# 2016 Fitzgibbon Cup

The 2016 independent.ie Fitzgibbon Cup was the 100th staging of the Fitzgibbon Cup since its establishment in 1912. The semi-finals and final were hosted by Cork IT on 26 and 27 February 2016 where Mary Immaculate College won their first ever title.

## Format

Group stage
Fifteen institutes of higher education compete in three groups of four and one group of three. Each team in a group plays all the other teams in the group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.
Knockout stage
The four group winners play the four group runners-up in the quarter-finals. The semi-finals and final are played over a single weekend, usually the last Friday and Saturday in February.

## Group stage
### Group A

    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Limerick IT 33006-492-38236 2 UCD 32014-390-41104 3 UCC 31025-454-37112 4 Maynooth University 30030-309-47-440
| 28 January 2016 14:45 Round 1 | UCD | 2-12 - 0-13 | UCC | The Mardyke |
| 28 January 2016 14:45 Round 1 | Oisín O'Rorke (1-7, 0-7 frees); Colm Cronin (1-0); Ross King, James Maher (0-2); Cian O'Callaghan (0-1) | Report | Alan Cadogan (0-5); Rob O'Shea (0-4, 0-3 frees); Michael Breen (0-2); DJ Foran, John Power (0-1) | The Mardyke |
| 28 January 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Limerick IT | 4-16 - 0-10 | Maynooth University | Maynooth University Referee: James Owens |
| 28 January 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Peter Duggan (1-6 frees); Niall Maher (1-3); David Reidy, Paul Killeen (1-0); Diarmaid Byrnes, M O'Malley, S Gleeson (0-2); O O'Brien (0-1) | Report | Brian Molloy (0-8, 0-6 frees); Ross Donohue, P Winters (0-1) | Maynooth University Referee: James Owens |
| 4 February 2016 14:00 Round 2 | Limerick IT | 0-18 - 1-14 | UCD | Limerick IT |
| 4 February 2016 14:00 Round 2 | David Reidy (0-6, 0-5 frees); Diarmuid Byrnes (0-6, 0-2 frees, 0-1 '65); Joe Campion (0-3); Michael O'Malley, Peter Duggan, Shane Gleeson (0-1) | Report | James Maher (1-1); Oisín O'Rourke (0-4, 0-3 frees); Seán Moran (0-3); Conor O'Shea (0-2, 0-1 frees); Cian O'Callagan, Eoin Conroy, Ross King, Tomas O'Leary (0-1) | Limerick IT |
| 4 February 2016 16:00 Round 2 | UCC | 4-18 - 0-10 | Maynooth University | Maynooth |
| 4 February 2016 16:00 Round 2 | Rob O'Shea (1-9, 0-6 frees, 0-2 '65s); Alan Cadogan (1-6); Tom Devine (1-1); Shane O'Donnell (1-0); Jamie Barron, Niall McCarthy (0-1) | Report | Brian Molloy (0-4, 0-3 frees); Paul Winters (0-3, 0-1 free); Paul Kinsella (0-2 frees); Niall Kenny (0-1) | Maynooth |
| 9 February 2016 14:30 Round 3 | Limerick IT | 2-15 - 1-14 | UCC | The Mardyke Referee: Fergal Horgan |
| 9 February 2016 14:30 Round 3 | Peter Duggan (1-4, 0-2 frees); David Dempsey (1-2); Diarmuid Byrnes (0-3 frees); Michael O'Malley, Alan Dempsey (0-2); Cathal Barrett (0-1); David Reidy (0-1 free) | Report | Rob O'Shea (0-7 frees); Alan Cadogan (1-0), Cormac Murphy, Barry Lawton (0-2); Niall McCarthy, John Power, Tom Devine (0-1) | The Mardyke Referee: Fergal Horgan |
| 9 February 2016 19:00 Round 3 | UCD | 1-13 - 0-10 | Maynooth University | Belfield Referee: Alan Kelly |
| 9 February 2016 19:00 Round 3 | James Maher (0-4); Oisín O'Rorke (0-4 frees); Ciaran Prendergast (1-0); Padraic Guinan (0-2); Sean Moran (0-1 free); Eoin Conroy, Jack O'Connor (0-1) | Report | Paul Winters (0-8, 0-6 frees); David Burke, Niall Kenny (0-1) | Belfield Referee: Alan Kelly |

### Group B

    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 IT Carlow 33006-464-27256 2 WIT 32014-462-29234 3 St. Pat's, Drumcondra 30123-437-53-221 4 DCU 30124-374-63-261
| 28 January 2016 14:00 Round 1 | WIT | 1-19 - 0-9 | St. Pat's, Drumcondra | St. Pat's, Drumcondra Referee: Christy Browne |
| 28 January 2016 14:00 Round 1 | Austin Gleeson (0-5, 0-2 frees); Liam McGrath (0-8, 0-3 frees, 0-1 '65); Johnny Hayes (1-0); Stephen Roche, Eoin McGrath, Jack Langton, Mark Lynch, Craig Guiry, Ciaran O'Brien (0-1) | Report | Patrick Curran (0-6 frees); Eoin Price (0-2); Jack McGrath (0-1) | St. Pat's, Drumcondra Referee: Christy Browne |
| 28 January 2016 19:00 Round 1 | IT Carlow | 1-21 - 1-8 | DCU | Carlow Referee: James McGrath |
| 28 January 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Stephen Maher (0-9, 0-6 frees); Colin Dunford (1-2, 0-1 free); Charles Dwyer (0-3, 0-1 free); Jack Fagan, Chris Bolger (0-2); Kevin Kelly, Michael Harney, James Doyle (0-1) | Report | Cathal Curran (0-3, 0-2 frees); Peter Hogan (1-0); Paudie Foley (0-1 free); Eoghan O'Donnell, Dan Staunton, Danny Sutcliffe, Sean Gray (0-1) | Carlow Referee: James McGrath |
| 3 February 2016 14:00 Round 2 | IT Carlow | 4-17 - 2-14 | St. Pat's, Drumcondra | Drumcondra Referee: Brendan Brady |
| 3 February 2016 14:00 Round 2 | Stephen Maher; (0-11, 0-5 frees); Chris Bolger (2-0); Colin Dunford (1-1); Tom Nolan (1-0); Charles Dwyer (0-3); Jack Fagan (0-2) | Report | Patrick Curran (1-10, 0-6 frees); Eoin McIntyre (1-1); Jack McGrath (0-1 free); P Breathnach, T Devlin (0-1) | Drumcondra Referee: Brendan Brady |
| 4 February 2016 19:00 Round 2 | WIT | 2-22 - 1-12 | DCU | Carriganore |
| 4 February 2016 19:00 Round 2 | Liam McGrath 0-10 (6fs), Johnny Hayes 1-2, Austin Gleeson 0-4, Jack Langton 1-0, Ciaran O'Brien, Owen McGrath 0-2 each, Stephen Roche, Mark Lynch 0-1 each | Report | Cathal Curran (1-1, 1-0 penalty); Killian Fitzgerald (0-3); Danny Sutcliffe (0-3, 0-2 frees); Dan Staunton, Peter Hogan, C Joyce, D Barden, N O'Connor (0-1) | Carriganore |
| 9 February 2016 19:00 Round 3 | DCU | 2-17 - 1-20 | St. Pat's, Drumcondra | DCU Referee: James McGrath |
| 9 February 2016 19:00 Round 3 | P Hogan (1-3); G Howard (1-2); D Sutcliffe (0-3, 0-2 frees); C Joyce (0-3, 0-2 frees), C Curran, S Gray (0-2); D Staunton, M Heaney (0-1) | Report | P Curran (0-10, 0-5 frees); T Devlin (0-3); C Breatnach (1-0); J McGrath (0-2, 0-1 free); J de Barun, W Murphy, M Collins, E Price, J Bruton | DCU Referee: James McGrath |
| 9 February 2016 19:00 Round 3 | IT Carlow | 1-8 - 1-5 | WIT | Carlow Referee: Brian Gavin |
| 9 February 2016 19:00 Round 3 | Stephen Maher (0-6, 0-5 frees); James Doyle (1-0); Kevin Kelly (0-1); Enda Rowland (0-1 free) | Report | Owen McGrath 1-0; T Fox (0-2 frees); Austin Gleeson (0-2 frees); Stephen Roche (0-1 free) | Carlow Referee: Brian Gavin |

### Group C

    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Mary I Limerick 32015-495-33164 2 UL 32015-503-44124 3 NUI Galway 32013-473-3894 4 DIT 30032-264-57-370
| 28 January 2016 14:00 Round 1 | UL | 0-20 - 0-14 | DIT | Parnells GAA Referee: Alan Kelly |
| 28 January 2016 14:00 Round 1 | John McGrath (0-7 frees); Kevin O'Brien, Tommy Heffernan (0-4); Conor Martin (0-2); Jason Forde, Kevin Hehir, Barry Heffernan (0-1) | Report | Derek McNicholas (0-9, 0-3 frees, 0-1 '65, 0-1 sideline); Lee Chin (0-3); Jack Guiney (0-1 free); Conor Sheehan (0-1) | Parnells GAA Referee: Alan Kelly |
| 28 January 2016 14:00 Round 1 | Mary I Limerick | 1-16 - 0-13 | NUI Galway | Dangan Referee: Fergal Horgan |
| 28 January 2016 14:00 Round 1 | Declan Hannon (1-9, 0-7 frees); M O'Neill, C Lynch, D Reidy, D Corry, D O'Donovan, R Maher, C Galvin (0-1) | Report | Bobby Duggan (0-6, 0-5 frees); Niall O'Brien (0-2); Conor Whelan, Aidan Helebert, Kevin McHugo, Ger Hennelly, Michael Mullins (0-1) | Dangan Referee: Fergal Horgan |
| 4 February 2016 14:00 Round 2 | NUI Galway | 3-18 - 2-7 | DIT | Dangan |
| 4 February 2016 14:00 Round 2 | Bobby Duggan (0-7, 0-5 frees); John Fox (2-0); Cathal Mannion (1-2); Conor Whelan (0-3); Padraig Mannion, Niall O'Brien, Oisin Donnellan (0-2) | Report | Jack Guiney, Jude Sweeney (1-0); Derek McNicholas (0-2, 0-1 penalty); Glenn Whelan (0-2); AJ Murphy, Lee Chin (0-1); Cian O'Donoghue (0-1 '65) | Dangan |
| 4 February 2016 14:00 Round 2 | UL | 5-15 - 3-14 | Mary I Limerick | MICL Grounds Referee: Fergal Horgan |
| 4 February 2016 14:00 Round 2 | Tommy Heffernan (2-2); John McGrath (0-5, 0-2 frees, 0-1 '65); Jason Forde (1-1 frees); Cathal McInerney (0-3); Pat Ryan, Kevin O'Brien (1-0); David Fitzgerald, Tom Morrissey, Conor Martin, Kevin Hehir (0-1) | Report | Declan Hannon (2-1); Darragh O'Donovan (0-6, 0-4 frees); Sean Linnane (1-0); Colm Galvin (0-2); Conor Twomey, David Reidy, Mickey O'Neill, Tom Stapleton, Stephen Cahill (0-1) | MICL Grounds Referee: Fergal Horgan |
| 9 February 2016 14:00 Round 3 | Mary I Limerick | 1-19 - 0-5 | DIT | Parnells GAA Referee: Mick Murtagh |
| 9 February 2016 14:00 Round 3 | Declan Hannon (0-9, 0-6 frees); Darragh Corry (1-2); Darragh O'Donovan (0-5, 0-1 free, 0-1 '65); Cian Lynch (0-2); Stephen Cahill, Colm Galvin (0-1) | Report | Jack Guiney (0-3 frees); Conor Sheehan (0-1); Derek McNicholas (0-1) | Parnells GAA Referee: Mick Murtagh |
| 9 February 2016 14:00 Round 3 | NUI Galway | 0-16 - 0-15 | UL | St. Patrick's Referee: Cathal McAllister |
| 9 February 2016 14:00 Round 3 | Bobby Duggan (0-9, 0-8 frees); Niall O'Brien (0-2); Padraic Mannion (0-2); Cathal Mannion, Kevin McHugo, Oisín Donnellan (0-1) | Report | John McGrath (0-9, 0-7 frees); Tom Morrissey (0-2); Jason Forde (0-1 free); Kevin Hehir, Kevin O'Brien, David Fitzgerald (0-1) | St. Patrick's Referee: Cathal McAllister |

### Group D

    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 CIT 22004-390-24274 2 GMIT 21011-113-26-212 3 UUJ 20020-212-21-60
| 28 January 2016 19:00 Round 1 | CIT | 3-22 - 0-7 | GMIT | CIT Referee: Johnny Murphy |
| 28 January 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Jamie Coughlan (1-10, 0-7 frees); John O'Dwyer (1-3); John Cashman (0-3); Bill Cooper (0-2); John Cronin, Andrew Coffey, Brendan Reddin, Noel McNamara (0-1); 1-0 own goal. | Report | Dan Nevin (0-3, 0-2 frees); Darragh Burke, Brendan Tuohey, Conor Gardiner, Jarlath Mannion (0-1) | CIT Referee: Johnny Murphy |
| 4 February 2016 14:00 Round 2 | CIT | 1-17 - 0-17 | UUJ | Jordanstown Referee: Brian Brady |
| 4 February 2016 14:00 Round 2 | John O'Dwyer (0-8, 0-3 frees, 0-2 '65s); Pa White (1-0); Andrew Coffey, M Kearney, John Cronin (0-2); Conor Hammersley, David Noonan, Noel McNamara (0-1); John Cashman (0-1 free) | Report | Nicky McKeague (0-5, 0-3 frees, 0-1 '65); James Connolly (1-1); S McAfee (0-2); G Walsh (0-2 frees); D McKernan, T O Ciaran, J McGreevy, J O'Connell (0-1) | Jordanstown Referee: Brian Brady |
| 9 February 2016 14:00 Round 3 | GMIT | 1-4 - 0-4 | UUJ | Carnmore GAA Referee: Kevin McGeeney |
| 9 February 2016 14:00 Round 3 | Darragh Burke (1-1, 0-1 free); Conor Gardiner, Brendan Tuohey, David Mangan (0-1) | Report | Nicky McKeague (0-4, 0-3 frees) | Carnmore GAA Referee: Kevin McGeeney |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 17 February - CIT | 17 February - CIT | | | |
| UL | 2-19 | | | |
| UL | 2-19 | 26 February - CIT | 26 February - CIT | | |
| CIT | 3-11 | 26 February - CIT | 26 February - CIT | |
| CIT | 3-11 | UL | 3-14 | |
| 16 February - IT Carlow | 16 February - IT Carlow | | UL | 3-14 | |
| 16 February - IT Carlow | 16 February - IT Carlow | UCD | 0-16 | |
| UCD | 1-17 | UCD | 0-16 | |
| UCD | 1-17 | | | | 27 February - CIT | 27 February - CIT |
| IT Carlow | 1-16 | | | | 27 February - CIT | 27 February - CIT |
| IT Carlow | 1-16 | | | | UL | 1-30 |
| 17 February - Limerick IT | 17 February - Limerick IT | | | | | UL | 1-30 |
| 17 February - Limerick IT | 17 February - Limerick IT | | | | Mary I Limerick | 3-22 |
| Limerick IT | 0-16 | | | | Mary I Limerick | 3-22 |
| Limerick IT | 0-16 | 26 February - CIT | 26 February - CIT | | | |
| WIT | 0-8 | 26 February - CIT | 26 February - CIT | | | |
| WIT | 0-8 | Limerick IT | 0-9 | | | |
| 16 February - Mary I Limerick | 16 February - Mary I Limerick | | Limerick IT | 0-9 | | | |
| 16 February - Mary I Limerick | 16 February - Mary I Limerick | Mary I Limerick | 0-11 | |
| Mary I Limerick | 2-26 | Mary I Limerick | 0-11 | |
| GMIT | 0-10 | | | |

### Quarter-finals

Group winners will have home advantage for the quarter-finals.
| 16 February 2016 14:00 Quarter-final | Mary I Limerick | 2-26 - 0-10 | GMIT | Mary I Limerick Referee: Barry Kelly |
| 16 February 2016 14:00 Quarter-final | Declan Hannon (1-7, 0-5 frees); David Reidy (1-2); Sean Linnane (0-4); Mickey O’Neill (0-3, 0-2 frees); Niall O'Meara (0-3); Stephen Cahill, Colm Galvin (0-2); Cian Lynch, Seamus Kennedy (0-1) | Report | Davy Conroy (0-4); Dan Nevin (0-3, 0-2 frees); Darragh Burke, Conor Gardiner, Alan Ward (0-1) | Mary I Limerick Referee: Barry Kelly |
| 16 February 2016 19:00 Quarter-final | UCD | 1-17 - 1-16 (AET) | IT Carlow | IT Carlow Referee: James Owens |
| 16 February 2016 19:00 Quarter-final | Oisín O'Rorke (0-8, 0-6 frees, 0-1 '65); Colm Cronin (1-3); Padraic Guinan, James Maher (0-2); Conor O'Shea (0-1 free); Conor Devitt (0-1) | Report | Enda Rowland (0-5, 0-4 frees, 0-1 '65); Stephen Maher (0-5, 0-4 frees); Jack Fagan (1-0); Charles Dwyer, Mark Russell (0-2); Colin Dunford, Kevin Kelly (0-1) | IT Carlow Referee: James Owens |
| 17 February 2016 14:00 Quarter-final | Limerick IT | 0-16 - 0-8 | WIT | Limerick IT Referee: Cathal McAllister |
| 17 February 2016 14:00 Quarter-final | Peter Duggan (0-5, 0-3 frees); Diarmuid Byrnes (0-5 frees); David Dempsey (0-3); Cathal Barrett, David Reidy, Michael O'Malley (0-1) | Report | Johnny Hayes (0-2 frees); Joe Dwyer (0-2, 0-1 free); Shane McNulty (0-2); Tom Fox (0-1 free); Owen McGrath (0-1) | Limerick IT Referee: Cathal McAllister |
| 17 February 2016 19:00 Quarter-final | UL | 2-19 - 3-11 | CIT | CIT Referee: Johnny Ryan |
| 17 February 2016 19:00 Quarter-final | Kevin O’Brien (2-1); John McGrath (0-6, 0-2 frees); Tom Morrissey, Conor Martin (0-4); Brian Stapleton, Kevin Hehir, Barry Heffernan (0-1); Jason Forde (0-1 free) | Report | Jamie Coughlan (1-3, 0-3 frees); Bill Cooper, Michael Kearney (1-1); Ray Barry (0-3, 0-2 frees); Andrew Coffey (0-2); Robbie Hanley (0-1) | CIT Referee: Johnny Ryan |

### Semi-finals

| 26 February 2016 13:00 Semi-final | UL | 3-14 - 0-16 | UCD | CIT Referee: Cathal McAllister |
| 26 February 2016 13:00 Semi-final | John McGrath (2-5, 0-4 frees, 0-1 '65); Tommy Heffernan (1-1); Tommy Morrissey (0-4); Jason Forde (0-3 frees); Cathal McInerney (0-1) | Report | Oisin O'Rorke (0-8, 0-7 frees, 0-1 '65); James Maher (0-3); Colm Cronin, Padraic Guinan (0-2); Eoin Conroy (0-1) | CIT Referee: Cathal McAllister |
| 26 February 2016 15:00 Semi-final | Mary I Limerick | 0-11 - 0-9 | Limerick IT | CIT Referee: Diarmuid Kirwan |
| 26 February 2016 15:00 Semi-final | Declan Hannon (0-5, 0-4 frees, 0-1 '65); Darragh O'Donovan (0-2); Ronan Maher, Colm Galvin, Niall O'Meara, David Reidy (0-1) | Report | Diarmaid Byrnes (0-4, 0-2 frees, 0-1 '65); Peter Duggan (0-2); Oisin O'Brien, Paul Killeen, Alan Dempsey (0-1) | CIT Referee: Diarmuid Kirwan |

### Final

| 27 February 2016 15:00 Final | Mary I Limerick | 1-30 - 3-22 (AET) | UL | CIT Referee: James Owens |
| 27 February 2016 15:00 Final | Declan Hannon (1-12, 0-9 frees); Cian Lynch (0-5); Sean Linnane, David Reidy (0-3); Darragh O’Donovan (0-3, 0-1 free); Tadhg Gallacher, John Meagher, Stephen Cahill, Darragh Corry (0-1) | Report | John McGrath (2-7, 0-5 frees, 0-1 '65); Tommy Heffernan (0-6); Tom Morrissey (1-1); Conor Martin, Kevin Hehir, Aidan McGuane (0-2); Jason Forde, Cathal McInerney (0-1) | CIT Referee: James Owens |