Dubs NFL Campaign comes to an end
- Jan 01,1970
Dubs 2023 LIDL NFL Campaign comes to a end …
Dublin concluded their 2023 LIDL national football league campaign on Sunday March 26th with a convincing win over Waterford. The Dubs finished in third place on the division one table behind Kerry and Galway respectively. During the course of their campaign Dublin won five games Meath, Cork, Mayo, Donegal and Waterford and lost two, Galway and Kerry.
Table toppers, Kerry qualified for the division one league final with two rounds to spare and will play Galway for the national title in Croke Park on Saturday April 15th. Unlike in previous years there were no league semi-finals scheduled in 2023.
When Mick Bohan reviews the NFL campaign, he will be disappointed to not reach the knockout stage of the competition but will be content with his teams standing considering the turnover of players since his sides shock defeat to Donegal in the 2022 league semi-final.
Hannah Tyrrell is the Dubs leading scorer having amassed a tally of 2-22 of which 15 points have come from frees. Kate Sullivan finished in second place with a tally of 4-10 (5f) with 1-07 scored in rounds 6 and 7. Third place went to team captain Carla Rowe with 1-11 (9f).
Orlagh Nolan finished her league campaign with aplomb scoring 1-01 versus Donegal and chalking up a hat trick in their final group game against Waterford.
Thirty-eight players represented Dublin during the course of the 2023 NFL campaign with fifteen players making their Dublin senior Inter County league debuts.
Jessica Tobin, Leah Caffrey, Jennifer Dunne, Eilish O’Dowd and Caoimhe O’Connor started in all seven of Dublin’s fixtures. Vice-captain, Leah Caffrey is the only Dubliner to complete all seven games in their entirety, having started in each round and never being substituted.
Dublin LIDL NFL top scorers:
Hannah Tyrrell (Na Fianna) 2-22 (15f) 28pts, Kate Sullivan (St Sylvesters) 4-10 (5f) 22pts, Carla Rowe (Clann Mhuire) 1-11 (9f) 14pts, Orlagh Nolan (Ballinteer St Johns) 4-01 (2 Pen) 13pts, Caoimhe O’Connor (Clontarf) 2-01 7pts, Ellen Gribben (St Brigids) 1-02 5pts, Jennifer Dunne (Cuala) 0-05 5pts, Jodi Egan (Foxrock Cabinteely) 0-05 (1f) 5pts, Niamh Hetherton (Clontarf) 0-04 (1f) 4pts, Eilish O’Dowd (Na Fianna), Dannielle Lawless (St Sylvesters), Chloe Darby (Parnells), Kerri Owens (Thomas Davis) and Shannon Richardson (O’Dwyers) 0-01 each.
Dublin LIDL NFL Div 1 Results: Rd 1 Dublin 1-11 Meath 0-8, Rd 2 Galway 1-13 Dublin 0-7, Rd 3 Cork 3-15 Dublin 4-13, Rd 4 Kerry 3-15 Dublin 1-10, Rd 5 Dublin 2-11 Mayo 2-07, Rd 6 Donegal 0-06 Dublin 2-13, Rd 7 Dublin 5-08 Waterford 0-06.
Dublin team lines outs from Round 1 to 7:
Rd 1 Dublin v Meath: Emer Ní Eafa; Niamh Crowley*, Rachel Brennan, Jess Tobin; Leah Caffrey, Dannielle Lawless, Martha Byrne; Jennifer Dunne, Eilish O’Dowd*; Orlagh Nolan, Carla Rowe, Ellen Gribben; Kate Sullivan, Hannah Tyrrell, Jodi Egan. Subs: Emma Deeley* for Crowley (15), Caoimhe O’Connor for Sullivan (HT), Annabelle Timothy* for Egan (36), Chloe Darby* for Gribben (40), Kerri Owens* for Rowe (40), Shannon Richardson* for Deeley (48), Roisin Baker* for Brennan (57).
Rd 2 Dublin v Galway: Abby Shiels; Roisin Baker, Rachel Brennan, Jessica Tobin; Leah Caffrey, Dannielle Lawless, Emma Deeley; Jennifer Dunne, Eilish O’Dowd; Orlagh Nolan, Carla Rowe, Ellen Gribben; Caoimhe O’Connor, Hannah Tyrrell, Jodi Egan. Subs: Emma Strappe* for Baker (35), Chloe Darby for Egan (35), Annabelle Timothy for Gribben (43), Kate Sullivan for Nolan (45), Tammy Quinn Corbally* for Deeley (51).
Rd 3 Dublin v Cork: Abby Shiels; Rachel Brennan, Martha Byrne, Jess Tobin; Leah Caffrey, Dannielle Lawless, Emma Deeley; Jennifer Dunne, Eilish O’Dowd; Orlagh Nolan, Carla Rowe, Ellen Gribben; Caoimhe O’Connor, Hannah Tyrrell, Kate Sullivan. Subs: Lauren Magee for Brennan (15), Sinead Wylde for Deeley (22), Kerri Owens for Sullivan (46), Niamh Hetherton for Tyrrell (48).
Rd 4 Dublin v Kerry: Emer Ní Eafa; Tammy Quinn Corbally, Martha Byrne, Jessica Tobin; Leah Caffrey, Dannielle Lawless, Lauren Magee; Jennifer Dunne, Eilish O’Dowd; Kate Sullivan, Carla Rowe, Ellen Gribben; Caoimhe O’Connor, Jodi Egan, Sinead Wylde. Subs: Orlagh Nolan for Lawless (HT), Niamh Hetherton for Wylde (HT), Chloe Darby for Egan (39), Kerri Owens for Quinn Corbally (45), Annabelle Timothy for Sullivan (47), Orla Martin* for O’Connor (53).
Rd 5 Dublin v Mayo: Abby Shiels; Rachel Brennan, Martha Byrne, Jessica Tobin; Orlagh Nolan, Lauren Magee, Leah Caffrey; Jennifer Dunne, Eilish O’Dowd; Carla Rowe, Kate Sullivan, Caoimhe O’Connor; Sinead Wylde, Hannah Tyrrell, Jodi Egan. Subs: Ellen Gribben for Wylde (15), Niamh Hetherton for Rowe (19), Dannielle Lawless for Tobin (HT), Aoife Kane for Egan (38), Niamh Crowley for Brennan (50), Annabelle Timothy for Gribben (60).
Rd 6 Dublin v Donegal: Abby Shiels, Niamh Crowley, Leah Caffery, Jessica Tobin, Lauren Magee, Dannielle Lawless, Martha Byrne; Jennifer Dunne, Eilish O’Dowd, Caoimhe O’Connor, Orlagh Nolan, Ellen Gribben, Kate Sullivan, Niamh Hetherton, Hannah Tyrrell. Subs: Annabelle Timothy for O’Connor (HT), Aoife Kane for O’Dowd (34), Chloe Darby for Lawless (45), Jodi Egan for Tyrrell (45), Caitlin Coffey* for Hetherton (54), Orla Martin for Gribben (59), Niamh Donlon* for Tobin (59), Sinead Wylde for Sullivan (60), Emma Deeley for Magee (60), Rachel Brennan for Byrne (60).
Rd 7 Dublin v Waterford: Abby Shiels, Niamh Crowley, Leah Caffrey, Jessica Tobin; Lauren Magee, Martha Byrne, Aoife Kane; Jennifer Dunne, Eilish O’Dowd, Caoimhe O’Connor, Orlagh Nolan, Ellen Gribben; Kate Sullivan, Niamh Hetherton, Jodi Egan. Subs: Carla Rowe for Dunne, Dannielle Lawless for Magee (both h-t), Annabelle Timothy for Egan (42), Caitlin Coffey for Kane (46), Chloe Darby for Hetherton (49), Rachel Brennan for Crowley (51), Sinead Wylde for O’Connor, Niamh Donlon for Tobin, Orla Martin for Nolan (both 57), Tammy Quinn Corbally for Gribben (58), Hannah Howard* for Caffrey, Julie Vaughan* for Byrne (both 59).
LIDl NFL debut*
LIDL / TG4 Player of the Match award winners:
Jessica Tobin (Cuala) vs Meath, Hannah Tyrrell (Na Fianna) vs Cork, Leah Caffrey (Na Fianna) vs Mayo, Orlagh Nolan (Ballinteer St Johns) vs Donegal.