2018 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship

2018 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship
Championship details
Dates	25 May – 5 August 2018
Teams	31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kildare (2nd win)
Captain	Aaron Masterson
Manager	Davy Burke
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Mayo
Captain	Ryan O'Donoghue
Manager	Mike Solan
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Kildare
Ulster	Derry
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
Player of the Year	Jimmy Hyland
	← 2017; (Under-21) 2019 →

The 2018 Inter-County Under 20 Football Championship was the 55th edition of the competition, and the first since the competition was re-graded from Under 21 to Under 20. It was sponsored by Eirgrid, and known as the EirGrid GAA Football U20 All-Ireland Championship for sponsorship purposes. 31 counties played in the tournament (Kilkenny did not participate). The competition began with a preliminary round game in Ulster on 25 May 2018, and ended with the final on 5 August 2018.

Competition format

Player eligibility

Players under 20 years of age cannot play for a county's senior and under-20 championship teams. This rule was introduced to prevent player burnout and to allow the senior and under-20 championships to be scheduled in the same summer months with separate panels of players. If an under-20 player plays for a county's senior championship team, he is ineligible to play for their under-20 team.

This rule results in some county under-20 county teams playing without their best under-20 footballers. For example, Sean O'Shea and David Clifford played for the Kerry senior championship team in 2018 and therefore were not allowed to play for the Kerry under-20 team which meant that the under-20 team was weakened.

Provincial Championships format

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. Each province decides the format for their championship – the format can be straight knockout, double-elimination, a league, groups, etc. or a combination.

All-Ireland format

The four provincial winners meet in two semi-finals, with the winners of those matches playing in the All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship Final.

Provincial championships

Connacht Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

Galway

0-11

Roscommon

1-11

Roscommon

3-10

Sligo

3-05

Roscommon

1-06

Mayo

3-16

Mayo

1-24

Leitrim

1-03

Connacht Quarter-Finals

2 June 2018 17:00 Quarter-Final	Roscommon	3-10 - 3-5	Sligo	Dr. Hyde Park Referee: Liam Devenney (Mayo)
	Cian McKeon 2-2, Aidan Dowd 1-0, David McManus 0-3f, Brian Derwin 0-2, Aaron Brady (0-1f), Conor Shanagher, Paul Carey 0-1 each	Report	Red Óg Murphy 2-3 (0-1f), Barry Gorman 1-0, Joe McHugh (0-1f) and Ciaran O'Dowd 0-1 each	Dr. Hyde Park Referee: Liam Devenney (Mayo)

Connacht Semi-Finals

9 June 2018 16:00 Semi-Final 1	Roscommon	1-11 - 0-11	Galway	Tuam Stadium, Tuam Referee: Eamon O'Grady
		Report		Tuam Stadium, Tuam Referee: Eamon O'Grady

9 June 2018 13:30 Semi-Final 2	Mayo	1-24 - 1-3	Leitrim	McHale Park Referee: Martin Flaherty
		Report		McHale Park Referee: Martin Flaherty

Connacht Final

17 June 2018 12:00 Final	Roscommon	1-6 - 3-16	Mayo	Dr. Hyde Park
				Dr. Hyde Park

Leinster Championship

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dublin	3	3	0	67	38	+29	6	Advance to semi-final
2	Westmeath	3	2	1	53	50	+3	4	Advance to quarter-final
3	Wexford	3	1	2	48	51	−3	2
4	Longford	3	0	3	39	68	−29	0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2018. Source: Leinster GAA
Rules for classification: 1) League points 2) Where only two teams are involved, the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the competition 3) Scoring Difference 4) Highest Total Score For 5) A Play-Off.

Round 1

28 May 2018 7:00 pm	Westmeath	2-12 - 1-12	Wexford	Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Patrick Maguire (Longford)
	Sean Pettit 1-7 (0-4f), James Maxwell 1-0, John Tumulty 0-3f, Daniel Reid and Ben Cox 0-1 each		Darragh Lyons 1-1 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Jamie Meyler (0-2f) and Sean Nolan (0-1f) 0-4 each, Ivan Meegan 0-2 (0-1f, 1 '45), Gavin Sheehan 0-1	Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Patrick Maguire (Longford)

28 May 2018 7:00 pm	Dublin	2-21 - 0-11	Longford	Pearse Park Referee: Niall Ward (Westmeath)
	Dan O'Brien 1-9, Tom Keane 1-1, Cormac Howley, Sean Bugler, Ciaran Archer (0-1f, 1 '45) 0-3 each, James Madden and James Doran 0-1 each	Report	Tomas McGann 0-5f, Shane Farrell, Iarla O'Sullivan, Peter Lynn, Alan McKeon (0-1f), Rory Hawkins, Ruairi Harkin 0-1 each	Pearse Park Referee: Niall Ward (Westmeath)

Round 2

4 June 2018 2:00 pm	Dublin	2-16 - 1-13	Westmeath	Parnell Park Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
	Sean Bugler 1-4, James Doran 0-4 (0-1f), James Madden 1-0, Cormac Howley, Tom Keane (0-1f), Dan O'Brien 0-2 each, Sean Farrelly and Ciaran Archer (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Sean Pettit 1-6 (0-1f, 3 '45), John Tumulty (0-2f) and Tom Molloy 0-2 each, Gareth Carr, Adam Loughlin, Daniel Reid 0-1 each	Parnell Park Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)

4 June 2018 2:00 pm	Wexford	3-13 - 2-9	Longford	Wexford Park Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)
	Ivan Meegan 1-2 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Kyle Firman 0-4, Barry O'Connor 1-1, Robbie Brooks 1-0, Sean Nolan (0-2f) and Jamie Meyler 0-2 each, Mikey Dwyer and Cathal Devereux 0-1 each	Report	Joe Kelly 2-1, Alan McKeon (0-1f, 1 '45) and Thomas McGann (0-1f) 0-2 each, Ciaran McKeon, Iarla O'Sullivan, Rory Hawkins, Cian McElligott 0-1 each	Wexford Park Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)

Round 3

16 June 2018 2:00 pm	Dublin	1-15 - 0-11	Wexford	Wexford Park Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)
	Ross McGarry 1-2, Tom Keane 0-4, James Doran 0-3 (0-1f), Cormac Howley and Dan O'Brien (0-1 pen) 0-2 each, Sean Farrelly and Sean Bugler 0-1 each	Report [1]	Ivan Meegan 0-4 (0-3f), Richie Waters, Kyle Firman, Cathal Devereux 0-2 each, Sean Nolan 0-1	Wexford Park Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)

16 June 2018 2:00 pm	Westmeath	1-16 - 1-10	Longford	Pearse Park Referee: Patrick Coyle (Meath)
	Sean Pettit 0-6 (0-4f), Tom Molloy 1-2, Daniel Reid, Nigel Harte, James Maxwell 0-2 each, Adam Loughlin and Brian Kavanagh 0-1 each	Report	Ruairi Harkin 1-0, Rory Hawkins 0-3, Thomas McGann 0-2 (0-1f), Mark McCormack, Shane Farrell, Daire Duggan, Peter Lynn, Kyle Kenny 0-1 each	Pearse Park Referee: Patrick Coyle (Meath)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Meath	3	3	0	70	41	+29	6	Advance to semi-final
2	Kildare	3	2	1	60	39	+21	4	Advance to quarter-final
3	Laois	3	1	2	48	55	−7	2
4	Wicklow	3	0	3	32	75	−43	0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2018. Source: Leinster GAA
Rules for classification: 1) League points 2) Where only two teams are involved, the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the competition 3) Scoring Difference 4) Highest Total Score For 5) A Play-Off.

Round 1

28 May 2018 7:00 pm	Meath	6-16 - 1-9	Wicklow	Joule Park Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)
	Sean Reilly 2-3, Darragh Campion and Conor Moriarty (0-1f) 1-2 each, Frank O'Reilly 1-1 (1-0 pen), Sean Ryan 1-0, Jordan Morris 0-4 (0-2f), Shane McDonnell 0-2, Adam Murphy and Conor O'Byrne (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Dan Kelly (f) 1-2, Gearoid Murphy 0-3f, Rory Stokes (0-1f), Matthew Kelly, Conor Byrne, Jack Bellamy 0-1 each	Joule Park Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)

28 May 2018 7:00 pm	Kildare	1-17 - 4-6	Laois	Newbridge Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)
	Jimmy Hyland 1-6 (0-3f), Brian McLoughlin 0-6 (0-5f), Paddy Woodgate 0-2 (0-1f), Sam Doran, Niall Murphy, Darragh Ryan 0-1 each	Report	Diarmuid Whelan 2-3 (0-2f), Evan Lowry 2-1, James Kelly and Alan Kinsella 0-1 each	Newbridge Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)

Round 2

4 June 2018 2:00 pm	Meath	2-11 - 1-13	Kildare	Páirc Tailteann Referee: Patrick Maguire (Longford)
	Darragh Campion and Jordan Morris 1-1 each, James Conlon 0-4, Frank O'Reilly 0-3 (0-2f), Sean Reilly and Conor Moriarty 0-1 each	Report	Jimmy Hyland 1-3 (0-2f), Brian McLoughlin 0-4 (0-3f), Paddy Woodgate 0-2, Ruadhan Ó Giolláin, David Marnell, Sam Doran, Tony Archibold 0-1 each	Páirc Tailteann Referee: Patrick Maguire (Longford)

4 June 2018 2:00 pm	Laois	1-14 - 1-13	Wicklow	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Referee: Darragh Sheppard (Dublin)
	Diarmuid Whelan 1-7 (0-4f), Evan Lowry 0-3, Peter Kealy 0-2, James Kelly (0-1f) and Alan Kinsella 0-1 each	Report	Gearoid Murphy 0-5 (0-3f), Conor Byrne 1-0, Thomas Kearns and Adam McHugh 0-2 each, Fintan O'Shea, Robert Kelly, Dan Kelly, Matthew Kelly 0-1 each	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Referee: Darragh Sheppard (Dublin)

Round 3

16 June 2018 2:00 pm	Kildare	3-17 - 0-4	Wicklow	Newbridge Referee: Chris Dwyer (Offaly)
	Jimmy Hyland 0-12 (0-3f), Padraig Nash 2-0, Brian McLoughlin 1-1, Stephen Comerford, Jack Bambrick, Tony Archbold, Paddy Woodgate (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Dan Kelly 0-3 (0-2f), Conor Byrne 0-1f	Newbridge Referee: Chris Dwyer (Offaly)

16 June 2018 2:00 pm	Meath	2-13 - 0-13	Laois	Páirc Tailteann Referee: Fergal Smyth (Offaly)
	Ethan Devine 2-1, Darragh Campion and Conor Moriarty (0-3f) 0-3 each, Jason Scully, Frank O'Reilly (0-1f), James Conlon 0-2 each	Report	Diarmuid Whelan 0-7 (0-5f), Evan Lowry 0-2, Peter Kealy, Eoin Dunne, Alan Kinsella, Ronan Coffey 0-1 each	Páirc Tailteann Referee: Fergal Smyth (Offaly)

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Offaly	2	2	0	47	23	+24	4	Advance to quarter-final
2	Carlow	2	1	1	39	49	−10	2	Advance to quarter-final
3	Louth	2	0	2	34	48	−14	0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2018. Source: Leinster GAA
Rules for classification: 1) League points 2) Where only two teams are involved, the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the competition 3) Scoring Difference 4) Highest Total Score For 5) A Play-Off.

Round 1

28 May 2018 7:00 pm	Offaly	2-19 - 1-10	Carlow	Dr. Cullen Park Referee: Darragh Sheppard (Dublin)
	Cian Johnson 1-7, Cian Farrell 0-6 (0-4f), Shane O'Brien 1-1, Jack Darcy 0-2, Sean Ibbotson, Kevin McDermott, Conor Dunne 0-1 each	Report	Conor Crowley 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Andrew Kehoe and Conor Doyle (0-1f) 0-2 each, Niall Roche and Cormac Lomax 0-1 each	Dr. Cullen Park Referee: Darragh Sheppard (Dublin)

Round 2

4 June 2018 2:00 pm	Carlow	5-11 - 3-15	Louth	Drogheda Park Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)
				Drogheda Park Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)

Round 3

June 2018		v

Knockout stage

Preliminary round

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

Dublin

4-16

Meath

2-10

Dublin

0-10

Kildare

1-15

Kildare

4-19

Carlow

0-08

Kildare

3-14

Offaly

2-05

Offaly

1-17

Westmeath

1-10

Leinster Quarter-Finals

22 June 2018 7:30 pm Quarter-Final	Kildare	4-19 - 0-8	Carlow	Dr. Cullen Park Referee: Niall Ward (Westmeath)
	Aaron Masterson 1-2, Jimmy Hyland 0-5 (0-2f), Paddy Woodgate (0-1f), Shane O'Sullivan, Niall Murphy 1-1 each, Padraig Nash 0-3 (0-1f), DJ Early (0-1f, 1 '45) and Sam Doran 0-2 each, Darragh Ryan and Jack Barrett (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Conor Crowley 0-3 (0-1f), Niall Roche, Cian Doyle, Conor Doyle (0-1f), Robbie Kane 0-1 each	Dr. Cullen Park Referee: Niall Ward (Westmeath)

23 June 2018 3:00 pm Quarter-Final	Offaly	1-17 - 1-10	Westmeath	O'Connor Park Referee: Patrick Maguire (Longford)
	Cian Farrell 0-8 (0-7f, 1 '45), Cian Johnson 0-4, Jack Darcy 1-0, Shane O’Brien 0-2 (1f), Pa Robilliard, Dan Wyer, Conor Dunne 0-1 each	Report	Brian Kavanagh 1-4, Conor Dillon 0-2, Adam Loughlin, John Tumulty, Daniel Reid, Sean Pettit (0-1f)	O'Connor Park Referee: Patrick Maguire (Longford)

Leinster Semi-Finals

29 June 2018 7:30 pm Semi-Final 1	Kildare	3-14 - 2-5	Offaly	O'Connor Park Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)
	Brian McLoughlin 2-2, Padraig Nash and Jimmy Hyland (0-1f) 0-3 each, Paddy Woodgate 1-0, Stephen Comerford, Ruadhán Ó’Giolláin, Aaron Masterson, Tony Archbold, Cian Costigan, Niall Murphy 0-1 each	Report	Conor Dunne 1-1, Kevin McDermott 1-0, Cian Johnson, Cian Farrell (0-1f), Jack Darcy, Robin Galbraith 0-1 each	O'Connor Park Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)

30 June 2018 7:30 pm Semi-Final 2	Dublin	4-16 - 2-10	Meath	Páirc Tailteann Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
	Tom Keane 0-7 (0-2f), Ross McGarry 1-4 (0-1f), James Doran 2-1, Karl Lynch Bissett 1-0, Sean Bugler 0-2, Cormac Howley and Dan O'Brien 0-1 each	Report	Jordan Morris 1-4 (0-3f), Frank O'Reilly 1-2 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Ethan Devine, James Conlon, Shane Walsh, Adam Kealy 0-1 each	Páirc Tailteann Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)

Leinster Final

6 July 2018 19:30 Final	Kildare	1-15 - 0-10	Dublin	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow ) Man of the Match: Jimmy Hyland (Ballyteague)
	Jimmy Hyland 0-8 (0-6f), Tony Archbold 1-1 (1-0 pen), Padraig Nash 0-3, Brian McLoughlin, Paddy Woodgate, Shane O’Sullivan 0-1 each	Report [2]	Tom Keane 0-4 (0-1f), Sean Bugler 0-3, Cormac Howley, Ross McGarry, James Doran 0-1 each

Munster Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

Clare

0-15

Cork

1-16

Cork

1-20

Tipperary

0-08

Cork

0-14

Kerry

3-11

Waterford

0-01

Kerry

3-22

Limerick

0-05

Kerry

1-30

Munster Quarter-Finals

15 June 2018 19:30 Quarter-Final	Kerry	1-30 - 0-5	Limerick	Newcastle West Referee: James Bermingham (Cork)
	Fiachra Clifford 0-7 (0-3f), David Shaw 1-4 (0-1f), Donal O'Sullivan 0-6 (0-2f), Bryan Sweeney 0-4, Cormac Linnane and Brian Friel 0-3 each, Daniel O’Brien, Diarmuid O'Connor, Patrick Warren 0-1 each	Report	Rob Childs 0-2f, Lee Woulfe, Liam Kennedy, Adam Lacey 0-1 each	Newcastle West Referee: James Bermingham (Cork)

16 June 2018 19:30 Quarter-Final	Cork	1-20 - 0-8	Tipperary	Páirc Uí Rinn Referee: Padraig O’Sullivan (Kerry)
	Chris Og Jones 0-6 (0-1f, 2 '45), Matthew Bradley 0-4 (0-2f), Cillian Myers-Murray 1-1, Sean Walsh 0-3, Tadhg Corkery and Damien Gore 0-2 each, Aidan Browne and Cathal Maguire 0-1 each	Report	Jack Delahunty 0-3 each, Conal Kennedy 0-2, Ríain Quigley (0-1f), Ryan Lambe, Brian Fitzpatrick 0-1 each	Páirc Uí Rinn Referee: Padraig O’Sullivan (Kerry)

Munster Semi-Finals

22 June 2018 19:30 Semi-Final 1	Clare	v	Cork

22 June 2018 19:30 Semi-Final 2	Waterford	v	Kerry

Munster Final

29 June 2018
19:30

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Final

Report

Cork	0-14 (14) – (20) 3-11	Kerry
(HT: 0-09 – 1-06)
Pts: Chris Og Jones (7, 3f), Colm O'Callaghan (2), Mark Keane (2), Tadhg Corkery, Colm Barrett, Damien Gore		Gls: Mark Ryan (pen), David Shaw, Eddie Horan Pts: Donal O'Sullivan (4, 2f), Fiachra Clifford (2, 1f), Cormac Linnane (2), Sean O'Leary (2), Graham O'Sullivan

Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Referee: Sean Lonergan (Tipperary)

Ulster Championship

The Ulster championship is organised on a random draw. All matches are straight knockout. The winners receive the Danny Murphy Cup which was commissioned in 2018 in honour of the former Ulster Chief Executive Officer and Secretary.^[1]

Preliminary round

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

Fermanagh

0-10

Armagh

2-14

Armagh

2-22

Tyrone

0-24

Tyrone

0-17

Monaghan

2-08

Armagh

0-14

Derry

2-15

Down

4-15

Antrim

3-13

Down

2-15

Derry

2-17

Derry

0-16

Donegal

2-21

Donegal

2-09

Cavan

0-10

Ulster Preliminary Round

27 May 2018 (2018-05-27) Preliminary round	Donegal	2-21 (27) – (10) 0-10	Cavan	Derry
14:00 IST (UTC+1 )				Venue: Celtic Park
				Referee: Paul McKeever (Antrim)

Ulster Quarter-Finals

25 May 2018 (2018-05-25) Quarter-Final A	Fermanagh	0-10 (10) – (20) 2-14	Armagh	Enniskillen
20:00 IST (UTC+1 )				Venue: Brewster Park
				Referee: Enda McFeely (Donegal)

25 May 2018 (2018-05-25) Quarter-Final B	Tyrone	0-17 (17) – (14) 2-08	Monaghan	Omagh
20:00 IST (UTC+1 )				Venue: Healy Park
				Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)

26 May 2018 (2018-05-26) Quarter-Final C	Down	4-15 (27) – (22) 3-13	Antrim	Newry
17:00 IST (UTC+1 )				Venue: Páirc Esler
				Referee: Margaret Farrelly (Cavan)

3 June 2018 (2018-06-03) Quarter-Final D	Derry	0-16 (16) – (15) 2-09	Donegal	Omagh
11:45 IST (UTC+1 )				Venue: Healy Park
				Referee: Anthony Marron (Monaghan)

Ulster Semi-Finals

8 June 2018
20:00

IST (UTC+1

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Semi-Final 1

Armagh	2-22 (28) – (24) 0-24 (a.e.t.)	Tyrone
Note: A brawl occurred in the first period of extra time (two ten minutes played each way). The Central Competitions Control Committee imposed a suspension on ten Armagh players and seven Tyrone players. Armagh appealed the suspensions and eight of their ten players were cleared on the Friday before the final.

Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Referee: Niall McKenna (Monaghan)

10 June 2018
14:00

IST (UTC+1

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Semi-Final 2

Down	2-15 (21) – (23) 2-17	Derry

St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Referee: Conor Dourneen (Cavan)

Ulster Final

24 June 2018
11:45

IST (UTC+1

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Final

Report

Derry	2-15 (21) – (14) 0-14	Armagh
(HT: 0-08 – 0-06)
Gls: Brian Cassidy (2) Pts: Declan Cassidy (5), Lorcan McWilliams (5, 4f), Brian Cassidy (2), Ben McCarron (2), Oisin McWilliams		Pts: Ross McQuillan (6), Rian O’Neill (4, 3f), Conor O’Neill (2, 1f), Jason Duffy (2)

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Referee: Sean Laverty (Antrim

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All-Ireland

Semi-finals

TG4.ie
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14 July 2018
16:00

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Semi-Final 1

Report

Derry	2-11 (17) – (20) 2-14	Mayo
(HT: 2-03 – 1-07)
Gls: Oisin McWilliams, Callum Browne Pts: Lorcan McWilliams (5, 3f), Ben McCarron (2, 1f), Declan Cassidy, Conor Doherty ('45), Shea Downey, Brian Cassidy		Gls: Paul Lambert, Ryan O’Donoghue Pts: Ross Egan (5, 5f), Tommy Conroy (2), Oisin McLaughlin (2), John Gallagher (2), Paul Lambert, Evan O’Brien, Conor Diskin.