2003 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 2003 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Foras na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 2003 season. The championship was won by Tipperary who defeated Cork by a three-point margin in the final. The attendance was a then record of 16,183. Player of the Match was Eimear McDonnell, a niece of Cork football legend Billy Morgan. The championship and the final was a high point in a period of rapid growth in the popularity of the sport of camogie which quadrupled the average attendance at its finals in a ten-year period.[1][2]

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2003
Championship details
Dates3 June — 21 September 2003
Teams6
All-Ireland champions
WinnersTipperary (4th win)
CaptainUna O'Dwyer
ManagerRaymie Ryan
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-upCork
CaptainStephanie Dunlea
ManagerJohn Considine
Championship statistics
Matches played18
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Semi-finals

In the semi-final Cork were 2-2 up after only seven minutes, thanks to fine goals from Fiona O'Driscoll and Orla O'Sullivan. “All Galway could do was look on” one reporter wrote as they trailed 0-0 to Cork's 3-6 at the break and lost by 25 points. Tipperary beat Limerick 18 points in the other semi-final. With six minutes of the half remaining, Tipperary were awarded a penalty which centre back Ciara Gaynor struck to the back of the net and it gave them a 2-8 to 0-7 half-time lead.

Final

Cork led 0-3 to 1-3 at half-time. Deirdre Hughes got an early second-half goal and Eimear McDonnell scored four points to put them into a six-point lead with 10 minutes remaining before a late Gemma O'Connor goal put a better appearance on the scoreboard. Goalkeeper Jovita Delaney made a vital block and clearance on a late free.

Final stages
Cork4-16 – 0-3Galway
Tipperary4-16 – 0-10 [3]Limerick
Tipperary2-11 – 1-11 [4]Cork
Tipperary
Cork
TIPPERARY:
GK1Jovita Delaney (Cashel)
RCB2Suzanne Kelly (Toomevara)
FB3Una O'Dwyer (Cashel) (Capt)
LCB4Claire Madden (Nenagh Éire Óg)
RWB5Sinéad Nealon (Burgess)
CB6Ciara Gaynor (Burgess)
LWB7Therese Brophy (Burgess)
MF8Angie McDermott (Kildangan)
MF9Philly Fogarty (Cashel)
RWF10Joanne Ryan (Drom-Inch) (0-1)
CF11Emily Hayden (Cashel) (0-2)
LWF12Claire Grogan (Cashel) (0-1)
RCF13Noelle Kennedy (Toomevara) (0-2)  56'
FF14Deirdre Hughes (Toomevara) (1-1)
LCF15Eimear McDonnell (Burgess) (1-4)
Substitutes:
RCFTrish O'Halloran (Nenagh Éire Óg) for Fogarty  55'
CORK:
GK1Ger Casey (Inniscarra)
RCB2Joanne O'Callaghan (Cloughduv)
FB3Eithne Duggan (Bishopstown)
LCB4Stephanie Dunlea (Cloughduv) (Capt)
RWB5Paula O'Connor (Newtownshandrum)  Half time'
CB6Mary O'Connor (Killeagh) (0-2)
LWB7Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's) (1-0)  36'  54'
MF8Rachel Moloney (Courcey Rovers)
MF9Vivienne Harris (Bishopstown)  47'
RWF10Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv) (0-1)
CF11Emer Dillon (Ballygarvan) (0-2)
LWF12Jennifer O'Leary (Barryroe) (0-2)
RCF13Orla O'Sullivan (St Finbarr's) (0-1)  54'
FF14Caoimhe Harrington (Newtownshandrum)  47'
LCF15Fiona O'Driscoll (Fr O’Neill’s) (0-3)
Substitutes:
RWBCathriona Foley (Rockbán) for Paula O'Connor  Half time'
MFBriege Corkery (Cloughduv) for Harris  47'
LWBSarah Hayes (Rockbán) for Gemma O'Connor  36'
FFColette Desmond (Newcestown) for Harrington  47'
FFGemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's) for O'Sullivan (returning to play)  54'
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References
  1. 2003 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2012-12-02 at Archive.today, Irish Independent, and Irish Times.
  2. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  3. Semi-final report in Irish Independent
  4. 2003 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2012-12-02 at Archive.today, Irish Independent, and Irish Times.
Preceded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2002		 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present		 Succeeded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2004
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