2016 Waterford Senior Football Championship

The 2016 Waterford Senior Football Championship was the 129th edition of the Waterford GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Waterford, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Waterford in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a seeded group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Waterford S.F.C.

Season	2016
Champions	The Nire (8th S.F.C. Title)
Relegated	St. Saviour's
← 2015 2017 →

Stradbally were the defending champions after they defeated Abbeyside/Ballinacourty in the 2015 final, however, they relinquished their crown when Ballincourty defeated them at the semi-final stage.

This was Ballinameela's return to the senior grade.

On 6 November 2016, The Nire claimed their 8th S.F.C. title when defeating Ballinacourty 1-17 to 0-8 in the final in Fraher Field.

St. Saviour's were relegated to the 2017 I.F.C. after losing the Relegation Final and a remarkable 29 season stay in the top flight came to an end. During this period they claimed one S.F.C. title when defeating Kilrossanty in 1998 and were runners-up in 1988 when losing to the same opposition.

Team Changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.

To S.F.C. Promoted from I.F.C. Ballinameela – (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to I.F.C. De La Salle

Group stage

All 12 teams enter the competition at this stage. The top 4 teams in both groups compete in four quarter-finals. The bottom team in each group contest the relegation play-off.

Group 1

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Stradbally 5 5 0 0 51 38 +13 10 Kilrossanty 5 4 1 0 89 51 +38 8 Clashmore 5 3 2 0 66 50 +16 6 Rathgormack 5 2 3 0 50 54 -4 4 Ballinameela 5 1 4 0 42 91 -49 2 Brickey Rangers 5 1 4 0 42 56 -14 0

Round 1 Rathgormack 1-7, 0-8 Brickey Rangers, 9/4/2016, Stradbally 1-10, 1-5 Ballinameela, 9/4/2016, Kilrossanty 2-8, 1-8 Clashmore, 21/8/2016, Round 2 Kilrossanty 2-11, 1-7 Brickey Rangers, 16/4/2016, Stradbally 0-8, 0-4 Rathgormack, 19/4/2016, Clashmore 1-12, 0-7 Ballinameela, 19/4/2016, Round 3 Rathgormack 1-17, 0-7 Ballinameela, 25/6/2016, Clashmore 1-10, 0-9 Brickey Rangers, 3/9/2016 Stradbally 1-13, 2-9 Kilrossanty, 4/9/2016, Round 4 Kilrossanty 1-12, 0-10 Rathgormack, 15/7/2016, Ballinameela 3-7, 0-15 Brickey Rangers, 29/7/2016, Stradbally 1-11, 0-11 Clashmore, 11/9/2016, Round 5 Clashmore 0-16, 1-3 Rathgormack, 14/10/2016, Kilrossanty 4-16, 0-4 Ballinameela 14/10/2016, Stradbally w/o, scr Brickey Rangers, 17/10/2016,

Group 2

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts The Nire 5 4 1 0 97 60 +37 8 Ballinacourty 5 3 1 1 104 54 +50 7 An Rinn 5 3 1 1 85 59 +26 7 Ardmore 5 2 3 0 61 89 -28 4 Gaultier 5 1 4 0 54 123 -69 2 St. Saviour's 5 1 4 0 57 83 -26 2

Round 1 Ballinacourty 1-10, 1-10 An Rinn, 15/4/2016, Ardmore 5-5, 2-12 St. Saviour's, 16/4/2016, The Nire 4-16, 1-7 Gaultier, 19/4/2016, Round 2 An Rinn 4-9, 1-9 Gaultier, 23/4/2016, St. Saviour's 3-7, 1-11 Ballinacourty, 23/4/2016, The Nire 2-18, 0-9 Ardmore, 22/8/2016, Round 3 Ardmore 2-12, 0-13 Gaultier, 23/6/2016, An Rinn 2-15, 0-9 St. Saviour's, 23/6/2016, Ballinacourty 2-13, 0-11 The Nire, 9/9/2016, Round 4 Gaultier 0-13, 0-6 St. Saviour's, 16/7/2016, Ballinacourty 1-15, 0-8 Ardmore, 30/7/2016, The Nire 2-13, 0-14 An Rinn, 3/9/2016, Round 5 The Nire 0-15, 1-5 St. Saviour's, 14/10/2016, An Rinn 2-10, 0-6 Ardmore, 14/10/2016, Ballinacourty 8-16, 0-6 Gaultier, 17/10/2016,

Knock-Out Stage

Last Eight

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Stradbally		0-12
	Ardmore		1-7			Stradbally		0-10
	Ballinacourty		0-15			Ballinacourty		1-10
	Clashmore		1-7								Ballinacourty		0-8
	Kilrossanty		2-10								The Nire		1-17
	An Rinn		2-9			Kilrossanty		1-4
	The Nire		0-13			The Nire		1-10
	Rathgormack		0-9

Quarter-Finals

21 October 2017 7 pm	The Nire	0-12 – 0-9	Rathgormack	Fraher Field Referee: John Condon (An Rinn)

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21 October 2017 8:30 pm	Stradbally	0-12 – 1-7	Ardmore	Fraher Field Referee: Anthony Fitzgerald (Gaultier)

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23 October 2017 6 pm	Kilrossanty	2-10 – 2-9	An Rinn	Fraher Field Referee: Tom Dee (John Mitchels)

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22 October 2017 7:30 pm	Ballinacourty	0-15 – 1-7	Clashmore	Fraher Field Referee: Tommy Sullivan (Affane)

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Semi-Finals

29 October 2017	The Nire	1-10 – 1-4	Kilrossanty	Fraher Field Referee: Anthony Fitzgerald (Gaultier) Man of the Match: Martin Walsh

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30 October 2017	Ballinacourty	1-10 – 0-10	Stradbally	Fraher Field Referee: Tommy Sullivan (Affane) Man of the Match: Gary Hurney

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Final

6 November 2016 2:45 pm Final	The Nire	1-17 – 0-8	Ballinacourty	Fraher Field, Waterford Referee: Alan Kissane Man of the Match: Liam Lawlor
	Conor Gleeson and Liam Lawlor 0-5 each, Darren Guiry 1-1, Brian Wall 0-4f, Seamus Lawlor and Kenny Brazil 0-1 each	Report	Patrick Hurney 0-7 (0-3f), Mark Ferncombe 0-1

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Relegation Playoff

Brickey Rangers 0-10 0-8 St. Saviour's, Leamybrien, 5/11/2016

Munster Senior Club Football Championship

Main article: 2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

References

1. "Waterford Today Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.