2017 Croke Cup | |
Dates: | 8–25 March 2017 |
Teams: | 6 |
Sponsor: | Masita |
Champions: | Our Lady's SS |
Count: | 1 |
Champions Captain: | Paddy Cadell |
Champions Manager: | Tom Byrnes |
Runners-Up: | St Kieran's College |
Runners-Up Captain: | Adrian Mullen |
Runners-Up Manager: | Tom Hogan |
Matches: | 5 |
Goals: | 16 |
Points: | 147 |
Top Scorer: | Adrian Mullen (4-11) |
Previous Year: | 2016 |
Previous Tournament: | 2016 Croke Cup |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Next Tournament: | 2018 Croke Cup |
The 2017 All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Croke Cup was the 66th staging of the Croke Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1944.
St Kieran's College were the defending champions.[1] [2]
The final was played on 25 March 2017 at Semple Stadium in Thurles, between Our Lady's Secondary School and St Kieran's College, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Our Lady's Secondary School won the match by 3–13 to 3–11 to claim their first ever Croke Cup title.[3] [4]
Adrian Mullen was the top scorer with 4–11.
Province | Champions | Runners-up | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Connacht | St Brigid's College | Presentation College | [5] | |
Leinster | St Kieran's College | Kilkenny CBS | [6] | |
Munster | Our Lady's SS | St Colman's College | [7] |
Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average | |
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1 | Adrian Mullen | St Kieran's College | 4-11 | 23 | 2 | 11.50 | |
2 | Brian McGrath | Our Lady's SS | 1-17 | 20 | 2 | 10.00 | |
3 | Niall Brassil | Kilkenny CBS | 0-13 | 13 | 2 | 6.50 | |
4 | Conor Molloy | St Brigid's College | 0-12 | 12 | 2 | 6.00 | |
5 | Evan Niland | Presentation College | 0-11 | 11 | 1 | 11.00 |