each County at least three league games in advance of the knock-out provincial championships Teams are permitted to commence training from the 1 st of January 2023, with no challenge games being permitted until after February 1st. Groupings for the various competitions are largely based on a geographical basis. Each competition is separate, the five competitions are. 

 

• Philly Mc Guinness Cup 

• Leo Murphy Cup 

• John Kerins Cup 

• Liam Connor Cup 

• Andrew Corden Cup A trophy to be presented to the winner of each competition Philly Mc Guinness Cup 

Leo Murphy Cup Group 1 Group 2 Group 1 Group 2 Armagh Louth Westmeath Monaghan Leitrim Fermanagh Cavan Longford Derry Mayo Donegal Sligo Down Meath Tyrone Antrim 

John Kerins Cup Liam Connor Cup Andrew Corden Cup Group 1 Group 2 Cork Galway Laois Roscommon Kildare Dublin Kerry Offaly Tipperary Limerick Clare Carlow Waterford Wexford Wicklow 

 

 Competition Format Philly Mc Guinness, Leo Murphy & John Kerins Cups 

• Two Groups of four teams in each competition. o exception John Kerins Cup Group 2, will only have three teams, but a playoff game will be provided to give the teams involved three games 

• Each group will play three ordinary rounds 

•The top team in each group will qualify for their respective final 

• Round-robin games are to be played home & away basis 

• The Final is to be played at a venue nominated by the committee in charge. (Note: where suitable, the committee in charge may fix the final in a venue in the County after whom the cup is called after.) 

• The playoff game in the John Kerins Cup Group 2 will involve the 2nd placed team against the 3rd placed teams, with the 2nd placed team having the home venue Liam Connor & Andrew Corden Cup 

• One Group of four teams in each competition 

• Each team will play three ordinary rounds of the league 

• The top two teams will qualify for their respective final 

• Round-robin games are to be played home & away basis 

• The first-placed team in the group will have home venue in the final 

Exception: Where suitable, the committee in charge may fix the final in a venue in the County after whom the cup is called after. Fixture Schedule Round 1 – Saturday 11th February 2023 Round 2 – Saturday 18th February 2023 Round 3 – Saturday 4th March 2023 Final – Saturday 11th March 2023 Note: Date changes will be facilitated where possible once there is an agreement between the two Counties. 

 

Philly Mc Guinness Cup Round 1 

Saturday 11.02.2023 

Group 1 Armagh v Monaghan Westmeath v Louth Group 2 Fermanagh v Leitrim Longford v Cavan Round 2

Saturday 18.02.2023 Group 1 Louth v Armagh Monaghan v Westmeath Group 2 Cavan v Fermanagh Leitrim v Longford Round 3 

Saturday 04.03.2023 Group 1 Monaghan v Louth Westmeath v Armagh Group 2 Leitrim v Cavan Longford v Fermanagh Final 

Saturday 11.03.2023 1 st Placed Team Group 1 v 1st Placed Team Group 2 Leo Murphy Cup Round 1 

Saturday 11.02.2023 Group 1 Derry v Donegal Sligo v Mayo Group 2 Meath v Tyrone Antrim v Down Round 2 

Saturday 18.02.2023 Group 1 Mayo v Derry Donegal v Sligo Group 2 Down v Meath Tyrone v Antrim Round 3 

Saturday 04.03.2023 Group 1 Derry v Sligo Mayo v Donegal Group 2 Meath v Antrim Down v Tyrone Final 

Saturday 11.03.2023 1 st Placed Team Group 1 v 1st Placed Team Group 2 John Kerins Cup Round 1 

Saturday 11.02.2023 Group 1 Roscommon v Galway Cork v Laois Group 2 Kerry v Kildare Dublin BYE 

Round 2 Saturday 18.02.2023 

Group 1 

Galway v Cork Laois v Roscommon Group 2 Dublin v Kerry Kildare BYE 

Round 3 

Saturday 04.03.2023 

Group 1 

Cork v Roscommon Galway v Laois Group 2 Kildare v Dublin Kerry BYE 

Final | Saturday 11.03.2023 

1 st Placed Team Group 1 v 1st Placed Team Group 2 

Liam Connor Cup Round 1 Saturday 11.02.2023 

Offaly v Clare Limerick v Tipperary 

Round 2 Saturday 18.02.2023 

Clare v Limerick Tipperary v Offaly 

Round 3 Saturday 04.03.2023 

Tipperary v Clare Offaly v Limerick Final Saturday 11.03.2023 

1 st Placed Team v 2nd Placed Team 

Andrew Corden Cup Round 1 | Saturday 11.02.2023 

Waterford v Wexford Wicklow v Carlow 

Round 2 | Saturday 18.02.2023 

Carlow v Waterford Wexford v Wicklow 

Round 3 | Saturday 04.03.2023 Waterford v Wicklow Carlow v Wexford 

Final | Saturday 11.03.2023 1 st Placed Team v 2nd Placed Team 

 

Regulations Failure to fulfil Fixtures: 

• The penalties for a Unit failing to fulfil a fixture in the U20 Development leagues shall be as outlined in Riail 6.38 T.O. 2022. Where Counties finish with Equal Points i. Where two Teams only are involved - the outcome of the meeting of the two Teams in the previous game in the Competition. ii. Scoring Difference (subtracting the total Scores Against from total Scores For); iii. Highest Total Score For. iv. Highest Total Goals For v. Lowest Total Goals against vi. Draw by the Committee-in-charge Exceptions: 

• In relation to the means above, if the accumulated scores of a team, so involved, are affected by a disqualification, loss of game on a proven objection, retirement or walkover, the committee in charge will be the final decision maker. 

Winner on the Day 

• All Finals will be “Winner on the Day" Discipline 

• When a match suspension in the GAA Football U20 Football Development Leagues arising from Rules 7.2 or 7.5 (h) cannot be applied in full or part on a player due to the competition having been completed or an inadequate number of games to be played, a Two-Week Suspension for each non-applicable One Match Suspension shall be proposed/imposed in the same Code and at the same Level. 

• All disciplinary matters and breaches of Match Regulations are the responsibility of the Central Competition Control Committee. Substitutions & Match Day Panel 

• 26 Players on a match day panel 

• Unlimited substitutions but a player substituted shall not be reintroduced as a substitute in that phase of the game. i.e. Normal Time & Extra time, different phases of the game.