2021 Leinster Senior Football Championship

2021 Leinster SFC
Tournament details
Year2021
Winners
ChampionsDublin (60th win)
ManagerDessie Farrell
Runners-up
Runners-upKildare
ManagerJack O'Connor
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The 2021 Leinster Senior Football Championship is the 2021 iteration of the Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA.[1]

Teams

The Leinster championship was contested by 11 of the 12 county teams in Leinster, a province of Ireland. Kilkenny was the only county team not to compete.

Team Colours Sponsor Manager Captain Most recent success
All-Ireland Provincial
Carlow Red, green and gold IT Carlow Niall Carew
1944
Dublin Sky blue and navy AIG Dessie Farrell
2020
2020
Kildare White Brady's Family Ham Jack O'Connor
1928
2000
Laois Blue and white MW Hire Mike Quirke
2003
Longford Royal blue and gold Glennon Brothers Padraic Davis
1968
Louth Red and white StatSports Mickey Harte
1957
1957
Meath Green and gold Devenish Andy McEntee Shane McEntee
1999
2010
Offaly White, green and gold Carroll's John Maughan
1982
1997
Westmeath Maroon and white Renault Jack Cooney Kevin Maguire[2]
2004
Wexford Purple and gold Zurich Shane Roche
1918
1945
Wicklow Royal blue and gold Joule Davy Burke Dean Healy

Championship draw

The draw for the preliminary rounds and quarter-finals took place on 20 April 2021.[3] The draw for the semi-finals took place on 4 July 2021, after the completion of the quarter-final ties.[4]

Preliminary round
27 June 		Quarter-finals
4 July 		Semi-finals
18 July 		Final
1 August
Kildare 1-15
Offaly 3-19 AET Offaly 0-13
Louth 0-19 Kildare 2-14
Westmeath 0-18
Laois 1-10
Westmeath 3-20
Kildare 1-9
Dublin 0-20
Meath 4-22
Longford 0-25 Longford 0-12
Carlow 2-13 Meath 1-13
Dublin 2-16
Dublin 0-15
Wexford 2-11 Wexford 0-7
Wicklow 0-14


Preliminary round

27 June 2021
13:30
Round 1 		Offaly 3-19 - 0-19 aet Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Attendance: 0
Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
Cian Farrell 0-7 (0-3f), Niall McNamee 1-3, Peter Cunningham 1-1, Bernard Allen 1-0, Paddy Dunican 0-2 (0-1f, 1 '45), Niall Darby, Jordan Hayes, Ruairi McNamee, Bill Carroll, Eoin Carroll, Mark Abbott 0-1 each Report Sam Mulroy 0-6 (0-4f), Ciaran Byrne 0-3, Ciaran Keenan 0-2, Dermot Campbell, Anthony Williams, Eoghan Callaghan, Liam Jackson, Ciaran Downey, Conor Grimes, Ryan Burns, Declan Byrne 0-1 each
27 June 2021
15:00
Round 1 		Wexford 2-11 - 0-14 Wicklow Aughrim
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)
Mark Rossiter 1-6 (0-1f), Martin O'Connor 1-0, John Turbitt and Donal Shanley (0-2f) 0-2 each, Paraic Hughes 0-1 Report Patrick O'Connor 0-4, Arran Murphy 0-3, Mark Jackson (0-2f) and Chris O'Brien (0-2f) 0-2 each, Padraig O'Toole, Mark Kenny, Conor Byrne 0-1 each
27 June 2021
16:30
Round 1 		Longford 0-25 - 2-13 Carlow O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Attendance: 0
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
Robbie Smyth and Rian Brady 0-5 each, Darren Gallagher 0-4 (0-3f), Dessie Reynolds, David McGivney, Joseph Hagan 0-2 each, Patrick Fox, Michael Quinn, Kevin Diffley, Donal McElligott, Dylan Farrell 0-1 each Report Darragh Foley 1-4 (0-3f), Paul Broderick 0-4 (0-3f), Conor Crowley 1-0, Chris Blake 0-3, Colm Hulton 0-2

Quarter-finals

4 July 2021
16:30
Quarter-final 		Kildare 1-15 - 0-13 Offaly O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Attendance: 500
Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
Neil Flynn 1-7 (0-4f, 2 '45), Fergal Conway and Jimmy Hyland 0-2 each, Mick O'Grady (0-1m), Kevin Feely, Aaron Masterson, Darragh Kirwan 0-1 each Report Cian Farrell 0-8 (0-4f), Niall McNamee 0-2f, Paddy Dunican (1 '45), Anton Sullivan, Bernard Allen 0-1 each
4 July 2021
15:30
Quarter-final 		Dublin 0-15 - 0-7 Wexford Wexford Park, Wexford
Attendance: 500
Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)
Cormac Costello 0-7 (0-5f), Brian Howard and Brian Fenton 0-2 each, Ciaran Kilkenny, Tom Lahiff, Colm Basquel, Dean Rock 0-1 each Report Mark Rossiter 0-3 (0-2f), Donal Shanley 0-2 (0-1f), Paraic Hughes and John Tubritt 0-1 each
4 July 2021
13:30
Quarter-final 		Westmeath 3-20 - 1-10 Laois O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Attendance: 500
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
Lorcan Dolan 1-3 (0-1f), Ger Egan and John Heslin (0-3f) 0-5 each, Denis Corroon 1-1, David Lynch 1-0, Ronan O'Toole 0-3, James Dolan, Darren Giles, Tommy McDaniel 0-1 each Report Donie Kingston 0-6 (0-5f), Evan O'Carroll 1-0, Colm Murphy 0-3 (0-1m), Eoin Lowry 0-1
4 July 2021
15:00
Quarter-final 		Meath 4-22 - 0-12 Longford Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)
Jordan Morris 1-4 (0-1f), Cathal Hickey 1-2, Bryan McMahon (0-1f) and James McEntee 0-4 each, Shane McEntee and James Conlon 1-0 each, Cillian O'Sullivan 0-3, Fionn Reilly, Bryan Menton, Matthew Costello (1 '45), Joey Wallace, Eamon Wallace 0-1 each Report David McGivney (0-3f) and Rian Brady (0-1f) 0-3 each, Kevin Diffley, Darren Gallagher (0-1f), Dessie Reynolds, Robbie Smyth (0-1f), Joseph Hagan (0-1m), Darragh Doherty 0-1 each

Semi-finals

18 July 2021
14:00
Semi-final 		Kildare 2-14 - 0-18 Westmeath Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: Limited to 18,000 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)
Neil Flynn 0-7 (0-4f), Daniel Flynn and Jimmy Hyland 1-1 each, Kevin Feely, Aaron Masterson, Alex Beirne, Fergal Conway, Shane O'Sullivan 0-1 each Report John Heslin 0-8 (0-7f), Lorcan Dolan 0-5 (0-1m), James Dolan, Sam McCartan (1 '45), Ger Egan, David Lynch, Darren Giles 0-1 each
18 July 2021
16:30
Semi-final 		Dublin 2-16 - 1-13 Meath Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: Limited to 18,000 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
Cormac Costello 1-4 (1-0 pen), Con O'Callaghan 1-3, Ciaran Kilkenny 0-5, Dean Rock 0-2 (0-1f), Brian Fenton and Paddy Small 0-1 each Report Matthew Costello 1-2 (0-1f), Jordan Morris 0-3 (0-1), Eamonn Wallace and Joey Wallace 0-2 each, Cillian O'Sullivan, Bryan McMahon, James McEntee (1 '45), Thomas O'Reilly (0-1f) 0-1 each

Final

Main article: 2021 Leinster Senior Football Championship final
1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
16:00 IST (UTC+1)
Final
Dublin 0-20 (20) – (12) 1-09 Kildare
(HT: 0-9 - 0-5)
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
Attendance: 18,000[5]

Dublin advanced to the 2021 All-Ireland SFC semi-finals.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Leinster GAA Senior Football Championship 2021". 5 July 2021. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Kevin Maguire Named Westmeath Football Captain for 2021". Midlands 103. 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ Duffy, Emma (20 April 2021). "Here's the draw for the 2021 Leinster football championship". The42.
  4. ^ "Dublin and Meath to meet in Leinster semis". 4 July 2021 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ McNally, Ger (August 2021). "Leinster kingpins Dublin ease past Kildare". RTE. Retrieved 12 December 2021.