
IT Carlow | 1-19 - 3-24 | Mary I Limerick | Pearse Stadium Referee: Brian Gavin (Offaly). |
| S Maher 1-13 (12fs), C Dunford 0-2, C Dwyer 0-2, M Kavanagh 0-1, C Bolger 0-1. | Report | A Gillane 1-5 (1-0 pen, 4fs), D O’Donovan 1-3 (0-2 sl), R Maher 0-4 (3fs), P Ryan 1-0, M O’Neill 0-3, C Lynch 0-3, C Twomey 0-3, C Galvin 0-1, L Meade 0-1, S Cahill 0-1. |
References
- ↑ "11-point win as champions Mary I retain Fitzgibbon Cup title against IT Carlow". The 42. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
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