The 2016 Nicky Rackard Cup was the 12th staging of the Nicky Rackard Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The competition began on Saturday 23 April 2016 and ended on Saturday 4 June 2016.
Roscommon were the 2015 champions and were promoted to the Christy Ring Cup.
On 4 June 2016, Mayo won the Nicky Rackard Cup following a 2-16 to 1-15 defeat of Armagh. It was their first Nicky Rackard Cup title.
Tyrone's Damian Casey was the championship's top scorer with 2-40.
Format
The 2016 Nicky Rackard Cup is played in a double-elimination format. For clarity, the draw details are detailed in each round below.
Teams
General Information CountyLast Cup TitleLast provincial titleLast All-Ireland titlePosition in 2015 Championship Armagh2012——Runners-up Donegal20131932—Semi-finalsFermanagh ———Champions (Lory Meagher Cup) Fingal ———Quarter-finals Longford ———Won relegation playoffMayo —1909—Lost relegation playoff (Christy Ring Cup) Monaghan —1915—Quarter-finals Tyrone2014——Semi-finals
Round 1
All eight teams play in Round 1.
Round 2A
Contested by the four winners of Round 1.
Round 2B
Contested by the four losers of Round 1.
Quarter-finals
The two losers of round 2A (who won a match and lost a match) play the two winners of round 2B (who lost a match and won a match). These two matches are referred to as quarter-finals.
Semi-finals
The winners of round 2A play the winners of the two quarter-finals.
Final
Christy Ring/Nicky Rackard Relegation/Promotion
The bottom team in this year's Christy Ring Cup (tier 2) plays the winner of this year's Nicky Rackard Cup (tier 3).
Nicky Rackard/Lory Meagher play-offs
Bottom play-off
Contested by the two losers from round 2B. Both these teams lost their first two matches.
Relegation/Promotion play-off
The bottom team in this year's Nicky Rackard Cup (tier 3) plays the winner of this year's Lory Meagher Cup (tier 4).
Scoring statistics
Overall Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Damian CaseyTyrone2-4046315.332Kenny FeeneyMayo3-303948.753Conor CorvanArmagh5-163156.204Ryan GaffneyArmagh0-292955.805J. M. SheridanFingal1-252839.33Joe O'BrienLongford2-222839.33Seán CorriganFermanagh2-222839.33Lee HendersonDonegal1-252847.00
Top scorer in a single game
Rank Player Team Tally Total Opposition1Damian CaseyTyrone1-1720Fermanagh2Damian CaseyTyrone1-1113Longford3Kenny FeeneyMayo1-912ArmaghDamian CaseyTyrone0-1212Mayo5Seán McVeighDonegal3-211ArmaghSeán CorriganFermanagh0-1111MonaghanJ. M. SheridanFingal0-1111LongfordKenny FeeneyMayo0-1111ArmaghFergal RafterMonaghan0-1111Donegal10Brian McGuiganMonaghan3-110FermanaghJoe O'BrienLongford1-710Fingal
See also
2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2016 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship 2016 Christy Ring Cup 2016 Lory Meagher Cup
References