# 2017 O'Byrne Cup

The 2017 O'Byrne Cup was played by county and further education college teams of Leinster GAA in January 2017 and was won by Dublin.

## Format

16 teams compete: 11 county teams (all those of Leinster except Kilkenny) and 5 third-level teams (DIT, UCD, IT Carlow, DCU–Dóchas Éireann and Maynooth University).
The teams are drawn into 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team plays the other teams in their group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The four group winners compete in the semi-finals.

## Group stage
### Group 1

| Table | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
| Dublin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 4 |
| Wexford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 45 | -1 | 3 |
| UCD | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 51 | -4 | 3 |
| DCU–Dóchas Éireann | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 42 | -3 | 2 |

### Group 2

| Table | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
| Kildare | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 21 | +53 | 6 |
| Longford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 4 |
| Offaly | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 2 |
| IT Carlow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 95 | –72 | 0 |

### Group 3

| Table | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
| Meath | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6-50 | 1-35 | +30 | 5 |
| Laois | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4-48 | 3-29 | +22 | 5 |
| DIT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1-28 | 4-37 | –18 | 2 |
| Wicklow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-24 | 3-49 | –34 | 0 |
* Meath finished 1st due to their better score difference.

### Group 4

| Table | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
| Louth | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 6 |
| Westmeath | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 4 |
| Carlow | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 60 | +2 | 2 |
| Maynooth University | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 67 | –21 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### Semi-finals

| 22 January 2017 2:00 pm Semi-Final | Kildare | 2-8 – 0-16 | Dublin | St Conleth's Park Referee: David Hickey (Carlow) |
| 22 January 2017 2:00 pm Semi-Final | Johnny Byrne and Daniel Flynn 1-0 each, Niall Kelly, Paul Cribbin, Neil Flynn (0-1f) 0-2 each, Kevin Feely and Ben McCormack 0-1 each | Report | Paul Hudson 0-4 (0-2f), Niall Scully and Conor McHugh (0-1f) 0-3 each, Ciaran Reddin, Jason Whelan, Ross Hazley, Shane Boland, Colm Basquel, Shane Cunningham 0-1 each | St Conleth's Park Referee: David Hickey (Carlow) |
| 22 January 2017 2 p.m. Semi-Final | Meath | 0-10 – 1-14 | Louth | Páirc Tailteann, Navan Referee: D. Moore (Laois) |
| 22 January 2017 2 p.m. Semi-Final | R. Ó Coileáin (0-3, 2 frees); C. Downey (0-2); E. Wallace, S, Tobin (45), B. McMahon (free), B. Menton, C. O’Brien (0-1 each). | Report | J. McEneaney (1-1, 1-0 pen); D. Maguire, S Mulroy (1 45, 1 free) (0-3 each); T. Durnin, A. McDonnell (0-2 each); A. Williams, D. Byrne, P Smith (0-1 each). | Páirc Tailteann, Navan Referee: D. Moore (Laois) |

### Final

| 29 January 2017 2:00 pm Final | Dublin | 2-16 – 1-10 | Louth | Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda Attendance: 3,500 Referee: John Hickey (Carlow) Man of the Match: Niall Scully |
| 29 January 2017 2:00 pm Final | Paul Hudson 0-6 (0-3f), Colm Basquel 1-1, Killian O'Gara 1-0, Ciarán Reddin 0-3 (1 '45), Conor Mullally, Jason Whelan, Niall Scully, Conor McHugh, Shane Cunningham, Ross O'Brien 0-1 each | Report | Páraic Smith 0-5, Pádraig Rath 1-0, Ronan Holcroft and Sam Mulroy (0-2f) 0-2 each, Bevan Duffy 0-1. | Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda Attendance: 3,500 Referee: John Hickey (Carlow) Man of the Match: Niall Scully |
| GK | 1 | Evan Comerford (Ballymun Kickhams) |
| RCB | 2 | Ross McGowan (Kilmacud Crokes) |
| FB | 3 | Eoin O'Brien (Castleknock) |
| LCB | 4 | Jack Smith (Skerries Harps) |
| RHB | 5 | Robbie Gaughan (Ballinteer St John's) |
| CHB | 6 | Ciarán Reddin (St Maur's) |
| LHB | 7 | Conor Mullally (Cuala) |
| MF | 8 | Jason Whelan (Ballymun Kickhams) |
| MF | 9 | Ross Hazley (St Sylvester's) |
| RHF | 10 | Niall Scully (Templeogue/Synge Street) |
| CHF | 11 | Shane Boland (Castleknock) |
| LHF | 12 | Niall Walsh (St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh) |
| RCF | 13 | Conor McHugh (Na Fianna) |
| FF | 14 | Shane Cunningham (Kilmacud Crokes) |
| LCF | 15 | Paul Hudson (Thomas Davis) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Emmett Ó Conghaile (Lucan Sarsfields) for Hazley |
| | 17 | Colm Basquel (Ballyboden St Enda's) for Boland |
| | 18 | Tom Shields (Castleknock) for Mullally |
| | 19 | Gary Sweeney (St Sylvester's) for Walsh |
| | 20 | Killian O'Gara (Templeogue/Synge Street) for Cunningham |
| | 21 | Seán Newcombe (Lucan Sarsfields) for Whelan |
| | 22 | Ross O'Brien (St Jude's) for McHugh |
| GK | 1 | Craig Lynch (Naomh Máirtín) |
| RCB | 2 | Pádraig Rath (Dreadnots) |
| FB | 3 | Patrick Reilly (St Bride's) |
| LCB | 4 | Kevin Carr (Newtown Blues) |
| RHB | 5 | Derek Maguire (Dundalk Young Irelands) |
| CHB | 6 | Darren McMahon (St Mochta's) |
| LHB | 7 | Anthony Williams (Dreadnots) |
| MF | 8 | Tommy Durnin (Westerns) |
| MF | 9 | Andy McDonnell (Newtown Blues) |
| RHF | 10 | James Stewart (Dundalk Gaels) |
| CHF | 11 | Páraic Smith (Dreadnots) |
| LHF | 12 | Bevan Duffy (St Fechin's) |
| RCF | 13 | Conal McKeever (Clan Na Gael) |
| FF | 14 | Jim McEneaney (Geraldines) |
| LCF | 15 | Ronan Holcroft (St Fechin's) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Adrian Reid (Mattock Rangers) for McKeever |
| | 17 | Ryan Burns (Hunterstown Rovers) for McEneaney |
| | 18 | Declan Byrne (St Mochta's) for McMahon |
| | 19 | Eoin O'Connor (St Patrick's) for Durnin |
| | 20 | Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtín) for Holcroft |
| | 21 | Ruairí Moore (O'Raghallaighs) for McDonnell |
| | 22 | Ross Nally (Newtown Blues) for Smith |