2015 Nicky Rackard Cup
Dates2 May
– 6 June 2015
Teams8
ChampionsRoscommon
Runners-upArmagh
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
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The 2015 Nicky Rackard Cup (tier 3) was the eleventh staging of the Nicky Rackard Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The cup competition began on 2 May 2015 and culminated on 13 June 2015. The bottom two teams will play off with the loser playing the winner of the 2015 Lory Meagher Cup (tier 4).

Tyrone were the defending champions and they participated in the competition again after opting not to face Down in the 2014 Christy Ring Cup relegation promotion playoff.

Longford entered the 2015 competition after defeating Sligo in 2014 Nicky Rackard Cup Promotion/relegation playoff.

Roscommon won the title after defeating Armagh by 2-12 to 1-14 in the final.

Format

  • Eight teams play in Round 1.
  • The Round 1 winners advance to Round 2A. The Round 1 losers go into Round 2B.
  • The Round 2A winners advance to the semi-finals. The Round 2A losers go into the quarter-finals.
  • The Round 2B winners advance to the quarter-finals. The Round 2B losers go into the relegation playoff.
  • The quarter-final winners advance to the semi-final.
  • The semi-final winners advance to the final.
  • The final winners receive the Nicky Rackard Cup (tier 3) and play the losers of the Christy Ring Cup (tier 2) relegation playoff for the right to play in the 2016 Christy Ring Cup.
  • The Round 2B losers play a relegation playoff. The losing team plays the winner of the Lory Meagher Cup (tier 4) with the winner playing in the 2016 Nicky Rackard Cup and the losing team playing in the 2016 Lory Meagher Cup.

Teams

General Information

County Cup Titles Last Cup Title Position in 2014 Championship
Armagh 2 2012 Lost relegation playoff (Christy Ring Cup)
Donegal 1 2013 Semi-finals
Fingal 0 - Runners-up
Longford 0 - Champions (Lory Meagher Cup)
Louth 0 - Qualifier round 2
Monaghan 0 - Qualifier round 1
Roscommon 1 2007 Semi-finals
Tyrone 1 2014 Champions

Round 1

2 May 2015 Round 1 Donegal 0-11 - 1-12 Tyrone Letterkenny
13:00 L Henderson (0-6), C Matthewson (0-2), J Boyle (0-1), S McVeigh (0-1), J O'Loughlin (0-1) Report D Casey (1-7), C Grogan (0-2), J Kelly (0-2), S Grogan (0-1) Referee: O Elliott
2 May 2015 Round 1 Monaghan 4-10 - 0-10 Longford Clones
17:00 P Dowdall (3-1), S Lambe (1-2), R Meegan (0-3), M Murphy (0-1), E MacSuibhne (0-1), N Garland (0-1), M Treanor (0-1) Report J O'Brien (0-7), L Kelly (0-2), C Kavanagh (0-1) Referee: G McGrath
2 May 2015 Round 1 Fingal 0-09 - 3-12 Roscommon Swords
17:00 J M Sheridan (0-6), D Butterly (0-1), N Ring (0-1), C O'Flynn (0-1) Report J Fallon (1-6), R O'Meara (1-1), C Kenny (1-0), T Seale (0-1), C Dolan (0-1), C Egan (0-1), A Murphy (0-1), J Coyne (0-1) Referee: P Murphy (Carlow)
2 May 2015 Round 1 Armagh 2-16 - 2-11 Louth Athletic Grounds
17:00 R Gaffney (1-6), E McGuinness (1-0), D Coulter (0-3), C Gorman (0-2), C Devlin (0-1), S Renaghan (0-1),C Carvill (0-1), M Moan (0-1), D Carville (0-1) Report L Dawn (0-8), S Connelly (1-1), R Maher (1-1), G Smyth (0-1) Referee: C Cunning

Winners progress to Round 2A. Losers go to Round 2B.

Round 2

Round 2A

9 May 2015 Round 2A Roscommon 1-24 - 0-17 Monaghan Athleague
14:00 Gerry Fallon (0-7), C Egan (1-3), J Moran (0-3), J Coyne (0-3), C Dolan (0-2), M Kelly (0-1), T Seale (0-1), Gary Fallon (0-1), A Murphy (0-1), C Kenny (0-1), R O'Meara (0-1) Report R Meegan (0-8), S Lambe (0-3), N Garland (0-2), M Treanor (0-2), D Crowe (0-1), H Byrne (0-1) Referee: J Clarke
9 May 2015 Round 2A Tyrone 0-20 - 3-17 Armagh Carrickmore
17:00 D Casey (0-9), C Grogan (0-3), M Winters (0-2), S Og Grogan (0-1), P McHugh (0-1), T Morgan(0-1), J Kelly (0-1), M Mulgrew (0-1), G Gilmore (0-1) Report C Carvill (2-1), R Gaffney (0-6), M Moan (0-3), E McGuinness (1-0), C Corvan (0-3), D Coulter (0-2), K McKernan (0-1), S Gaffney (0-1) Referee: E Hassan

Winners progress to the semi-finals. Losers go into the quarter-finals.

Round 2B

9 May 2015 Round 2B Donegal 4-21 - 1-9 Longford Pearse Park
15:00 C Matthewson (1-16), R McDermott (2-2), S McVeigh (1-1), B Lafferty (0-2) Report E Donnellan (0-6), J O'Brien (1-0), M Coyle (0-2), J Casey (0-1) Referee: Justin Heffernan
9 May 2015 Round 2B Louth 2-08 - 1-21 Fingal Dowdallshill
17:00 L Dwan (1-5), A Mackin (1-0), G Smyth (0-1), S Conneally (0-1), S Callan (0-1) Report J M Sheridan (0-11), P McAllister (1-1), R McGarry (0-2), E O'Connor (0-2), C O'Flynn (0-2), D Hattie (0-1), S O'Brien (0-1), D Butterly (0-1), Referee: Sean Cleere

Winners go into the quarter-finals. Losers go into the Relegation Playoff

Quarter-finals

16 May 2015 Quarter-Finals Monaghan 2-13 - 6-12 Donegal Clones
15:00 R Meegan (0-6), N Garland (2-0), S Lambe (0-3), C McKenna (0-1), D Crowe (0-1), E MacSuibhne (0-1), F Rafter (0-1) Report R McDermott (4-0), C Mathewson (1-4), S McVeigh (1-2), K Campbell (0-4), J Boyle (0-1), B Lafferty (0-1) Referee: Alan Nash
16 May 2015 Quarter-Finals Fingal 0-20 - 1-21 AET Tyrone Swords
16:00 J M Sheridan (0-8), P McAllister (0-3), E O'Connor (0-3), S O'Brien (0-2), C O'Flynn (0-2), D Hattie (0-1), B McCarthy (0-1) Report D Casey (0-10), M Mulgrew (1-5), C Grogan (0-3), G Gilmore (0-2), A Kelly (0-1) Referee: Patrick Murphy

Semi-finals

23 May 2015 Semi-Finals Tyrone 0-14 - 1-16 Roscommon Carrickmore
15:00 Referee: Liam Mc Auley
23 May 2015 Semi-Finals Armagh 1-19 - 1-12 Donegal Athletic Grounds
16:00 Referee: Colum Cunning

Final

6 June 2015 Armagh 1-14 - 2-12 Roscommon Croke Park
13:30 BST R Gaffney (0-8, eight frees), C Carvill (1-0), D Coulter (0-2), N Curry (one 65), D Carvill, C Corvan and E McGuinness 0-1 each Report A Murphy (1-1), J Fallon (0-4, four frees), M Kelly (1-0, one free), J Moran (0-3), J Coyne (0-2), K Kilkenny and C Egan (0-1 each) Referee: John O Brien

Relegation play-off

23 May 2015 Relegation play-off Longford 2-20 - 2-16 AET Louth Mullingar
15:00 Referee: John O Brien

GAA Fixtures 2015

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