# 2012 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The 2012 Leinster Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Leinster GAA. It was won by Dublin who defeated Meath in the final. The winning Dublin team received the Delaney Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. They limply exited in the semi-final after defeat to All-Ireland final losers Mayo.
Meath entered the All-Ireland Qualifiers but lost their next game, to Laois.

## Bracket

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Westmeath | Westmeath | 0-14 | | | | | | | | | |
| Louth | Louth | 2-9 | Louth | Louth | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| | | | Dublin | Dublin | 2-22 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 2-11 | | | |
| Longford | Longford | 1-10 | | | | Wexford | Wexford | 1-10 | | | |
| Laois | Laois | 0-12 | Longford | Longford | 0-15 | | | | | | |
| | | | Wexford | Wexford | 1-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 2-13 |
| Meath | Meath | 0-16 | | | | | | | Meath | Meath | 1-13 |
| Wicklow | Wicklow | 0-11 | Meath | Meath | 2-21 | | | | | | |
| | | | Carlow | Carlow | 1-9 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Meath | Meath | 1-17 | | | |
| | | | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 1-11 | | | |
| | | | Offaly | Offaly | 0-6 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kildare | Kildare | 0-19 | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals

| 3 June 2012 2:00pm Quarter Final | Wexford | 0-15 - 2-9 | Longford | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 31,570 Referee: M Collins (Cork) Man of the Match: Adrian Flynn (Gusserane O'Rahillys) |
| 3 June 2012 2:00pm Quarter Final | Adrian Flynn 0-5, Ben Brosnan (0-3f) and Ciaran Lyng (0-1f), 0-3 each, Redmond Barry 0-2, Rob Tierney and Eric Bradley 0-1 each | Report | Paul Barden 2-0 (1-0 pen), Brian Kavanagh and Sean McCormack (0-3f) 0-4 each, Niall Mulligan 0-1 | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 31,570 Referee: M Collins (Cork) Man of the Match: Adrian Flynn (Gusserane O'Rahillys) |
| 3 June 2012 4:00pm Quarter Final | Dublin | 2-22 - 0-12 | Louth | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 31,570 Referee: E Kinsella (Laois) Man of the Match: Bernard Brogan (St. OP/ER) |
| 3 June 2012 4:00pm Quarter Final | Bernard Brogan 2-5 (0-1f), Kevin McManamon and Diamuid Connolly 0-3 each, Stephen Cluxton (2 '45), Paul Flynn, Bryan Cullen, Alan Brogan, Craig Dias 0-2 each, Denis Bastick 0-1. | Report | Darren Clarke 0-8 (0-7f, 0-1 sl), Ray Finnegan, Ronan Carroll, Adrian Reid, JP Rooney 0-1 each | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 31,570 Referee: E Kinsella (Laois) Man of the Match: Bernard Brogan (St. OP/ER) |
| 10 June 2012 4:00pm Quarter Final Replay | Longford | 0-15 - 1-13 | Wexford | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 10,171 Referee: C Lane (Cork) |
| 10 June 2012 4:00pm Quarter Final Replay | S McCormack 0-6 (4f), P Barden 0-4, B Kavanagh 0-2, M Quinn, S Mulligan, P Kelly 0-1 each | Report | S Roche 0-5 (2f), R Barry 1-2, B Brosnan 0-4 (2f), A Flynn, PJ Banville 0-1 each | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 10,171 Referee: C Lane (Cork) |
| 10 June 2012 2:00pm Quarter Final | Carlow | 1-12 - 1-12 | Meath | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 10,171 Referee: B Cassidy (Derry) |
| 10 June 2012 2:00pm Quarter Final | JJ Smith 1-5 (4f), Brian Murphy 0-3 (2f), Brendan Murphy, D Foley, P Reid, D St Ledger (f) 0-1 each | Report | C Ward 1-3 (2f), B Farrell 0-4, G Reilly 0-3, D Tobin, M Burke 0-1 each | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 10,171 Referee: B Cassidy (Derry) |
| 16 June 2012 7:00pm Quarter Final Replay | Meath | 2-21 - 1-9 | Carlow | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 5,070 Referee: D Fahy (Longford) |
| 16 June 2012 7:00pm Quarter Final Replay | Brian Farrell 0-8, P Byrne 2-0, Graham Reilly 0-4, A Forde, D Carroll, J Queeney 0-2 each, B Menton, C Gillespie, C Ward 0-1 each | Report | JJ Smith 0-5, K Jackson 1-0 , K Nolan, Brendan Murphy, D Foley, Brian Murphy 0-1 each | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 5,070 Referee: D Fahy (Longford) |
| 17 June 2012 4:00pm Quarter Final | Offaly | 0-6 - 0-19 | Kildare | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Attendance: 16,178 Referee: P O'Sullivan (Kerry) |
| 17 June 2012 4:00pm Quarter Final | K Casey 0-3 (1f), A McNamee, A Sullivan, N Smith 0-1 each | Report | M Conway 0-5 (4f, 1 '45'), J Doyle 0-4, O Lyons 0-3, E O'Flaherty 0-2, R Kelly, P O’Neill, J Kavanagh, A Smith, Padraig Fogarty 0-1 each | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Attendance: 16,178 Referee: P O'Sullivan (Kerry) |

## Semi-finals

| 1 July 2012 2:00pm Semi Final | Meath | 1-17 - 1-11 | Kildare | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 47,961 Referee: M Collins (Cork) Man of the Match: Conor Gillespie (Summerhill) |
| 1 July 2012 2:00pm Semi Final | Brian Farrell 0-6 (4f), Peadar Byrne 1-0, Graham Reilly and Joe Sheridan (1 '45) 0-3 each, Jamie Queeney 0-2, Damien Carroll, Alan Forde, Stephen Bray 0-1 each | Report | Mikey Conway 1-1 (0-1f), Alan Smith and Eoghan O'Flaherty (0-2f, 1 '45) 0-3 each, Emmet Bolton, John Doyle, James Kavanagh, Tomas O'Connor 0-1 each; | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 47,961 Referee: M Collins (Cork) Man of the Match: Conor Gillespie (Summerhill) |
| 1 July 2012 4:00pm Semi Final | Dublin | 2-11 - 1-10 | Wexford | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 47,961 Referee: R Hickey (Clare) Man of the Match: Kevin McManamon (St. Judes) |
| 1 July 2012 4:00pm Semi Final | Kevin McManamon 1-3, Diarmuid Connolly 1-1, Kevin Nolan and Bryan Cullen 0-2 each, Stephen Cluxton (0-1f), Alan Brogan, Bernard Brogan (0-1f) 0-1 each | Report | Redmond Barry 1-1, Ben Brosnan 0-4, Adrian Flynn and Shane Roche (0-2f) 0-2 each, PJ Banville 0-1 | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 47,961 Referee: R Hickey (Clare) Man of the Match: Kevin McManamon (St. Judes) |