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2008 Nicky Rackard Cup

The 2008 Nicky Rackard Cup was the 4th annual third tier hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Sligo beat Louth in the final.

Team changes

To Championship

Entered Championship

From Championship

Promoted to the Christy Ring Cup

Format

Ten county teams participated in the 2008 Nicky Rackard Cup, with Fingal (north Dublin) and "South Down" (Down excluding the Ards Peninsula) bringing the total to twelve.

Each team in the group played each other once in the first phase. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Pos Team P W D L SF SA Diff Pts Qualification
1 Fingal 2 1 0 1 3-29 4-20 +6 2 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Louth 2 1 0 1 1-26 0-29 0 2
3 Longford 2 1 0 1 3-22 3-28 -6 2
Date Team Score Team Score
28 June Louth 1-13 Fingal 0-14
5 July Fingal 3-15 Longford 3-07
12 July Longford 0-15 Louth 0-13


Group B

Pos Team P W D L SF SA Diff Pts Qualification
1 South Down 2 2 0 0 7-31 4-29 +11 4 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Leitrim 2 1 0 1 4-29 4-27 +2 2
3 Fermanagh 2 0 0 2 3-24 6-28 -13 0


Date Team Score Team Score
28 June South Down 3-16 Leitrim 2-16
5 July Leitrim 2-13 Fermanagh 1-11
12 July Fermanagh 2-13 South Down 4-15


Group 3C

Date Team Score Team Score
28 June Donegal 2-11 Tyrone 2-12
5 July Tyrone 3-08 Monaghan 3-13
12 July Monaghan 0-19 Donegal 1-15
Team P W D L F A Pts +/-
Monaghan 2 2 0 0 3-32 4-23 4 +6
Tyrone 2 1 0 1 5-20 5-24 2 -4
Donegal 2 0 0 2 3-26 2-31 0 -2

Group 3D

Date Team Score Team Score
28 June Sligo 3-15 Cavan 1-12
5 July Cavan 0-16 Warwickshire 0-12
12 July Warwickshire 2-10 Sligo 1-15
Team P W D L F A Pts +/-
Sligo 2 2 0 0 4-30 3-17 4 +16
Cavan 2 1 0 1 1-23 3-27 2 -10
Warwickshire 2 0 0 2 2-22 1-31 0 -6

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
         
1C Monaghan 1-11
2D Cavan 0-09
1C Monaghan 1-13
2A Louth 0-18
1B South Down 2-16
2A Louth 4-13
2A Louth 3-10
1D Sligo 3-19
1D Sligo 2-15
2C Tyrone 2-11
1D Sligo 1-16
1A Fingal 0-11
1A Fingal 1-19
2B Leitrim 0-12

Final

3 August 2008[1][2]
12pm
Sligo 3-19 (28) – (19) 3-10 Louth
(HT: 2-12 – 2-05)
Gls: Bannerton, Raymond, Seevers (1-0 each)
Pts: Raymond (0-8), Seevers (0-4, 3f), D. Burke (0-2), Bannerton, M. Burke, Cadden, Gilmartin, Shelly (0-1 each)		 Gls: Byrne, Conroy, Murphy (1-0 each)
Pts: Murphy (0-6, 3f, 2'65), D. Callan (0-2, 1f), A. Carter (1f), G. Smyth (0-1)

Referee: S. Whelan (Wexford)
GK 1 Ciarán Brennan (Coolera/Strandhill)
RCB 2 Fiachra Coyne (Calry/St. Joseph's)
FB 3 Walter Gill (Turloughmore, Galway)
LCB 4 Ronan Cox (Calry/St. Joseph's)
RHB 5 Dermot Clarke (Mullagh, Galway)
CHB 6 Mark Burke (Tubbercurry)
LHB 7 Liam Reidy (Calry/St. Joseph's)
MF 8 John Mullins (Mullagh, Galway)
MF 9 David Colleary (Calry/St. Joseph's)
RHF 10 Michael Gilmartin (Calry/St. Joseph's)
CHF 11 Damien Burke (Calry/St. Joseph's) (c)
LHF 12 Paul Seevers (Tubbercurry)
RCF 13 Joe Bannerton (Naomh Eoin)
FF 14 Keith Raymond (Calry/St. Joseph's)
LCF 15 Larry Cadden (Coolera/Strandhill)
Substitutes:
16 Colin Herity (Dunnamaggin, Kilkenny) for Cadden
17 Mick Shelly (Calry/St. Joseph's) for Bannerton
18 Conor O'Mahony (Coolera/Strandhill) for Gilmartin

Manager:
Michael Galvin
GK 1 Stephen Smyth (Pearse Óg)
RCB 2 Conor Kerrigan (Knockbridge)
FB 3 Tony Teefy (Knockbridge)
LCB 4 Brian Hassett (Pearse Óg)
RHB 5 Donnach Callan (Pearse Óg)
CHB 6 Aidan Carter (Wolfe Tones)
LHB 7 Johnny Carter (Wolfe Tones)
MF 8 Trevor Hilliard (Knockbridge)
MF 9 Shane Kerrigan (Knockbridge)
RHF 10 Shane Fennell (Knockbridge)
CHF 11 Ronan Byrne (Knockbridge)
LHF 12 Gerard Smyth (Pearse Óg)
RCF 13 Seán Conroy (Pearse Óg)
FF 14 Shane Callan (Pearse Óg)
LCF 15 Diarmuid Murphy (Naomh Moninne)
Substitutes:
16 Mark Kirwan (Wolfe Tones) for Teefy
17 David Dunne (Knockbridge) (c) for G. Smyth
18 Eddie McCarthy (Pearse Óg) for S. Kerrigan
19 Collins Connolly (Dicksboro, Kilkenny) for Fennell
20 Paul Dunne (Knockbridge) for Conroy

Manager:
Pat Clancy

Scores

Match Date Venue Team Score Team Score
Quarter-final 19 July Parnell Park Fingal 1-19 Leitrim 0-12
Quarter-final 19 July Páirc Esler South Down 2-16 Louth 4-13
Quarter-final 19 July St Tiernach's Park Monaghan 1-11 Cavan 0-09
Quarter-final 19 July Markievicz Park Sligo 2-15 Tyrone 2-11
semi-final 26 July Monaghan Monaghan 1-13 Louth 0-18
semi-final 26 July Markievicz Park Sligo 1-16 Fingal 0-11
Final[3] 3 August Croke Park Louth 3-10 Sligo 3-19

Stadia and locations

Main article: List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums

Miscellaneous

2008 season facts

  • Sligo, the eventual winners of the competition finished the preceding league tournament without a win, resulting in relegation to division 4 next year. Donegal, who won every game of the league, were eliminated from the Championship at the first (group stage) hurdle.
  • Sligo had the opportunity of defending their crown in 2009 after losing 1–17 to 1–13 to Roscommon in the championship promotion/relegation play-off. However a change in the Hurling competition structures with the introduction of a 4th tier championship Lory Meagher Cup meant that sligo and Roscommon both played in the 2009 Nicky Rackard Cup.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sligo 3-19 Louth 3-10". RTÉ Sport. 6 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Hurling: Raymond inflicts more Croker heartbreak on Reds". Drogheda Independent. 8 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Sligo deny Louth in Rackard final". Irish Times. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2015.