2012 Nicky Rackard Cup

2012 Nicky Rackard Cup
Dates 5 May
– 9 June 2012
Teams 6
Champions Armagh
Runners-up Louth
Tournament statistics
Matches played 8
Goals scored 19 (2.38 per match)
Points scored 224 (28 per match)
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The 2012 Nicky Rackard Cup is the eighth season of the Nicky Rackard Cup since its establishment in 2005. A total of six teams will contest the Nicky Rackard Cup, including four sides from the 2011 Nicky Rackard Cup and one promoted team from the 2011 Lory Meagher Cup and one team relegated from the 2011 Christy Ring Cup. The teams are:

Structure

The tournament has a double elimination format - each team will play at least two games before being knocked out.

  • There are two Round 1 matches.
    • The winners in Round 1 advance to Round 2.
    • The losers in Round 1 go into the quarter-finals.
  • There are two Round 2 matches.
    • The winners in Round 2 advance to the semi-finals.
    • The losers in Round 2 go into the quarter finals.
      • The losers of the relegation playoff are relegated to the Lory Meagher Cup for 2013.
  • There are two quarter-final matches between the Round 1 losers and Round 2 winners.
    • The winners of the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals.
    • The losers of the quarter-finals are eliminated.
  • There are two semi-final matches, between the Round 2 winners and the quarter-final winners.
    • The winners of the semi-finals advance to the final.
    • The losers of the semi-finals are eliminated.
  • The winners of the final win the Nicky Rackard Cup for 2012 and are promoted to the Christy Ring Cup for 2013.

Fixtures

Round 1 Round 2
Quarter Finals		 Semi Finals Final
Donegal 1-15  
Roscommon 0-14     Donegal 1-15  
        Monaghan 0-15  
          Donegal 0-07  
          Louth 3-18  
        Sligo 1-09  
        Louth 3-15  
          Louth
          Armagh
        Roscommon 2-19  
        Monaghan 1-11  
          Rocommon 1-17  
          Armagh 4-12  
        Sligo 0-08      
Armagh 1-20     Armagh 1-20      
Louth 1-08  

Round 1

Louth 1-08 - 0-20 Armagh
S Fennell 0-3 (2f), A Wallace 1-0, B Corcoran 0-2, G Rellis, S Callan, R Byrne (1 '65') 0-1 each Report D Carvill 0-9 (7f), R Lewis 0-4, R McGrattan, P McCormack (1f) 0-2 each, J King, R Gaffney, C Corvan 0-1 each
Dowdallshill, Drogheda
Referee: P O'Dwyer
Donegal 1-15 - 0-14 Roscommon
N Campbell 0-7 (4f, 2 '65'), E McDermott 0-4, R McDermott 1-0, L Henderson, D Cullen 0-2 each. Report D Dolan 0-10 (9f), M Kelly, P Kelly, D Nolan, J Lawlor 0-1 each.
Referee: E Hassan

Round 2

Monaghan 0-15 - 1-16 Donegal
S Lambe 0-9 (7f), T Hilliard, E MacSuibhne 0-2 each, C McKenna and M Treanor 0-1 each Report L Henderson 0-8 (4f), N Campbell 1-4 (1-0pen, 4f), D Cullen 0-2, P Doherty, E Organ 0-1 each
Referee: D McGee
Armagh 1-20 - 0-08 Sligo
D Carvill 0-6 (2 '65s'), D Coulter 0-4, C Carvill, C Corvan 0-3 each, J King 1-0, C Coulter 0-2, R Lewis 0-1 Report G Waldron 0-6 (2 '45s'), A Cawley, K Raymond 0-1 each.
Referee: L McAuley

Quarter finals

Sligo 1-09 - 3-15 Louth
Report
Referee: E Hassan
Roscommon 2-19 - 1-11 Monaghan
Report
Referee: T Ryan

Semi finals

Armagh 4-12 - 1-17 Roscommon
D Carvill 0-6, C Corvan 2-0, F Bradley, M Maguire 1-0 each, D Coulter, J Corvan 0-2 each, P McCormack, C Carvill 0-1 each Report J Coyne 1-4, G Fallon, B Donnelly, D Nolan, M Kelly 0-2 each, D Dolan, K Egan, E Mulry, B Kelly, S Curley 0-1 each
Referee: E Hassan
Donegal 0-07 - 3-18 Louth
N Campbell 0-2 (1f), S McVeigh, E McDermott, D Cullen, R McDermott, E Organ 0-1 each Report S Fennell 1-5 (5f), D Dunne 2-0, D Murphy 0-5 (1f), A Wallace 0-2, D O'Sullivan, R Byrne, D Horan, S Callan, B Corcoran, G Smyth 0-1 each
Referee: O Elliot

Final

Armagh 3-20 - 1-15 Louth
Referee: P O'Dwyer

Scoring

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