The 2010 Lory Meagher Cup was the 2nd annual fourth-tier

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competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The teams competing were

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, Leitrim,

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, South Down, and Warwickshire. The 2009 champions, Tyrone were promoted to the

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, and did not have the opportunity to defend their title. Due to a disagreement over promotion and relegation from the All-Ireland series, no team was relegated from the 2009 Nicky Rackard Cup for the 2010 season.

Structure

The tournament had a double elimination format - each team played at least two games before being knocked out. *One team got a bye to Round 2A. *The other six teams played three Round 1 matches. **The winners in Round 1 advanced to Round 2A. **Two of the Round 1 losers went into Round 2B; one got a bye to the quarter-finals. *There were two Round 2A matches. **The winners in Round 2A advanced to the semi-finals. **The losers in Round 2A went into the quarter-finals. *There was one Round 2B match. **The winner in Round 2B advanced to the quarter-finals. **The loser in Round 2B was eliminated. *There were two quarter-final matches between the Round 2A losers, the Round 2B winner and the Round 1 loser which got a bye. **The winners of the quarter-finals advanced to the semi-finals. **The losers of the quarter-finals were eliminated. *There were two semi-final matches between the Round 2A winners and the quarter-final winners. **The winners of the semi-finals advanced to the final. **The losers of the semi-finals were eliminated. *The winners of the final won the Lory Meagher Cup for 2010.

Fixtures

Round 1

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Round 2A

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Round 2B

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

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Statistics

Top scorers

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Scoring

*First hat-trick of the competition: J O'Brien for

against South Down *Widest winning margin: 17 points **

2-21 - 0-10 Leitrim (Semi-final) *Most goals in a match: 6 **

5-13 - 1-13 South Down (Round 2B) *Most points in a match: 34 **

2-22 - 2-12 Warwickshire (Quarter-final) *Most goals by one team in a match: 5 **

5-13 - 1-13 South Down (Round 2B) *Most goals scored by a losing team: 2 ** Warwickshire 2-12 - 2-22

(Quarter-final) ** Warwickshire 2-09 - 0-21

(Round 2A) *Most points scored by a losing team: 15 **

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