2009 National Camogie League

The 2009 National Camogie League, the second most important elite level inter-county competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Wexford, who defeated Tipperary in the final, played at Parnell Park, Dublin.^[1][2]

Arrangements

The seven teams in the first division were placed in two groups and the top two in each group qualified for the semi-finals.

The Final

Wexford full forward Una Leacy scored two goals before half time to give her team a 2-6 to 0-5 lead at the interval, sending Wexford to their first league since 1977, defeating Tipperary 2-12 to 0-11. Captain Aoife O'Connor delayed her honeymoon to lead out her side.^[3] After the match Aoife O'Connor said:

"We've probably been knocking on the door for around 10 or 12 years with various teams coming through, but it's the first time we've actually managed to get across the line, so that's fantastic,"

Division 2

The Division 2 final, known until 2005 as the National Junior League, was won by Wexford who defeated Antrim in the final. Antrim had won the Division Three title 12 months ago, 2-10 to 0-11. Scores were level six times before Wexford pulled away in the closing quarter thanks to a 1-4 total contribution from Ciara O’Connor – one of three sisters on the team and a sibling to Division One skipper Aoife. Antrim captain Jane Adams scored eight points.The Division 3 final was won by Down who defeated Laois in the final.

Final stages

2009-4-25
Final
14:00 BST

Wexford	2-12 – 0-11	Tipperary
U Leacy 2-2, K Kelly 0-8 (6f, 1 '45'), M O'Leary, U Jacob 0-1 each.		C Grogan 0-6 (5f, 1 '45'), E McDonnell, E Hayden, J Ryan, G Kinnane, C Hennessy 0-1 each

Parnell Park, Dublin

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: F McDonald (Armagh)

Wexford

Tipperary

WEXFORD: GK 1 Mags D'Arcy (St Martin's RCB 2 Bernie Holohan (Rathnure) FB 3 Deirdre Codd (Duffry Rovers) LCB 4 Claire O'Connor (Rathnure) RWB 5 Áine Codd (Duffry Rovers) CB 6 Mary Leacy (Oulart-The Ballagh) LWB 7 Aoife O'Connor (Rathnure) MF 8 Caroline Murphy (Ferns MF 9 Kate Kelly (St Ibar’s) 0-8 (6f, 1 '45') RWF 10 Michelle O'Leary (Rathnure) 0-1, CF 11 Rose-Marie Breen (Monageer-Boolavogue) LWF 12 Josie Dwyer (Ferns) RCF 13 Ursula Jacob (Oulart-The Ballagh) 0-1  60' FF 14 Una Leacy (Oulart-The Ballagh) 2-2 LCF 15 Michelle Hearne (Oulart-The Ballagh) Substitutes: RCF Lenny Holohan (Rathnure) for Jacob  60'

TIPPERARY: GK 1 Roseanne Kennelly (Drom-Inch) RCB 2 Suzanne Kelly (Toomevara) FB 3 Mairead Luttrell LCB 4 Paula Bulfin  30' RWB 5 Michelle Shortt (Drom-Inch) CB 6 Trish O'Halloran (Nenagh Éire Óg) LWB 7 Mary Ryan MF 8 Julie McGrath MF 9 Jill Horan (Cashel) RWF 10 Una O'Dwyer (Cashel) CF 11 Claire Grogan (Cashel) 0-6 (5f, 1 '45') LWF 12 Cora Hennessy (Cashel) 0-1 RCF 13 Eimear McDonnell (Burgess) 0-1 FF 14 Emily Hayden (Cashel) 0-1  51' LCF 15 Geraldine Kinnane (Drom-Inch) 0-1  58' Substitutes: MF Joanne Ryan (Drom-Inch) for Bulfin  30' FF Julie O'Halloran (Nenagh Éire Óg) for Hayden  51' MF Cait Devane for Kinnane  58'

MATCH RULES

• 60 minutes
• Replay if scores level
• Maximum of 5 substitutions

References