The 2023 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football tournament played by eleven county teams of Leinster GAA in January 2023; Kilkenny did not take part. were the holders.
The tournament was won by , with Dessie Reynolds scoring 3-3 in the final against . The competition was marred by a series of cancelled games, as four teams gave walkovers in the later rounds, saying that they did not have enough players available, with the Sigerson Cup and other competitions going on. Leinster GAA stated that "the integrity of the competition has now been diminished. In future, counties will have to give serious consideration to their fixture schedule before committing to participating."
Competition format
The eleven teams are drawn to play in two groups of four teams and one group of three teams.
Each team plays the other teams in their group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.
The three group winners advance to the knockout stage, with one of the winners of a four-team group playing the winners of the three-team group in the semi-final, and the other four-team group winners advancing directly to the final.
Group stage Games took place 4–11 January 2023. Group A
Group B
Group C
Knockout stage
GK1 Paddy Collum (Fr. Manning Gaels)RCB2 Barry O'Farrell (Carrickedmond)FB3 Andrew Farrell (Cashel)LCB4 Ryan Moffett (Killoe Young Emmets)RHB5 Peter Lynn (Longford Slashers)CHB6 Gary Rogers (Mullinalaghta)LHB7 Iarla O'Sullivan (Rathcline)MF8 Fergal Sheridan (Colmcille)MF9 Darren Gallagher (Granard St Mary's)RHF10 Dylan Farrell (Killashee St. Brigid's)CHF11 Joseph Hagan (Dromard)LHF12 Michael Quinn (Killoe Young Emmets)RCF13 Dessie Reynolds (Seán Connolly's)FF14 Daniel Mimnagh (Killoe Young Emmets)LCF15 David McGivney (Mullinalaghta)Substitutes: 16 Aaron Farrell (Dromard) for D. Farrell 17 Robbie Smyth (Abbeylara) for Quinn 18 James McGivney (Mullinalaghta) for Mimnagh 19 Jack Macken (Colmcille) for Reynolds 20 Peter Foy (St Loman's, Westmeath) for O'Sullivan 21 Brian Masterson (Abbeylara) for Lynn 22 Ruairí Harkin (Colmcille) for Rogers 23 Tadhg McNevin (Longford Slashers) for Gallagher 24 Conor Keenan (Fr. Manning Gaels) for Hagan 25 Jayson Matthews (Mullinalaghta) for D. McGivney GK1 Martin McEneaney (St Patrick's)RCB2 Alan Connor (Newtown Blues)FB3 Bevan Duffy (St Fechin's)LCB4 Páraic McKenny (St Mary's) RHB5 Oisín McGuinness (St Joseph's)CHB6 Liam Jackson (St Mary's)LHB7 Craig Lennon (St Mochta's)MF8 Tommy Durnin (Inniskeen Grattans, Monaghan)MF9 Conall McCaul (St Joseph's)RHF10 Shane Matthews (St Mary's)CHF11 Ciarán Keenan (St Mary's) LHF12 Ryan Burns (Hunterstown Rovers)RCF13 Jay Hughes (Dreadnots)FF14 Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtín) LCF15 Tom Gray (Naomh Máirtín)Substitutes: 16 Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers) for Lennon 17 Gerard Browne (Roche Emmets) for McKenny 18 Jack Murphy (St Patrick's) for Matthews 19 Conor Clarke (Dreadnots) for Connor 20 Evan Maher (St Kevin's) for McCaul
References
External links Official site