U16 footballers finish strong to defeat Down in Reilly Tournament

Sat, 13th July 2019

Dublin's under-16 footballers made it three wins from three starts in their group of the Gerry Reilly U16 Football Tournament when they defeated Down in Páirc Esler, Newry on Saturday afternoon.

Following their recent victories over Wicklow and Antrim the Dubs put in a strong second half display to overcome Down 3-14 to 3-11, after trailing by 0-7 to 2-4 at the half-time interval.

Dublin have now completed their group stage (Group B) and advance to the Cup quarter-finals in two weeks' time as group winners where they will play the runners-up in Group A (Cavan, Louth, Longford, Fermanagh, Leitrim) in Oldcastle GAA club, Meath.

The young Dubs defeated Wicklow 7-18 to 0-5 in Joule Park, Aughrim last Saturday morning and followed that up last Monday night with a 4-11 to 2-4 win against Antrim in the Louth Centre of Excellence, Darver.

Eighteen teams are participating this year with Kildare entering two sides (in Group A and D). The top two teams in each Group advance to the Cup quarter-finals with the next two progressing to the last-eight of the Shield.

2019 GERRY REILLY U16 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

Group A: 1 Cavan, 2 Longford, 3 Fermanagh, 4 Leitrim, 5 Louth

Group B: 1 Wicklow, 2 Down, 3 DUBLIN, 4 Antrim

Group C: 1 Laois, 2 Meath, 3 Monaghan, 4 Westmeath, 5 Cill Dara

Group D: 1 Carlow, 2 Wexford, 3 Kildare, 4 Offaly

ROUND-ROBIN PHASE (First named county at home)

Groups A and C

Round 1 - Saturday, June 22: (Group A) Cavan 6-20 Longford 0-4; Fermanagh 3-9 Leitrim 0-12; (Group C) Meath 4-18 Laois 3-12; Monaghan 3-10 Westmeath 2-8.

Round 2 - Saturday, June 29: (A) Cavan 1-20 Leitrim 2-7; Louth 4-11 Fermanagh 0-7; (C) Westmeath 5-14 Laois 3-9; Cill Dara 6-24 Monaghan 0-6.

Round 3 - Saturday, July 6: (A) Cavan v Louth; Longford v Leitrim (rescheduled for Thurs, July 18); (C) Cill Dara 5-14 Laois 2-8; Meath 7-14 Westmeath 0-8.

Round 4 - Saturday, July 13: (A) Louth 3-12 Longford 1-5; Fermanagh v Cavan. (C) Cill Dara 0-12 Meath 1-13; Monaghan 3-13 Laois 5-11.

Round 5 - Saturday, July 20: 4 v 5, 2 v 3

Groups B and D

Round 1 - Saturday, June 29: (B) Down deferred Wicklow; DUBLIN deferred Antrim; (D) Wexford defeated Carlow; Offaly 0-16 Kildare 0-13.

Round 2 - Saturday, July 6: (B) Antrim 0-10 Down 3-20; Wicklow 0-5 DUBLIN 7-18; (D) Offaly 2-9 Wexford 3-5; Carlow v Kildare (rescheduled for Saturday, July 20).

Round 1 (rescheduled) - Monday, July 9: (B) Antrim 2-4 DUBLIN 4-11.

Round 3 - Saturday, July 13: (B) Antrim 2-8 Wicklow 0-11; Down 3-11 DUBLIN 3-14; (D) Kildare 1-6 Wexford 1-16; Offaly 1-12 Carlow 2-5.

Round 1 (rescheduled) - Saturday, July 20: (B) Down v Antrim

Cup and Shield quarter-finals - Saturday, July 27 (Top two counties in each Group into Cup; Next two into Shield)

Venue: Oldcastle GAA, Meath

E: A1 v B2

F: B1 (Dublin) v A2

G: C1 v D2

H: D1 v C2

Cup and Shield semi-finals - Saturday, August 3

Venue: Oldcastle GAA, Meath

E v F; G v H

Finals - Sunday, August 18

Venue: Oldcastle GAA, Meath

Cup Final; Shield Final; Plate Final (Beaten Cup semi-finalists)

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GERRY REILLY CUP WINNERS
Westmeath 1990, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2010, 2011
Meath 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2018
Cavan 1997, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2016
DUBLIN 1993, 1998, 2008 (U-17 Blitz), 2012, 2013
Monaghan 2017

GERRY REILLY PLATE WINNERS
Meath 2013, 2015, 2016
DUBLIN 2017
Louth 2018
Wicklow 2014

GERRY REILLY SHIELD WINNERS
Louth 2016, 2017
Meath 2014
Monaghan 2015
Westmeath 2013