2015 Nicky Rackard Cup

April 2022 2015 Nicky Rackard Cup 2 May– 6 June 2015 8 Roscommon Armagh 14 2014 2014 Nicky Rackard Cup 2016 2016 Nicky Rackard Cup The 2015 Nicky Rackard Cup (tier 3) was the eleventh staging of the Nicky Rackard Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The cup competition began on 2 May 2015 and culminated on 13 June 2015. The bottom two teams will play off with the loser playing the winner of the 2015 Lory Meagher Cup (tier 4). Tyrone were the defending champions and they participated in the competition again after opting not to face Down in the 2014 Christy Ring Cup relegation promotion playoff. Longford entered the 2015 competition after defeating Sligo in 2014 Nicky Rackard Cup Promotion/relegation playoff. Roscommon won the title after defeating Armagh by 2–12 to 1–14 in the final. Format Eight teams play in Round 1. The Round 1 winners advance to Round 2A. The Round 1 losers go into Round 2B. The Round 2A winners advance to the semi-finals. The Round 2A losers go into the quarter-finals. The Round 2B winners advance to the quarter-finals. The Round 2B losers go into the relegation playoff. The quarter-final winners advance to the semi-final. The semi-final winners advance to the final. The final winners receive the Nicky Rackard Cup (tier 3) and play the losers of the Christy Ring Cup (tier 2) relegation playoff for the right to play in the 2016 Christy Ring Cup. The Round 2B losers play a relegation playoff. The losing team plays the winner of the Lory Meagher Cup (tier 4) with the winner playing in the 2016 Nicky Rackard Cup and the losing team playing in the 2016 Lory Meagher Cup. Teams General Information CountyCup TitlesLast Cup TitlePosition in 2014 Championshipborder|20x20px Armagh22012Lost relegation playoff (Christy Ring Cup)border|20x20px Donegal12013Semi-finals border|20x20px Fingal0 -Runners-up border|20x20px Longford0 -Champions (Lory Meagher Cup)border|20x20px Louth0 -Qualifier round 2 border|20x20px Monaghan0 -Qualifier round 1border|20x20px Roscommon12007Semi-finals border|20x20px Tyrone12014Champions Round 1 2 May 2015 13:00 Round 1 Donegal 0-11 - 1-12 Report Tyrone L Henderson (0-6), C Matthewson (0-2), J Boyle (0-1), S McVeigh (0-1), J O'Loughlin (0-1) D Casey (1-7), C Grogan (0-2), J Kelly (0-2), S Grogan (0-1) Letterkenny O Elliott 2 May 2015 17:00 Round 1 Monaghan 4-10 - 0-10 Report Longford P Dowdall (3-1), S Lambe (1-2), R Meegan (0-3), M Murphy (0-1), E MacSuibhne (0-1), N Garland (0-1), M Treanor (0-1) J O'Brien (0-7), L Kelly (0-2), C Kavanagh (0-1) Clones G McGrath 2 May 2015 17:00 Round 1 Fingal 0-09 - 3-12 Report Roscommon J M Sheridan (0-6), D Butterly (0-1), N Ring (0-1), C O'Flynn (0-1) J Fallon (1-6), R O'Meara (1-1), C Kenny (1-0), T Seale (0-1), C Dolan (0-1), C Egan (0-1), A Murphy (0-1), J Coyne (0-1) Swords P Murphy (Carlow) 2 May 2015 17:00 Round 1 Armagh 2-16 - 2-11 Report Louth R Gaffney (1-6), E McGuinness (1-0), D Coulter (0-3), C Gorman (0-2), C Devlin (0-1), S Renaghan (0-1), C Carvill (0-1), M Moan (0-1), D Carville (0-1) L Dawn (0-8), S Connelly (1-1), R Maher (1-1), G Smyth (0-1) Athletic Grounds C Cunning Winners progress to Round 2A. Losers go to Round 2B. Round 2 Round 2A 9 May 2015 14:00 Round 2A Roscommon 1-24 - 0-17 Report Monaghan Gerry Fallon (0-7), C Egan (1-3), J Moran (0-3), J Coyne (0-3), C Dolan (0-2), M Kelly (0-1), T Seale (0-1), Gary Fallon (0-1), A Murphy (0-1), C Kenny (0-1), R O'Meara (0-1) R Meegan (0-8), S Lambe (0-3), N Garland (0-2), M Treanor (0-2), D Crowe (0-1), H Byrne (0-1) Athleague J Clarke 9 May 2015 17:00 Round 2A Tyrone 0-20 - 3-17 Report Armagh D Casey (0-9), C Grogan (0-3), M Winters (0-2), S Og Grogan (0-1), P McHugh (0-1), T Morgan(0-1), J Kelly (0-1), M Mulgrew (0-1), G Gilmore (0-1) C Carvill (2-1), R Gaffney (0-6), M Moan (0-3), E McGuinness (1-0), C Corvan (0-3), D Coulter (0-2), K McKernan (0-1), S Gaffney (0-1) Carrickmore E Hassan Winners progress to the semi-finals. Losers go into the quarter-finals. Round 2B 9 May 2015 15:00 Round 2B Longford 4-21 - 1-9 Report Donegal E Donnellan (0-6), J O'Brien (1-0), M Coyle (0-2), J Casey (0-1) C Matthewson (1-16), R McDermott (2-2), S McVeigh (1-1), B Lafferty (0-2) Pearse Park Justin Heffernan 9 May 2015 17:00 Round 2B Louth 2-08 - 1-21 Report Fingal L Dwan (1-5), A Mackin (1-0), G Smyth (0-1), S Conneally (0-1), S Callan (0-1) J M Sheridan (0-11), P McAllister (1-1), R McGarry (0-2), E O'Connor (0-2), C O'Flynn (0-2), D Hattie (0-1), S O'Brien (0-1), D Butterly (0-1), Dowdallshill Sean Cleere Winners go into the quarter-finals. Losers go into the Relegation Playoff Quarter-finals 16 May 2015 15:00 Quarter-Finals Monaghan 2-13 - 6-12 Report Donegal R Meegan (0-6), N Garland (2-0), S Lambe (0-3), C McKenna (0-1), D Crowe (0-1), E MacSuibhne (0-1), F Rafter (0-1) R McDermott (4-0), C Mathewson (1-4), S McVeigh (1-2), K Campbell (0-4), J Boyle (0-1), B Lafferty (0-1) Clones Alan Nash 16 May 2015 16:00 Quarter-Finals Fingal 0-20 - 1-21 AET Report Tyrone J M Sheridan (0-8), P McAllister (0-3), E O'Connor (0-3), S O'Brien (0-2), C O'Flynn (0-2), D Hattie (0-1), B McCarthy (0-1) D Casey (0-10), M Mulgrew (1-5), C Grogan (0-3), G Gilmore (0-2), A Kelly (0-1) Swords Patrick Murphy Semi-finals 23 May 2015 15:00 Semi-Finals Tyrone 0-14 - 1-16 Roscommon Carrickmore Liam Mc Auley 23 May 2015 16:00 Semi-Finals Armagh 1-19 - 1-12 Donegal Athletic Grounds Colum Cunning Final 6 June 2015 13:30 BST Armagh 1-14 - 2-12 Report Roscommon R Gaffney (0-8, eight frees), C Carvill (1-0), D Coulter (0-2), N Curry (one 65), D Carvill, C Corvan and E McGuinness 0-1 each A Murphy (1-1), J Fallon (0-4, four frees), M Kelly (1-0, one free), J Moran (0-3), J Coyne (0-2), K Kilkenny and C Egan (0-1 each) Croke Park John O Brien Relegation play-off 23 May 2015 15:00 Relegation play-off Longford 2-20 - 2-16 AET Louth Mullingar John O Brien External links GAA Fixtures 2015 Nicky Rackard Cup Category:Nicky Rackard Cup