The 2022 Gerry Reilly Cup was the thirty-third staging of the Gerry Reilly Cup, the under-16 inter-county Gaelic football competition hosted by Meath club Oldcastle. Louth won the tournament for the first time, after defeating Meath by eleven points in the final.
Format The tournament consisted of two groups of teams. Two points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.
Table After completion of the group stage, Louth and Cavan qualified from Group 1. Meath and Kildare progressed from Group 2.
Group 1 Table P W D L F A +/- Pts Louth 2 2 0 0 47 26 +21 4 Cavan 2 1 0 1 45 38 7 2 Antrim 2 0 0 2 24 52 -28 0
Group 2 Table P W D L F A +/- Pts Meath 3 3 0 0 80 31 +49 6 Kildare 3 2 0 1 70 42 +28 4 Clare 3 1 0 2 38 68 -30 2 Fermanagh 3 0 0 3 20 67 -47 0
Knockout stage
Semi-Finals
Final
GK1 Jamie McCormack (St Peter's Dunboyne)RCB2 Oliver Maloney (Walterstown)FB3 Paddy White (Ratoath)LCB4 Cormac Liggan (Dunderry)RHB5 Tom Lenehan (Skryne)CHB6 John Gormley (Gaeil Colmcille)LHB7 Ciarán O'Hare (Rathkenny)MF8 Cian Commons (Seneschalstown)MF9 David Donnelly (Bective)RHF10 Billy Smyth (Skryne)CHF11 John Harkin (St Peter's Dunboyne)LHF12 Michael McIvor (St Vincent's)RCF13 Aaron O'Rourke (Trim)FF14 Liam Jennings (Blackhall Gaels)LCF15 Kyle Ennis (Trim) Substitutes: 16 Naoise Maguire (St Colmcille's) 17 Hugh Kehoe (Ratoath) 18 Oisín Yore (Carnaross) 19 Rory Crawley (Oldcastle) 20 Andrew Gormley (Gaeil Colmcille) 21 Tiernan Anderson (Gaeil Colmcille) GK1 Cian O'Donoghue (Geraldines)RCB2 Ciarán McGinty (St Fechin's)FB3 Caoimhín Prout (St Kevin's)LCB4 Keelin Martin (St Mary's)RHB5 Cormac McKeown (St Joseph's)CHB6 Micheál Reid (Hunterstown Rovers) (c)LHB7 Shayne Soraghan (Geraldines)MF8 Conor McGinty (O'Raghallaighs)MF9 Paul Galvin (Newtown Blues)RHF10 Dylan Shevlin (Stabannon Parnells)CHF11 Jack Healy (Newtown Blues)LHF12 Pearse Grimes-Murphy (St Joseph's)RCF13 Adam Gillespie (St Mary's) FF14 Seán Flynn (Mattock Rangers) LCF15 Shane Lennon (St Mochta's)Substitutes: 16 James Corcoran (Roche Emmets) 17 Liam Brannigan (Newtown Blues) 18 Cian Farrell (Geraldines) 19 Donnacha Hodgins (Dreadnots) 20 Paddy McHugh (Glen Emmets) 21 Justin Cooney (O'Connells) 22 Jack O'Leary (St Joseph's) 23 Robbie Matthews (St Kevin's) 24 Josh Taaffe (St Mary's)
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