The 2016 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA . The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level.
Meath were the winners.
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Format
16 teams compete: 11 county teams (all those of Leinster except Kilkenny ) and 5 third-level teams: DIT, UCD, IT Carlow, DCU and Maynooth University.
The teams are drawn into 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The four group winners progress to the semi-finals.
Group A
Table
P
W
D
L
F
A
+/-
Pts
Dublin
3
2
1
0
64
41
23
5
DCU
3
2
0
1
55
37
18
4
Wexford
3
1
1
1
47
38
9
3
IT Carlow
3
0
0
3
41
91
-50
0
3 January 2016
Wexford
2-6 - 0-12
Dublin
Enniscorthy Referee: J Hickey
A Flynn (1-1), B Brosnan (1-1), R Vallejo, K Rowe, K O'Grady, PJ Banville (0-1) each
D Rock (0-6), C Reddin, J Whelan, S Carthy, C Costello, P Andrews, C O'Callaghan (0-1) each
3 January 2016
IT Carlow
2-6 - 3-20
DCU
Fenagh Referee: F Barry
S McGraynor (2-3), D Aston (0-3)
C McGraynor (1-7), C McHugh (1-2), D Mannix (0-5), E Smith (1-1), C McNally (0-3), S Carey (0-1), S Attride (0-1)
6 January 2016
Dublin
3-24 - 2-8
IT Carlow
Blanchardstown
C Costello (2-6), P Andrews (1-3), M Deegan (0-5), T Brady (0-2), J Whelan (0-2), S Carthy (0-2), C McGuire (0-2), N Scully (0-1), P McMahon (0-1)
C Healy (1-3), M Sherry (1-0), C Conroy (0-2), K Ryan (0-2), N Kane (0-1)
6 January 2016
Wexford
1-3 - 1-8
DCU
Enniscorthy
J Carthy (1-0), K O'Grady (0-3)
C McGraynor (1-1), C McHugh (0-2), M Plunkett (0-2), S Carthy (0-1), C Breheny (0-1), D Mannix (0-1)
10 January 2016
Wexford
3-20 - 1-12
IT Carlow
Bunclody
T Rossiter (0-6), D Shanley (0-5), K Rowe (1-2), K O'Grady (0-3), S Ryan (1-0), B Brosnan (0-2), P Curtis (1-0), K Butler (0-1), C Kehoe (0-1)
B McHugh (0-8), C Healy (1-4)
10 January 2016
Dublin
1-16 - 1-12
DCU
Parnell Park
D Rock (0-6), C O'Callaghan (1-2), C Costello (0-3), S Carthy (0-2), P Andrews (0-2), J Whelan (0-1)
S Carey (0-7), E Smith (1-3), M Quinn (0-1), D Byrne (0-1)
Group B
Table
P
W
D
L
F
A
+/-
Pts
Louth
3
2
0
1
57
33
24
4
Kildare
3
2
0
1
45
38
7
4
Offaly
3
1
0
2
34
42
-8
2
DIT
3
1
0
2
39
62
-23
2
Louth are placed ahead of Kildare because they won the head-to-head game between the teams.
3 January 2016
Kildare
0-24 - 1-7
DIT
Newbridge Referee: S Johnson
A Tyrrell (0-9), E O'Flaherty (0-6), D Flynn (0-3), C McNally (0-2), R Houlihan, F Dowling, S Hanafin, R Cahill (0-1) each
B McMahon (0-5), C Madden (1-1), K O'Gara (0-1)
3 January 2016
Louth
1-9 - 0-13
Offaly
Darver Centre of Excellence Referee: B Cawley
J McEneaney (1-5), C Judge (0-2), G McSorley (0-1), R Holcroft (0-1)
B Allen (0-4), J Maher (0-3), S Doyle (0-3), C McNamee (0-1), C Donoghue (0-1), M Brazil (0-1)
6 January 2016
Kildare
0-8 - 2-11
Louth
Hawkfield Referee: S Culhair
R Cahill (0-4), M Conway (0-1), E Heavey (0-1), E Callaghan (0-1), C McNally (0-1)
J Califf (1-8), B Flannagan (1-0), R Holcroft (0-2), J McEneaney (0-1)
6 January 2016
DIT
2-11 - 0-10
Offaly
Haggardstown Referee: N McKenna
K O'Gara (1-3), B McMahon (0-4), R Connelly (1-0), L Irwin (0-2), G Guilfoyle (0-1), C Madden (0-1)
N Dunne (0-5), A Sullivan (0-2), W Mulhall (0-1), S Dooley (0-1), J Gethings (0-1)
10 January 2016
Offaly
0-11 - 0-13
Kildare
Tullamore
J Evans (0-3), J Maher (0-3), S Moriarty (0-1), S Nally (0-1), S Dooley (0-1), R McNamee (0-1), S Doyle (0-1)
R Cahill (0-5), E O'Connor (0-3), C McNally (0-2), M Byrne (0-1), A Tyrrell (0-1), S Hannafin (0-1)
10 January 2016
Louth
3-19 - 1-9
DIT
Darver Centre of Excellence
J McEneaney (1-6), T Durnin (1-1), B Flannagan (1-1), D Byrne (0-3), R Holcroft (0-3), C McKeever (0-3), A Reid (0-1), M Rafferty (0-1)
K O'Gara (0-6), C Madden (0-3), E O Conghaile (1-0)
Group C
Table
P
W
D
L
F
A
+/-
Pts
Meath
3
2
0
1
54
35
19
4
UCD
3
2
0
1
45
34
11
4
Laois
3
2
0
1
46
46
0
4
Carlow
3
0
0
3
29
59
-30
0
3 January 2016
Carlow
1-4 - 1-18
Meath
Carlow Referee: C Dwyer
C Blake (0-4), B Kavanagh (1-0)
M Newman (0-7), M Battersby (1-2), G Reilly (0-3), D McDonagh (0-3), H Rooney (0-1), S Tobin (0-1), P Geraghty (0-1)
3 January 2016
Laois
1-10 - 1-9
UCD
Ratheniska Referee: P Maguire
D Kingston (0-4), J Farrell (1-0), K Meaney (0-2), A Farrell (0-1), J O'Loughlin (0-1), N Murphy (0-1), R O'Connor (0-1)
J Heslin (0-4), L Kelly (1-0), C McCarthy (0-3), F Andrews (0-1), R Carr (0-1)
6 January 2016
Laois
1-16 - 1-9
Carlow
Portlaoise
G Walsh (0-5), D Kingston (0-4), P Cahillane (1-1), J O'Loughlin (0-2), E Costello (0-1), A Farrell (0-1), K Meaney (0-1), R O'Connor (0-1)
J Murphy (1-0), G Kelly (0-2), D O'Brien (0-2), D Lunney (0-2), B Murphy (0-1), E Finnegan (0-1), J Kennedy (0-1)
6 January 2016
Meath
0-11 - 2-8
UCD
Simonstown
S Tobin (0-3), M Newman (0-2), D Lenihan (0-2), B O'Brien (0-1), C O'Sullivan (0-1), E Wallace (0-1), B Tormay (0-1)
T Hayes (1-1), C Basquel (1-0), J Heslin (0-2), J McEntee (0-2), C McCarthy (0-1), L Casey (0-1), E Lowry (0-1)
10 January 2016
Meath
2-16 - 0-14
Laois
Navan
G Reilly (1-4), S Tobin (0-5), M Newman (1-0), C O'Sullivan (0-2), D Lenihan (0-2), D Keogan (0-1), A Douglas (0-1), H Rooney (0-1)
D Kingston (0-8), P Cahillane (0-2), G Dillon (0-1), N Murphy (0-1), E Costello (0-1), G Walsh (0-1)
10 January 2016
Carlow
1-7 - 2-13
UCD
Carlow
D Foley (1-5), C Blake (0-1), P Broderick (0-1)
R Carr (1-4), E Lowry (1-4), P Mannion (0-1), L Kelly (0-1), P Kingston (0-1), N O'Reilly (0-1), E O'Byrne (0-1)
Group D
3 January 2016
Wicklow
0-13 - 1-14
Westmeath
Bray Referee: B Tiernan
R Finn (0-5), A McLoughlin (0-2), P Byrne (0-2), D Healy (0-1), C Murphy (0-1), D Hayden (0-1), C Fitzgerald (0-1)
J Connellan (1-6), S Dempsey (0-4), P Sharry (0-2), G Egan (0-1), C McCormack (0-1)
3 January 2016
Longford
0-18 - 1-9
Maynooth
Longford Referee: D Gough
J McGivney (0-5), R Smyth (0-5), B Kavanagh (0-4), B Farrell (0-2), B McKeon (0-1), A Dalton (0-1)
N Flynn (0-5), E O'Carroll (1-0), J Wallace (0-2), B Duggan (0-1)
6 January 2016
Westmeath
0-14 - 1-10
Longford
Mullingar
K Martin (0-4), G Egan (0-4), C McCormack (0-2), D Daly (0-1), R Foley (0-1), D Corroon (0-1), L Dolan (0-1)
B Kavanagh (0-4), M Brady (1-0), B McKeon (0-2), A Dalton (0-2), C Smyth (0-1), D Gallagher (0-1)
6 January 2016
Wicklow
0-9 - 1-15
Maynooth
Rathdrum
M O'Connor (0-3), N Gaffney (0-2), P Cunningham (0-2), G Allen (0-1), E Murtagh (0-1)
N Flynn (0-7), R Kennedy (1-3), R McManus (0-4), F Conway (0-1)
10 January 2016
Longford
1-9 - 1-5
Wicklow
Longford
J McGivney (1-0), D McElligott (0-2), F McGee (0-2), D Masterson (0-1), C Smyth (0-1), R Smyth (0-1), D Gallagher (0-1), P McKeon (0-1)
P Byrne (1-2), C Murphy (0-1), R Finn (0-1), C Fitzgerald (0-1)
10 January 2016
Westmeath
0-9 - 0-10
Maynooth
Attendance: Moate
G Egan (0-4), R Sharry (0-2), D Corroon (0-1), L Dolan (0-1), K Martin (0-1)
R Kennedy (0-6), E O'Carroll (0-2), B Duggan (0-1), R McManus (0-1)
Semi-finals
Final
24 January 2016 2:40 p.m. Final
Meath
1-17 – 1-11
Longford
Páirc Tailteann , Navan Referee: B Cawley (Kildare)
G Reilly 0-6; M Newman 0-4 (4f); C O’Sullivan 1-1; D Lenihan, S Tobin 0-2 each; D Smyth, R Ó Coilleann 0-1 each
Report
F McGee 0-6 (3f, 1 '45'); R Smyth 1-2; B McKeon, L Connerton, M Brady 0-1 each
References
2016 GAA season
Football
Hurling
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