2017 Fitzgibbon Cup

2017 Fitzgibbon Cup
Tournament details
Year	2017
Trophy	Fitzgibbon Cup
Sponsor	independent.ie
Winners
Champions	Mary I
Manager	Jamie Wall
Captain	Eoin Quirke
Runners-up
Runners-up	IT Carlow
Manager	D. J. Carey
Other
Player of the Year	Cian Lynch
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The 2017 independent.ie Fitzgibbon Cup was the 101st staging of the Fitzgibbon Cup since its establishment in 1912. The semi-finals and final were hosted by NUI Galway on 24 and 25 February 2017. Mary I retained the title after a 3–24 to 1–19 win against IT Carlow in the final.^[1]

Format[edit]

Group stage

Sixteen institutes of higher education compete in groups of four. Each team in a group plays all the other teams in the group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

Knockout stage

The four group winners play the four group runners-up in the quarter-finals. The semi-finals and final are played over a single weekend, usually the last Friday and Saturday in February.

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Mary I Limerick	3	2	1	0	7-77	1-42	53	5
2	IT Carlow	3	2	1	0	10-56	1-44	39	5
3	DIT	3	1	0	2	5-38	9-57	-31	2
4	GMIT	3	0	0	3	0-38	11-66	-61	0

24 January 2017 14:00 Round 1	Mary I Limerick	2-31 - 0-16	GMIT	MICL Grounds Referee: Mick Murtagh
	D O'Donovan (0-8, 0-1 free, 0-1 sideline); C Lynch, T Grimes (1-2); A Gillane (0-5, 0-1 free); T Monaghan, M O'Neill (0-4); R Maher (0-3); C Galvin (0-2); E Quirke (0-1)	Report	A Ward (0-8, 0-6 frees, 0-1 '65); J Mannion, J Forde (0-2); I Creaven, J Mooney, L Kelly, R Doyle	MICL Grounds Referee: Mick Murtagh

24 January 2017 19:00 Round 1	IT Carlow	4-18 - 1-15	DIT	Carlow I.T. Referee: James McGrath
	S Maher (0-8, 0-5 frees); C Bolger (2-1); J Fagan (1-2); C Dwyer (0-4); M Kavanagh (0-3); M Redmond (1-0)	Report	B Maher (1-2), D McNicholas (0-4, 0-2 frees); C O'Donoghue (0-3, 0-2 frees); S Keating, J Guiney, R Greville, A Nugent, C Sheehan, T Doyle (0-1)	Carlow I.T. Referee: James McGrath

2 February 2017 14:00 Round 2	IT Carlow	0-18 - 0-18	Mary I Limerick	Carlow I.T.
	Stephen Maher (0-9, 0-7 frees, 0-1 '65); Colin Dunford, Cha Dwyer, Marty Kavanagh (0-2); Enda Rowland (0-1 free); James Doyle, Tommy Nolan (0-1)	Report		Carlow I.T.

2 February 2017 14:00 Round 2	DIT	3-15 - 0-11	GMIT	Carnmore Referee: K McGeeney (Mayo)
	D McNicholas (1-4, 1-2 frees); L Blanchfield, S Keating (1-0); R Greville (0-3, 0-1 '65); B Maher (0-3); J Guiney (0-2); C Byrne, C Taylor, R Curley (0-1)	Report	A Ward (0-7 frees); D Mangan (0-2); C Slevin (0-1 penalty); E McEvoy (0-1)	Carnmore Referee: K McGeeney (Mayo)

7 February 2017 14:00 Round 3	GMIT	0-11 - 6-20	IT Carlow	Carnmore Referee: M Murtagh (Westmeath)
	D Burke 0-9 (7f, 1 ’65), A Ward, D Conroy 0-1 each.	Report	S Maher 3-12 (8f, 0-2 ’65), M Russell 1-0, J Fagan 1-0, C Bolger 1-0, M Kavanagh 0-3, J Doyle 0-2, C Dwyer, E Rowland (f), T Nolan 0-1 each.	Carnmore Referee: M Murtagh (Westmeath)

7 February 2017 14:00 Round 3	DIT	1-8 - 5-28	Mary I Limerick	Grangegorman Referee: Brian Gavin (Offaly)
	C O’Donoghue 1-0, C Taylor 0-2 (1f), D McNicholas 0-2f, J Walsh 0-1, J Guiney 0-1f, L Blanchfield 0-1, N Walsh 0-1.	Report	Aaron Gillane 3-9 (1-0 pen, 0-5f), Cian Lynch 0-6, Darragh O’Donovan 1-2, Thomas Monaghan 0-4, Tadhg Gallagher 1-0, Mikey O’Neill 0-2, Alan Flynn, Ronan Maher, Colm Galvin, Luke Meade, David Sweeney 0-1 each.	Grangegorman Referee: Brian Gavin (Offaly)

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	UL	2	2	0	4-44	2-28	22	4
2	NUI Galway	2	1	1	6-26	3-33	2	2
3	CIT	2	1	1	1-30	2-31	-2	2
4	DCU St Patricks Campus	2	0	2	1-18	5-28	-22	0

24 January 2017 14:00 Round 1	UL	2-23 - 0-16	CIT	UL Grounds Referee: Alan Kelly
	J McGrath (1-8, 0-6 frees, 0-1 '65); K Hehir (0-4); S Bennett (1-1); T Kelly, B Heffernan (0-2); A McGuane, T Morrissey, G Hegarty, J Forde, R Lynch, B Nash (0-1)	Report	M Kearney (0-11, 0-9 frees, 0-1 '65); M Cahalane (0-2); R Hanley, T O'Connor, A Coffey (0-1)	UL Grounds Referee: Alan Kelly

25 January 2017 13:00 Round 1	NUI Galway	4-14 - 1-12	DCU St Patricks Campus	NUIG Referee: Brian Gavin (Offaly)
	S Conlon (2-2); C Cleary (1-3); K McHugo (1-2); G Hennelly (0-2 frees); G Loughnane (0-2), A Helebert (0-1 free); O Donnellan, C Whelan (0-1)		W Ryan (0-6, 0-4 frees); C Breathnach (1-1); P Spellacy (0-3); J Firman, C Brady (0-1)	NUIG Referee: Brian Gavin (Offaly)

2 February 2017 14:00 Round 2	UL	2-21 - 2-12	NUI Galway	UL Grounds Referee: J McCormack (Tipperary)
	J McGrath (1-5, 0-4 frees); S Bennett (1-5); G Hegarty (0-4); D Fitzgerald, K Hehir (0-2); M Mullins, L Lyons, T Morrissey (0-1)	Report	N Mitchell (1-4 frees); S Conlon (1-1); K McHugo (0-2); G Hennelly (0-2, 0-1 free); C Cleary (0-2 frees); O Donnellan (0-1)	UL Grounds Referee: J McCormack (Tipperary)

2 February 2017 14:00 Round 2	CIT	1-14 - 0-6	DCU St Patricks Campus	St Pats GAA Pitch Referee: J Keane (Galway)
	M Kearney (1-6, 1-0 penalty, 0-4 frees); A Coffey (0-3, 0-1 free); J O’Neill (0-2); J Buckley, T O’Connor, C Kingston (0-1)	Report	B Ryan (0-5 frees); P Spellacy (0-1)	St Pats GAA Pitch Referee: J Keane (Galway)

7 February 2017 14:00 Round 3	DCU St Patrick's Campus	2-14 - 4-31	UL	St Pats GAA Pitch Referee: Gavin Quilty (Kilkenny)
	Billy Ryan 2-7 (1-7f), Sean Morrissey 0-4, Fearghal Curran 0-2, Christy Breathnach 0-1.	Report	Bobby Duggan 0-12 (1f, 1 65), John McGrath 1-8 (0-6f, 0-1 65), Lorcan Lyons 1-2, PJ Scully 1-1, Mike Mullins 1-0, Tony Kelly 0-3, Adrian Morrissey, Jason Forde, Aidan McGuane, Ronan Lynch & John Paul Lucey 0-1 each.	St Pats GAA Pitch Referee: Gavin Quilty (Kilkenny)

7 February 2017 14:00 Round 3	CIT	0-19 - 0-19	NUI Galway	Cork IT Referee: Fergal Horgan (Tipperary)
	Michael Kearney 0-8 (0-6 frees), John O’Dwyer 0-5 (0-4 frees), Michael Cahalane, Jerry O’Neill 0-2 each, John Good, Andrew Coffey 0-1 each.	Report	Ger Hennelly 0-11 (0-8 frees, 0-2 65), Ian Fox, Kevin McHugo, Conor Whelan 0-2 each, Oisín Donnellan, Gearóid Loughnane 0-1 each.	Cork IT Referee: Fergal Horgan (Tipperary)

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Limerick IT	2	2	0	6-33	0-22	29	4
2	WIT	2	1	1	5-25	2-22	12	2
3	DCU Dóchas Éireann	2	1	1	1-29	3-22	1	2
4	Trinity College Dublin	2	0	2	1-15	8-36	-42	0

24 January 2017 14:00 Round 1	Limerick IT	4-21 - 0-7	Trinity College Dublin	Limerick IT Referee: Joe Larkin (Cork)
	S Bennett (3-7, 1-0 pen, 0-6 frees); D Dempsey (1-2, 0-1 free); D Byrnes (0-3, 0-1 '65); P Killeen, P Duggan, J McCarthy (0-2); J Shanahan, B O'Gorman, J Campion (0-1)	Report	C O'Sullivan (0-6, 0-4 frees, 0-1 '65, 0-1 sideline); N Redmond (0-1)	Limerick IT Referee: Joe Larkin (Cork)

24 January 2017 19:00 Round 1	DCU Dóchas Éireann	1-14 - 1-10	WIT	Dublin City University Sportsgrounds Referee: Patrick Murphy (Carlow)
	P Curran (1-6, 0-3 frees); J O'Connor, R McBride (0-2); G Bailey, P Hogan, K Doyle, AJ Murphy (0-1)	Report	L McGrath (0-7, 0-5 frees, 0-1 sideline); A Joyce, S McNulty, C Lyons (0-1)

2 February 2017 14:00 Round 2	WIT	4-15 - 1-8	Trinity College Dublin	Santry Avenue Referee: J Keenan (Wicklow)
	L McGrath 0-7 (5fs), S Ryan 2-0, A Joyce, J O’Connor 1-0 each, T Fox, S McNulty 0-2 each, J O’Dwyer, P Walsh, C Lyons, A Gleeson (f) 0-1 each.	Report	C O’Sullivan 1-6 (1-0 sl, 0-6fs), E Kelly, C O’Carroll 0-1 each.	Santry Avenue Referee: J Keenan (Wicklow)

2 February 2017 19:00 Round 2	Limerick IT	2-12 - 0-15	DCU Dóchas Éireann	Dublin City University Sportsgrounds Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)
	P Killeen 2-0, S Bennett 0-6 (3f), D Byrnes 0-2 (1f), D Reidy, M O'Malley, P Duggan, S Ryan 0-1 each	Report	P Curran 0-8 (6f), J O'Connor 0-2, P O'Dea 0-2, J Byrne 0-2, G Bailey 0-1.

7 February 2017 14:00 Round 3	Trinity College Dublin	1-14 - 0-19	DCU Dóchas Éireann	Santry Avenue Referee: James McGrath (Westmeath)
	Cian O’Sullivan 0-8 (6f), Jack O’Neill 1-0, Donncha Butler 0-3, Fionn O Riain Broin 0-2 (1f), Niall Redmond 0-1.	Report	Patrick Curran 0-12 (10f), Gavin Bailey 0-2, Rian McBride, AJ Murphy, Killian Doyle, Tony French & Eoghan Conroy 0-1 each.	Santry Avenue Referee: James McGrath (Westmeath)

7 February 2017 14:00 Round 3	WIT	3-13 - 5-14	Limerick IT	WIT Sports Campus
		Report		WIT Sports Campus

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	UCC	3	3	0	6-43	3-23	29	6
2	UCD	3	2	1	2-51	1-26	28	4
3	Maynooth University	3	1	2	4-50	1-50	9	2
4	UUJ	3	0	3	3-16	10-61	-66	0

24 January 2017 14:00 Round 1	UCC	5-13 - 2-4	UUJ	Mardyke Referee: Gavin Quilty (Kilkenny)
	A Cadogan (3-1); R O'Shea (1-7, 0-6 frees); J O'Flynn (1-1); G O'Brien (0-2); R Cahalane, A Spillane (0-1)	Report	N McKeague (1-2, 0-2 frees); L Dunphy (1-0 free); J Connolly, K Rice (0-1)	Mardyke Referee: Gavin Quilty (Kilkenny)

24 January 2017 19:00 Round 1	UCD	0-21 - 0-13	Maynooth University	Belfield Referee: John Keenan (Wicklow)
	DJ Foran (0-10, 0-4 frees, 0-2 '65s); D Dolan (0-3, 0-1 free); L Scanlon, C Cronin (0-2); T de Burca, J O'Connor, O O'Rorke, S Quirke (0-1)	Report		Belfield Referee: John Keenan (Wicklow)

2 February 2017 14:00 Round 2	Maynooth University	4-23 - 1-7	UUJ	Jordanstown Referee: K Brady (Louth)
	B Molloy (1-13, 0-7 frees, 0-1 '65); P Walsh (0-5); D Egerton, N Kenny, E Kenny (1-0); D Burke, MJ Lalor (0-2); S O’Brien (0-1)	Report	N McKeague (1-2, 1-0 penalty); D Nugent (0-2, 0-1 free); K Rice, M Dudley, J Connolly (0-1)	Jordanstown Referee: K Brady (Louth)

2 February 2017 15:00 Round 2	UCC	1-8 - 1-5	UCD	Belfield Referee: A Devine (Westmeath)
	M O’Brien (1-1); R O’Shea (0-3, 0-2 frees); A Cadogan, J O’Flynn, G O’Brien and C O’Leary (0-1)	Report	DJ Foran (1-3, 0-2 frees, 0-1 '65); C MacGabhann (0-2)	Belfield Referee: A Devine (Westmeath)

7 February 2017 14:00 Round 3	Maynooth University	0-14 - 0-22	UCC	Maynooth University North Campus
	B Molloy 0-9f, B Hogan 0-2f, C Breen, D Egerton, R Donohue 0-1 each.	Report	R O’Shea 0-9f, M O’Brien, J Barron 0-3 each; S Kennedy, C O’Leary 0-2 each; G O’Brien, T Devine, A Cadogan 0-1 each	Maynooth University North Campus

7 February 2017 14:30 Round 3	UUJ	0-5 - 1-25	UCD	Jordanstown
		Report		Jordanstown

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

14 February -

UL	0-23
		24 February - NUIG
IT Carlow	4-16
		IT Carlow	2-20
14 February -
		UCC	1-20
UCC	1-18
				25 February - NUIG
DCU Dóchas Éireann	0-16
				IT Carlow	1-19
14 February -
				Mary I Limerick	3-24
Mary I Limerick	4-18
		24 February - NUIG
NUIG	1-16
		Mary I Limerick	0-19
14 February -
		LIT	0-14
LIT	1-20

UCD	1-13

Quarter-finals[edit]

Group winners had home advantage for the quarter-finals.

14 February 2017 Quarter-final	UCC	1-18 - 0-16	DCU Dóchas Éireann	Mardyke Referee: Alan Kelly (Galway)
	Séamus Kennedy 0-4 (2f), Anthony Spillane 0-3, Michael Breen 1-0, Jamie Barron (0-1 free), Alan Cadogan (0-1 free), Chris O’Leary (0-2 frees) 0-2 each, Mark O’Brien, Conor Gleeson, Gavin O’Brien, Mark O’Connor, Michael O’Halloran 0-1 each.	Report	Patrick Curran 0-7 (0-6 frees), AJ Murphy 0-3, Rian McBride 0-2, Paul O’Dea, Liam Fahey, Paul Kelly, Killian Doyle 0-1 each.	Mardyke Referee: Alan Kelly (Galway)

14 February 2017 Quarter-final	LIT	1-20 - 1-13	UCD	Limerick IT Referee: Brian Gavin (Offaly)
	P Killeen 0-7 (6f), J McCarthy 1-3, D Byrnes 0-3 (1f), S Bennett (1f) & D Dempsey 0-2 each, B O’Connell, P Duggan & W Connors 0-1 each.	Report	DJ Foran 0-5 (4f), L Scanlon 1-0, O O’Rorke 0-3 (2f), D Dolan 0-2, J Madden, T de Búrca (f) & J Maher 0-1 each.	Limerick IT Referee: Brian Gavin (Offaly)

14 February 2017 Quarter-final	UL	0-23 - 4-16	IT Carlow	UL Referee: Diarmuid Kirwan (Cork)
	John McGrath 0-8 (6f, 1 ’65), Tony Kelly 0-4, David Fitzgerald 0-3, Gearoid Hegarty 0-2, Aidan McGuane 0-2, Aidan McGuane 0-2, Michael Mullins 0-1, Jason Forde 0-1 (f).	Report	Stephen Maher 0-6 (4f, 1 ’65), Jack Fagan 1-2, Martin Kavanagh 1-2, Mark Russell 1-1, Chris Bolger 1-1, Charles Dwyer 0-2, James Doyle 0-1, Colin Dunford 0-1.	UL Referee: Diarmuid Kirwan (Cork)

14 February 2017 Quarter-final	Mary I Limerick	4-18 - 1-16	NUIG	MICL Grounds Referee: Fergal Horgan (Tipperary)
	Aaron Gillane 2-10 (0-4f, 0-2 65s), Luke Meade 1-2, Tadhg Gallagher 1-0, Michael O’Neill 0-3, Darragh O’Donovan 0-2, Thomas Monaghan 0-1.	Report	Gerry Hennelly 0-9 (6f, 1 65), Gearoid Loughnane 1-0, Conor Whelan 0-3 (1f, 1 sl), Conor Cleary (f), Ian Fox, Oisin Donnellan & Sam Conlon 0-1 each.	MICL Grounds Referee: Fergal Horgan (Tipperary)

Semi-finals[edit]

24 February 2017 13:00 Semi-final	IT Carlow	2-20 - 1-20	UCC	NUIG Referee: Barry Kelly (Westmeath)
	S Maher 0-11 (6f, 2’65), C Bolger 0-4, K Kelly 1-1, C Dunford 1-0, M Kavanagh 0-2, J Fagan 0-1, E Rowland 0-1 (1f).	Report	R O’Shea 0-7 (5f), M Breen 0-5, J Power 1-1, A Spillane 0-2, J Barron 0-2, A Cadagon 0-1, M O’Connor 0-1, T Devine 0-1.	NUIG Referee: Barry Kelly (Westmeath)

24 February 2017 15:00 Semi-final	Mary I Limerick	0-19 - 0-14	LIT	NUIG Referee: Paud O’Dwyer (Carlow)
	A Gillane 0-12 (10f, 1’65), C Galvin 0-3, D O’Donovan 0-1 (1’sl), R Maher 0-1, M O’Neill 0-1, S Cahill 0-1.	Report	P Killeen 0-7 (7f), P Duggan 0-2 (2f), W Connors 0-2, D Dempsey 0-1, J McCarthy 0-1 (1f), S Ryan 0-1.	NUIG Referee: Paud O’Dwyer (Carlow)

Final[edit]

25 February 2017 14:00 Final	IT Carlow	1-19 - 3-24	Mary I Limerick	Pearse Stadium Referee: Brian Gavin (Offaly).
	S Maher 1-13 (12fs), C Dunford 0-2, C Dwyer 0-2, M Kavanagh 0-1, C Bolger 0-1.	Report	A Gillane 1-5 (1-0 pen, 4fs), D O’Donovan 1-3 (0-2 sl), R Maher 0-4 (3fs), P Ryan 1-0, M O’Neill 0-3, C Lynch 0-3, C Twomey 0-3, C Galvin 0-1, L Meade 0-1, S Cahill 0-1.	Pearse Stadium Referee: Brian Gavin (Offaly).

References[edit]

^ "11-point win as champions Mary I retain Fitzgibbon Cup title against IT Carlow". The 42. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

External links[edit]

gaa.ie Higher Education Fixtures

[1] "11-point win as champions Mary I retain Fitzgibbon Cup title against IT Carlow". The 42. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

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