2018 National Camogie League
# 2018 National Camogie League

The 2018 National Camogie League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie Leagues, commenced in January 2018 and was won by Kilkenny.

## Format

### League structure

The 2018 National Camogie League consists of three divisions: eleven teams in Division 1, thirteen teams in Division 2 and four in Division 3; Divisions 1 and 2 are divided into two groups. Each team plays every other team in its group once. 3 points are awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.

If two teams are level on points, the tie-break is:

* winners of the head-to-head game are ranked ahead
* if the head-to-head match was a draw, ranking is determined by the points difference (i.e. total scored minus total conceded in all games)
* if the points difference is equal, ranking is determined by the total scored

If three or more teams are level on league points, rankings are determined solely by points difference.

### Finals, promotion and relegation

The top two teams in each group in Division 1 contest the National Camogie League semi-finals. The last-placed team in each group contest the relegation playoff.

The top two teams in each group in Division 2 contest the Division 2 semi-finals. The last-placed team in each group contest the relegation playoff.

All four teams in Division 3 contest the Division 3 semi-finals.

## Fixtures and results

### Division 1

**Group 1**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cork | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +22 | Advance to NCL semi-finals |
| Galway | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +11 | Advance to NCL semi-finals |
| Wexford | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | +6 | |
| Tipperary | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | –10 | |
| Offaly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | –29 | Relegation playoff |

**Group 2**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kilkenny | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | +45 | Advance to NCL semi-finals |
| Limerick | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | +17 | Advance to NCL semi-finals |
| Waterford | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | +6 | |
| Dublin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | –8 | |
| Clare | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | –2 | |
| Meath | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | –58 | Relegation playoff |

**Finals**

| 11 March 2018 2 p.m. Semi-Final | Cork | 2-17 – 2-13 | Limerick | Cork IT |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 March 2018 Semi-Final | Kilkenny | 2-10 – 1-9 | Galway | St. Rynagh's GAA, Banagher |
| 8 April 2018 Final | Cork | 1-11 – 0-15 | Kilkenny | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Referee: R Kelly (Kildare) |
| 8 April 2018 Final | Orla Cronin 1-01, Orla Cotter 0-03 (0-03 frees), Linda Collins 0-03, Katrina Mackey 0-02, Gemma O’Connor 0-01, Ashling Thompson 0-01 | Report | Denise Gaule 0-06 (0-04 frees, 0-01 ’45), Miriam Walshe 0-03, Katie Power 0-02, Jenny Clifford 0-02, Shelly Farrell 0-01, Aoife Doyle 0-01 | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Referee: R Kelly (Kildare) |

### Division 2

**Finals**

| 22 April 2018 2 p.m. IST Semi-Final | Westmeath | 3-10 – 1-6 | Dublin "B" | Conneff Park, Clane |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 April 2018 2 p.m. IST Semi-Final | | Report | | Conneff Park, Clane |
| 22 April 2018 2 p.m. IST Semi-Final | Kilkenny "B" | 0-9 – 1-13 | Cork "B" | Walsh Park, Waterford |
| 22 April 2018 2 p.m. IST Semi-Final | Edel Coonan (0-4); Stefi Fitzgerald (0-3); Lydia Fitzpatrick, Maguerite Hoynes (0-1 each) | Report | Rachel O'Callaghan (1-2); Keeva McCarthy (0-5); Katelyn Hickey (0-3); Caroline Sugrue (0-2); Kate Wall (0-1) | Walsh Park, Waterford |
| 29 April 2018 Final | Westmeath | 1-4 – 0-8 | Cork "B" | Páirc Lachtáin, Freshford Referee: J McDonagh (Galway) |
| 29 April 2018 Final | P Greville 1-4(fs) | Report | C Sugrue, K Hickey, K McCarthy (1 '45') 0-2 each; R O’Shea (f), K Wall 0-1 each | Páirc Lachtáin, Freshford Referee: J McDonagh (Galway) |

### Division 3

**Finals**

| 15 April 2018 2 p.m. IST Final | Kerry | 2-8 – 0-4 | Roscommon | The Ragg, Bouladuff Referee: Paul Ryan (Kildare) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 April 2018 2 p.m. IST Final | P Diggin 1-4 (1-3fs); A Whelan 1-0; A Behan 0-2; L Collins, C Shanahan 0-1 each | Report | S Spillane 0-3(fs); R Fitzmaurice 0-1 | The Ragg, Bouladuff Referee: Paul Ryan (Kildare) |
