2010 Lory Meagher Cup

The 2010 Lory Meagher Cup is the second edition of the Lory Meagher Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2009 and is the fourth-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by eight GAA county teams ranked 30–36 in the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

The teams competing were Cavan, Donegal, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Longford, South Down, and Warwickshire. The 2009 champions, Tyrone were promoted to the 2010 Nicky Rackard Cup, and did not have the opportunity to defend their title. Due to a disagreement over promotion and relegation from the All-Ireland series, no team was relegated from the 2009 Nicky Rackard Cup for the 2010 season.

Format The tournament had a double elimination format - each team played at least two games before being knocked out. One team got a bye to Round 2A. The other six teams played three Round 1 matches. The winners in Round 1 advanced to Round 2A. Two of the Round 1 losers went into Round 2B; one got a bye to the quarter-finals. There were two Round 2A matches. The winners in Round 2A advanced to the semi-finals. The losers in Round 2A went into the quarter-finals. There was one Round 2B match. The winner in Round 2B advanced to the quarter-finals. The loser in Round 2B was eliminated. There were two quarter-final matches between the Round 2A losers, the Round 2B winner and the Round 1 loser which got a bye. The winners of the quarter-finals advanced to the semi-finals. The losers of the quarter-finals were eliminated. There were two semi-final matches between the Round 2A winners and the quarter-final winners. The winners of the semi-finals advanced to the final. The losers of the semi-finals were eliminated. The winners of the final won the Lory Meagher Cup for 2010.

Team changes

To Championship Relegated from the Nicky Rackard Cup

None

From Championship Promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup

Tyrone

Teams CountyLast Provincial TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 2009 ChampionshipAppearance Cavan——Round 22nd Donegal1932—Runners-up2nd Fermanagh——Quarter-finals2nd Leitrim——Quarter-finals2nd Longford——Semi-finals2nd South Down——Semi-finals2nd Warwickshire——Round 22nd

Bracket

Round 1

Round 2

Round 2A

Round 2B

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations

Statistics

Top scorers

Overall Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Garrett GheeLongford4-4961512.202Joe O'BrienLongford5-163156.203Lee HendersonDonegal0-262646.504Paul McGoldrickFermanagh1-212438.005Kevin CoddWarwickshire4-61829.00Paul O'NeillSouth Down1-151829.00

Single game Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition1Garrett GheeLongford1-1215WarwickshireGarrett GheeLongford1-1215Leitrim3Joe O'BrienLongford4-113South DownPaul McGoldrickFermanagh0-1313Cavan5Garrett GheeLongford1-912Donegal6Kevin CoddWarwickshire2-511LongfordPaul O'NeillSouth Down1-811LongfordGarrett GheeLongford1-811DonegalIan BerminghamLeitrim0-1111South Down10Lee HendersonDonegal0-1010Fermanagh

Scoring events First hat-trick of the competition: J O'Brien for Longford against South Down Widest winning margin: 17 points Longford 2-21 - 0-10 Leitrim (Semi-final) Most goals in a match: 6 Longford 5-13 - 1-13 South Down (Round 2B) Most points in a match: 34 Longford 2-22 - 2-12 Warwickshire (Quarter-final) Most goals by one team in a match: 5 Longford 5-13 - 1-13 South Down (Round 2B) Most goals scored by a losing team: 2 Warwickshire 2-12 - 2-22 Longford (Quarter-final) Warwickshire 2-09 - 0-21 Donegal (Round 2A) Most points scored by a losing team: 15 Longford 1-15 - 3-13 Donegal (Round 1)

Most points by one team in a match: 22 Fermanagh 1-11 - 1-22 Donegal (Semi-final) Warwickshire 2-12 - 2-22 Longford (Quarter-final) Highest aggregate score: 46 points Warwickshire 2-12 - 2-22 Longford (Quarter-final) Lowest aggregate score: 29 points Fermanagh 0-19 - 1-07 Cavan (Quarter-final)

Miscellaneous

Longford won their first ever national championship Longford become the first county from Leinster to win the Lory Meagher Cup

2010 Lory Meagher Cup

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