# 2016 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The 2016 Leinster Senior Football Championship was the 2016 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Leinster GAA. The competition ran from 14 May 2016 to 17 July 2016.
Dublin came into the competition as the defending champions, having won their 54th title and completed a 5-in-a-row the previous season. The draw for the championship was made on 16 October 2015. As in the previous two seasons, the two sides were named as A and B, to allow for teams to more easily predict the dates of their qualifier matches. Carlow, Dublin, Laois, Louth, Meath and Wicklow were named to the A side, with Kildare, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath and Wexford on the B side.
The final was a replay of the previous year's decider, with Dublin facing Westmeath. Dublin won 2–19 to 0–10 in the final at Croke Park, the county's first six-in-a-row since the 1970s.

## 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 | Tickets.ie | Turlough O'Brien | Darragh Foley | | 1944 |
| Dublin | Sky blue and navy | American International Group | Jim Gavin | Stephen Cluxton | 2015 | 2015 |
| Kildare | White | Brady Family Ham | Cian O'Neill | Eoin Doyle | 1928 | 2000 |
| Laois | Blue and white | MW Hire Services | Mick Lillis | Donal Kingston | | 2003 |
| Longford | Royal blue and gold | Glennon Brothers | Denis Connerton | Mickey Quinn | | 1968 |
| Louth | Red and white | Morgan Fuels | Colin Kelly | Pádraig Rath | 1957 | 1957 |
| Meath | Green and gold | Tayto Park | Mick O'Dowd | Donal Keogan | 1999 | 2010 |
| Offaly | White, green and gold | Carroll's Cuisine | Pat Flanagan | Alan Mulhall | 1982 | 1997 |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | Renault | Tom Cribbin | Ger Egan | | 2004 |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | Gain Feeds | David Power | Graeme Molloy | 1918 | 1945 |
| Wicklow | Blue and gold | Arklow Bay Hotel | Johnny Magee | Rory Finn | | |

## Bracket

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Laois | Laois | 3-16 | | | | | | | | | |
| Wicklow | Wicklow | 0-18 | Laois | Laois | 2-10 | | | | | | |
| | | | Dublin | Dublin | 2-21 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 0-21 | | | |
| Louth | Louth | 2-24 | | | | Meath | Meath | 0-11 | | | |
| Carlow | Carlow | 3-11 | Louth | Louth | 1-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | Meath | Meath | 0-20 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 2-19 |
| Longford | Longford | 2-13 | | | | | | | Westmeath | Westmeath | 0-10 |
| Offaly | Offaly | 2-21 | Offaly | Offaly | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| | | | Westmeath | Westmeath | 0-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Westmeath | Westmeath | 1-12 | | | |
| | | | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 1-11 | | | |
| | | | Wexford | Wexford | 0-8 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kildare | Kildare | 0-9 | | | | | | |
Preliminary round refs
Quarter-final refs

### Quarter-finals

| 21 May 2016 17:15 Quarter-Final | Kildare | 0-9 - 0-8 | Wexford | Croke Park Attendance: 13,066 Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare) |
| 21 May 2016 17:15 Quarter-Final | Neil Flynn 0-3, Alan Smith 0-2, Ollie Lyons, Morgan O’Flaherty, Cian O’Donoghue, Eamonn Callaghan 0-1 each | Report | Donal Shanley 0-4f, Colm Kehoe, Kevin O’Grady, John Tubritt, Shane Roche 0-1 each | Croke Park Attendance: 13,066 Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare) |
| 4 June 2016 19:00 Quarter-Final | Dublin | 2-21 - 2-10 | Laois | Nowlan Park Attendance: 16,764 Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down) Man of the Match: Diarmuid Connolly (St Vincent's) |
| 4 June 2016 19:00 Quarter-Final | Dean Rock 1-10 (0-6f), Diarmuid Connolly 1-4, Ciaran Kilkenny 0-4, David Byrne, Kevin McManamon, Con O’Callaghan 0-1 each | Report | Paul Cahillane 1-2 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Stephen Attride 1-0, Donal Kingston 0-2 (0-1f), Gay Walsh, John O’Loughlin, Kevin Meaney, Ross Munnelly, Darren Strong, Damien O’Connor 0-1 each | Nowlan Park Attendance: 16,764 Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down) Man of the Match: Diarmuid Connolly (St Vincent's) |
| 12 June 2016 15:30 Quarter-Final | Louth | 1-13 – 0-20 | Meath | Parnell Park Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Pádraig Hughes (Armagh) |
| 12 June 2016 15:30 Quarter-Final | Ryan Burns, James Califf (0-4 each), Jim McEneaney (1-0), Declan Byrne, Anthony Williams 0-2 each, Bevan Duffy (0-1) | Report | Michael Newman 0-7, Eamonn Wallace 0-4, Graham Reilly, Andrew Tormey 0-3 each, Cillian O'Sullivan 0-2 Conor O'Brien 0-1 | Parnell Park Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Pádraig Hughes (Armagh) |
| 12 June 2016 15:00 Quarter-Final | Westmeath | 0-13 - 0-12 | Offaly | Cusack Park, Mullingar Attendance: 8,123 Referee: Padraig O’Sullivan (Kerry) Man of the Match: James Dolan (Garrycastle) |
| 12 June 2016 15:00 Quarter-Final | John Heslin 0-5 (0-2f), John Connellan 0-3, Paul Sharry 0-2 (1 '45), James Dolan, Denis Corroon, Kieran Martin 0-1 each | Report | Nigel Dunne 0-6 (0-5f), Peter Cunningham 0-2, Graham Guilfoyle, Bernard Allen, Niall McNamee, Johnny Moloney 0-1 each | Cusack Park, Mullingar Attendance: 8,123 Referee: Padraig O’Sullivan (Kerry) Man of the Match: James Dolan (Garrycastle) |

### Semi-finals

| 26 June 2016 16:15 Semi-Final | Westmeath | 1-12 – 1-11 | Kildare | Croke Park Attendance: 42,259 Referee: Derek O’Mahony (Tipperary) Man of the Match: Ger Egan (Tyrrellspass) |
| 26 June 2016 16:15 Semi-Final | John Heslin 0-4f, James Dolan 1-0, Paul Sharry 0-3 (1 '45), Ray Connellan and Kieran Martin 0-2 each, Callum McCormack 0-1 | Report | Neil Flynn 0-4f, Tommy Moolick 1-0, Emmet Bolton 0-2, Johnny Byrne, Fergal Conway, Adam Tyrrell, Eoghan O’Flaherty, Niall Kelly 0-1 each | Croke Park Attendance: 42,259 Referee: Derek O’Mahony (Tipperary) Man of the Match: Ger Egan (Tyrrellspass) |
| 26 June 2016 18:35 Semi-Final | Dublin | 0-21 – 0-11 | Meath | Croke Park Attendance: 42,259 Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare) Man of the Match: Diarmuid Connolly (St Vincent's) |
| 26 June 2016 18:35 Semi-Final | Dean Rock 0-10 (0-9f), Diarmuid Connolly 0-4, Bernard Brogan 0-3, Paul Flynn 0-2, Brian Fenton and Paul Mannion 0-1 each | Report | Michael Newman 0-4, Graham Reilly 0-3, Cillian O'Sullivan 0-2 (0-1f), Eamonn Wallace and Ronan Jones 0-1 each | Croke Park Attendance: 42,259 Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare) Man of the Match: Diarmuid Connolly (St Vincent's) |

### Final

| 17 July 2016 4:00 pm Final | Dublin | 2-19 – 0-10 | Westmeath | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 38,885 Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford) Man of the Match: Bernard Brogan (St. Oliver Plunketts/ER) |
| 17 July 2016 4:00 pm Final | Dean Rock 0-8f, Bernard Brogan 1-4, Kevin McManamon 1-2, Paddy Andrews 0-2, John Small, Paul Flynn, Diarmuid Connolly 0-1 each | Report | John Heslin 0-6 (0-5f), Ger Egan 0-2, Denis Corroon and Callum McCormack 0-1 each | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 38,885 Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford) Man of the Match: Bernard Brogan (St. Oliver Plunketts/ER) |