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2023 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The 2023 Leinster Senior Football Championship was the 2023 iteration of the Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA.

2023 Leinster SFC
Tournament details
Year2023
Winners
Champions Dublin (62nd win)
CaptainJames McCarthy
Runners-up
Runners-up Louth
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Dublin were defending champions.[1]

Teams edit

General Information edit

Eleven counties will compete in the Leinster Senior Football Championship:

County Last Championship Title Last All-Ireland Title Position in 2022 Championship Last losing finalist
  Carlow 1944 - Preliminary round 1942
  Dublin 2022 2020 Champions 2001
  Kildare 2000 1928 Runners-up 2022
  Laois 2003 - Preliminary round 2018
  Longford 1968 - Quarter-finals 1965
  Louth 1957 1957 Quarter-finals 2010
  Meath 2010 1999 Semi-finals 2020
  Offaly 1997 1982 Preliminary round 2006
  Westmeath 2004 - Semi-finals 2016
  Wexford 1945 1918 Quarter-finals 2011
  Wicklow - - Quarter-finals 1897

Personnel and kits edit

County Manager Captain Sponsors
  Carlow Niall Carew Sean Gannon SETU
  Dublin Dessie Farrell James McCarthy AIG
  Kildare Glenn Ryan Mick O'Grady Brady Family
  Laois Billy Sheehan Trevor Collins and Evan O’Carroll MW Hire Group
  Longford Paddy Christie[2] Michael Quinn Glennon Brothers
  Louth Mickey Harte Sam Mulroy STATSports
  Meath Colm O'Rourke Shane McEntee Bective Stud, Tea Rooms and Apartments
  Offaly Liam Kearns Declan Hogan Glenisk
  Westmeath Dessie Dolan[3] Kevin Maguire Renault
  Wexford John Hegarty Liam Coleman Zurich Insurance Group
  Wicklow Oisín McConville[4] Padraig O’Toole Joule

Bracket edit

Preliminary round
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Offaly 1-11
  Longford 1-11   Meath 0-10
  Offaly 1-12   Offaly 2-15
  Louth 0-27*
  Westmeath 1-11
  Louth 2-10
  Louth 0-15
  Wicklow 2-12   Dublin 5-21
  Carlow 0-10   Wicklow 0-10
  Kildare 1-17
  Kildare 0-12
  Wexford 2-13   Dublin 0-14
  Laois 2-17   Laois 2-09
  Dublin 4-30


Preliminary round edit

9 April 2023
15:00
Preliminary round 		  Longford 1-11 - 1-12 Offaly   Pearse Park, Longford
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
Darren Gallagher 1-4 (2fs), Joe Hagan 0-3, Iarla O’Sullivan 0-1, Mickey Quinn 0-1, Dessie Reynolds 0-1, Dylan Farrell 0-1 Report Peter Cunningham 1-1, Cian Farrell 0-3 (1m), Nigel Dunne 0-2 (1f), Jamie Evans 0-2, Lee Pearson 0-1, Ruairi McNamee 0-1, Dylan Hyland 0-1 (1f), Bernard Allen 0-1.
9 April 2023
14:30
Preliminary round 		  Wicklow 2-12 - 0-10 Carlow   Aughrim Park, Aughrim
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)
Eoin Darcy 1-2 (1f), Kevin Quinn 0-4 (1f), Malachy Stone 1-0, Mark Jackson 0-2 (2fs), Mark Kenny 0-2, Padraig O'Toole 0-1, Gearoid Murphy 0-1. Report Darragh Foley 0-4 (3fs), Colm Hulton 0-3, Jordan Morrissey 0-1, Ross Dunphy 0-1, Jamie Clarke 0-1
9 April 2023
15:30
Preliminary round 		  Laois 2-17 - 2-13 Wexford   O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
Mark Barry 2-4 (2fs, 1m), Evan O'Carroll 0-6 (1f, 1m, 145), Paul Kingston 0-4 (3fs), Damon Larkin 0-2, Paddy O'Sullivan 0-1 Report Ben Brosnan 1-7 (1-0 pen, 5fs), Robbie Brooks 1-1, Sean Nolan 0-2, Paudie Hughes 0-1, Kevin O'Grady 0-1, Eoghan Nolan 0-1 (1 45)

Quarter-finals edit

23 April 2023
3:30pm
Quarter-final 		  Laois 2-9 4-30 Dublin   Laois Hire O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Referee: Barry Judge (Sligo)
Report
23 April 2023
4:00pm
Quarter-final 		  Offaly 1-11 0-10 Meath   Glenisk O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Attendance: 5,041[5]
Referee: S Mulhare (Laois)
Report
23 April 2023
2:00pm
Quarter-final 		  Kildare 1-17 0-10 Wicklow   Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
Report
23 April 2023
2:30pm
Quarter-final 		  Westmeath 1-11 2-10 Louth   Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: James Molloy (Galway)
Report

Semi-finals edit

30 April 2023
Semi-final 		  Kildare 0-12 - 0-14 Dublin   Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 30,499[6]
Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)
30 April 2023
Semi-final 		  Offaly 2-15 - 0-27 Louth   Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 30,499
Referee: J McQuillan (Cavan)
Report

Final edit

Main article: 2023 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final
  Louth0–15 – 5–21Dublin  
S Mulroy (0-10, 7f, 1'45), C Grimes (0-2), L Jackson (0-1), C Downey (0-1), C Lennon (0-1) Report S Bugler (1-3), C Costello (0-5, 3f, 1'45), P Mannion (1-1, 1f), C O'Callaghan (0-4), C Kilkenny (0-3), J McCarthy (1-0), C Basquel (1-0), P Small (1-0), J McCaffrey (0-2), J Small (0-1), S McMahon (0-1), D Rock (0-1)
Attendance: 40,115
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
GK 1 James Califf (Dreadnots)
RCB 2 Dan Corcoran (Geraldines)
FB 3 Peter Lynch (Roche Emmets)
LCB 4 Donal McKenny (St Mary's)
RHB 5 Leonard Grey (St Patrick's)
CHB 6 Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers)
LHB 7 Ciarán Murphy (St Patrick's)
MF 8 Tommy Durnin (Inniskeen Grattans, Monaghan)
MF 9 Conor Early (Na Fianna, Dublin)
RHF 10 Conal McKeever (Clan Na Gael)
CHF 11 Ciarán Downey (Newtown Blues)
LHF 12 Conor Grimes (Glen Emmets)
RCF 13 Dáire McConnon (St Mary's)
FF 14 Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtin) (c)
LCF 15 Liam Jackson (St Mary's)
Substitutes:
16 Craig Lennon (St Mochta's) for McConnon
17 Anthony Williams (Dreadnots) for Murphy
18 Conal McCaul (St Joseph's) for Jackson
19 Paul Matthews (St Fechin's) for Early
20 Ryan Burns (Hunterstown Rovers) for Corcoran
GK 1 Stephen Cluxton (Parnells)
RCB 2 Dáire Newcombe (Lucan Sarsfields)
FB 3 David Byrne (Naomh Ólaf)
LCB 4 Lee Gannon (Whitehall Colmcille)
RHB 5 Brian Howard (Raheny)
CHB 6 John Small (Ballymun Kickhams)
LHB 7 Jack McCaffrey (Clontarf)
MF 8 Brian Fenton (Raheny)
MF 9 James McCarthy (Ballymun Kickhams) (c)
RHF 10 Niall Scully (Templeogue Synge Street)
CHF 11 Seán Bugler (St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh)
LHF 12 Ciarán Kilkenny (Castleknock)
RCF 13 Paul Mannion (Kilmacud Crokes)
FF 14 Con O'Callaghan (Cuala)
LCF 15 Cormac Costello (St Vincent's)
Substitutes:
16 Cian Murphy (Thomas Davis) for McCaffrey
17 Paddy Small (Ballymun Kickhams) for Scully
18 Dean Rock (Ballymun Kickhams) for Costello
19 Colm Basquel (Kilmacud Crokes) for Mannion
20 Seán McMahon (Raheny) for Howard

Stadia and locations edit

County Location Province Stadium Capacity
  Carlow Carlow Leinster Dr Cullen Park 21,000
  Dublin Dublin Leinster Croke Park 82,300
  Kildare Newbridge Leinster St Conleth's Park 8,200
  Laois Portlaoise Leinster O'Moore Park 22,000
  Longford Longford Leinster Pearse Park 6,000
  Louth Drogheda Leinster Drogheda Park 3,500
  Meath Navan Leinster Páirc Tailteann 11,000
  Offaly Tullamore Leinster O'Connor Park 18,000
  Westmeath Mullingar Leinster Cusack Park 11,500
  Wexford Wexford Leinster Chadwicks Wexford Park 18,000
  Wicklow Aughrim Leinster Aughrim County Ground 7,000

Championship statistics edit

Scoring events edit

  • Widest winning margin: 27 points
  • Most goals in a match: 6
  • Most points in a match: 39
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 4
  • Most points by one team in a match: 30
  • Highest aggregate score: 57 points
  • Lowest aggregate score: 24 points

Miscellaneous edit

  • Its the first Leinster final between Dublin and Louth since 1958.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Dublin 5-17 Kildare 1-15: Dubs stamp Leinster Championship authority with dominant Lilywhites win".29 May 2022
  2. ^ Lawlor, Damian (27 August 2022). "Paddy Christie appointed Longford senior football manager". RTÉ.
  3. ^ Ryan, Eoin (21 September 2022). "Dessie Dolan confirmed as new Westmeath football manager". RTÉ News. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  4. ^ "McConville takes first steps into inter-county management with Wicklow". Hogan Stand. 3 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Offaly sentence Meath to Tailteann Cup as Faithful honour Liam Kearns in style". Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Kildare provide Dublin with their sternest stress test in Leinster for over a decade". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 April 2023.

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