2012 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The 2012 Leinster Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Leinster GAA. It was won by Dublin who defeated Meath in the final. The winning Dublin team received the Delaney Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. They limply exited in the semi-final after defeat to All-Ireland final losers Mayo.

Meath entered the All-Ireland Qualifiers but lost their next game, to Laois.

Bracket

	Preliminary round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Westmeath		0-14
	Louth		2-9			Louth		0-12
						Dublin		2-22
											Dublin		2-11
	Longford		1-10								Wexford		1-10
	Laois		0-12			Longford		0-15
						Wexford		1-13
																Dublin		2-13
	Meath		0-16													Meath		1-13
	Wicklow		0-11			Meath		2-21
						Carlow		1-9
											Meath		1-17
											Kildare		1-11
						Offaly		0-6
						Kildare		0-19

Preliminary round

20 May 2012

3:30pm

Preliminary Round

Westmeath	0-14 - 2-9	Louth
J Heslin (2f) 0-5, P Sharry (1 '45') 0-2, K Martin, G Egan, D McDermott, David Glennon, C McCormack, P Bannon, J Dolan 0-1 each	Report	R Carroll 1-2, D O'Connor 1-0, D Clarke (1f) 0-3, D Crilly 0-2, R Finnegan, J Carr 0-1 each

Pairc Tailteann, Navan

Attendance: 4,500 (estimated)

Referee: M Higgins (Fermanagh)

20 May 2012

3:30pm

Preliminary Round

Longford	1-10 - 0-12	Laois
P Barden 1-2, S McCormack 0-4 (2f), B Kavanagh 0-2, D Barden, M Quinn 0-1 each.	Report	G Walsh 0-4 (2f, 1 45), R Munnelly (1f), D Strong 0-2 each, C Begley, K Meaney, C Boyle, C Kelly (f) 0-1 each

Pearse Park, Longford

Attendance: 5,587

Referee: M Duffy (Sligo)

27 May 2012

3:30pm

Preliminary Round

Meath	0-16 - 0-11	Wicklow
G Reilly 0-5, B Farrell 0-4, J Sheridan, J Queeney 0-2 each, A Forde, C Ward (1f), M Collins 0-1 each	Report	T Hannon 0-6 (4f 2 '45'), J McGrath 0-3, S Furlong (f), S Byrne 0-1 each

Dr Cullen Park, Carlow

Attendance: 7,350

Referee: P Hughes (Armagh)

Quarter-finals

3 June 2012 2:00pm Quarter Final	Wexford	0-15 - 2-9	Longford	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 31,570 Referee: M Collins (Cork) Man of the Match: Adrian Flynn (Gusserane O'Rahillys)
	Adrian Flynn 0-5, Ben Brosnan (0-3f) and Ciaran Lyng (0-1f), 0-3 each, Redmond Barry 0-2, Rob Tierney and Eric Bradley 0-1 each	Report	Paul Barden 2-0 (1-0 pen), Brian Kavanagh and Sean McCormack (0-3f) 0-4 each, Niall Mulligan 0-1

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3 June 2012 4:00pm Quarter Final	Dublin	2-22 - 0-12	Louth	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 31,570 Referee: E Kinsella (Laois) Man of the Match: Bernard Brogan (St. OP/ER)
	Bernard Brogan 2-5 (0-1f), Kevin McManamon and Diamuid Connolly 0-3 each, Stephen Cluxton (2 '45), Paul Flynn, Bryan Cullen, Alan Brogan, Craig Dias 0-2 each, Denis Bastick 0-1.	Report	Darren Clarke 0-8 (0-7f, 0-1 sl), Ray Finnegan, Ronan Carroll, Adrian Reid, JP Rooney 0-1 each

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10 June 2012 4:00pm Quarter Final Replay	Longford	0-15 - 1-13	Wexford	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 10,171 Referee: C Lane (Cork)
	S McCormack 0-6 (4f), P Barden 0-4, B Kavanagh 0-2, M Quinn, S Mulligan, P Kelly 0-1 each	Report	S Roche 0-5 (2f), R Barry 1-2, B Brosnan 0-4 (2f), A Flynn, PJ Banville 0-1 each

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10 June 2012 2:00pm Quarter Final	Carlow	1-12 - 1-12	Meath	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 10,171 Referee: B Cassidy (Derry)
	JJ Smith 1-5 (4f), Brian Murphy 0-3 (2f), Brendan Murphy, D Foley, P Reid, D St Ledger (f) 0-1 each	Report	C Ward 1-3 (2f), B Farrell 0-4, G Reilly 0-3, D Tobin, M Burke 0-1 each

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16 June 2012 7:00pm Quarter Final Replay	Meath	2-21 - 1-9	Carlow	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 5,070 Referee: D Fahy (Longford)
	Brian Farrell 0-8, P Byrne 2-0, Graham Reilly 0-4, A Forde, D Carroll, J Queeney 0-2 each, B Menton, C Gillespie, C Ward 0-1 each	Report	JJ Smith 0-5, K Jackson 1-0 , K Nolan, Brendan Murphy, D Foley, Brian Murphy 0-1 each

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17 June 2012 4:00pm Quarter Final	Offaly	0-6 - 0-19	Kildare	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Attendance: 16,178 Referee: P O'Sullivan (Kerry)
	K Casey 0-3 (1f), A McNamee, A Sullivan, N Smith 0-1 each	Report	M Conway 0-5 (4f, 1 '45'), J Doyle 0-4, O Lyons 0-3, E O'Flaherty 0-2, R Kelly, P O’Neill, J Kavanagh, A Smith, Padraig Fogarty 0-1 each

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Semi-finals

1 July 2012 2:00pm Semi Final	Meath	1-17 - 1-11	Kildare	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 47,961 Referee: M Collins (Cork) Man of the Match: Conor Gillespie (Summerhill)
	Brian Farrell 0-6 (4f), Peadar Byrne 1-0, Graham Reilly and Joe Sheridan (1 '45) 0-3 each, Jamie Queeney 0-2, Damien Carroll, Alan Forde, Stephen Bray 0-1 each	Report	Mikey Conway 1-1 (0-1f), Alan Smith and Eoghan O'Flaherty (0-2f, 1 '45) 0-3 each, Emmet Bolton, John Doyle, James Kavanagh, Tomas O'Connor 0-1 each;

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1 July 2012 4:00pm Semi Final	Dublin	2-11 - 1-10	Wexford	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 47,961 Referee: R Hickey (Clare) Man of the Match: Kevin McManamon (St. Judes)
	Kevin McManamon 1-3, Diarmuid Connolly 1-1, Kevin Nolan and Bryan Cullen 0-2 each, Stephen Cluxton (0-1f), Alan Brogan, Bernard Brogan (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Redmond Barry 1-1, Ben Brosnan 0-4, Adrian Flynn and Shane Roche (0-2f) 0-2 each, PJ Banville 0-1

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Final

Main article: 2012 Leinster Senior Football Championship final

22 July 2012

4:00pm

Final

Dublin	2-13 - 1-13	Meath
B Brogan (4f) 1-7 , D Bastick 1-0, A Brogan, E O’Gara 0-2 each, K McManamon, J McCarthy 0-1 each	Report	B Farrell (6f) 0-7 , J Queeney 1-0, G Reilly 0-3, S Bray, J Sheridan (‘45’), D Tobin 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 69, 656

Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)

External links

• Leinster GAA website