2021 Leinster Senior Football Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Year | 2021 |
| Winners | |
| Champions | Dublin (60th win) |
| Manager | Dessie Farrell |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Kildare |
| Manager | Jack O'Connor |
The 2021 Leinster Senior Football Championship is the 2021 iteration of the Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA.[1]
Teams[edit]
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 | |||
| Dublin |  Sky blue and navy
|
AIG | Dessie Farrell | |||
| Kildare |  White
|
Brady's Family Ham | Jack O'Connor | |||
| Laois |  Blue and white
|
MW Hire | Mike Quirke | |||
| Longford |  Royal blue and gold
|
Glennon Brothers | Padraic Davis | |||
| Louth |  Red and white
|
StatSports | Mickey Harte | |||
| Meath |  Green and gold
|
Devenish | Andy McEntee | Shane McEntee | ||
| Offaly |  White, green and gold
|
Carroll's | John Maughan | |||
| Westmeath |  Maroon and white
|
Renault | Jack Cooney | Kevin Maguire[2] | ||
| Wexford |  Purple and gold
|
Zurich | Shane Roche | |||
| Wicklow | Royal blue and gold
|
Joule | Davy Burke | Dean Healy | ||
Championship draw[edit]
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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
Dublin advanced to the 2021 All-Ireland SFC semi-finals.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Leinster GAA Senior Football Championship 2021". 5 July 2021. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Kevin Maguire Named Westmeath Football Captain for 2021". Midlands 103. 12 May 2021.
- ^ Duffy, Emma (20 April 2021). "Here's the draw for the 2021 Leinster football championship". The42.
- ^ "Dublin and Meath to meet in Leinster semis". 4 July 2021 – via www.rte.ie.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ McNally, Ger (August 2021). "Leinster kingpins Dublin ease past Kildare". RTE. Retrieved 12 December 2021.