All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2003
Championship details
Dates3 June — 21 September 2003
Teams6
All-Ireland champions
WinnersTipperary (4th win)
CaptainUna O'Dwyer
ManagerRaymie Ryan
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-upCork
CaptainStephanie Dunlea
ManagerJohn Considine
Championship statistics
Matches played18
2002
2004

The 2003 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championshipknown as the Foras na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasonswas the high point of the 2003 season. The championship was won by Tipperary who defeated Cork by a three-point margin in the final. The attendance was a then record of 16,183. Player of the Match was Eimear McDonnell, a niece of Cork football legend Billy Morgan. The championship and the final was a high point in a period of rapid growth in the popularity of the sport of camogie which quadrupled the average attendance at its finals in a ten-year period.[1][2]

Semi-finals

In the semi-final Cork were 2-2 up after only seven minutes, thanks to fine goals from Fiona O'Driscoll and Orla O'Sullivan. “All Galway could do was look on” one reporter wrote as they trailed 0-0 to Cork's 3-6 at the break and lost by 25 points. Tipperary beat Limerick 18 points in the other semi-final. With six minutes of the half remaining, Tipperary were awarded a penalty which centre back Ciara Gaynor struck to the back of the net and it gave them a 2-8 to 0-7 half-time lead.

Final

Cork led 0-3 to 1-3 at half-time. Deirdre Hughes got an early second-half goal and Eimear McDonnell scored four points to put them into a six-point lead with 10 minutes remaining before a late Gemma O'Connor goal put a better appearance on the scoreboard. Goalkeeper Jovita Delaney made a vital block and clearance on a late free.

Final stages

Cork4-16 – 0-3Galway

Tipperary4-16 – 0-10 [3]Limerick

Tipperary2-11 – 1-11 [4]Cork
Tipperary
Cork
TIPPERARY:
GK1Jovita Delaney (Cashel)
RCB2Suzanne Kelly (Toomevara)
FB3Una O'Dwyer (Cashel) (Capt)
LCB4Claire Madden (Nenagh Éire Óg)
RWB5Sinéad Nealon (Burgess)
CB6Ciara Gaynor (Burgess)
LWB7Therese Brophy (Burgess)
MF8Angie McDermott (Kildangan)
MF9Philly Fogarty (Cashel)
RWF10Joanne Ryan (Drom-Inch) (0-1)
CF11Emily Hayden (Cashel) (0-2)
LWF12Claire Grogan (Cashel) (0-1)
RCF13Noelle Kennedy (Toomevara) (0-2) downward-facing red arrow 56'
FF14Deirdre Hughes (Toomevara) (1-1)
LCF15Eimear McDonnell (Burgess) (1-4)
Substitutes:
RCFTrish O'Halloran (Nenagh Éire Óg) for Fogarty upward-facing green arrow 55'
CORK:
GK1Ger Casey (Inniscarra)
RCB2Joanne O'Callaghan (Cloughduv)
FB3Eithne Duggan (Bishopstown)
LCB4Stephanie Dunlea (Cloughduv) (Capt)
RWB5Paula O'Connor (Newtownshandrum) downward-facing red arrow Half time'
CB6Mary O'Connor (Killeagh) (0-2)
LWB7Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's) (1-0) downward-facing red arrow 36' upward-facing green arrow 54'
MF8Rachel Moloney (Courcey Rovers)
MF9Vivienne Harris (Bishopstown) downward-facing red arrow 47'
RWF10Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv) (0-1)
CF11Emer Dillon (Ballygarvan) (0-2)
LWF12Jennifer O'Leary (Barryroe) (0-2)
RCF13Orla O'Sullivan (St Finbarr's) (0-1) downward-facing red arrow 54'
FF14Caoimhe Harrington (Newtownshandrum) downward-facing red arrow 47'
LCF15Fiona O'Driscoll (Fr O’Neill’s) (0-3)
Substitutes:
RWBCathriona Foley (Rockbán) for Paula O'Connor upward-facing green arrow Half time'
MFBriege Corkery (Cloughduv) for Harris upward-facing green arrow 47'
LWBSarah Hayes (Rockbán) for Gemma O'Connor upward-facing green arrow 36'
FFColette Desmond (Newcestown) for Harrington upward-facing green arrow 47'
FFGemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's) for O'Sullivan (returning to play) upward-facing green arrow 54'

References

  1. 2003 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2012-12-02 at archive.today, Irish Independent, and Irish Times.
  2. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  3. Semi-final report in Irish Independent
  4. 2003 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2012-12-02 at archive.today, Irish Independent, and Irish Times.
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