# 2016–17 Harty Cup

The 2016–17 Dr Harty Cup was the 97th staging of the Harty Cup since its establishment in hurling by the Munster Council of Gaelic Athletic Association in 1918. The group stage placings were released in July 2016. The competition ran from 12 October 2016 to 18 February 2017.
Ardscoil Rís unsuccessfully defended its title in the quarter-final replay against Midleton CBS
The Harty Cup final was played on 18 February 2017 at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between Our Lady's Secondary School and St Colman's College, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in 15 years. Our Lady's Secondary School won the match by 2–22 to 1–06 to claim their second Harty Cup title overall and last final title meeting after a hiattus since 1978.
Thurles CBS's Darragh Woods was the top scorer with 3-38.

## Format change

There was a restructuring of the group stage, resulting in an increase in the number of groups. 19 teams entered the Harty Cup, with eight groups being created. Five groups contained two teams and three groups contained three teams. Two teams advanced from each of the groups to the knockout round of 16.

## Group A
### Group A table

Knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 4 |
| Christian Brothers College | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 2 |
| Coláiste Íosaef | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 48 | -25 | 0 |

### Group A results
## Group B
### Group B table

Knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Thurles CBS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 24 | 42 | 4 |
| De La Salle College | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 42 | 15 | 1 |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 56 | -27 | 1 |

### Group B results
## Group C
### Group C table

Knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Blackwater CS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 27 | 21 | 4 |
| Castletroy College | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 39 | -6 | 2 |
| CBS High School Clonmel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 42 | -15 | 0 |

### Group C results
## Group D
### Group D table

Knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Ardscoil Rís | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 2 |
| Hamilton High School | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 0 |

### Group D result
## Group E
### Group E table

Knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| St Colman's College | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
| Midleton CBS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 0 |

### Group E result
## Group F
### Group F table

Knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Our Lady's SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2 |
| St Flannan's College | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 0 |

### Group F result
## Group G
### Group G table

Knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| St Francis College | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 |
| Charleville CBS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 0 |

### Group G result
## Group H
### Group H table

Knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Nenagh CBS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 2 |
| Abbey CBS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 25 | -3 | 0 |

### Group H result
## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Darragh Woods | Thurles CBS | 3-38 | 47 | 4 | 11.75 |
| 2 | Liam Gosnell | Midleton CBS | 2-31 | 37 | 5 | 7.40 |
| 3 | Brian McGrath | Our Lady's SS | 1-29 | 32 | 5 | 6.40 |
| 4 | Brian Ryan | Ardscoil Rís | 3-18 | 27 | 4 | 6.75 |
| 4 | Harry Ruddle-Redmond | De La Salle College | 0-27 | 27 | 4 | 6.75 |