2017 Leinster Senior Football Championship

2017 Leinster SFC

Tournament details
Year	2017
Winners
Champions	Dublin (56th win)
Manager	Jim Gavin
Captain	Stephen Cluxton
Runners-up
Runners-up	Kildare
Manager	Cian O'Neill
Captain	Eoin Doyle

The 2017 Leinster Senior Football Championship was the 2017 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA.

Dublin were the defending champions, having won their 55th title and completed a 6-in-a-row in 2016.[1] The draw for the championship was made on 13 October 2016.[2]

Teams

The 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	Tickets.ie	Turlough O'Brien	Darragh Foley		1944
Dublin	Sky blue and navy	American International Group	Jim Gavin	Stephen Cluxton	2016	2016
Kildare	White	Brady Family Ham	Cian O'Neill	Eoin Doyle	1928	2000
Laois	Blue and white	MW Hire Services	Peter Creedon	Stephen Attride		2003
Longford	Royal blue and gold	Glennon Brothers	Denis Connerton	Mickey Quinn		1968
Louth	Red and white	Morgan Fuels	Colin Kelly	Pádraig Rath	1957	1957
Meath	Green and gold	Devenish Beyond Nutrition	Andy McEntee	Donal Keogan	1999	2010
Offaly	White, green and gold	Carroll's Cuisine	Pat Flanagan	Alan Mulhall	1982	1997
Westmeath	Maroon and white	Renault	Tom Cribbin	Ger Egan		2004
Wexford	Purple and gold	Gain Feeds	Séamus McEnaney	Graeme Molloy	1918	1945
Wicklow	Blue and gold	Arklow Bay Hotel	Johnny Magee	Rory Finn

Championship Draw

The four teams who won the quarter-finals in the previous year were given byes to this year's quarter-finals.

	Preliminary round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Meath		0-27
	Louth		1-19			Louth		3-9
	Wicklow		1-14								Meath		0-13
											Kildare		2-16
						Kildare		1-21
	Laois		4-15			Laois		1-7
	Longford		0-16													Kildare		1-17
																Dublin		2-23
						Dublin		0-19
	Carlow		2-17			Carlow		0-7
	Wexford		2-13								Dublin		4-29
											Westmeath		0-10
						Westmeath		0-10 3-17 (R)
						Offaly		0-10 0-15 (R)

Preliminary round

21 May 2017

15:00

Preliminary Round

Louth	1-19 - 1-14	Wicklow
Ryan Burns 0-6 (0-4f, 0-1 ’45), Eoin O’Connor 1-2, Padraic Smith, Jim McEneaney, Declan Byrne 0-2 each, Padraig Rath, Conal McKeever, Bevan Duffy, Ruairi Moore, Gerard McSorley 0-1 each	Report	Mark Kenny 1-1, Seanie Furlong 0-4 (0-3f), Paul Cunningham 0-3 (0-1f), Robert Lambert (0-1f), Daren Hayden, David Boothman, Dean Healy, Conor Ffrench, John McGrath 0-1 each

Parnell Park

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)

21 May 2017

15:00

Preliminary Round

Laois	4-15 - 0-16	Longford
Paul Kingston 2-1, Donie Kingston 1-4 (0-3f), Alan Farrell 1-0, John O’Loughlin 0-3, Padraig McMahon, Darren Strong, Eoin Buggie, Brendan Quigley, Colm Begley, Evan O'Carroll, Niall Donoher 0-1 each	Report	Robbie Smyth 0-11 (0-6f), Ronan McEntire, Sean McCormack, Liam Connerton, Darren Gallagher, Conor Berry 0-1 each

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)

21 May 2017

15:00

Preliminary Round

Carlow	2-17 - 2-13	Wexford
Paul Broderick 0-10 (0-5f), Brendan Murphy 1-2, Danny Moran 1-0, Darragh Foley 0-2, Gary Kelly, Alan Kelly, Sean Gannon 0-1 each	Report	Ben Brosnan (0-5f) and Ciarán Lyng (0-5f) 0-5 each, PJ Banville 1-1, Naomhan Rossiter 1-0, Michael Furlong and Adrian Flynn 0-1 each

Dr. Cullen Park

Attendance: 3,044

Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)

Quarterfinals

3 June 2017 19:00 Quarter-Final	Dublin	0-19 - 0-7	Carlow	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Attendance: 13,238 Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone) Man of the Match: Sean Murphy (Fenagh)
	Dean Rock 0-6f, Ciaran Kilkenny 0-3, Jack McCaffrey, Con O’Callaghan (0-2f), Bernard Brogan 0-2 each, Niall Scully, Paul Mannion, Diarmuid Conolly (1 '45), Conor McHugh 0-1 each	Report	Paul Broderick 0-3f, Danny Moran, Brendan Murphy, Sean Murphy, Darragh Foley (0-1f) 0-1 each

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4 June 2017 15:00 Quarter-Final	Meath	0-27 - 3-9	Louth	Parnell Park Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry) Man of the Match: Graham Reilly (St. Colmcille's)
	Graham Reilly 0-7, Donal Lenihan 0-6 (0-2f, 1 '45), James Toher 0-5 (0-3f), Bryan McMahon, Ruairí Ó Coileáin, Thomas Reilly 0-2 each, Ronan Jones, Cillian O'Sullivan, Sean Tobin 0-1 each	Report	Jim McEneaney 1-2 (1-0 pen), Conal McKeever and Ronan Holcroft 1-0 each, James Califf 0-3 (0-1f), Ryan Burns 0-2f, Anthony Williams and Bevan Duffy 0-1 each

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4 June 2017 15:00 Quarter-Final	Kildare	1-21 - 1-7	Laois	O'Connor Park Attendance: 7,477 Referee: David Coldrick (Meath) Man of the Match: Keith Cribbin (Johnstownbridge)
	Daniel Flynn 1-3, Niall Kelly and Cathal McNally 0-3 each, Kevin Feely (0-2f) and Paul Cribbin 0-2 each, Mark Donnellan (1 '45), Ollie Lyons, Johnny Byrne, Keith Cribbin, Tommy Moolick, David Slattery, Eamonn Callaghan, Fionn Dowling 0-1 each	Report	Donal Kingston 1-2 (0-2f), Gary Walsh 0-3 (1 '45), Alan Farrell and Evan O'Carroll (0-1f) 0-1 each

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11 June 2017 15:00 Quarter-Final	Offaly	0-10 - 0-10	Westmeath	O'Connor Park Attendance: 8,723 Referee: Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry) Man of the Match: Ger Egan (Tyrrellspass)
	Nigel Dunne 0-3 (0-1f), Graham Guilfoyle and Michael Brazil 0-2 each, Niall Darby, Johnny Moloney, Niall McNamee 0-1 each	Report	Ger Egan and John Heslin (0-3f) 0-4 each, Noel Mulligan and Shane Dempsey 0-1 each

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17 June 2017 15:00 Quarter-Final Replay	Westmeath	3-17 - 0-15	Offaly	Cusack Park Attendance: 4,714 Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare) Man of the Match: John Heslin (St. Loman's)
	John Heslin 1-6 (0-2f), Kieran Martin 1-2, Paul Sharry 0-3 (2 '45), John Egan 1-0, Frank Boyle 0-2, Ger Egan, Callum McCormack, Tommy McDaniel, Noel Mulligan 0-1 each	Report	Nigel Dunne 0-5 (0-3f), Peter Cunningham 0-4, Sean Doyle 0-2, Niall Darby, Conor McNamee, Michael Brazil, Graham Guilfoyle 0-1 each.

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Semifinals

17 June 2017 7:00 pm Semi-Final	Meath	0-13 - 2-16	Kildare	O'Connor Park Attendance: 12,702 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) Man of the Match: Daniel Flynn (Johnstownbridge)
	Donal Lenihan 0-5 (0-2f), Ruairi O’Coileain 0-3, Bryan Menton 0-2, Mickey Burke, James McEntee, James Toher 0-1 each	Report	Daniel Flynn 1-4, Cathal McNally 1-3, Kevin Feely 0-5 (0-4f), Paddy Brophy 0-2, Eamonn Callaghan and Neil Flynn (0-1f) 0-1 each

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25 June 2017 4:00 pm Semi-Final	Dublin	4-29 - 0-10	Westmeath	Croke Park Attendance: 33,370 Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) Man of the Match: Paul Mannion (Kilmacud Crokes)
	Dean Rock 1-5 (0-3f, 2 '45), Paul Mannion 0-8, Ciaran Kilkenny 1-3, Kevin McManamon 1-1, Con O’Callaghan 0-3, Eoghan O’Gara 1-0, Brian Fenton, Paddy Andrews, Bernard Brogan (0-1f), Shane B. Carthy 0-2 each, Jack McCaffrey 0-1.	Report	John Heslin 0-4 (0-3f), Kieran Martin 0-3, John Egan 0-2, Ger Egan 0-1

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Final

16 July 2017 4:00 pm Final	Dublin	2-23 - 1-17	Kildare	Croke Park Attendance: 66,734 Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow) Man of the Match: Con O'Callaghan (Cuala)
	Con O'Callaghan 0-12 (0-6f), Bernard Brogan 0-5, James McCarthy and Dean Rock 1-0 each, Ciaran Kilkenny 0-2, Paul Mannion, Paddy Andrews, Shane B. Carthy, Brian Howard 0-1 each	Report	Paddy Brophy 1-3 (0-1f), Kevin Feely 0-5 (0-4f), Daniel Flynn and Cathal McNally 0-2 each, Johnny Byrne, Keith Cribbin, Niall Kelly, David Slattery, Fionn Dowling 0-1 each

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See also

• 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • 2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship
  • 2017 Munster Senior Football Championship
  • 2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship

References

1. Keane, Paul. "Boys in Blue cruise to another Leinster title".
2. "REVEALED! The provincial draw for the 2017 All-Ireland football championship - Independent.ie".

External links

• http://www.leinstergaa.ie/