2017–18 Harty Cup

The 2017–18 Dr Harty Cup was the 98th staging of the Harty Cup since its establishment in hurlingby the Munster Council of Gaelic Athletic Association in 1918.^[1] The group stage placings were released in July 2017.^[2] The competition ran from 11 October 2017 to 17 February 2018.

2017–18 Dr Harty Cup

Dates	11 October 2017 – 17 February 2018
Teams	16
Champions	Ardscoil Rís (5th title) Ronan Connolly (captain) Liam Cronin (manager)
Runners-up	Midleton CBS Seán O'Leary-Hayes (captain) Aylwin Kearney (manager) Tim Collins (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	85 (2.74 per match)
Points scored	874 (28.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gearóid O'Connor (2-52)
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Our Lady's Secondary School unsuccessfully defended its title in the semi-finals against Midleton CBS.^[3][4]

Ardscoil Rís won the Harty Cup final on 17 February 2018 at Mallow GAA Complex, against Midleton CBS, 3–18 to 2–10, in what was mutually their first ever meeting in a final and the sixth successive Harty Cup title for Ardscoil Rís overall and last title since 2016.^[5]

Our Lady's Secondary School's Gearóid O'Connor was the top scorer with 2-52.

Group A

Group A table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Ardscoil Rís	3	3	0	0	74	38	36	6
Midleton CBS	3	2	0	1	79	51	28	4
De La Salle College	3	1	0	2	34	57	-23	2
Charleville CBS	3	0	0	3	39	80	-41	0

Group A results

Midleton CBS v De La Salle College Waterford

11 October 2017 Round 1	Midleton CBS	1-21 - 0-12	De La Salle College Waterford	Bushy Park
	L O'Shea 1-5, L Gosnell 0-6, K Oke 0-2, A Nganou 0-2, J Stack 0-1, G Carroll 0-1, D Moran 0-1, A Walsh-Barry 0-1, C Hickey 0-1, R O'Regan 0-1.	Report	C Power 0-8, A Kirwin 0-1, B Delahunty 0-1, J Troy 0-1, L O'Flynn 0-1.

Ardscoil Rís v Charleville CBS

11 October 2017 Round 1	Ardscoil Rís	3-23 - 0-09	Charleville CBS	FitzGerald Park
	R Considine 2-5, P O'Brien 0-8, C O'Neill 1-2, C O'Reilly 0-3, D Ryan 0-3, C Bourke 0-1, D Woulfe 0-1.	Report	C O'Brien 0-5, F Herr 0-2, C Griffin 0-1, C Buckley 0-1.

Midleton CBS v Charleville CBS

25 October 2017 Round 2	Midleton CBS	5-19 - 2-11	Charleville CBS	Mallow GAA Complex
	L O'Shea 1-9, L Gosnell 1-3, J Stack 1-2, G Carroll 1-2, R O'Regan 1-1, A Nganou 0-2.		C O'Brien 1-6, C Griffin 1-0, J Copps 0-1, L Morrissey 0-1, J Twomey 0-1, C Barrington 0-1, D O'Riordan 0-1.

Ardscoil Rís v De La Salle College Waterford

25 October 2017 Round 2	Ardscoil Rís	0-20 - 0-08	De La Salle College Waterford	Boherlahen Grounds
	P O'Brien 0-8, D Ryan 0-4, D Woulfe 0-3, S Long 0-1, C Bourke 0-1, C O'Reilly 0-1.	Report

De La Salle College Waterford v Charleville CBS

Round 3

De La Salle College Waterford

0-14 - 1-10

Charleville CBS

Ardscoil Rís v Midleton CBS

15 November 2017 Round 3	Ardscoil Rís	2-16 - 1-18	Midleton CBS	Boherlahen Grounds
	D Ryan (0-6), D Woulfe (1-2); P O’Brien (0-5, 0-4 frees), C O’Neill (1-1), R Duff (0-1); A Moriarty (0-1).	Report	L O’Shea (0-8, 0-4 frees, 0-2 sideline cuts), J Stack (1-2), A Walsh Barry (0-2); L Gosnell (0-2), G Millerick (0-1), R O’Regan (0-1); A Nganou (0-1), C Hickey (0-1).

Group B

Group B table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Our Lady's SS	3	3	0	0	89	46	43	6
Christian Brothers College	3	2	0	1	66	41	25	4
St Flannan's College	3	1	0	2	47	59	-12	2
Castletroy College	3	0	0	3	32	88	-56	0

Group B results

Our Lady's Secondary School v Christian Brothers College, Cork

11 October 2017 Round 1	Our Lady's Secondary School	1-15 - 2-11	Christian Brothers College, Cork	Clonmel GAA Ground
	G O’Connor (0-9, 0-5 frees), J Devaney (1-0), A Ormond (0-3), S Doyle (0-2), F Purcell (0-1).	Report	D McBarron (1-1), E McCarthy (1-1), T O’Connell (0-3 frees), K Finn (0-2); S Barrett (0-1), R Downey (0-1), C Murphy (0-1); D Hanlon (0-1).

St Flannan's College v Castletroy College

11 October 2017 Round 1	St Flannan's College	2-11 - 0-10	Castletroy College	O'Garney Park
		Report

Christian Brothers College, Cork v St Flannan's College

25 October 2017 Round 2	Christian Brothers College, Cork	2-17 - 1-11	St Flannan's College	FitzGerald Park
	I Daly 1-4, T O'Connell 0-6, D McBarron 1-1, D Mahony 0-2, E McCarthy 0-1, R Downey 0-1, P Power 0-1, S Barrett 0-1.		T O'Rourke 0-7, C Haugh 0-2, K McDermott 0-1, G Cahill 0-1.

Our Lady's Secondary School v Castletroy College

25 October 2017 Round 2	Our Lady's Secondary School	6-27 - 1-10	Castletroy College	MacDonagh Park
	G O'Connor (1-11, 0-7 frees), J Devaney (2-4), C McGrath (2-3), T O'Farrell (1-0), K Maher (0-3), J Ryan (0-3), S Doyle (0-1), É McBride (0-1), S Ryan (0-1).	Report	R Reale (0-8, 0-5 frees, 0-1 '65), N O'Brien (1-1), B Garry (0-1).

Our Lady's Secondary School v St Flannan's College

15 November 2017 Round 3	Our Lady's Secondary School	2-20 - 1-13	St Flannan's College	MacDonagh Park
	G O'Connor (1-15, 0-9 frees, 0-1 ‘65), K Maher (1-1), J Devaney (0-2), S Ryan (0-1), M O'Connell (0-1),	Report	T O’Rourke (0-8, 0-5 frees), G Cahill (1-1, 0-1 frees), C Haugh (0-2), K McDermott (0-1), A Brohan (0-1).

Christian Brothers College, Cork v Castletroy College

17 November 2017 Round 3

Christian Brothers College, Cork

2-20 - 0-09

Castletroy College

Dr Mannix Sportsfield

Group C

Group C table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
St Colman's College	3	3	0	0	63	31	32	6
John the Baptist CS	3	2	0	1	47	51	-4	4
Blackwater CS	3	1	0	2	38	49	-11	2
Coláiste Iosaef	3	0	0	3	36	63	-27	0

Group C results

John the Baptist Community School v Coláiste Íosaef

11 October 2017 Round 1	John the Baptist Community School	1-16 - 0-09	Coláiste Íosaef	Bruff Grounds
	D O'Shea 0-10, O O'Grady 1-1, B O'Grady 0-3, P Wixted 0-1.	Report	S O'Leary 0-6, T McSweeney 0-2, C Hanley-Clarke 0-1.

St Colman's College v Blackwater Community School

11 October 2017 Round 1	St Colman's College	0-14 - 0-11	Blackwater Community School	Ballyduff Grounds
	D Lardner 0-6, C Ryan 0-3, D Dennehy 0-2, E Carey 0-1, B Roche 0-1, S Roche 0-1.	Report	I Beecher 0-7, M Noonan 0-1, B O'Brien 0-1, K Bennett 0-1, O O'Gorman 0-1.

Coláiste Íosaef v St Colman's College

25 October 2017 Round 2	Coláiste Íosaef	1-07 - 3-15	St Colman's College	Michael Fox Park
	S O’Leary 1-3 (0-3f), C Hanley-Clarke 0-2, D O’Brien 0-1, G McCarthy 0-1.	Report	D Lardner 0-7 (0-6f), E Davis 1-1 (1-0 pen. 0-1f), P O’Leary 1-1, C Ryan 1-0, E Carey 0-2 (0-1f), D Morrisson 0-2, B Roche 0-1, S O’Keeffe 0-1.

John the Baptist Community School v Blackwater Community School

25 October 2017 Round 2	John the Baptist Community School	3-09 - 1-14	Blackwater Community School	Glenroe Grounds
		Report

St Colman's College v John the Baptist Community School

15 November 2017 Round 3	St Colman's College	3-16 - 0-10	John the Baptist Community School	Michael Fox Park
	D Lardner 0-7 (0-3 frees, 0-2 ‘65s), B Roche 1-4, C Ryan, P O’Leary 1-0 each, G Lardner, N Collins, E Carey, D Dennehy (0-1) each.	Report	D O’Shea 0-5 (0-3 frees, 0-1 ‘65), J O’Donnell 0-2 (both frees), B O’Grady, P Wixted, R Tobin 0-1 each.

Blackwater Community School v Coláiste Íosaef

20 November 2017 Round 3

Blackwater Community School

1-17 - 1-14

Coláiste Íosaef

Kildorrery Grounds

Group D

Group D table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Thurles CBS	3	2	0	1	65	42	23	4
Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG	3	2	0	1	55	43	12	4
Nenagh CBS	3	2	0	1	62	58	4	4
Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa	3	0	0	3	41	80	-39	0

Group D results

Nenagh CBS v Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa

11 October 2017 Round 1	Nenagh CBS	2-21 - 3-13	Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa	Lacken Park
		Report

Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG v Thurles CBS

11 October 2017 Round 1	Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG	0-16 - 1-12	Thurles CBS	Páirc Mac Gearailt
	Blake O’Murchu 0-7 (0-3f) Daire O’Conaire 0-4 (0-3f) Shane O’Riagain 0-4, Eoghan O’Gealbhain 0-1.	Report	Devon Ryan 0-5f. Gearoid Troy 1-1, Aaron Ryan 0-3, Bryan O’Mara 0-2, James Ryan 0-1.

Nenagh CBS v Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG

25 October 2017 Round 2	Nenagh CBS	1-15 - 3-08	Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG	Ballymacarbry Grounds
	K McCarthy 0-8, B McLoughney 1-3, K O'Kelly 0-2, S Kirwan 0-1, M O'Neill 0-1.	Report

Thurles CBS v Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa

25 October 2017 Round 2	Thurles CBS	4-19 - 0-09	Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa	St Patrick's Grounds
	D Ryan (1-9, 0-8 frees, 1-0 penalty), G Troy (1-2), J Lanigan (1-1), D Flood (1-0), M Hackett (0-3), C Connolly (0-2), M Nally (0-1), A Ryan (0-1).	Report	R Renehan (0-3, 0-3 frees), C Ryan (0-2 frees); J Ryan (0-2), W Barry (0-1), F Brady (0-1).

Thurles CBS v Nenagh CBS

6 December 2017 Round 3	Thurles CBS	2-13 - 2-11	Nenagh CBS	Páirc Shíleáin
	M Hackett (1-1), G Troy (1-1), A Ryan (0-4), D Ryan (0-4, 0-4 frees), C Bowe (0-1), K Ryan (0-1), D Flood (0-1).	Report	C McCarthy (1-6, 0-6 frees), B McLoughney (1-2), E Power (0-1), C Bourke (0-1), B Cooney (0-1).

Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG v Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa

6 December 2017 Round 3	Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG	3-13 - 0-10	Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa	Páirc Mac Gearailt
	S O'Regan 2-5, D Connery 0-5, E Murphy 1-1, R Stanton 0-1, D Tynan 0-1.		R Relihan 0-6, B Purcell 0-2, W Barry 0-2.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Ardscoil Rís v Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG

10 January 2018 Quarter-final	Ardscoil Rís	3-20 - 1-05	Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG	Dr Mannix Sportsfield
	P O’Brien 0-9 (4frees 1’65), D Ryan 1-4, C O’Neill 1-2, R Considine 1-1, D Woulfe, R Duff, C O’Reilly and J Daly 0-1 each.	Report	S Ó Riagain 1-1 (0-1free), D Ó Conaire 0-3 (3frees), C Ó Muimhneachain 0-1 (lineball).

Midleton CBS v Thurles CBS

10 January 2018 Quarter-final	Midleton CBS	0-15 - 1-11	Thurles CBS	Clonmel GAA Ground
	L Gosnell (0-8, 0-7 frees); L O’Shea (0-2); G Millerick, D Moran, J Stack, C Hickey, K Farmer (0-1 each).	Report	D Ryan (1-4, 0-4 frees); M Hackett (0-2); B O’Mara (0-1 free), K Ryan, C Bowe, D Flood, J Lanigan (0-1 each).

Our Lady's Secondary School v John the Baptist Community School

10 January 2018 Quarter-final	Our Lady's Secondary School	1-14 - 0-16	John the Baptist Community School	Dundrum Grounds
	G O'Connor 0-7 (5 frees); A Ormonde 1-3; J Devanney 0-3; S Ryan 0-1.	Report	D O'Shea 0-10 (8 frees), B O'Grady 0-3; R Tobin 0-2; P Heney 0-1.

Christian Brothers College, Cork v St Colman's College

10 January 2018 Quarter-final	Christian Brothers College, Cork	1-17 - 0-13	St Colman's College	Mallow GAA Complex
	R Downey 0-4, S Barrett, I Daly 0-3 each, D McBarron 1-0, T O’Connell, K Finn 0-2 each, D Hanlon, O McCarthy, P Power 0-1 each.	Report	D Lardner 0-7 (five frees), J Kearney 1-0, P O’Flynn, C Ryan, N Collins, B Roche, E Carey, P O’Leary 0-1 each.

Semi-finals

Ardscoil Rís v Christian Brothers College, Cork

27 January 2018 Semi-final	Ardscoil Rís	0-17 - 2-08	Christian Brothers College, Cork	Mallow GAA Complex
	P O’Brien 0-8 (0-5 f), R Considine 0-3, R Connolly, D Woulfe, R Duff, C O’Neill, C Bourke, B O’Connor 0-1 each.	Report	T O’Connell 0-4 f, O McCarthy 0-3, R Downey, I Daly 1-0 each, D Hanlon 0-1

Midleton CBS v Our Lady's Secondary School

27 January 2018 Semi-final	Midleton CBS	2-27 - 0-16	Our Lady's Secondary School	Clonmel GAA Ground
	L O’Shea 0-13 (0-6 f, 0-1 sl), L Gosnell 0-9 (0-5 f), J Stack 1-2, A Nganou 1-1, K Farmer 0-1, C Hickey 0-1.	Report	G O’Connor 0-10 f, J Devaney 0-3, A Ormonde 0-1, K Maher 0-1, S Doyle 0-1 f.

Final

Ardscoil Rís v Midleton CBS

17 February 2018 Final	Ardscoil Rís	3-18 - 2-10	Midleton CBS	Mallow GAA Complex
	P O’Brien (0-8, 0-4 frees, 0-2 ‘65s); C O’Neill (1-3); D Ryan (1-2); R Considine (1-1); A Moriarty, D Woulfe, C Bourke, B O’Connor (0-1 each),	Report	L Gosnell (1-7, 0-5 frees); J Stack (1-1); S O’Leary Hayes, C Hickey (0-1 each).	Referee: F Horgan (Tipperary)

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Gearóid O'Connor	Our Lady's SS	2-52	58	6	9.66
2	Paul O'Brien	Ardscoil Rís	0-46	46	6	7.66
3	Liam Gosnell	Midleton CBS	2-35	41	6	8.83
4	Liam O'Shea	Midleton CBS	1-37	40	6	8.66
5	Diarmuid Ryan	Ardscoil Rís	3-23	32	6	5.33