2020 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship
The 2020 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship is the inaugural staging of the Cork Premier Senior Football Championship and the 132nd staging overall of a championship for the top-ranking Gaelic football teams in Cork. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 19 November 2019.[1] The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ireland.[2] The championship eventually began on 24 July 2020 and is scheduled to end in October 2020.
Dates | 24 July 2020 - October 2020 | ||
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Teams | 16 | ||
Sponsor | Bon Secours Hospital | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Matches played | 8 | ||
Goals scored | 14 (1.75 per match) | ||
Points scored | 175 (21.88 per match) | ||
Top scorer(s) | |||
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Nemo Rangers are the defending champions.[3]
Format change
On 26 March 2019, three championship proposals were circulated to Cork club delegates. A core element running through all three proposals, put together by the Cork GAA games workgroup, was that there be a group stage of 12 teams, straight relegation, and one team from the divisions/colleges section to enter at the preliminary quarter-final stage.[4] On 2 April 2019, a majority of 136 club delegates voted for Option A which would see one round of games played in April and two more in August – all with county players available.[5]
Participating teams
Clubs
The club rankings were based on a championship performance 'points' system over the previous four seasons.[6]
Team | Location | Colours | Seeding | Ranking |
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Nemo Rangers | Trabeg | Black and green | A | 1 |
St. Finbarr's | Togher | Blue and gold | A | 2 |
Carbery Rangers | Rosscarbery | Green, white and gold | A | 3 |
Ballincollig | Ballincollig | Red, white and black | B | 4 |
Castlehaven | Castlehaven | Blue and white | B | 5 |
Valley Rovers | Innishannon | Green and white | B | 6 |
Douglas | Douglas | Black, white and green | C | 7 |
Newcestown | Newcestown | Red and yellow | C | 8 |
Clonakilty | Clonakilty | Red and green | C | 9 |
Ilen Rovers | Church Cross | Green and white | D | 10 |
Bishopstown | Bishopstown | Maroon and white | D | 11 |
Carrigaline | Carrigaline | Blue and yellow | D | 12 |
Divisions and colleges
Team | Location | Colours |
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Beara | Beara Peninsula | Red and white |
Carbery | West Cork | Purple and yellow |
Duhallow | Duhallow | Red and white |
University College Cork | College Road | Red and black |
Fixtures/results
Group 1
Table
Advance to knockout stage Advance to relegation play-offs
Team | Matches | Score | Pts | |||||
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Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | ||
Clonakilty | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-12 | 0-08 | 7 | 2 |
St. Finbarr's | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-13 | 0-10 | 6 | 2 |
Ballincollig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-10 | 1-13 | -6 | 0 |
Carrigaline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-08 | 1-12 | -7 | 0 |
Results
24 July 2020 Round 1 | St. Finbarr's | 1-13 - 0-10 | Ballincollig | Páirc Uí Rinn |
E McGreevey (1-1), S Sherlock (0-3 frees) and C Myers Murray (0-4 each), C Keane, B Hayes, I Maguire and C Barrett (0-1 each). | Report | C Dorgan (0-6, 0-5 frees), D Murphy (0-2), C Kiely (free) and L Fahy (0-1 each). | Referee: J Bermingham (Bride Rovers) |
25 July 2020 Round 1 | Clonakilty | 1-12 - 0-08 | Carrigaline | Charlie Hurley Park |
D Ó Sé 0-8 (0-2f), D O’Regan 1-0, J Grimes, B White, B Ridgeway, S White 0-1 each. | Report | J McCarthy 0-2, Kieran Kavanagh, D Griffin, Kevin Kavanagh, D Greene, O Barry, É Desmond (0-1f) 0-1 each. | Referee: P O'Driscoll (Bride Rovers) |
16 August 2020 Round 2 | Ballincollig | v | Clonakilty | St. Mary's Park |
16 August 2020 Round 2 | St. Finbarr's | v | Carrigaline | Páirc Uí Chaoimh |
August 2020 Round 3 | v |
August 2020 Round 3 | v |
Group 2
Table
Advance to knockout stage Advance to relegation play-offs
Team | Matches | Score | Pts | |||||
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Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | ||
Newcestown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-17 | 1-07 | 16 | 2 |
Castlehaven | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-14 | 0-09 | 5 | 2 |
Carbery Rangers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-23 | 0-22 | 1 | 2 |
Ilen Rovers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-15 | 3-31 | -22 | 0 |
Results
25 July 2020 Round 1 | Newcestown | 3-17 - 1-07 | Ilen Rovers | Sam Maguire Park |
C Keane 2-1, C Healy 0-4 (1f), D Buckley 0-3, T Twomey 1-0, G O’Donovan, L Meade, S O’Sullivan 0-2 each, J Meade, M Kelly, C Dinneen (0-1f) 0-1 each. | Report | S O’Donovan 1-1 (1-0 penalty, 0-1f), D Mac Eoin 0-2f, S Leonard, Peter O’Driscoll, D Collins, Conor O’Driscoll 0-1 each. | Referee: A Long (Argideen Rangers) |
26 July 2020 Round 1 | Carbery Rangers | 0-09 - 0-14 | Castlehaven | Ahamilla Complex |
S Hayes (0-4, 0-2 frees); M Hodnett (0-3, 0-2 frees); D Hayes, J Hayes (0-1 each). | Report | M Hurley (0-6; B Hurley (0-4, 0-1 ‘45); M Collins (0-2, 0-2 frees); C Cahalane, C Maguire (0-1 each). |
15 August 2020 Round 2 | Carbery Rangers | 0-14 - 0-08 | Ilen Rovers | Leap Sportsfield |
S Hayes 0-5 (0-3f), J O’Rourke 0-4, B Shanahan 0-2 (0-1 45), B Hodnett, J O’Regan, J Fitzpatrick 0-1 each. | Report | S Leonard 0-4, S O’Donovan 0-2 (0-1f), K Lynch, D Mac Eoin 0-1 each. | Referee: C Dineena (Douglas) |
16 August 2020 Round 2 | Castlehaven | v | Newcestown | Rossa Park |
August 2020 Round 3 | v |
August 2020 Round 3 | v |
Group 3
Table
Advance to knockout stage Advance to relegation play-offs
Team | Matches | Score | Pts | |||||
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Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | ||
Nemo Rangers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5-25 | 1-15 | 22 | 4 |
Douglas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-14 | 1-09 | 5 | 2 |
Valley Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-09 | 3-08 | -5 | 0 |
Bishopstown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-15 | 3-31 | -22 | 0 |
Results
24 July 2020 Round 1 | Nemo Rangers | 3-08 - 1-09 | Valley Rovers | Cloughduv |
L Connolly 2-3 (0-1 f), C O’Donovan 1-0, B O’Driscoll 0-3 (0-1 f), P Kerrigan 0-2. | Report | F Lynch 0-7 (0-4 f, 0-1 45), J Walsh 1-0, E O’Reilly and K Canty 0-1 each. | Referee: J Ryan (Macroom) |
25 July 2020 Round 1 | Douglas | 1-14 - 1-09 | Bishopstown | Páirc Uí Rinn |
C Russell (3 fs)(0-5); D Kelly (1-1); N Hartnett, B Hartnett (0-2 each); L Dineen, D Ward, L McGrath, S Wilson (0-1 each). | Report | B O’Neill (fs)(0-4), O Devlin (1-0); M Oakes (fs)(0-2); S Collins (f), P O’Flynn, D Costello, (0-1 each). | Referee: B Coniry (Crosshaven) |
15 August 2020 Round 2 | Nemo Rangers | 2-17 - 0-06 | Bishopstown | Páirc Uí Rinn |
L Connolly (0-8, 0-6 frees); M Cronin (1-4, 0-1 free); S Cronin (1-0); P Kerrigan (0-2); B Murphy, J Horgan (0-1 each). | Report | K O’Halloran (0-1 ‘45), J O’Sullivan (0-1 mark), O Devlin (0-1 free), S Collins, D Costelloe, B Clifford (0-1 each). | Referee: D Murnane (Macroom) |
16 August 2020 Round 2 | Valley Rovers | v | Douglas | Oven Sportsfield |
August 2020 Round 3 | v |
August 2020 Round 3 | v |
Divisional/colleges sections
Semi-finals
19 August 2020 Semi-final | Carbery | v | University College Cork | Cloughduv Sportsfield |
19 August 2020 Semi-final | Duhallow | v | Beara | Sam Maguire Park |
Final
21-23 August 2020 Final | v |
Knock-out stage
Quarter-finals
Quarter-final | v |
Quarter-final | v |
Semi-finals
Semi-final | v |
Semi-final | v |
Final
October 2020 Final | v |
Championship statistics
Top scorers
- Overall
Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
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1 | Luke Connolly | Nemo Rangers | 2-11 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
2 | Séamus Hayes | Carbery Rangers | 0-09 | 9 | 2 | 4.50 |
3 | Dara Ó Sé | Clonakilty | 0-08 | 8 | 1 | 8.00 |
4 | Carthach Keane | Newcestown | 2-01 | 7 | 1 | 7.00 |
Mark Cronin | Nemo Rangers | 1-04 | 7 | 1 | 7.00 | |
Fiachra Lynch | Valley Rovers | 0-07 | 7 | 1 | 7.00 | |
5 | Seán O'Donovan | Ilen Rovers | 1-03 | 6 | 2 | 3.00 |
Cian Dorgan | Ballincollig | 0-06 | 6 | 1 | 6.00 | |
Michael Hurley | Castlehaven | 0-06 | 6 | 1 | 6.00 | |
6 | Stephen Leonard | Ilen Rovers | 0-05 | 5 | 2 | 2.50 |
- In a single game
Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
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1 | Luke Connolly | Nemo Rangers | 2-03 | 9 | Valley Rovers |
2 | Dara Ó Sé | Clonakilty | 0-08 | 8 | Carrigaline |
Luke Connolly | Nemo Rangers | 0-08 | 8 | Bishopstown | |
3 | Carthach Keane | Newcestown | 2-01 | 7 | Ilen Rovers |
Mark Cronin | Nemo Rangers | 1-04 | 7 | Bishopstown | |
Fiachra Lynch | Valley Rovers | 0-07 | 7 | Nemo Rangers | |
4 | Cian Dorgan | Ballincollig | 0-06 | 6 | St. Finbarr's |
Michael Hurley | Castlehaven | 0-06 | 6 | Carbery Rangers | |
5 | Séamus Hayes | Carbery Rangers | 1-01 | 4 | Ilen Rovers |
6 | Eoghan McGreevey | St. Finbarr's | 1-01 | 4 | Ballincollig |
Seán O'Donovan | Ilen Rovers | 1-01 | 4 | Newcestown | |
Steven Sherlock | St. Finbarr's | 0-04 | 4 | Ballincollig | |
Conor Myers-Murray | St. Finbarr's | 0-04 | 4 | Ballincollig | |
Cian Healy | Newcestown | 0-04 | 4 | Ilen Rovers | |
Brian Hurley | Castlehaven | 0-04 | 4 | Carbery Rangers | |
Séamus Hayes | Carbery Rangers | 0-04 | 4 | Castlehaven | |
John O'Rourke | Carbery Rangers | 0-04 | 4 | Ilen Rovers | |
Stephen Leonard | Ilen Rovers | 0-04 | 4 | Carbery Rangers |
References
- "2020 Championship Draws". Cork GAA website. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- "Cork GAA Statement 18/03/2020". Cork GAA website. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- Cormican, Eoghan (27 October 2019). "Brace form Luke Connolly the difference as Nemo Rangers overcome Duhallow in Cork SFC". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- Cormican, Eoghan (26 March 2019). "Here's a breakdown of the proposals to restructure the Cork county championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- "Cork clubs vote down radical restructuring proposals". RTÉ Sport. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- Leen, Tony (18 November 2019). "Where does your club rank? Cork GAA confirms grading for 2020 Championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 19 November 2019.