2008 Christy Ring Cup

The 2008 Christy Ring Cup is the fourth edition of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005 and is the second-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by twelve GAA county teams ranked 13–24 in the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Carlow beat Westmeath in the final after extra time. Carlow were beaten by Laois the bottom team in the Liam MacCarthy Cup and played in the Christy Ring Cup again the following year as a result.

Team changes

To Championship Relegated from the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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Promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup

Armagh Roscommon

From Championship Promoted to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup

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Teams

General Information CountyLast Cup titleLast Provincial titleLast All-Ireland titlePosition in 2007 ChampionshipAppearance Armagh———1st Carlow———4th Derry—2001—3rd Down—1997—4th Kerry—189118914th Kildare———4th London——19013rd Mayo—1909—4th Meath———4th Roscommon—1913—3rd Westmeath2007——3rd Wicklow———4th

Personnel and kits CountyManagerCaptain(s)Sponsor

Format Twelve teams participated in the 2008 Christy Ring Cup.

Group 2A: Roscommon, Westmeath, Wicklow Group 2B: Carlow, Down, London Group 2C: Kerry, Mayo, Meath Group 2D: Armagh, Derry, Kildare

Each team in the group played each other once in the first phase. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The bottom team in each group went into the relegation play-offs.

Group stage

Group 2A

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff PtsQualification1 Wicklow 2 2 0 0 4–39 1–27 +21 4Advance to Knockout Stage2 Westmeath 2 1 0 1 4–38 1–31 +16 23 Roscommon 2 0 0 2 0–25 6–44 −37 0

Matches

Group 2B

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff PtsQualification1 Down 2 2 0 0 4–38 2–27 +17 4Advance to Knockout Stage2 Carlow 2 1 0 1 2–43 4–22 +15 23 London 2 0 0 2 3–17 3–49 −32 0

Matches

Group 2C

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff PtsQualification1 Kerry 2 1 0 1 7–26 4–31 +4 2Advance to Knockout Stage2 Mayo 2 1 0 1 0–30 0–31 −1 23 Meath 2 1 0 1 4–29 7–23 −3 2

Matches

Group 2D

Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff PtsQualification1 Kildare 2 2 0 0 7–44 1–25 +37 4Advance to Knockout Stage2 Derry 2 1 0 1 5–26 7–34 −14 23 Armagh 2 0 0 2 5–19 9–30 −23 0

Matches

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Relegation play-offs

Due to a restructuring of the hurling championships the following year, the relegation playoffs were subsequently rendered meaningless as all four teams involved were relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup for 2009.

Stadia and locations

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Brendan MurtaghWestmeath2–374358.602Alan FreemanMayo1–293248.003Jonathan O'NeillWicklow0–3131310.334Paul BraniffDown2–222839.335Mike ConwayKerry4–142646.50

Single game Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition1Brendan MurtaghWestmeath2–1016Carlow2Jonathan O'NeillWicklow1–1114Roscommon3Mike ConwayKerry3–312MeathRuairí ConveryDerry1–912Armagh5Paul BraniffDown2–511CarlowMichael KirkpatrickDerry0–1111DownBrendan MurtaghWestmeath0–1111Kildare8Ger O'NeillMeath2–410RoscommonKevin McMullenLondon1–710RoscommonOisín LynchKildare1–710WestmeathPaul BraniffDown0–1010Carlow

Miscellaneous

Carlow won their 1st championship in 16 years, winning the 1992 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.

2008 Christy Ring Cup

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