2016 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship Explained

Type:	Junior
Year:	2016
Connacht:	Mayo
Munster:	Kerry
Leinster:	Wexford
Team:	Kerry
Titles:	17th
Captain:	Paul O'Donoghue
Manager:	Stephen Wallace
Team2:	Mayo
Captain2:	Andrew Farrell
Manager2:	Seán McLoughlin
Previous:	2015
Next:	2017

The 2016 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 86th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions.^[1]

The All-Ireland final was played on 6 August 2016 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Kerry and Mayo, in what was their fourth ever meeting in the final and a second successive meeting. Kerry won the match by 2–18 to 2–11 to claim their 17th championship title overall and a second consecutive title.^[2]

Results

Leinster Junior Football Championship

GK 1 Philip Murphy (Bannow–Ballymitty) RCB 2 Páraic O'Keeffe (St Anne's) (c) FB 3 Jason Barron (St James') LCB 4 Johnny Connors (Adamstown) RHB 5 Robbie Vallejo (Geraldine O'Hanrahans) CHB 6 Shane Doyle (Ballyhogue) LHB 7 Paul Curtis (Clongeen) MF 8 Niall Hughes (Kilanerin) MF 9 Eoin Roche (Sarsfields) RHF 10 Jake Firman (St Martin's) CHF 11 Glen Malone (Shelmaliers) LHF 12 Niall Harney (Bannow–Ballymitty) RCF 13 Conor Sinnott (St Fintan's) FF 14 Seán Ryan (Gusserane O'Rahilly's) LCF 15 Ian Carty (Taghmon–Camross) Substitutes: 16 Jamie Carty (St Martin's) for Roche 17 Tom Byrne (Kilmore) for Hughes 18 James Stafford (Glynn–Barntown) for Malone 19 Shane Byrne (Ballyhogue) for I. Carty 20 Graham Carty (St Mary's, Maudlintown) for Harney 21 Tony Smith (Shelmaliers) for Sinnott Manager: David Power

GK 1 Kevin Brennan (Seán O'Mahony's) RCB 2 Ciarán Ward (St Colmcille's, Meath) FB 3 David Finn (Hunterstown Rovers) LCB 4 Hugh Osborne (Naomh Fionnbarra) RHB 5 Conall Hoey (Geraldines) CHB 6 Robbie Curran (Clan na Gael) LHB 7 Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers) MF 8 Tony McKenna (Hunterstown Rovers) MF 9 Daniel O'Connell (Roche Emmets) RHF 10 Darragh Hamill (Geraldines) CHF 11 Seán Hand (Kilkerley Emmets) LHF 12 Dean Maguire (Dundalk Young Irelands) RCF 13 Tadhg McEneaney (Kilkerley Emmets) FF 14 Darragh Lafferty (St Patrick's) LCF 15 Cathal Bellew (Kilkerley Emmets) Substitutes: 16 Ronan Carroll (St Mary's) for Hamill 17 Patrick Kirk (St Patrick's) for Curran 18 Conor Branigan (Newtown Blues) for McEneaney 19 Matt Corcoran (Geraldines) for McKenna 20 Ciarán Bellew (Kilkerley Emmets) for Sharkey 21 John Clutterbuck (Naomh Máirtín) for Hoey Manager: Colin Kelly

All-Ireland Final

Notes and References

1. Web site: All-Ireland JFC final: Kerry crowned champions. 8 August 2015 . . 8 August 2015.
2. Web site: All-Ireland JFC final: back-to-back titles for Kerry . 10 August 2016 . . 6 August 2016.