# 2020 All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship

The 2020 All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship was the 38th contested edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's tertiary inter-county Ladies' Gaelic football tournament.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games forced the delay of the tournament until late in the year.
Fermanagh LGFA were the winners for the second time in their history and will play in the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship in 2021.

## Format
### Group stage

6 counties competed in the 2020 tournament. There were two groups of three. Each team played the other team's in their group once, earning three points for a win and one for a draw.

### Knockout stage

The winner of group A competed in the All-Ireland semi-final against the runner up of group B, and the winner of group B played the runner up of group A.

## Teams

| Counties | Captain (2020) | Manager (2020) | Junior Championships | Last Win |
| Antrim LGFA | Áine Tubridy | Damien McConville | 2 | 2012 |
| Carlow LGFA | Anne Roche | Mark Keating | — | — |
| Derry LGFA | Grace Conway | Paul Hasson | — | — |
| Fermanagh LGFA | Courteney Murphy | Johnny Garrity | 2 | 2020 |
| Limerick LGFA | Niamh McCarthy | Donal Ryan | 2 | 2018 |
| Wicklow LGFA | Laura Hogan | Mark Murnaghan | 2 | 2011 |

## Fixtures and results

Key to colours :
* Advance to All-Ireland semi-finals

### Group A Table

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Group Points | Score Difference |
| Wicklow | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +17 |
| Fermanagh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | –2 |
| Carlow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –15 |

#### Group A results

* 25 October 14:00 GMT Group A Rd 1
| Wicklow | 3–15 (24) – 2–05 (11) | Carlow |
| (HT: 2–10 – 1–01) |||
| Gls: M Deeney 2, S Miley 1 Pts: M Deeney 6, M Kealy 4, L Hogan 3, L Ahern 1, C Fox 1 | | Gls: C Ní Shé 1, S Doyle 1 Pts: C Ní Shé 2, S Doyle 1, A Gilmartin 1, E Atkinson 1 |
* Baltinglass, Wicklow Referee: Lorraine O'Sullivan (Dublin) Attendance: 0
* 31 October 13:00 GMT Group A Rd 2
| Fermanagh | 1–02 (5) – 0–09 (9) | Wicklow |
| (HT: 1–01 – 0–06) |||
| Gls: E Smyth 1 Pts: E Smyth 1, B Bogue 1 | | Pts: M Deeney 0–4, M Kealy 3, Hogan 2 |
* Lannleire GFC, Louth Referee: Gavin Finnegan (Down) Attendance: 0
* 8 November 13:00 GMT Group A Rd 3
| Carlow | 2–10 (16) – 3–09 (18) | Fermanagh |
| (HT: 2–05 – 1–04) |||
| Gls: C Ní Shé 1, R Sawyer 1 Pts: C Ní Shé 7, R Sawyer 3 | | Gls: E Smyth 2, B Bogue 1 Pts: E Smyth 6, B Bogue 2, J Doonan 1 |
* Lannleire GFC, Louth Referee: Kieran Mc Keever (Armagh) Attendance: 0

### Group B Table

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Group Points | Score Difference |
| Limerick | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +21 |
| Antrim | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +1 |
| Derry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –22 |

#### Group B results

* 25 October 14:00 GMT Group B Rd 1
| Limerick | 4–10 (22) – 0–07 (7) | Derry |
| (HT: 1–07 – 0–03) |||
| Gls: C Mee 2, A Corbett 1, A Ryan 1 Pts: C Mee 3, A Ryan 1, R Ambrose 2, A Cunningham 2, A O'Sullivan 1, N McCarthy 1 | | Pts: E Doherty 0–6, E Sainsbury 0–1 |
* Lannleire GFC, Louth Referee: Ciaran Groome (Offaly) Attendance: 0
* 1 November 13:00 GMT Group B Rd 2
| Antrim | 1–05 (8) – 2–08 (14) | Limerick |
| (HT: 1–02 – 1–04) |||
| Gls: M McCurdy 1 Pts: G McLoughlin 2, A Taggart 2, C Taggart 1 | | Gls: C Mee 1, A Ryan 1 Pts: C Mee 4, A Ryan 1, L Coughlan 1, A O'Sullivan 1, R Ambrose 1 |
* Conneff Park, Clane, Kildare Referee: Austin O'Connell (Galway) Attendance: 0
* 8 November 13:00 GMT Group B Rd 3
| Derry | 1–07 (10) – 2–11 (17) | Antrim |
| (HT: 1–04 – 1–06) |||
| Gls: C McGurk 1 Pts: C McGurk 1, E Doherty 4, K Holly 1, C Moore 1 | | Gls: C Carey 1, M McCurdy 1 Pts: C Carey 3, M McCurdy 1, A Taggart 4, F Rocks 1, D Connolly 1, G McLoughlin 1 |
* Augher, Tyrone Referee: Siobhan Coyle (Donegal) Attendance: 0

## All-Ireland Semi-finals

* 22 November 13:00 GMT Semi-final 1
* Report
| Antrim | 3–10 (19) – 7–11 (32) | Wicklow |
| (HT: 0–05 – 4–04) |||
| Gls: B Devlin 1, C Carey 1, A Taggart 1 Pts: C Carey 4, A Taggart 1, M McCurdy 1, L Dahunsi 3, G McLoughlin 1 | | Gls: M Deeney 2, C Fox 3, M Kealy 1, L Hogan 1 Pts: M Deeney 1, M Kealy 5, L Hogan 2, S Miley 2 |
* Donaghmore Ashbourne, Meath Referee: Lorraine O'Sullivan (Dublin) Attendance: 0
* 22 November 13:00 GMT Semi-final 2
* Report
| Fermanagh | 4–10 (22) – 4–03 (15) | Limerick |
| (HT: 4–05 – 1–02) |||
| Gls: E Smyth 2, J Doonan 1, R O'Reilly 1 Pts: E Smyth 6, J Doonan 2, R O'Reilly 1, S McCausland 1 | | Gls: A Ryan 2, A Cunningham 1, A O'Sullivan 1 Pts: A Cunningham 2 (2fs) A O'Sullivan 1 |
* Kinnegad, Westmeath Referee: Kevin Corcoran (Mayo) Attendance: 0

## All-Ireland final

* 5 December 16:00 GMT Final
* Report
| Fermanagh | 2–09 (15) – 0–12 (12) | Wicklow |
| (HT: 1–07 – 0–06) |||
| Gls: E Smyth 1, R McDonald 1 Pts: E Smyth 5 (4f), J Doonan 2, S McCausland 1, A Flanagan 1 | | Pts: M Kealy 7 (4f), L Hogan 3, M Deeney 2 (2f) |
* Parnell Park, Dublin Referee: Siobhan Coyle (Donegal) Attendance: 0

## Awards
### TG4 Junior Players' Player of the Year

Eimear Smyth Fermanagh

### Junior Team of the Championship

| No. | Position | Player | Flag |
| 1 | Goalkeeper | Shauna Murphy | Fermanagh |
| 2 | Right corner back | Emily Mulhall | Wicklow |
| 3 | Full back | Sarah Jane Winders | Wicklow |
| 4 | Left corner back | Rebekah Daly | Limerick |
| 5 | Right half back | Alanna Conroy | Wicklow |
| 6 | Centre half back | Saoirse Tennyson | Antrim |
| 7 | Left half back | Sarah McCarville | Fermanagh |
| 8 | Midfield | Aoife Gorman | Wicklow |
| 9 | Midfield | Róisín O'Reilly | Fermanagh |
| 10 | Right half forward | Áine Cunningham | Limerick |
| 11 | Centre half forward | Laura Hogan | Wicklow |
| 12 | Left half forward | Aishling Maguire | Fermanagh |
| 13 | Right corner forward | Eimear Smyth | Fermanagh |
| 14 | Full forward | Meadhbh Deeney | Wicklow |
| 15 | Left corner forward | Marie Kealy | Wicklow |

## Season Statistics

Scoring list :
| No. | Name | Flag | Goals | Points | Total points |
| 1 | Eimear Smyth | Fermanagh | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 2 | Meadhbh Deeney | Wicklow | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 3 | Marie Kealy | Wicklow | 1 | 19 | 22 |
| 4 | Cathy Mee | Limerick | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Clíodhna Ní Shé | Carlow | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 6 | Amy Ryan | Limerick | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Laura Hogan | Wicklow | 1 | 10 | 13 |
| | Cathy Carey | Antrim | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | Clodagh Fox | Wicklow | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| | Aoife Taggart | Antrim | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| | Emma Doherty | Derry | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 9 | Joanne Doogan | Fermanagh | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| | Meabh McCurdy | Antrim | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Aine Cunningham | Limerick | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | Blaithin Bogue | Fermanagh | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| | Rachel Sawyer | Carlow | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| | Andrea O'Sullivan | Limerick | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Sara Doyle | Carlow | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| | Grainne McLoughlin | Antrim | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| | Roisin O'Reilly | Fermanagh | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| | Ciara McGurk | Derry | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Bronagh Devlin | Antrim | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| | Róisín McDonald | Fermanagh | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| | Róisín Ambrose | Limerick | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | Lara Dahunsi | Antrim | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | Aoife Corbett | Limerick | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Sarah McCausland | Fermanagh | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Ellen Atkinson | Carlow | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Aoibhinn Gilmartin | Carlow | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Danielle Connolly | Antrim | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Ciara Moore | Derry | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Aoife Flanagan | Fermanagh | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Ellen Atkinson | Carlow | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Niamh McCarthy | Limerick | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Fionnuala Rocks | Antrim | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Ella Siansbury | Derry | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Caitlin Taggart | Antrim | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Katy Holly | Derry | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Leah Coughlan | Limerick | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Season Statistics Breakdown :
| Teams | Total score | Games | Points per game average | Goals | Points | First half (total score) | Average points (first half) | Second half (total score) | Average points (second half) | Clean sheets (goals) | No. of scoring players in season |
| Antrim | 44 | 3 | 14.67 | 6 | 35 | 19 | 6.33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Carlow | 27 | 2 | 13.5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7.55 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| Derry | 17 | 2 | 8.5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Fermanagh | 60 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 30 | 42 | 10.5 | 18 | 4.5 | 2 | 7 |
| Limerick | 51 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 7.33 | 29 | 9.67 | 1 | 8 |
| Wicklow | 77 | 4 | 16.25 | 10 | 47 | 44 | 11 | 33 | 8.25 | 0 | 6 |