2014 McGrath Cup

2014 McGrath Cup

Winners
McGrath Cup Champions	Cork
Captain	Michael Shields
Manager	Brian Cuthbert
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The 2014 McGrath Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Munster GAA. The competition differs from the Munster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level. Kerry were the defending champions after defeating Tipperary in the 2013 final.^[1]

Tipperary, Limerick, Waterford and Clare refused to take part in the 2014 competition in protest at the Munster Council’s decision to seed the 2014 Munster Football Championship and keep Cork and Kerry on separate sides of the draw.^[2][3]

The competition was won by Cork who defeated Kerry in the final by four points on 19 January in Mallow.^[4]

Teams

The following Third Level Colleges took part in 2014

• University College Cork (UCC)
• Tralee IT
• University of Limerick (UL)
• Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)
• Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT)
• Mary Immaculate College (Mary I)

The following counties took part in 2014

• Cork
• Kerry

Match Results

Quarter-Finals

5 January

• Kerry 0-17 Tralee IT 0-8 ^[5]
• CIT 5-17 Mary I 2-6 ^[6]
• Cork 3-22 LIT 0-7 ^[7]
• UL 5-18 UCC 4-16 ^[8]

Semi-Finals

12 January

• Kerry 2-12 CIT 0-13 ^[9]
• Cork 6-16 UL 0-7 ^[10]

Final

Kerry v Cork

19 January

Kerry	0-10 - 1-11	Cork
B Sheehan (2fs, 1 '45), B J Keane (1f) 0-3 each, J Lyne 0-2, D Walsh, S O'Callaghan 0-1 each.	Report	D Goulding 0-4 (2fs), J Hayes 1-0, P Kerrigan 0-2, A Walsh, D O'Connor (f), A O'Sullivan, M Shields, M Collins (f) all 0-1 each

Mallow Referee: D O'Mahony (Tipperary)

References

1. "Kerry 1-12 Tipperary 1-05". RTÉ Sport. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
2. "No McGrath Cup u-turn for Tipperary footballers". The Score. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
3. "Munster four predict end to McGrath Cup boycott". Irish Independent. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
4. "Hayes’ strike decisive for determined Cork". Irish Examiner. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
5. "Kerry 0-17 IT Tralee 0-7". Munster GAA. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
6. "Cork IT 5-17 Mary Immaculate 2-6". Munster GAA. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
7. "Cork 3-22 LIT 0-7". Munster GAA. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
8. "Ul 5-18 UCC 4-16". Munster GAA. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
9. "Kerry 2-12 CIT 0-13". Munster GAA. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
10. "CORK 6-16 UL 0-7". Irish Examiner. 13 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.

External links

• McGrath Cup at Munster GAA