2014 Nicky Rackard Cup


The 2014 Nicky Rackard Cup is the tenth staging of the Nicky Rackard Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The cup competition began on 26 April 2014 and will end on 14 June 2014.
Donegal were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the semi-final stages. Tyrone won the title after defeating Fingal by 1-17 to 1-16 in the final. Longford defeated Sligo in the relegation/promotion playoff to earn promotion to the 2015 Nicky Rackard Cup with Sligo dropping down to the Lory Meagher Cup.

Structure

Seven teams compete. Two play in the preliminary round, and five go straight into Round 1.

Preliminary round

Round 1

Qualifier round 1

Qualifier round 2

Relegation play-off

Semi-finals

Final

Promotion play-off

Championship statistics

Scoring

Championship

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
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Single game

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Damian CaseyTyrone0-1313Sligo
2Conor BoyleMonaghan0-1111Donegal
3Ciarán MatthewsonDonegal1-710Louth
4David MahonyLouth2-39Sligo
4Sean McVeighDonegal2-39Louth
4Keith RaymondSligo0-99Monaghan
7Kevin CampbellDonegal0-88Roscommon
7Damian CaseyTyrone0-88Roscommon
7Robbie FallonRoscommon0-88Donegal
7Gary CaddenSligo0-88Tyrone
7Diarmuid MurphyLouth0-88Donegal