With the conclusion of a very exciting SBC regular season last weekend, we now know the identities off all the SBC play-off teams and the dates/locations of all the games.
Belfast Trojans (8-0) and Trinity College (7-1) earned byes into the Semi-Finals by topping their divisions.
UL Vikings (6-2) and Dublin Rebels (5-3) won the right to host the Wildcard games, which will take place on Sunday 19th July.
There was a very close battle for the final two Wildcard spots with 3 teams – UCD, Craigavon Cowboys and North Kildare Reapers all tied with a 3-5 record. As UCD and Craigavon did not play each other during the regular season, the head to head tiebreakers could not be used. Therefore the teams have to be separated on points difference with UCD and Craigavon earning the final spots in the play-offs.
The full SBC Play-Off schedule is as follows:
Sunday 19th July, 2pm – Wildcard Weekend:
UCD @ UL Vikings.
Craigavon Cowboys @ Dublin Rebels.
Sunday 26th July, k.o. tbc – Semi-Finals (both at Harlequins, Belfast):
Winner of UCD/UL @ Belfast Trojans.
Winner of Craigavon/Rebels @ Trinity College.
Sunday 9th August, 3pm – Shamrock Bowl XXIX, Dalymount Park.
2 x Semi-Final winners.
Meanwhile, in IAFL1 and IAFL2, we still have another weekends play to decide who will qualify for the play-offs. As things stand, we are in for a very exciting regular season finale with 4 teams, 3 of whom are playing next weekend, battling for the 3 x IAFL1 play-off spots. In IAFL2, the Belfast Trojans 2nd team have qualified with the other final spot still to be determined.