The Leinster Council have this afternoon released details of this year’s Minor Football and Hurling league competitions.
Leinster Minor Football League 2017
This year, fourteen sides will participate across four groups. Dublin have been drawn in Group 3 with Carlow, Wicklow and Tipperary.
The Round stages will take place on Saturdays in February. The first round throws in on Saturday, February 11th and the last round will finish on Saturday, February 25th.
The Semi Finals of this competition will take place on Saturday, March 11th and the Final will throw in on Saturday March 18th.
Here are the complete details of the 2017 Leinster Minor Football League.
| GROUP 1 | GROUP 2 | GROUP 3 | GROUP 4 |
| Offaly | Wexford | Carlow | Westmeath |
| Longford | Laois | Dublin | Meath |
| Clare | Cork | Wicklow | Louth |
| Tipperary | Kildare |
Round 1
| Group | Game | Date | Venue | Time |
| G1 | Offaly v Longford | Sat, Feb 11th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G2 | Wexford v Laois | Sat, Feb 11th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G3 | Carlow v Dublin | Sat, Feb 11th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G3 | Wicklow v Tipperary | Sat, Feb 11th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G4 | Westmeath v Meath | Sat, Feb 11th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G4 | Louth v Kildare | Sat, Feb 11th | TBC | 2:30pm |
Round 1 bye teams (Group 1: Clare, Group 2: Cork)
Round 2
| Group | Game | Date | Venue | Time |
| G1 | Offaly v Clare | Sat, Feb 18th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G2 | Wexford v Cork | Sat, Feb 18th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G3 | Wicklow v Clare | Sat, Feb 18th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G3 | Dublin v Tipperary | Sat, Feb 18th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G4 | Westmeath v Louth | Sat, Feb 18th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G4 | Meath v Kildare | Sat, Feb 18th | TBC | 2:30pm |
Round 2 bye teams (Group 1: Longford, Group 2: Laois)
Round 3
| Group | Game | Date | Venue | Time |
| G1 | Longford v Clare | Sat, Feb 25th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G2 | Laois v Cork | Sat, Feb 25th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G3 | Carlow v Tipperary | Sat, Feb 25th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G3 | Dublin v Wicklow | Sat, Feb 25th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G4 | Kildare v Westmeath | Sat, Feb 25th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G4 | Louth v Meath | Sat, Feb 25th | TBC | 2:30pm |
Round 3 bye teams (Group 1: Offaly, Group 2: Wexford)
Semi Finals: Sat, March 11th
- Winner Group 1 v Winner Group 2
- Winner Group 3 v Winner Group 4
Final: Sat, March 18th
Winner Game 1 v Winner Game 2
Leinster Minor Hurling League 2017
Four groups of three make up the twelve teams who’ll participate in this year Minor Hurling League.
Dublin will face the tough challenge of Antrim and Laois in Group 4.
The group games will be played on Saturdays, March 4th, 11th and 18th. The Semi Finals of both the Shield and Cup competitions will take place on Saturday, March 25th and the final will happen in April (date TBC).
Here are the complete details of the 2017 Leinster Minor Hurling League competition:
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
| Wicklow | Westmeath | Wexford | Laois |
| Carlow | Meath | Offaly | Dublin |
| Kerry | Roscommon | Kildare | Antrim |
Round 1
| Group | Game | Date | Venue | Time |
| G1 | Wicklow v Carlow | Sat, March 4th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G2 | Westmeath v Meath | Sat, March 4th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G3 | Wexford v Offaly | Sat, March 4th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G4 | Laois v Dublin | Sat, March 4th | TBC | 2:30pm |
Round 1 bye teams (Group 1: Kerry, Group 2: Roscommon, Group 3: Kildare, Group 4: Antrim)
Round 2
| Group | Game | Date | Venue | Time |
| G1 | Carlow v Kerry | Sat, March 11th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G2 | Meath v Roscommon | Sat, March 11th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G3 | Offaly v Kildare | Sat, March 11th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G4 | Dublin v Antrim | Sat, March 11th | TBC | 2:30pm |
Round 2 bye teams (Group 1: Wicklow, Group 2: Westmeath, Group 3: Wexford, Group 4: Laois)
Round 3
| Group | Game | Date | Venue | Time |
| G1 | Wicklow v Kerry | Sat, March 18th | TBC | 2:30p, |
| G2 | Westmeath v Roscommon | Sat, March 18th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G3 | Kildare v Wexford | Sat, March 18th | TBC | 2:30pm |
| G4 | Laois v Antrim | Sat, March 18th | TBC | 2:30pm |
Round 3 bye teams (Group 1: Carlow, Group 2: Meath, Group 3: Offaly, Group 4: Dublin)
League Cup Semi Finals: Sat, March 25th. 2:30pm
- Winner Group 1 v Winner Group 3
- Winner Group 2 v Winner Group 4
League Shield Semi Finals: Sat, March 25th. 2:30pm
- Runner Up Group 1 v Runner Up Group 3
- Runner Up Group 2 v Runner up Group 4
League Cup Final: April (TBC). 2:30pm
Winner Game 1 v Winner Game 2
League Shield Final: April (TBC). 2:30pm
Runner up Winner 1 v Runner Up Winner 2
For further details and confirmation on round and knock out venues, please stay tuned to us here on www.wearedublin.com.
