# 2016 Waterford Senior Football Championship

The 2016 Waterford Senior Football Championship was the 129th edition of the Waterford GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Waterford, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Waterford in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a seeded group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.
Stradbally were the defending champions after they defeated Abbeyside/Ballinacourty in the 2015 final, however, they relinquished their crown when Ballincourty defeated them at the semi-final stage.
This was Ballinameela's return to the senior grade.
On 6 November 2016, The Nire claimed their 8th S.F.C. title when defeating Ballinacourty 1-17 to 0-8 in the final in Fraher Field.
St. Saviour's were relegated to the 2017 I.F.C. after losing the Relegation Final and a remarkable 29 season stay in the top flight came to an end. During this period they claimed one S.F.C. title when defeating Kilrossanty in 1998 and were runners-up in 1988 when losing to the same opposition.

## Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.

## Group stage

All 12 teams enter the competition at this stage. The top 4 teams in both groups compete in four quarter-finals. The bottom team in each group contest the relegation play-off.

### Group 2
## Knock-out stage
### Last eight

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Stradbally | Stradbally | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| Ardmore | Ardmore | 1-7 | Stradbally | Stradbally | 0-10 | | | |
| Ballinacourty | Ballinacourty | 0-15 | Ballinacourty | Ballinacourty | 1-10 | | | |
| Clashmore | Clashmore | 1-7 | | | | Ballinacourty | Ballinacourty | 0-8 |
| Kilrossanty | Kilrossanty | 2-10 | | | | The Nire | The Nire | 1-17 |
| An Rinn | An Rinn | 2-9 | Kilrossanty | Kilrossanty | 1-4 | | | |
| The Nire | The Nire | 0-13 | The Nire | The Nire | 1-10 | | | |
| Rathgormack | Rathgormack | 0-9 | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| 21 October 2017 7 pm | The Nire | 0-12 – 0-9 | Rathgormack | Fraher Field, Dungarvan Referee: John Condon (An Rinn) |
| 21 October 2017 8:30 pm | Stradbally | 0-12 – 1-7 | Ardmore | Fraher Field Referee: Anthony Fitzgerald (Gaultier) |
| 23 October 2017 6 pm | Kilrossanty | 2-10 – 2-9 | An Rinn | Fraher Field Referee: Tom Dee (John Mitchels) |
| 22 October 2017 7:30 pm | Ballinacourty | 0-15 – 1-7 | Clashmore | Fraher Field Referee: Tommy Sullivan (Affane) |

### Semi-finals

| 29 October 2017 | The Nire | 1-10 – 1-4 | Kilrossanty | Fraher Field Referee: Anthony Fitzgerald (Gaultier) Man of the Match: Martin Walsh |
| 30 October 2017 | Ballinacourty | 1-10 – 0-10 | Stradbally | Fraher Field Referee: Tommy Sullivan (Affane) Man of the Match: Gary Hurney |

### Final

| 6 November 2016 2:45 pm Final | The Nire | 1-17 – 0-8 | Ballinacourty | Fraher Field Referee: Alan Kissane Man of the Match: Liam Lawlor |
| 6 November 2016 2:45 pm Final | Conor Gleeson and Liam Lawlor 0-5 each, Darren Guiry 1-1, Brian Wall 0-4f, Seamus Lawlor and Kenny Brazil 0-1 each | Report | Patrick Hurney 0-7 (0-3f), Mark Ferncombe 0-1 | Fraher Field Referee: Alan Kissane Man of the Match: Liam Lawlor |

## Relegation play-off

Brickey Rangers 0-10 0-8 St. Saviour's, Leamybrien, 5/11/2016