Irish American Football League

Welcome to the official website of the

IRISH AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE

The Irish American Football League (IAFL) is Ireland's official adult full contact American football league. It is made up of teams from all over the island competing to see who will win the Shamrock Bowl, Ireland's National Championship.

NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON: The Association is in the process of procuring a new website. In the meantime, some of the sections of this site will not be updated. Apologies for any inconvenience.

2009 League Standings
IAFL LEAGUE
Team	W	L	T	Pts
Dublin Rebels	7	0	1	15
Univ. Limerick Vikings	6	1	1	13
Carrickfergus Knights	6	2	0	12
Dublin City Univ Saints	3	4	1	7
Belfast Trojans	2	6	0	4
Cork Admirals	2	6	0	4
West Dublin Rhinos	0	7	1	1

DV8s DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
Team	W	L	T	Pts
Craigavon Cowboys	6	2	0	32
Trinity College Dublin	7	1	0	31
UCD Sentinels	6	2	0	25
Dublin Dragons	3	5	0	15
Erris Rams	2	6	0	9
Midlands Soldiers	0	8	0	1

		Shamrock Bowl XXIII: Click here for report and pictures from the 2009 Championship game.
		Team Ireland: Click here for all the latest news concerning Team Ireland's preparations for the 2007 Euro Championships.
		Officiating The IAFOA is looking for new members. Click logo to visit the IAFOA website.
		Irish Flag Football Association: News about youth and adult flag football tournaments in Ireland.
		Irish American Football Association: The National Governing Body for American football in Ireland.

Latest News:

November 2009

IRISH COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS - LIMERICK 2009.

Saturday 21st November 2009 - Final

DCU Saints 0-22 Univ. Limerick Vikings

3rd/4th Place Game

Trinity College Dublin 8-0 UCD Sentinels

Venue - UL Sports Grounds Limerick

September 2009

EUROPEAN FLAG CHAMPIONSHIPS - BELFAST.

The Irish American Football Association and the Irish Flag Football Association are hosting the European Senior Flag Football Championship in Belfast fromt the 11th to 13th September. Teams representing Austria, Denmark, Finland,France, Great Britain, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Sweden & Switzerland will compete for both the mens and womens titles. Please visit the events dedicated website http://www.americanfootball.ie/efafflag2009 for further details.

September 2009

2nd Annual IAFCA Irish Coaches Convention

Please click here for a report on the 2nd Annual Irish Coaches Convention which took place in Dublin at which was attended by 110 Irish coaches between 28th & 30th August.

2009

VIKINGS WIN SHAMROCK BOWL XXIII IN O.T.

Sunday 9th August 2009 - 2pm

Univ. Limerick Vikings 9-6 Dublin Rebels (OT)

Cooke Rugby Club, Belfast.

Click here for full game report & photos from the Shamrock Bowl XXIII

The University of Limerick Vikings won their third consecutive Shamrock Bowl by defeating the Dublin Rebels in overtime at Cooke Rugby Club, Belfast. Vikings kicker, Daniel Smith kicked a 33 yard field goal 5 minutes into sudden death overtime to seal the victory. The winning kick was set up by a brilliant interception by Vikings cornerback and former NCAA basketball star JP Nerbun - his second interception of the game.

The Rebels had taken the lead at the start of the second quarter with a 3 yard run by Sam Hodgins, but the Vikings responded later in the same quarter with an 11 yard run by Adrian Garvey. Garvey was voted the games MVP after running for over 100 yards in a game where both defenses seemed to have the edge. Both teams missed field goals which would have won the game before it was eventually settled in overtime. The Vikings will now represent Ireland in the 2010 Atlantic Cup - which is the European Championship for amateur teams.

9th August 2009

SHAMROCK BOWL XXIII

Click here to visit shamrockbowl.com for Game Preview & Info

Watch Shamrock Bowl XXIII broadcast LIVE by Webcast - please click on the following link at 2pm BST on gameday:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/2009shamrockbowl

2009 Atlantic Cup - June 27th/28th - http://www.atlanticcup.eu

REBELS WIN SILVER MEDAL IN EUROPE

http://www.atlanticcup.eu

Saturday 27th June 2009 - Semi-Finals

Dublin Rebels 9-0 Amsterdam Panthers(NL)

West Vlaanderen Tribes (Bel) 52-0 Dudelange Dragons (Lux)

Sunday 28th June 2009 - Final

Dublin Rebels 13-15 West Vlaanderen Tribes

Sportscentre Berchem Sainte Agathe, Brussels, Belgium.

The West-Vlaanderen Tribes of Belgium are the first of four European cup winners to be crowned this year in EFAF competitions. The team from Izegem won the inaugural EFAF Atlantic Cup by beating Ireland's Dublin Rebels by a score of 15:13. Four weeks after defending their national title in Belgian Bowl XXII (12:0 against Tournai Phoenix) the Tribes not only hosted the Atlantic Cup tournament at Brussels, but also advanced to the final game surpassing Luxembourg's Dudelange Dragons 52:0 in the semifinal game on Saturday. The Dublin Rebels, which were the first Irish team to compete in an EFAF tournament, qualified for the showdown with the host team on Sunday by beating the Amsterdam Panthers of the Netherlands by a score of 9:0. In the final game West-Vlaanderen took an early lead, but the current leader of the Irish American Football League from Dublin did never surrender. Even when facing a 0:15 deficit at the start of the last quarter, the Rebels stuck to their game plan and were rewarded with late points of their own. Not enough to turn the game to their favour, but enough to leave their mark in the newly opened history books of the Atlantic Cup.