U16 footballers make winning start to Gerry Reilly tournament

Mon, 8th July 2019

Dublin's under-16 footballers got their Gerry Reilly U16 Football Tournament campaign off to a wining start with wins against Wicklow and Antrim over the past few days.

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

Dublin's goal-scorers against Antrim were Tomas Hegarty, Barra O'Donoghue, Max Corcoran and Eoin Wilde with Harry Hughes and Ciaran Morrissey particularly prominent in setting up a succession of scores.

Dublin's grouping (Group B) is completed by Down whom they face this coming Saturday in Páirc Esler, Newry (1.0).

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.

SCORERS - Dublin (v Antrim): Kamen Bagnall 0-4, Tomas Hegarty, Max Corcoran, Eoin Wilde 1-1 each, Davy Keogh 0-3, Barra O'Donoghue 1-0, Conor Dolan 0-1.

DUBLIN U16 (v Antrim): Sean Downey; Rob O'Shea, James Cotter, Tomas Hegarty; Jordan Mynes, Theo Clancy, Kieran Kelly; Daire O'Rourke, Alex Gavin; Harry Hughes, Seamus Smith, Conor Dolan; Jake Hollywood, Eoin Wilde, Kamen Bagnall. Subs: Morgan Griffin, Sam Keogh, Joe May, Johnny Quirke, Barra O'Donoghue, Mick McDonald, Max Corcoran, Ciaran Morrissey, Davy Keogh, Kevin Mullarkey.

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 defeated Longford; Fermanagh v Leitrim (to be rescheduled); (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: 5 v 2, 3 v 1

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: Antrim 2-4 DUBLIN 4-11

Round 3 - Saturday, July 13: Antrim v Wicklow, Down v DUBLIN

Round 1 (rescheduled) - Saturday, July 20: 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 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