2015 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The 2015 Leinster Senior Football Championship is the 2015 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Leinster GAA. The competition was scheduled to start on 16 May 2015 with Offaly drawn against Longford in the opening game. The final took place 12 July.^[1] Dublin won their tenth Leinster title in 11 years after a 2-13 to 0-6 win against Westmeath.^[2][3][4]

2015 Leinster SFC

Tournament details
Year	2015
Winners
Champions	Dublin (54th win)
Manager	Jim Gavin
Captain	Stephen Cluxton
Runners-up
Runners-up	Westmeath
Manager	Tom Cribbin
Captain	Ger Egan
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Teams

The Leinster championship was contested by 11 of the 12 county teams in Leinster, a province of Ireland. Kilkenny was the only county team not to compete.

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	Most recent success
All-Ireland	Provincial
Carlow	Red, green and gold	Tickets.ie	Turlough O'Brien	Brendan Kavanagh		1944
Dublin	Sky blue and navy	American International Group	Jim Gavin	Stephen Cluxton	2013	2014
Kildare	White	Brady Family Ham	Jason Ryan	Eamonn Callaghan	1928	2000
Laois	Blue and white	MW Hire Services	Tomás Ó Flatharta	Ross Munnelly		2003
Longford	Royal blue and gold	Glennon Brothers	Jack Sheedy	Dermot Brady		1968
Louth	Red and white	Morgan Fuels	Colin Kelly	Paddy Keenan	1957	1957
Meath	Green and gold	Tayto Park	Mick O'Dowd	Kevin Reilly	1999	2010
Offaly	White, green and gold	Carroll Cuisine	Pat Flanagan	Niall McNamee	1982	1997
Westmeath	Maroon and white	Renault	Tom Cribbin	Ger Egan		2004
Wexford	Purple and gold	Gain Feeds	David Power	Graeme Molloy	1918	1945
Wicklow	Blue and gold	Arklow Bay Hotel	Johnny Magee	Leighton Glynn

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	Preliminary round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Offaly		0-13
	Longford		0-16			Longford		0-10
						Dublin		4-25
											Dublin		5-18
	Laois		3-16								Kildare		0-14
	Carlow		0-08			Laois		0-16 1-11
						Kildare		0-16 3-18
																Dublin		2-13
	Louth		0-16													Westmeath		0-06
	Westmeath		3-14			Westmeath		1-21
						Wexford		0-15
											Westmeath		3-19
											Meath		2-18
						Wicklow		3-12
						Meath		2-19

Preliminary round refs^[5][6][7]

Quarter-final refs^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

Semi-final refs^[13][14]

Final ref^[15]

Semi-finals

28 June 2015 2:00 pm Semi-Final	Westmeath	3-19 – 2-18	Meath	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 50,324 Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) Man of the Match: John Heslin
	John Heslin 1-9 (0-5f), Kieran Martin 2-3, Paul Sharry (2 '45), Shane Dempsey, John Connellan 0-2 each, Ray Connellan 0-1	Report	Brian McMahon 2-2, Graham Reilly and Eamon Wallace 0-4 each, Stephen Bray 0-3, Andrew Tormey (0-2f) and Michael Newman (0-1f) 0-2 each, Bryan Menton 0-1

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28 June 2015 4:00 pm Semi-Final	Dublin	5-18 – 0-14	Kildare	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 50,324 Referee: David Coldrick (Meath) Man of the Match: Diarmuid Connolly
	Diarmuid Connolly (1-0 pen) and Bernard Brogan 2-3 each, Dean Rock 1-4 (0-4f), Ciaran Kilkenny 0-4, Alan Brogan 0-3, Philly McMahon 0-1	Report	Eoghan O’Flaherty 0-4 (0-2f), Padraig Fogarty 0-3, Padraig O’Neill 0-2, Emmet Bolton, Paul Cribbin, Cathal McNally, Alan Smith, Niall Kelly 0-1 each.

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Final

12 July 2:00 pm Final	Dublin	2-13 - 0-6	Westmeath	Croke Park Attendance: 47,840 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) Man of the Match: Diarmuid Connolly
	Bernard Brogan 1-1, Jack McCaffrey 1-0, Ciaran Kilkenny, Diarmuid Connolly 0-3 each, Dean Rock 0-2 (2f), Philip McMahon, James McCarthy, Michael Darragh Macauley, Alan Brogan 0-1 each.	Report	John Heslin 0-3 (2f), Kieran Martin 0-2, Francis Boyle 0-1

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References

1. "Leinster G.A.A. S.F.C. 2015". Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
2. "Dublin ease to another Leinster football crown". RTE Sport. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
3. "Dublin 2-13 Westmeath 0-6: Dubs are Leinster champions as they secure 10th title in 11 years". Irish Mirror. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
4. "Dubs cruise to fifth consecutive Leinster title with strong second-half performance". Irish Examiner. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
5. "OFFALY 0-13 LONGFORD 0-16". GAA.ie. 16 May 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
6. "CARLOW 0-8 LAOIS 3-16". GAA.ie. 16 May 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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11. "WESTMEATH 1-21 WEXFORD 0-15". GAA.ie. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
12. "MEATH 2-19 WICKLOW 3-12". GAA.ie. 14 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
13. "Dublin 5-18 Kildare 0-14". GAA.ie. 28 June 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
14. "Westmeath fight back from 10 points down to stun Meath". Irish Examiner. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
15. "Dublin cruise to a 10th Leinster title in 11 years with facile win over Westmeath". Irish Independent. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.