2017 Wexford Senior Football Championship

Wexford S.F.C.

Season	2017
Champions	Starlights (10th title)
Relegated	Horeswood
Leinster SCFC	???
All Ireland SCFC	n/a
Winning Captain	Tom Wall
Man of the Match	Darragh Pepper
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The 2017 Wexford Senior Football Championship is the 119th edition of the Wexford GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Wexford, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Wexford in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Gusserane O'Rahillys were the defending champions after they defeated Glynn–Barntown in the previous year's final.

This was Taghmon-Camross' return to the senior grade after claiming the 2016 Wexford Intermediate Football Championship title.

Horeswood were relegated to the 2018 I.F.C. after 19 years as a senior club when losing the Relegation final to Sarsfields.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from 2016 Wexford Intermediate Football Championship

• Taghmon–Camross – (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C.

Relegated to 2017 Wexford Intermediate Football Championship

• Adamstown St Abban's

Group stage

There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The top 4 in each group qualify for the quarter-finals. The bottom finisher in each group will qualify for the Relegation Final.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Shelmaliers	5	4	1	0	75	62	+13	8
Castletown Liam Mellows	5	3	2	0	69	53	+16	6
Starlights	5	3	2	0	76	68	+8	6
Glynn–Barntown	5	3	2	0	67	67	0	6
St Anne's Rathangan	5	2	3	0	57	66	-9	4
Sarsfields	5	0	5	0	58	76	-18	0

Round 1

4/21/17 20:30	Shelmaliers	1-13 – 2-9	Starlights	St Patrick's Park Referee: Kevin Carty (Sarsfields)
	Eoin Doyle 1-1, Eoghan Nolan 0-3f, Brian Malone, Conor Hearne, Barry O'Connor 0-2 each, Aaron Murphy, Glen Malone, Simon Donohoe 0-1 each		Darragh Pepper 2-1, Dillon Redmond 0-3, Liam Ryan, Nick Doyle, Ryan Mahon (0-1f), Alan Tobin, Brendan Kearney (0-1f) 0-1 each

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4/22/17 18:45	St Anne's	1-10 – 1-9	Glynn–Barntown	Wexford Park Referee: Sean Whelan (St. Martin's)
	Sean Kenny 1-1 (0-1f), Redmond Barry 0-4 (0-3f), Jonathan Fogarty 0-2, Sean Gaul (0-1f), Mark Furlong, Andy Kennedy 0-1 each		Mark Fanning 0-4 (0-3f), Craig Doyle 1-0, Rioghan Crosbie 0-2, James Stafford, Michael O'Regan (0-1f), Robert Dempsey 0-1 each

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4/22/17 14:00	Castletown	2-13 – 0-6	Sarsfields	Bellefield Referee: Pat Kehoe (Ratharogue-Cushinstown)
	Joe Gardiner 1-1, Colin Kennedy 1-0, Robbie Brooks 0-3, Donnacha Holmes, Andy Merrigan, Ben Brosnan (0-2f) 0-2 each, Conor Carty, Jody O'Shaughnessy, Pierce Maxwell 0-1 each		Eoin Roche 0-4 (0-3f), John Bridges (0-1f) and Dylan Furlong 0-1 each

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Round 2

4/28/17 19:00	Castletown	2-13 – 1-8	St Anne's	St Patrick's Park Referee: Barry Redmond (Clonard)
	Donnaca Holmes 2-4, Ben Brosnan 0-4 (0-1f), Conor Carty 0-2 (0-1f), Peter Devine, Richard Farrell, Andy Merrigan 0-1 each		Andy Kennedy 1-1, Sean Kelly 0-4f, Ben Moore, Redmond Barry, Mark Furlong 0-1 each

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4/28/17 20:30	Starlights	2-14 – 4-5	Glynn–Barntown	St Patrick's Park Referee: Fintan O'Reilly (Kilmore)
	Dillon Redmond 2-4 (2-0 pen, 0-2f), Brendan Kearney 0-4f, Kevin Foley 0-3, Darragh Pepper 0-2, Alan Tobin 0-1		Mark Fanning 2-2 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Robert Dempsey 1-1, Michael O'Regan 1-0, Nigel Usher and Barry Doyle 0-1 each

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4/29/17 17:30	Shelmaliers	2-14 – 2-8	Sarsfields	Wexford Park Referee: James Mullally (Gusserane)
	Eoghan Nolan 0-6 (0-3f), Aaron Murphy and Conor Hearne 1-1, Paraic O'Leary 0-2, Tommy Barron, Brian Murphy, Glen Malone, Brian Malone 0-1 each		Lee Chin 2-4 (0-2f), David Mooney 0-3 (0-2f), John Bridges 0-1

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Round 3

8/4/17 19:00	Starlights	1-12 – 1-11	St Anne's	Hollymount Referee: Barry Redmond (Clonard)
	Kevin Foley 0-5, Liam Ryan 1-0, Richard Farrell 0-3 (1 '45), Jack Kelly 0-2, Jason Russell and Killian Lett 0-1 each	Report	Sean Kelly 0-6 (0-4f), Michael O'Brien 1-0, Jonathan Fogarty 0-2, Diarmuid O'Keeffe, Redmond Barry (0-1f), Francis Simpson 0-1 each

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8/4/17 20:30	Glynn–Barntown	2-6 – 1-8	Sarsfields	Hollymount Referee: David Jenkins (Gusserane)
	Robert Dempsey 2-2, Mark Fanning 0-2 (0-1f), Alan Cowman and Rioghan Crosbie (0-1f) 0-1 each		Dylan Furlong 1-0, Lee Smith 0-3f, Michael Hanrahan, Eoin Roche, John Bridges (0-1f), Lee Chin (0-1f), David Mooney (0-1f)

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8/6/17 12:00	Shelmaliers	2-8 – 0-9	Castletown	Wexford Park Referee: John Carton (Monageer–Boolavogue)
	Andre O'Brien and Conor Hearne 1-1 each, Eoghan Nolan 0-2 (0-1f), Aaron Murphy, Simon Donohoe, Eoin Doyle, Colin Cleary 0-1 each		Ben Brosnan 0-6 (0-4f), Conor Carty 0-2 (0-1f), Richard Farrell 0-1

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Round 4

8/18/17 19:00	Glynn–Barntown	1-12 – 1-10	Shelmaliers	Taghmon Referee: Seán Whelan (St Martin's)
	Gary Delaney 0-8 (0-6f, 2 '45), Mark Fanning 1-0, Craig Doyle 0-2, Nigel Usher and James Stafford 0-1 each	Report	Eoghan Nolan 0-4 (0-3f), Simon Donohoe 1-0, Colin Cleary 0-3f, Jody Donohoe 0-2, Glen Malone 0-1

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8/20/17 12:00	Castletown	0-12 – 0-11	Starlights	Wexford Park Referee: James Mullally (Gusserane)
	Ben Brosnan 0-4 (0-2f), Andy Merrigan 0-3, Donnacha Holmes 0-2, Peter Devine, Conor Carty (0-1f), Pierce Maxwell 0-1 each	Report	Alan Tobin (0-3f) and Dillon Redmond (0-2f, 1 '45) 0-4 each, Nick Doyle, Richard Farrell, Eamonn Furlong 0-1 each

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8/20/17 13:30	St Anne's	0-10 – 0-8	Sarsfields	Wexford Park Referee: James Flood (St Mary's Maudlintown)
	Liam Rochford and Redmond Barry (0-1f) 0-3 each, Sean Kelly 0-2 (0-1f), Mark Furlong and David Fogarty 0-1 each	Report	Lee Smith 0-3f, Dylan Furlong and Kevin Gore 0-2 each, John Bridges 0-1

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Round 5

9/1/17 20:30	Shelmaliers	0-12 – 0-9	St Anne's	Cushintown Referee: Anthony Tobin (Geraldine O'Hanrahans)
	Eoghan Nolan 0-4 (0-3f), Simon Donohoe 0-3, Aaron Murphy 0-2, Graham Staples, Conor Hearne, Colin Cleary 0-1 each	Report	Redmond Barry 0-6 (0-5f), Francis Simpson 0-2, Diarmuid O'Keeffe 0-1

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9/1/17 20:30	Glynn–Barntown	1-8 – 1-7	Castletown	St Patrick's Park Referee: David Jenkins (Gusserane)
	Gary Dealey 1-4 (0-3f, 1 '45), Mark Fanning 0-3, Craig Doyle 0-1		Conor Carty 1-3 (0-2f), Colin Kennedy 0-2, Peter Devine and James Holmes 0-1 each

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9/1/17 20:30	Starlights	1-12 – 1-6	Sarsfields	Bree Referee: Brendan Holohan (Rathgarogue-Cushinstown)
	Dillon Redmond 1-3 (1-0 pen), Alan Tobin 0-3 (0-1f), Rory O'Connor, Liam Ryan, Richie Farrell, Eamonn Furlong, Ryan Mahon, Tomas Mahon 0-1 each	Report	Lee Chin 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-4f) and David Mooney 0-2

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
St Martin's	5	4	0	1	91	44	+47	9
St James'	5	2	2	1	64	70	-6	5
Taghmon–Camross	5	2	2	1	69	76	-7	5
Gusserane O'Rahilly's	5	2	3	0	68	77	-9	4
St Mogue's Fethard	5	1	2	2	46	60	-14	4
Horeswood	5	1	3	1	72	83	-11	3

Round 1

4/22/17 17:00	St Martin's	0-22 – 0-8	Taghmon–Camross	Wexford Park Referee: Billy Dodd (Sarsfields)
	Ciaran Lyng 0-5 (0-2f), Rory O'Connor and Barry O'Connor 0-3 each, Jack O'Connor, Jamie Carty, Edward O'Byrne 0-2, Conor Firman, Aaron Maddock, Jake Firman, Darren Codd, Joe Coleman 0-1 each		Seamie McLoughlin 0-6 (0-2f), Michael O'Gorman (0-1f) and Ian Carty 0-1 each

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4/23/17 14:00	Gusserane O'Rahillys	0-19 – 1-13	Horeswood	O'Kennedy Park Referee: Damien Donovan (Volunteers)
	Adrian Flynn 0-8 (0-2f), Sean Ryan 0-4, Kenneth Cahill 0-2, Graeme Cullen, Cillian Kehoe, Paraic Conway, Sam Wall, Paul Wall 0-1 each	Report	PJ Banville 0-5 (0-4f), Eric Banville 1-1, Declan Murphy 0-3 (0-2f), David Larkin 0-2, Sean Stafford and Darren Shannon 0-1 each

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4/23/17 15:30	Fethard	0-12 – 1-7	St James'	O'Kennedy Park Referee: David Jenkins (Gusserane)
	Kevin Rowe 0-6 (0-5f), Ciaran Dwyer 0-2, Daire Barden, Garrett Foley, Joe Sutton, John Tubritt 0-1 each	Report	Kevin O'Grady 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Darragh Lyons, Tommy Walsh, Brian Molloy 0-1 each

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Round 2

4/29/17 19:15	Fethard	1-7 – 0-10	Taghmon–Camross	Wexford Park Referee: James Flood (St Mary's Maudlintown)
	John Tubritt 1-4, Ruairi Tubrid, Kevin Rowe (0-1f), Garrett Foley 0-1 each		Stephen O'Gorman 0-3, Seamus McLoughlin (0-1f) and Ian Carty (0-2f) 0-2 each, David O'Keefe, Darren Carty, Luke Sinnott 0-1 each

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4/30/17 14:00	St Martin's	2-15 – 1-9	Horeswood	O'Kennedy Park Referee: Billy Dodd
	Jamie Carty (1 '45) and Daithi Waters 1-2 each, Ciaran Lyng 0-4, Jake Firman, Barry O'Connor (0-1f), Joe Coleman 0-2 each, Conor Firman and Patrick O'Connor 0-1 each		Eric Banville 1-1, Sean Nolan 0-3, Declan Murphy (0-2f) and PJ Banville (0-1f) 0-2 each, David Larkin 0-1

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4/30/17 15:45	Gusserane O'Rahillys	3-6 – 1-13	St James'	O'Kennedy Park Referee: Anthony Tobin (Geraldine O'Hanrahans)
	Kenneth Cahill, Robbie Corcoran, Paul Wall 1-0 each, Jack Burford 2 '45, Adrian Flynn (0-1f), Mark Rossiter (0-1f), Paraic Conway, Sean Ryan 0-1 each		Matthew O'Hanlon 0-4 (2 '45), Adam Parle 1-1, Kevin O'Grady, Brian Molloy, Jamie Myler (0-1f) 0-2 each, David Doyle and Tommy Walsh 0-1 each

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Round 3

8/5/17 18:00	St Martin's	1-8 – 0-11	Fethard	O'Kennedy Park Referee: Anthony Tobin (Geraldine O'Hanrahans)
	Joe Coleman 0-4, Patrick O'Connor 1-0, Daithi Waters, Jake Firman, Ciaran Lyng (0-1f), Barry O'Connor 0-1 each		Mikie Dwyer 0-3 (0-1f), Kevin Rowe (0-1f) and John Tubritt 0-2 each, Daire Barden, Richie Waters, Garrett Foley, Jesse Foley 0-1 each

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8/5/17 19:30	St James	0-15 – 1-12	Horeswood	O'Kennedy Park Referee: Kevin Carty (Sarsfields)
	Kevin O'Grady 0-6, Jamie Myler 0-5 (0-3f), Brian Molloy 0-2, David Doyle and Tommy Walsh 0-1 each	Report	Declan Murphy 0-5 (0-2f), David Shannon 1-1 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Leigh O'Brien 0-3, Sean Nolan 0-2, David Larkin 0-1

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8/6/17 13:30	Taghmon–Camross	3-11 – 0-12	Gusserane O'Rahillys	Wexford Park Referee: Billy Dodd (Sarsfields)
	Ian Carty 3-1, Seamus McLoughlin 0-5 (0-1f, 1 '45), Barry O'Gorman 0-2, Stephen Stafford, Darren Carty, Luke Sinnott 0-1 each	Report	Shane Cullen 0-4 (0-2f), Sam Wall and Mark Rossiter (0-2f) 0-2 each, Adrian Redmond, Paraic Conway, Sean Ryan (1 sl), Kenneth Cahill (0-1 pen) 0-1 each

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Round 4

8/18/17 20:30	St Martin's	0-16 – 0-8	St James'	Taghmon Referee: Anthony Tobin (Geraldine O'Hanrahans)
	Ciaran Lyng 0-8 (0-4f), Darren Codd and Ryan Murphy 0-2 each, Ben Maddock, Daithi Waters, Jake Firman, Joe Coleman 0-1 each	Report	Jamie Myler 0-4 (0-3f), Brian Molloy 0-2 (0-1f), Graeme Molloy and Shane Murphy 0-1 each

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8/19/17 17:30	Gusserane O'Rahillys	1-14 – 0-4	Fethard	O'Kennedy Park Referee: Kevin Carty (Sarsfields)
	Kenneth Cahill 1-2 (1-0 pen), Mark Rossiter (0-2f) and Sean Ryan 0-3 each, Paraic Conway and Sam Wall 0-2 each, Adrian Redmond and Paul Wall 0-1 each	Report	Mikie Dwyer 0-2 (0-1f), Daire Barden and Mark Wallace 0-1 each

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8/19/17 19:00	Taghmon–Camross	3-10 – 2-11	Horeswood	O'Kennedy Park Referee: Barry Redmond (Clonard)
	Anthony Breen, Stephen O'Gorman, Ian Carty 1-1 each, Seamus McLoughlin 0-4f, Chris Cullen, Eoin Doyle, Luke Sinnott 0-1 each	Report	Sean Nolan 1-2, David Shannon 1-1 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), PJ Banville 0-4 (0-2f), Declan Murphy 0-2, David Larkin and Leigh O'Brien 0-1 each

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Round 5

9/2/17 18:00	St Martin's	3-12 – 0-5	Gusserane O'Rahillys	Wexford Park Referee: Barry Redmond (Clonard)
	Ciaran Lyng 1-3 (0-1f), Jamie Carty 1-2 (0-1f), Jack O'Connor 1-0, Ryan Murphy 0-3, Barry O'Connor 0-2 (0-1f), Jake Firman and Daithi Waters 0-1 each	Report	Sean Ryan 0-4 and Kenneth Cahill 0-1

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9/2/17 18:00	Horeswood	2-6 – 1-6	Fethard	O'Kennedy Park Referee: Damien Donovan (Volunteers)
	Sean Nolan 1-1, Paddy Murphy 1-0, Declan Murphy 0-3f, David Larkin and Shane O'Hanlon (0-1f) 0-1 each		Joe Sutton 1-0, John Tubritt 0-2, Graham O'Grady, Daire Barden, Kevin Rowe, Ruairi Tubrid 0-1 each

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9/2/17 18:00	St James'	1-12 – 2-6	Taghmon–Camross	Bellefield Referee: John Carton (Monageer–Boolavogue)
	David Doyle 1-0, Matthew O'Hanlon and Jamie Myler (0-1f) 0-3 each, Mark Molloy and Kevin O'Grady 0-2 each, Paul Barron and Brian Molloy 0-1 each	Report	Michael O'Gorman 1-2, Stephen O'Gorman 1-0, Seamus McLoughlin 0-2f, Darren Carty and Ian Carty 0-1 each

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Knock-out Stages

Relegation Final

The bottom finisher from both groups qualify for the Relegation final. The loser will be relegated to the 2018 Intermediate Championship.

• Sarsfields 2-9, 1-8 Horeswood, Cushinstown, 15/9/2017,

Finals bracket

The top 4 teams from each group qualify for the quarter-finals with 1st -vs- 4th and 2nd -vs- 3rd in each case.

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Starlights

1-14

St James'

0-10

Starlights

2-12

Castletown

3-15

Castletown

1-12

Taghmon–Camross

1-10

Starlights

0-17

Shelmaliers

1-12

St Martin's

1-8

Gusserane O'Rahillys

0-11

Shelmaliers

1-10 (2-4 R)

St Martin's

0-18

St Martin's

0-13 (1-14 R)

Glynn–Barntown

2-6

Quarter-finals

9/16/17 14:00	Starlights	1-14 – 0-10	St James'	Wexford Park Referee: Damien Donovan (Volunteers)
	Dillon Redmond 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-3f), Alan Tobin 0-4 (0-2f), Darragh Pepper 0-3, Kevin Foley 0-2, Ryan Mahon 0-1	Report	Jamie Myler 0-6 (0-4f), Kevin O'Grady 0-2 (1 '45), David Doyle and Matthew O'Hanlon 0-1 each

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9/16/17 15:30	Shelmaliers	1-12 – 0-11	Gusserane O'Rahilly's	Wexford Park Referee: Kevin Carty (Sarsfields)
	Eoghan Nolan 1-6 (0-2f), Glen Malone 0-2, Brian Murphy, Simon Donohoe, Paraic O'Leary, Craig McCabe 0-1 each	Report	Mark Rossiter 0-4 (0-1f), Shane Cullen (0-2f) and Sean Ryan 0-2 each, Jack Burford (0-1f), Adrian Redmond, Sam Wall 0-1 each

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9/16/17 17:45	Castletown	3-15 – 1-10	Taghmon–Camross	Bellefield Referee: Barry Redmond (Clonard)
	Andy Merrigan 1-2 (0-1f), Donnacha Holme 0-4, Robbie Brooks 1-1, Danny Gardiner 1-0, James Holmes, Jody O'Shaughnessy, Ben Brosnan (0-1f) 0-2 each, Conor Carty and Pierce Maxwell 0-1 each	Report	Seamus McLoughlin 1-3 (0-2f), Stephen O'Gorman 0-3, Ian Carty 0-2, Darren Carty and Barry O'Gorman 0-1 each

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9/16/17 19:15	St Martin's	0-18 – 2-6	Glynn–Barntown	Bellefield Referee: Anthony Tobin (Geraldine O'Hanrahans)
	Barry O'Connor 0-7 (0-4f), Ciaran Lyng 0-6 (0-1f), Jamie Carty 0-2, Conor Firman, Jake Firman, Ryan Murphy 0-1 each	Report	Gary Delaney 2-1 (2-0 pen, 0-1f), Mark Fanning 0-3 (0-2f), Rioghan Crosbie and Craig Doyle 0-1 each

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Semi-finals

10/1/17 14:00	Starlights	2-12 – 1-12	Castletown	Wexford Park Referee: Anthony Tobin (Geraldine O'Hanrahans)
		Report

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10/1/17 15:30	Shelmaliers	1-10 – 0-13	St Martin's	Wexford Park Referee: Barry Redmond (Clonard)

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10/15/17 15:45 Replay	St Martin's	1-14 – 2-4	Shelmaliers	Wexford Park Referee: David Jenkins (Gusserane)
		Report

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Final

29 October 2017 3:00 pm	Starlights	0-17 – 1-8	St Martin's	Wexford Park Referee: Barry Redmond (Clonard) Man of the Match: Liam Ryan
	Alan Tobin (0-1f) and Darragh Pepper 0-4 each, Dillon Redmond 0-3f, Rory O'Connor 0-2, Kevin Foley, Liam Ryan, Richard Farrell, Eamonn Furlong 0-1 each	Report	Ciaran Lyng 1-3 (0-3f), Jack O'Connor and Jake Firman 0-2 each, Rory O'Connor 0-1

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Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

Main article: 2017–18 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship