Leinster Club Senior Football Championship 2025
As the freshly crowned Dublin Champions, Ballyboden were drawn with a Quarter-Final match against the Wexford Champions.
Before that game, Round 1 takes place on the 1st and 2nd of November, where the Carlow Champions, Old Leighlin, meet the Laois Champions TBD, The Meath Champions Summerhill meet Young Emmets of Longford and Weathmeah's Baltinglass meet Athy, the surprise winners in Kildare.
Should be some juicy games there. Boden will be looking to go well into Leinster, but every round will be a challenge where nothing can be taken for granted, especially now with the new rules and two pointers, which seem to be catching a lot of favourites out.
The full draw below:
So we now know Boden will meet Castletown Liam Mellows in Wexford Park on Sunday, November 16th ay 1.30pm
Boden will be looking for their potent attack to cause the opposition problems. Collie Basquel is going well in the playmaker role from 11, with Ryan O'Dwyer and Sweeney standing out in attack. Sweeney, with his quick feet, tries to make space and get a shot away off either foot. O'Dywer is also quick and loves a 2-pointer, which could be all-important here with the new rules.
They're back-to-back Senior winners in Wexford, which is no mean feat, so they will present a tough challenge away.
You can see highlights of their County Final win here
Read the Match Report here
Scorers for Castletown: J Bealin 0-4 (1f); C Carty 0-2 (2pt); D Brooks 0-2 (2ptf) D Holmes 0-2; C Kennedy, L Coleman, R Heffernan, B Halpin 0-1 each.
Scorers for Shelmaliers: C Hearne 0-3 (2pt); G Staples 1-0; G Malone 0-3 frees; S Donohoe 0-1.
CASTLETOWN: D Brooks; S O'Hagan, D Gardiner, J Ahern; K Pierce, C Kennedy, S Maloney; R Heffernan, L Coleman; J Higgins, C Carty, G Kelly; D Holmes, J Bealin, R Brooks.
Subs: R Cody for Gardiner (51), B Halpin for Pierce (56), D Daly-O'Toole for Holmes (59).
SHELMALIERS: C McCabe; C Roche, R Banvile, H P Manley; G Staples, E Nolan, S Donohoe; G Malone, A Cash; J Donohoe, C Hearne, A Murphy; P Hearne, B Malone, E O'Gara.
Subs: R Ormonde for J Donohoe 944), R Delaney for Cash (51); K Roche for P Hearne (56).
Referee: Thomas Furlong.
The game will be shownon Clubber on Sunday, November 16th at 1.30pm
View the stream here
Pitch looks in good condition before throw in which is good going after all the weather
Tight first half, Liam Mellows Goalkeeper has 6 points to his name with huge frees for2 points
Boden took over in the second half, playing with much more urgency, moving e ball forward much more quickly.
Running out convincing winners
Collie Basquel named the Clubber Man of the Match
Scorers
Ballyboden St Enda’s: C Basquel 1-4 (1 P2); R McGarry 0-5; D Sweeney 0-3 (1f); A Gavin 1-0; R Basquel 0-2; R O’Dwyer, C O’Dwyer 0-1 apiece.
Castletown-Liam Mellows: D Brooks 0-8 (4 F2); L Coleman 0-2; R Brooks, D Holmes, B Halpin 0-1 apiece.
Teams:
Ballyboden St Enda’s: H O’Sullivan; B Bobbett, C Flaherty, R Baynes; A Gavin, P Warren, P Healy; C Darcy, J Holland; R O’Dwyer, R Basquel, P Dunleavy; R McGarry, C Basquel, D Sweeney. Subs: D O’Reilly for Healy (51), K Kennedy for R Basquel (51), C O’Dwyer for Sweeney (56), M O’Gara for R O’Dwyer (58), D Keogh for C Basquel (58).
Castletown-Liam Mellows: D Brooks; S O’Hagan, J Ahern, R Cody; K Pierce, S Moloney, G Kelly; R Heffernan, L Coleman; J Higgins, C Carty, D Holmes; B Halpin, J Bealin, R Brooks. Subs: D Daly-O’Toole for Kelly (51), G McNulty for Holmes (51), J Gardiner for Heffernan (56).
Referee: Kevin Williamson (Offaly).
https://www.dublingaa.ie/news/boden-beat-castletown-liam-mellows-to-progress-to-leinster-football-semi-finals
Boden will meet Tullamore in Tullamore in the next round.
Tullamore progressed to this stage with a good win over the downs of Westmeath, The Downs (Westmeath) 4-08 Tullamore 3-13 (Offaly), despite conceding 4 goals to their Westmeath Champions
The team and scorers were:
Tullamore: Corey White; Ben Heffernan, Declan Hogan, Daire McDaid; Cormac Egan (0-01), John Furlong (0-01), Oisín Keenan-Martin; Cillian Bourke (1-00), Aaron Leavy; Diarmuid Egan (0-02), Michael Brazil (0-01), Niall Furlong (1-01); Mike Fox, Harry Plunkett (1-05, 0-02 frees), Luke Plunkett (0-02).
Subs: Luke Bourke for Leavy (blood, 28 to 30+2), Luke Bourke for Keenan-Martin (52), Liam Dillane for Brazil (inj., 54), Dan Fox for M Fox (58), Jay Sheerin for Leavy (inj., 60+1).
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O'Connor Park - Saturday Nov 29th - 1.30pm
Game will be shown live on Clubber
Thought Boden played really well for most of the first half, attacked with real pace and intent, Tullamore fought back in the third quarter before Ballyboden took over again to finish out convincing winners over a team that Cuala struggled to overcome last year in Parnell Park.
Scorers
Ballyboden St Enda’s:
Sweeney 0-9 (3f, 1 P2); R O’Dwyer 0-5; R McGarry 1-1; C Basquel 1-0 (penalty); R Basquel 0-3 (1f); C D’Arcy 0-1.
Tullamore:
H Plunkett 0-5 (5f); N Furlong, C Bourke 0-2 each; L Plunkett 0-1.
Ballyboden St Enda’s:
H O’Sullivan; B Bobbett, C Flaherty, R Baynes; J Holland, P Warren, P Healy; C D’Arcy, A Gavin; R O’Dwyer, R McGarry, P Dunleavy; R Basquel, C Basquel, D Sweeney. Subs: H Donaghy for Gavin (36), L O’Donoghue for Dunleavy (51), C O’Dwyer for C Basquel (53), K Kennedy for Healy (56), D O’Reilly for R Basquel (59).
Tullamore:
C White; B Heffernan, D Hogan, D McDaid; C Egan, J Furlong, O Keenan-Martin; C Bourke, A Leavy; D Egan, M Brazil, N Furlong; M Fox, H Plunkett, L Plunkett. Subs: L Bourke for J Furlong (18), L Dillane for Brazil (53), S Dooley for L Plunkett (63).
Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare).
Ballyboden will face Athy in the Leinster Final in Croke Park this Saturday at 4.30pm.
06.12.2025 - Croke Park- 4.30pm
Athy were suprise winners in Kildare, to some extent anyway, breaking Naas's drive for 5 in a row.
Since then they have been on an impressive run through Leinster scoring 18+ scores per game:
Read the RTE match report of their win over Portarlington.
Ballyboden by comparison have had the folloiwng results:
So i think it's fair to say the best two teams by a stretch are meeting in the final. It should be a great game with plenty of scores on the Croke Park pitch, or will the sides cancel each other out to some extent? I've a feeling Croke Park will suit Boden, with so many quick players but not having seen Athy, it might well suit them as well!
Boden are boosted by the return of their Captain and Full Back Shane Clayton who has missed a few weeks with injury picked up int he Dublin Semi-Final i think it was. Serious no nonsense player and leader in their FB line.
Commanding performance by Boden in Croke Park this afternoon.
Ross McGarry with 5 points from play and involvement in a lot of what Boden did well in the attackign third of the pitch - named MOTM.
Paddy Dunleavey's goal:
Great score by Collie Basquel
Ryan Basquel's Interview
McGarry's MOTM Interview:
Boden Celebrate:
Lifting the cup
Manager Reaction:
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