# 2022 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The 2022 Leinster Senior Football Championship was the 2022 iteration of the Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA.
The draws for the preliminary round and quarter-finals took place on Saturday 27 November 2021, while the draw for the semi-finals took place on Sunday 1 May 2022.
Dublin won the competition.

## Teams

The Leinster championship was contested by 11 of the 12 county teams in Leinster, a province of Ireland. Kilkenny was the only county team not to compete.
| Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Captain | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Captain | All-Ireland | Provincial |
| Carlow | Red, green and gold | IT Carlow | Niall Carew | | | 1944 |
| Dublin | Sky blue and navy | AIG | Dessie Farrell | | 2020 | 2021 |
| Kildare | White | Brady's Family Ham | Glenn Ryan | | 1928 | 2000 |
| Laois | Blue and white | MW Hire | Billy Sheehan | | | 2003 |
| Longford | Royal blue and gold | Glennon Brothers | Billy O'Loughlin | | | 1968 |
| Louth | Red and white | StatSports | Mickey Harte | Sam Mulroy | 1957 | 1957 |
| Meath | Green and gold | Devenish | Andy McEntee | Shane McEntee | 1999 | 2010 |
| Offaly | White, green and gold | Carroll's | John Maughan | | 1982 | 1997 |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | Renault | Jack Cooney | Kevin Maguire | | 2004 |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | Zurich | Shane Roche | | 1918 | 1945 |
| Wicklow | Royal blue and gold | Joule | Alan Costello and Gary Duffy | Dean Healy | | |

## Draw

The semi-finalists from the 2021 competition, along with one unseeded team, received a bye to the quarter-finals. The six remaining unseeded teams played in the preliminary round.
| Seeded | Unseeded |
| Dublin Kildare Meath Westmeath | Carlow Laois Longford Louth Offaly Wexford Wicklow |

## Bracket

| Preliminary round 24 April | Preliminary round 24 April | Preliminary round 24 April | Quarter-finals 30 April / 1 May | Quarter-finals 30 April / 1 May | Quarter-finals 30 April / 1 May | Semi-finals 15 May | Semi-finals 15 May | Semi-finals 15 May | Final 29 May | Final 29 May | Final 29 May |
| Louth | Louth | 5-10 | | | | | | | | | |
| Carlow | Carlow | 0-10 | Louth | Louth | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kildare | Kildare | 2-22 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 1-21 | | | |
| | | | | | | Westmeath | Westmeath | 2-15 | | | |
| | | | Westmeath | Westmeath | 3-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | Longford | Longford | 0-14 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 1-15 |
| Wexford | Wexford | 1-15 | | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 5-17 |
| Offaly | Offaly | 1-12 | Wexford | Wexford | 0-04 | | | | | | |
| | | | Dublin | Dublin | 1-24 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 1-27 | | | |
| | | | | | | Meath | Meath | 1-14 | | | |
| | | | Meath | Meath | 4-13 | | | | | | |
| Wicklow | Wicklow | 5-15 | Wicklow | Wicklow | 1-12 | | | | | | |
| Laois | Laois | 4-12 | | | | | | | | | |

## Preliminary round

| 24 April 2022 Preliminary round | Louth | 5-10 - 0-10 | Carlow | Pairc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh) Man of the Match: Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtín) |
| 24 April 2022 Preliminary round | Sam Mulroy 2-5 (1-0 pen, 0-3f, 1 '45), Tommy Durnin and Conor Grimes 1-1 each, Ciaran Byrne 1-0, Ciaran Downey 0-2, Conor Earley 0-1 | Report | Darragh Foley 0-3 (0-2f), Ross Dunphy 0-2, Josh Moore, Jamie Clarke (0-1f), Conor Crowley, Colm Hulton, Niall Hickey 0-1 each | Pairc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh) Man of the Match: Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtín) |
| 24 April 2022 Preliminary round | Wicklow | 5-15 - 4-12 | Laois | Aughrim Park, Aughrim Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford) Man of the Match: Kevin Quinn (Blessington) |
| 24 April 2022 Preliminary round | Kevin Quinn 3-0, Mark Kenny 0-5, Eoin Darcy 1-2 (0-1f), Padraig O'Toole 1-1, Mark Jackson 0-3f, Dean Healy 0-2, Andy Maher and Darragh Fitzgerald 0-1 each | Report | Gary Walsh 2-2 (0-2f), Paddy O'Sullivan 1-1, Sean O'Flynn 1-0, Mark Barry (0-3f) and Paul Kingston (0-1m, 0-2f) 0-3 each, Evan O'Carroll 0-2, Brian Byrne 0-1 | Aughrim Park, Aughrim Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford) Man of the Match: Kevin Quinn (Blessington) |
| 24 April 2022 Preliminary round | Wexford | 1-15 - 1-12 | Offaly | Wexford Park, Wexford Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary) |
| 24 April 2022 Preliminary round | Ben Brosnan 1-8 (0-4f), Darragh Brooks (0-1f), Martin O'Connor, Paraic Hughes, Glen Malone, Kevin O'Grady (0-1f), Eoghan Nolan (0-1m), Tom Byrne 0-1 each | Report | Lee Pearson 1-0, Paddy Dunican 0-3f, Bill Carroll 0-2, Colm Doyle, Niall Darby (0-1f), Johnny Moloney (0-1f), Dylan Hyland (0-1f), Mark Abbott, Bernard Allen (0-1f), Joseph O'Connor 0-1 each | Wexford Park, Wexford Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary) |

## Quarter-finals

| 30 April 2022 Quarter-final | Dublin | 1-24 - 0-4 | Wexford | Wexford Park, Wexford Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry) Man of the Match: Brian Fenton (Raheny) |
| 30 April 2022 Quarter-final | Con O'Callaghan 1-6, Brian Fenton and Dean Rock (0-1f, 1 '45) 0-5 each, Brian Howard and Cormac Costello 0-2 each, John Small, Tom Lahiff, Ciaran Kilkenny, Lorcan O'Dell 0-1 each | Report | Paraic Hughes, Niall Hughes (0-1m), Eoghan Nolan, Ben Brosnan 0-1 each | Wexford Park, Wexford Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry) Man of the Match: Brian Fenton (Raheny) |
| 30 April 2022 Quarter Final | Westmeath | 3-13 - 0-14 | Longford | Cusack Park, Mullingar Attendance: 2,290 Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare) Man of the Match: Ronan Wallace (Multyfarnham) |
| 30 April 2022 Quarter Final | John Heslin 1-5 (0-4f), Alex Gardiner 0-3, Ronan O'Toole and Robbie Forde 1-0 each, Nigel Harte and Ray Connellan 0-2 each, Lorcan Dolan 0-1 | Report | Darren Gallagher 0-4 (0-2f, 1 '45), Dylan Farrell 0-3f, Paddy Collum (1 '45), Mickey Quinn, Kevin Diffley, Dessie Reynolds, Daniel Reynolds, Keelin McGann, Darragh Doherty 0-1 each | Cusack Park, Mullingar Attendance: 2,290 Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare) Man of the Match: Ronan Wallace (Multyfarnham) |
| 1 May 2022 Quarter-final | Meath | 4-13 - 1-12 | Wicklow | Páirc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Paul Faloon (Down) Man of the Match: Bryan Menton (Donaghmore Ashbourne) |
| 1 May 2022 Quarter-final | Jack O'Connor 1-3 (0-2f), Bryan Menton and Jordan Morris (0-2f) 0-4 each, James McEntee, Matthew Costello, Jack Flynn 1-0 each. Thomas O'Reilly 0-2 | Report | Mark Jackson (0-3f, 1 '45) and Eoin Darcy (0-4f) 0-4 each, Oisin McGraynor 1-0 each, Padraig O'Toole 0-2, Rory Stokes and Kevin Quinn 0-1 each | Páirc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Paul Faloon (Down) Man of the Match: Bryan Menton (Donaghmore Ashbourne) |
| 1 May 2022 Quarter-final | Kildare | 2-22 - 0-12 | Louth | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 5,308 Referee: David Gough (Meath) Man of the Match: Ben McCormack (Sarsfields) |
| 1 May 2022 Quarter-final | Darragh Kirwan 1-3 (0-1f), Jimmy Hyland 0-5 (0-1f), Ben McCormack 0-4, Kevin Feely 1-0 pen, Paul Cribbin and Daniel Flynn (0-1m) 0-3 each, Paddy Woodgate 0-2 (0-1f), Alex Beirne and Brian McLoughlin 0-1 each | Report | Sam Mulroy 0-5 (0-1m, 0-1f), Conor Grimes 0-3 (0-2f), Tommy Durnin, Conor Early, Ciaran Byrne, Jack Murphy 0-1 each | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 5,308 Referee: David Gough (Meath) Man of the Match: Ben McCormack (Sarsfields) |

## Semi-finals

The draw took place after the quarter-finals.
| 15 May 2022 Semi-final | Kildare | 1-21 - 2-15 | Westmeath | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 38,081 Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone) Man of the Match: Ben McCormack (Sarsfields) |
| 15 May 2022 Semi-final | Jimmy Hyland 1-4 (0-1f), Ben McCormack (0-1m) and Darragh Kirwan (0-1f) 0-5 each, Daniel Flynn 0-2 (0-1m), Tony Archbold, Kevin Flynn, Alex Beirne, Paul Cribbin, Neil Flynn (0-1f) 0-1 each | Report | Ronan O'Toole 1-3, Sam McCartan and John Heslin (0-1f) 0-4 each, Jamie Gonoud 1-0, Ray Conellan 0-2, Nigel Harte and Luke Loughlin 0-1 each | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 38,081 Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone) Man of the Match: Ben McCormack (Sarsfields) |
| 15 May 2022 Semi-final | Dublin | 1-27 - 1-14 | Meath | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 38,081 Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary) Man of the Match: James McCarthy (Ballymun Kickhams) |
| 15 May 2022 Semi-final | Dean Rock 1-8 (1-0 pen, 0-5f, 1 '45), Ciaran Kilkenny 0-5, Cormac Costello 0-3, James McCarthy, Tom Lahiff, Lorcan O'Dell, Con O'Callaghan 0-2 each, Brian Howard, Sean Bugler, Paddy Small (0-1m) 0-1 each | Report | Jordan Morris 1-3 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Bryan Menton and Jack O'Connor (0-2f) 0-3 each, Donal Keogan, Thomas O'Reilly, Joey Wallace, Jack Flynn, Shane McEntee 0-1 each | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 38,081 Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary) Man of the Match: James McCarthy (Ballymun Kickhams) |

## Final

| 28 May 2022 | Dublin | 5-17 - 1-15 | Kildare | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 38,000 (est.) Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) Man of the Match: Con O'Callaghan (Cuala) |
| 28 May 2022 | Con O'Callaghan 1-5 (0-1m), Cormac Costello 2-1, Dean Rock 0-4f, John Small and Ciaran Kilkenny 1-0 each, Brian Fenton 0-3, Lee Gannon 0-2, Niall Scully and Aaron Byrne 0-1 each | Report | Jimmy Hyland 1-4 (0-3f), Ben McCormack 0-5 (0-1m), Kevin Feely 0-2 (0-1m), Kevin Flynn, Paul Cribbin, Darragh Kirwan, Paddy Woodgate (0-1f) 0-1 each | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 38,000 (est.) Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) Man of the Match: Con O'Callaghan (Cuala) |