2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final | |
Event: | 2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship |
Team1score: | 1-7 |
Team2score: | 1-6 |
Details: | Eleventh All-Ireland title in twelve years for Cork and the sixth of six titles in a row. Third of three successive finals featuring Cork and Dublin |
Date: | 25 September 2016 |
Stadium: | Croke Park |
City: | Dublin |
Referee: | Brendan Rice (Down) |
Attendance: | 34,445[1] |
Weather: | 13°C, sunny |
Previous: | 2015 |
Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured and . Cork emerged as winners after a controversial 1–7 to 1–6 win over Dublin. In the 22nd minute Dublin's Carla Rowe had a point disallowed. The umpires waved the effort wide but TV replays showed that Rowe's shot had actually gone between the posts. As Hawk-Eye was not used in the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, the decision stood. At half-time Dublin were leading by 0–4 to 0–3. As the second half started Rhona Ní Bhuachalla came on as a substitute and scored with an assist from Ciara O'Sullivan. The teams were level at 1–3 to 0–6 with twenty minutes remaining before Cork scored four unanswered points between the 48th and 54th minutes. Doireann O'Sullivan scored three while Orla Finn was also on target. Dublin were four points down in the final minute when Sinéad Aherne scored from a penalty.[2] [3]
See also: 2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship.
valign=top | Manager: Ephie Fitzgerald----Team: Martina O'Brien Marie Ambrose Bríd Stack Roisín Phelan Shauna Kelly Deirdre O'Reilly Vera Foley Annie Walsh Briege Corkery Rena Buckley Aine O'Sullivan Orlagh Farmer Ciara O'Sullivan (c) Doireann O'Sullivan Orla Finn----Substitutes: Rhona Ní Bhuachalla for Á. O'Sullivan (half time) Eimear Scally for Walsh (44) | valign=middle align=center | valign=top | Manager: Gregory McGonigle----Team: Ciara Trant Olwen Carey Deirdre Murphy Leah Caffrey Sinéad Goldrick Sinead Finnegan Niamh Collins Lauren Magee Niamh McEvoy Molly Lamb Noëlle Healy (c) Carla Rowe Lyndsey Davey Sinéad Aherne Nicole Owens ----Substitutes: Siobhan Woods for Owens (44) Muireann Ni Scanaill for Caffrey (44) Sorcha Furlong for Lamb (50) O. Leonard for McEvoy (52) Lucy Collins for Murphy (53) |