2017 Nicky Rackard Cup Dates 22 April to 10 June 2017 Teams 7 (normally 8) Champions Derry (2nd title) Runners-up Armagh Matches played 10 Goals scored 37 (3.7 per match) Points scored 318 (31.8 per match) Top scorer(s)
The 2017 Nicky Rackard Cup was the 13th staging of the Nicky Rackard Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. It is the third tier of senior inter-county championship hurling.[1]
Mayo , the 2016 champions , were promoted to the 2017 Christy Ring Cup after defeating Derry in the promotion/relegation playoff 1-21 to 1-14.
Format [ ] The 2017 Nicky Rackard Cup is played in a double-elimination format. For clarity, the match-ups are explained in each round below.
The seven teams competing in 2017 were Armagh , Derry , Donegal , Longford , Louth , Monaghan , and Tyrone . Fingal were scheduled to compete but withdrew for 2017.
Round 1 [ ] Six of the seven teams play in Round 1. The seventh team receives a bye.
Louth v Derry 22 April 2017 Louth 1-12 - 2-17 Derry St. Brigid's Park , DowdallshillD Kettle 1-1, P Lynch 0-4 (3fs), D Murphy 0-3, L Dwan 0-2, G Smyth 0-1, M Ryan 0-1.
Report R Convery 0-11 (10fs), M McGrath 1-0, A Grant 1-0, K Hinphey 0-2, C Steele 0-1, D Cartin 0-1, P Cleary 0-1, L Óg Hinphey 0-1.
Referee: T Carroll (Offaly)
Donegal v Armagh 22 April 2017 Donegal 1-19 - 0-13 Armagh O'Donnell Park , Letterkenny D Flynn 1-5, L Henderson 0-5 (4f, 1 '45), D Coulter 0-3, J Boyle, G Gilmore 0-2 each, B Lafferty, D Cullen 0-1 each
Report D Carvill 0-6f, C Carvill, D McKenna 0-2 each, C Corvan, C Devlin, C Gorman 0-1 each
Monaghan v Tyrone 22 April 2017 Monaghan 0-16 - 2-11 Tyrone St. Mary's Park , Castleblayney D Meegan (0-10, 8f), F Rafter (0-2), B McGuigan (0-1), C Boyle (0-1), P Treanor (0-1), C Meegan (0-1).
Report D Casey (1-2, 0-1), J Kelly (0-4),S Óg Grogan (1-0), L Devlin (0-2), P Daly (0-1), C Grogan (0-1), R McKernan (0-1).
Referee: P Murphy (Carlow)
Round 2 [ ] Round 2A [ ] Contested by the three winners of Round 1 and the team that received a bye.
Tyrone v Donegal 29 April 2017 Tyrone 4-19 - 0-16 Donegal Páirc Naomh Colmcille , Carrickmore 3.00 PM
D Casey (1-10, 6f), C Grogan (2-1), S Óg Grogan (1-1), B McGurk (0-4), J Kelly (0-1); S Donnelly (0-1), T Morgan (0-1).
Report L Henderson (0-6, 1 ’65, 5f); G Gilmore (0-3); D Flynn (0-3), J Boyle (0-2), P Doherty (0-1); S McVeigh (0-1).
Referee: J Murphy (Limerick)
Derry v Longford 29 April 2017 Derry 8-21 - 1-14 Longford Owenbeg Centre, Dungiven B Rogers (3-2), A Grant (2-5, one goal from penalty, four points from frees), B Cassidy (2-4), G Bradley (1-2), A Kelly (0-3), K Hinphey (0-1), D Cartin (0-1), P Cleary (0-1), E McGuckin (0-1), C McKaigue (0-1).
Report P Walsh (0-8, seven frees), E Kiernan (1-0), R Murray (0-2), S Hannon (0-2), C Mullane (0-1), J Mulhern (0-1).
Round 2B [ ] One match contested by two of the three losers of Round 1. The other losing team from Round 1 receives a bye.
Armagh v Louth 29 April 2017 Armagh 0-23 - 2-09 Louth Athletic Grounds , Armagh D Carvill 0-11, Conor Corvan 0-5, J Corvan 0-2, C Corvan 0-2, N Curry 0-1, D Magee 0-1, D McKenna 0-1.
D Murphy 0-4, G Kerrigan 1-0, M Ryan 1-0, R Maher 0-2, P McCormack 0-1, D Kettle 0-1, D Ryan 0-1.
Quarter-finals [ ] The two losers of round 2A played the winner of round 2B and Monaghan, who had received a bye from that round. These two matches are referred to as quarter-finals.
Armagh v Longford 6 May 2017 Armagh 4-20 - 0-12 Longford St. Oliver Plunkett Park , Crossmaglen 3.00 PM
C Corvan 1-7 (4f), D Carvill 1-6 (5f), F Bradley 1-1, R Gaffney 1-0, N Curry 0-2; C Carvill, D McKenna, O Curry, C Gorman 0-1 each.
Report P Walsh 0-7 (6f, 1 sl), R Murray 0-2, S O'Brien 0-2; S Hannon 0-1.
Referee: J Connors (Donegal)
Monaghan v Donegal 6 May 2017 Monaghan 1-16 - 1-12 Donegal Grattan Park , Inniskeen 3.00 PM
F Rafter 0-9 (4f), T Campbell 1-1, B McGuigan 0-3, C Boyle and M Treanor 0-1 each.
Report D Flynn 1-3, L Henderson 0-5 (2f), D Coulter 0-3, J Boyle 0-1.
Semi-finals [ ] The winners of round 2A play the winners of the two quarter-finals.
Tyrone v Armagh 20 May 2017 Tyrone 1-14 - 2-25 Armagh Páirc Naomh Colmcille , Carrickmore 15:00
B McGurk 1-1, D Casey 0-11 (8f, 1 ’65), C Grogan, R McKernan 0-1 each.
Report D Carvill 1-11 (0-6f), N Curry 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), R Gaffney, C Corvan (1f) 0-3 each, F Bradley, D McKenna, D Magee, D Gaffney 0-1 each.
Monaghan v Derry 20 May 2017 Monaghan 1-12 - 6-17 Derry Grattan Park , Inniskeen 17:00
D Meegan 0-6 (5f), S Lambe 0-4 (1f), T Campbell 1-0, M Treanor and P Treanor 0-1 each.
Report B Rodgers 3-1, A Grant 1-4, R Convery 1-3, B Cassidy 1-2, M McGrath 0-4, D Cartin and A Kelly 0-2 each.
Final [ ] The winners of the Nicky Rackard Cup (tier 3) are automatically promoted to next year's Christy Ring Cup (tier 2).
Armagh v Derry 10 June 2017 Armagh 2-15 - 3-23 Derry Croke Park , Dublin 15.00
A Grant 1-5 (0-4f), B Cassidy 1-4, G Bradley 1-3, C McKaigue, B Rogers, R Convery (1f, 1 ’65) 0-3 each, C Doherty, K Hinphey 0-1
Report R Gaffney 2-0, D Carvill 0-7 (6f), C Carvill 0-3, E McGuinness 0-2, C Corvan, D Gaffney, N Curry 0-1
Referee: S Hynes (Galway)
Bracket [ ] Relegation play-off (cancelled) [ ] Normally contested by the two losers from round 2B as both these teams lost their first two matches. In 2017, no team was relegated as Fingal withdrew, thereby creating a vacant place in the normal eight-team Nicky Rackard Cup which was taken up by Warwickshire, the winners of the 2017 Lory Meagher Cup.
Scoring statistics [ ] Top scorers overall Top scorers in a single game References [ ]
^ Hurling tiers - 1. All-Ireland (Liam McCarthy) 2. Christy Ring 3. Nicky Rackard 4. Lory Meagher
2020 participants
Armagh Leitrim Longford Mayo Monaghan Tyrone Warwickshire Seasons Finals
Liam MacCarthy Cup (Tier 1)Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2)Christy Ring Cup (Tier 3)Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4)Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 5)
David Carvill (2-34)
Derry, 
Donegal, 
Longford, 
Monaghan, and 
Tyrone. 
Fingal were scheduled to compete but withdrew for 2017.