2023 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The 2023 Leinster Senior Football Championship was the 2023 iteration of the Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA.

2023 Leinster SFC
Tournament details
Year2023
Winners
Champions Dublin (62nd win)
CaptainJames McCarthy
Runners-up
Runners-up Louth

Dublin were defending champions.[1]

Teams

General Information

Eleven counties will compete in the Leinster Senior Football Championship:

County Last Championship Title Last All-Ireland Title Position in 2022 Championship Last losing finalist
Carlow 1944 - Preliminary round 1942
Dublin 2022 2020 Champions 2001
Kildare 2000 1928 Runners-up 2022
Laois 2003 - Preliminary round 2018
Longford 1968 - Quarter-finals 1965
Louth 1957 1957 Quarter-finals 2010
Meath 2010 1999 Semi-finals 2020
Offaly 1997 1982 Preliminary round 2006
Westmeath 2004 - Semi-finals 2016
Wexford 1945 1918 Quarter-finals 2011
Wicklow - - Quarter-finals 1897

Personnel and kits
County Manager Captain Sponsors
Carlow Niall Carew Sean Gannon SETU
Dublin Dessie Farrell James McCarthy AIG
Kildare Glenn Ryan Mick O'Grady Brady Family
Laois Billy Sheehan Trevor Collins and Evan O’Carroll MW Hire Group
Longford Paddy Christie[2] Michael Quinn Glennon Brothers
Louth Mickey Harte Sam Mulroy STATSports
Meath Colm O'Rourke Shane McEntee Bective Stud, Tea Rooms and Apartments
Offaly Liam Kearns Declan Hogan Glenisk
Westmeath Dessie Dolan[3] Kevin Maguire Renault
Wexford John Hegarty Liam Coleman Zurich Insurance Group
Wicklow Oisín McConville[4] Padraig O’Toole Joule

Bracket
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Offaly 1-11
Longford 1-11 Meath 0-10
Offaly 1-12 Offaly 2-15
Louth 0-27*
Westmeath 1-11
Louth 2-10
Louth 0-15
Wicklow 2-12 Dublin 5-21
Carlow 0-10 Wicklow 0-10
Kildare 1-17
Kildare 0-12
Wexford 2-13 Dublin 0-14
Laois 2-17 Laois 2-09
Dublin 4-30

Preliminary round
9 April 2023
15:00
Preliminary round		 Longford 1-11 - 1-12 Offaly Pearse Park, Longford
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
Darren Gallagher 1-4 (2fs), Joe Hagan 0-3, Iarla O’Sullivan 0-1, Mickey Quinn 0-1, Dessie Reynolds 0-1, Dylan Farrell 0-1 Report Peter Cunningham 1-1, Cian Farrell 0-3 (1m), Nigel Dunne 0-2 (1f), Jamie Evans 0-2, Lee Pearson 0-1, Ruairi McNamee 0-1, Dylan Hyland 0-1 (1f), Bernard Allen 0-1.
9 April 2023
14:30
Preliminary round		 Wicklow 2-12 - 0-10 Carlow Aughrim Park, Aughrim
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)
Eoin Darcy 1-2 (1f), Kevin Quinn 0-4 (1f), Malachy Stone 1-0, Mark Jackson 0-2 (2fs), Mark Kenny 0-2, Padraig O'Toole 0-1, Gearoid Murphy 0-1. Report Darragh Foley 0-4 (3fs), Colm Hulton 0-3, Jordan Morrissey 0-1, Ross Dunphy 0-1, Jamie Clarke 0-1
9 April 2023
15:30
Preliminary round		 Laois 2-17 - 2-13 Wexford O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
Mark Barry 2-4 (2fs, 1m), Evan O'Carroll 0-6 (1f, 1m, 145), Paul Kingston 0-4 (3fs), Damon Larkin 0-2, Paddy O'Sullivan 0-1 Report Ben Brosnan 1-7 (1-0 pen, 5fs), Robbie Brooks 1-1, Sean Nolan 0-2, Paudie Hughes 0-1, Kevin O'Grady 0-1, Eoghan Nolan 0-1 (1 45)

Quarter-finals
23 April 2023
3:30pm
Quarter-final		 Laois 2-9 4-30 Dublin Laois Hire O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Referee: Barry Judge (Sligo)
Report
23 April 2023
4:00pm
Quarter-final		 Offaly 1-11 0-10 Meath Glenisk O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Attendance: 5,041[5]
Referee: S Mulhare (Laois)
Report
23 April 2023
2:00pm
Quarter-final		 Kildare 1-17 0-10 Wicklow Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
Report
23 April 2023
2:30pm
Quarter-final		 Westmeath 1-11 2-10 Louth Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: James Molloy (Galway)
Report

Semi-finals
30 April 2023
Semi-final		 Kildare 0-12 - 0-14 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 30,499[6]
Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)
30 April 2023
Semi-final		 Offaly 2-15 - 0-27 Louth Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 30,499
Referee: J McQuillan (Cavan)
Report

Final
Main article: 2023 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final
Louth0–15 – 5–21Dublin
S Mulroy (0-10, 7f, 1'45), C Grimes (0-2), L Jackson (0-1), C Downey (0-1), C Lennon (0-1) Report S Bugler (1-3), C Costello (0-5, 3f, 1'45), P Mannion (1-1, 1f), C O'Callaghan (0-4), C Kilkenny (0-3), J McCarthy (1-0), C Basquel (1-0), P Small (1-0), J McCaffrey (0-2), J Small (0-1), S McMahon (0-1), D Rock (0-1)
Attendance: 40,115
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
GK1James Califf (Dreadnots)
RCB2Dan Corcoran (Geraldines)
FB3Peter Lynch (Roche Emmets)
LCB4Donal McKenny (St Mary's)
RHB5Leonard Grey (St Patrick's)
CHB6Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers)
LHB7Ciarán Murphy (St Patrick's)
MF8Tommy Durnin (Inniskeen Grattans, Monaghan)
MF9Conor Early (Na Fianna, Dublin)
RHF10Conal McKeever (Clan Na Gael)
CHF11Ciarán Downey (Newtown Blues)
LHF12Conor Grimes (Glen Emmets)
RCF13Dáire McConnon (St Mary's)
FF14Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtin) (c)
LCF15Liam Jackson (St Mary's)
Substitutes:
16Craig Lennon (St Mochta's) for McConnon
17Anthony Williams (Dreadnots) for Murphy
18Conal McCaul (St Joseph's) for Jackson
19Paul Matthews (St Fechin's) for Early
20Ryan Burns (Hunterstown Rovers) for Corcoran
GK1Stephen Cluxton (Parnells)
RCB2Dáire Newcombe (Lucan Sarsfields)
FB3David Byrne (Naomh Ólaf)
LCB4Lee Gannon (Whitehall Colmcille)
RHB5Brian Howard (Raheny)
CHB6John Small (Ballymun Kickhams)
LHB7Jack McCaffrey (Clontarf)
MF8Brian Fenton (Raheny)
MF9James McCarthy (Ballymun Kickhams) (c)
RHF10Niall Scully (Templeogue Synge Street)
CHF11Seán Bugler (St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh)
LHF12Ciarán Kilkenny (Castleknock)
RCF13Paul Mannion (Kilmacud Crokes)
FF14Con O'Callaghan (Cuala)
LCF15Cormac Costello (St Vincent's)
Substitutes:
16Cian Murphy (Thomas Davis) for McCaffrey
17Paddy Small (Ballymun Kickhams) for Scully
18Dean Rock (Ballymun Kickhams) for Costello
19Colm Basquel (Ballyboden St Enda's) for Mannion
20Seán McMahon (Raheny) for Howard

Stadia and locations
County Location Province Stadium Capacity
Carlow Carlow Leinster Dr Cullen Park 21,000
Dublin Dublin Leinster Croke Park 82,300
Kildare Newbridge Leinster St Conleth's Park 8,200
Laois Portlaoise Leinster O'Moore Park 22,000
Longford Longford Leinster Pearse Park 6,000
Louth Drogheda Leinster Drogheda Park 3,500
Meath Navan Leinster Páirc Tailteann 11,000
Offaly Tullamore Leinster O'Connor Park 18,000
Westmeath Mullingar Leinster Cusack Park 11,500
Wexford Wexford Leinster Chadwicks Wexford Park 18,000
Wicklow Aughrim Leinster Aughrim County Ground 7,000

Championship statistics

Scoring events
  • Widest winning margin: 27 points
  • Most goals in a match: 6
  • Most points in a match: 39
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 4
  • Most points by one team in a match: 30
  • Highest aggregate score: 57 points
  • Lowest aggregate score: 24 points

Miscellaneous
  • Its the first Leinster final between Dublin and Louth since 1958.

See also

References
  1. "Dublin 5-17 Kildare 1-15: Dubs stamp Leinster Championship authority with dominant Lilywhites win".29 May 2022
  2. Lawlor, Damian (27 August 2022). "Paddy Christie appointed Longford senior football manager". RTÉ.
  3. Ryan, Eoin (21 September 2022). "Dessie Dolan confirmed as new Westmeath football manager". RTÉ News. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  4. "McConville takes first steps into inter-county management with Wicklow". Hogan Stand. 3 September 2022.
  5. "Offaly sentence Meath to Tailteann Cup as Faithful honour Liam Kearns in style". Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  6. "Kildare provide Dublin with their sternest stress test in Leinster for over a decade". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 April 2023.


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