2007 National Camogie League

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National Camogie League 2007
Championship Details
Dates
Competitors
Sponsor
National Camogie League winners
Winners Cork (14th title)
Captain Gemma O'Connor
Manager
National Camogie League Runners-up
Runners-up Wexford
Captain
Manager
Matches played

The 2007 National Camogie League is a competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Cork, who defeated Wexford in the final, played at Nowlan Park.[1][2]

The Final[]

A late Jennifer O'Leary pointed free brought the title to Cork. Wexford started strongly to hold a 0-8 to 0-3 half time lead thanks to good work in the midfield sector from Kate Kelly and Caroline Murphy, but Cork came back resolutely in the second half.[3][4][5][6][7]

Maire Ni Scollai reported in the Irish Independent:

A spectacular goal-scoring spree from both sides between the 48th and 58th minutes ensured that the crowd were on the edge of their seats throughout.irish Independent May 7 2007

Goals from Jennifer O'Leary, Una O'Donoghue and Síle Burns within five minutes gave Cork a 3-6 to 0-9 lead with seven minutes to go, but two goals from Wexford full-forward meant the sides were level as the game headed for injury-time and O'Leary's late winner. Wexford defeated Cork by 4-12 to 0-14 in the opening round of the championship six days later Rebels routed as Wexford hit back with a vengeance and went on to reverse the result in the All-Ireland final a few months later.

Division 2[]

The Division 2 final, known until 2005 as the National Junior League, was won by Limerick who defeated Cork intermediates in the final. The Division 3 final was won by Waterford who defeated Down by two points in the final.

Final stages[]

Cork3-8 – 2-10Wexford
Cork
Wexford
Cork:
GK 1 Aoife Murray (Cloughduv) downward-facing red arrow 42' upward-facing green arrow 46'
RCB 2 Joanne O'Callaghan (Cloughduv)
FB 3 (Barryroe)
LCB 4 Amanda O'Regan (Douglas)
RWB 5 Rena Buckley (Inniscarra)
CB 6 Mary O'Connor (Killeagh)
LWB 7 Sara Hayes ()
MF 8 Briege Corkery (Cloughduv) downward-facing red arrow 56'
MF 9 Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's) (Captain) 0-2
RWF 10 Orla Cotter (St Catherine’s)
CF 11 Anna Geary (Milford) 0-1
LWF 12 Jennifer O'Leary (Barryroe) 1-4
RCF 13 Angela Walsh (Killeagh)
FF 14 Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv) 1-1
LCF 15 Síle Burns (Rockbán) 1-0
Substitutes:
GK (Na Piarsaigh for Murray upward-facing green arrow 42' downward-facing red arrow 48'
GK Aoife Murray (Cloughduv) for Clifford upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF Jenny Duffy (St Finbarr’s) for Corkery upward-facing green arrow 56'
Wexford:
GK 1 Mags D'Arcy (St Martin's)
RCB 2 Deirdre Codd (Duffry Rovers) downward-facing red arrow 52'
FB 3 Catherine O'Loughlin (Monageer-Boolavogue)
LCB 4 Claire O'Connor (Rathnure)
RWB 5 Noeleen Lambert (St Martin's)
CB 6 Mary Leacy (Oulart-The Ballagh) (Captain)
LWB 7 Áine Codd (Duffry Rovers) 0-1
MF 8 Kate Kelly (St Ibar’s) 0-5
MF 9 Caroline Murphy Ferns) downward-facing red arrow 45' 0-2
RWF 10 (Duffry Rovers) downward-facing red arrow 35'
CF 11 (Duffry Rovers)
LWF 12 Michelle O'Leary (Rathnure) downward-facing red arrow 42'
RCF 13 Una Leacy (Oulart-The Ballagh) 0-2
FF 14 (Oulart-The Ballagh) 2-0
LCF 15 (St Ibar’s) downward-facing red arrow 42'
Substitutes:
RWF Katrina Parrock (St Ibar’s) for L Codd upward-facing green arrow 35'
LCF Ursula Jacob (Oulart-The Ballagh) for Curran upward-facing green arrow 42'
MF (Monageer-Boolavogue) for Murphy upward-facing green arrow 45'
rCB (Monageer-Boolavogue) from Deirdre Codd upward-facing green arrow 66'

References[]

  1. ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  2. ^ National Camogie League on Camogie.ie
  3. ^ Report of final in Evening Echo, May 7, 2007
  4. ^ Report of final in Irish Independent, May 7, 2007
  5. ^ Report of final in Irish Times, May 7, 2007
  6. ^ Report of final in Irish Examiner, May 7, 2007
  7. ^ Report of final in Irish News, May 7, 2007

External links[]

Preceded by
National Camogie League 2006
National Camogie League
1977 – present
Succeeded by
National Camogie League 2008
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