Irish American Football League

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This weekend's results

Carrickfergus Knights 23
Cork Admirals 30

and

Dublin Rebels 24
UL Vikings 6

Reports available at www.iafl.info

Upcoming fixtures:
Dublin City Marshals @ DCU Saints
ALSAA, Dublin Airport.

UL Vikings @ Dublin Dragons
Lucan Community College, Co. Dublin

Both games are on Sunday the 9th of April and kick off at 1pm.

The Marshals-Saints game is both the first Dublin derby of the season and first Dublin derby for both sides.

UL, who have already completed half their programme, will be within touching distance of a playoff spot if they win away to the Dragons.

Current table:
Team...........................W L T Pts
UL Vikings.....................3 1 0 6
Dublin Rebels..................2 0 0 4
Cork Admirals.................1 0 0 2
Carrickfergus Knights.......0 1 0 0
Dublin Dragons...............0 1 0 0
DCU Saints....................0 1 0 0
Belfast Bulls..................0 2 0 0
Dublin City Marshals........0 0 0 0

By the Marshals? I'll wait and see.

Today's results:

DCU Saints 41
Dublin City Marshals 45

Dublin Dragons 6
UL Vikings 6

No fixtures next week due to Easter break. Three games down for the weekend of 22/23rd April.

Saturday 22nd April
UL Vikings @ Dublin City Marshals
Venue/Time*
A win for the injury riddled Vikings would make them the first team to secure a place in the end of season playoffs.

Sunday 23rd April
Carrickfergus Knights @ DCU Saints
ALSAA, Dublin, 2pm

Cork Admirals @ Dublin Dragons
Lucan Community College, Dublin, 2pm
This is an interesting tie as the offense heavy Admirals travel to a Dragons team with a defence that has conced just 18 points in its first two games of the season.

*On the list this should be an evening game in Morton but the front page of the IAFL site says it's at 2pm in UL. If/when I know what the story is I'll post it.

Was too knackered to comment on Saints-Marshals game yesterday. The report on the IAFL site gets the score right but the sequence slightly off (Saints scored their second TD before Marshals scored their second).

Was a good bruising encounter. Disappointed in defeat especially after such an epic comeback. Got some good blocks in but we all need to raise our game from the opening kickoff. That said there were some clear improvements and I'm confident for the future.

Current table
Team.................................W...L...T...P ts
Univ of Limerick Vikings......3...1...1...7
Dublin Rebels......................2...0...0...4
Cork Admirals...................1...0...0...2
Dublin City Marshals.............1...0...0...2
Dublin Dragons..................0...1...1...1
Carrickfergus Knights............0...1...0....0
Dublin City Univ Saints.......0...2...0....0
Belfast Bulls........................0...2...0....0

How come there wasa tie? There hasn't been one of them in about 30 years in NFL, do they not play overtime?

Also, are there no P.A.T.'s in Irish American Football?

There was actually a tie in the NFL about five or six years ago between the New York Giants and Washington Redskins, ended 7-7.

I assume that the score in the Dragons-Vikings game was level after overtime (or else there may not have been any, I'm unsure of the situation), Vikings only tied it fairly late.

As for PATs they are in the league but are less common than 2 point attempts. In the Saints-Marshals game both sides completed their sole attempts at a PAT.

Whats the standard of kicking like Stu? I presume there'd be no 'specialist' kickers as more likely to play football, rugby or gaa?

Generally the standard of kicking across the league isn't great. To the best of my knowledge last year's Shamrock Bowl champions, the Rebels, didn't go for a regular PAT once all season.

I see an oppurtunity...

YOu've never seen my american football style kicking

This weekend's results:

Saturday:
Dublin City Marshals 6
UL Vikings 22

Sunday:
DCU Saints 14
Carrickfergus Knights 36

Dublin Dragons 6
Cork Admirals 6

I think UL's win means they are now guaranteed a playoff spot.

Today's defeat was a bit hard to take. We were 15-14 down at the break and had them on the ropes but we were missing several starters (I counted around 5 on offence) due to work/illness and this limited our attacking options.

Having said that the Knights are considered the second best team in the country so giving them a good run for their money in only our third game shows promise.

The Dragons got a draw I notice is that their first non-defeat of the country.

That sentence did make a lot of sense to me (of the country:confused: ) but that's their second 6-6 draw this season.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

The Dragons got a draw I notice is that their first non-defeat of the century.

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Should have been century!

Jesus, CTID, leave the grammar corrections out, will you?

Keep it to the UCD forum if they don't mind (sic)

Today's results.

From Victoria Park, Belfast:
Dublin City Marshals 38
Belfast Bulls 40

From the UL Sports Ground, Limerick
Cork Admirals 0
UL Vikings 20

The win for Limerick means they have 11 points from a possible 14. Victory in Carrickfergus would guarantee a home semi-final. Even with a defeat it would be a surprise at this stage if they finish below 2nd.

Bulls win means they join Marshals on a 1-2 record. Combined with Cork's defeat it makes the playoff picture very interesting indeed.

UL are in the semis, given their start to the season I would expect the Rebels to join them but after that it's hard to say.

I'll post and updated table when the IAFL do.

And here's the table:

Team......................... W..L..T..Pts
Univ of Limerick Vikings...5..1..1..11
Dublin Rebels................2..0..0...4
Cork Admirals................1..1..1..3
Dublin Dragons..............0..1..2..2
Carrickfergus Knights......1..1..0..2
Dublin City Marshals.......1..2..0..2
Belfast Bulls.................1..2..0..2
Dublin City Univ Saints...0..3..0..0

This week's results

Saturday
Dublin Dragons w/o
Dublin City Marshals scr.
Marshals failed to provide an ambulance on time resulting in their forfeiting. Dragons awarded a 30-0 win

With 4 points from 4 games the Dragons are in pole position for the fourth and final playoff place. Marshals are now second bottom having lost 3 in a row.

Sunday
UL Viking 12
Carrickferus Knights 18
at Woodburn Road Carrickfergus

Vital win for Knights means the battle for homefield advantage in the playoffs could go down to the wire. They now face tough trips away at the Rebels and Cork.

A win for UL would have guaranteed them 2nd at worst. Instead they finish the regular with 11 points from 16 and must rely on other teams taking points off Carrickfergus and the Rebels.

Dublin Rebels 42
DCU Saints 12
at ALSAA, Dublin Airport

A poor start for the Saints saw them go 26-0 down before scores either side of the break brought them to within 2 TDs at 26-12. Two further Rebels TDs killed off the contest and in truth flattered the victors.

Rebels remain on course for top spot with a maximum 6 points from their 3 games. With five games to go in their regular season, including games against both northern teams, they have a long way to go yet.

Saints remain bottom yet despite losing all of their opening four games still aren't out of the playoff hunt yet. They face a tough task though as they must win all their remaining games to progress.

Team Ireland
The next two weeks are bye weeks to allow for Team Ireland events. First off there is a training weekend in ALSAA on the 13th and 14th followed by a game the next week. The fixture is:

Ireland vs Southampton University (British Collegiate Champions)
Saturday 20th of May, 2pm in Sportslink, Santry.

Southampton have a very strong squad and will provide a very stern test indeed.

Upcoming fixtures
Sunday 28th of May
Dublin City Marshal @ Cork Admirals
Carrickfergus Knights @ Dublin Rebels

Sunday 4th of June
Dublin Dragons @ Belfast Bulls
Carrickfergus Knights @ Cork Admirals

Table........................W...L...D...Pts
Univ of Limerick Vikings.5...2...1...11
Dublin Rebels..............3...0...0...6
Carrickfergus Knights....2...1...0...4
Dublin Dragons............1...1...2...4
Cork Admirals..............1...1...1...3
Belfast Bulls................1...2...0...2
Dublin City Marshals.....1...3...0...2
Dublin City Univ Saints..0...4...0...0

Ireland lost 32-0.

Results from Sunday the 28th of May:

Carrickfergus Knights 0
Dublin Rebels 34

Rebels go 4 for 4 and need 3 points from their last 4 games to guarantee top spot.

Knights drop to fifth must now win all their remaining games to take second place from Limerick and with it a home tie in the semi finals. Their tie with the Dragons could prove decisive in the playoff hunt.

North Dublin Marshals 8
Cork Admirals 66

The Marshals, having changed back from their Dublin City moniker, suffered their heaviest defeat of the season against a resurgent Cork.

The Admirals are now up to third and look god for a playoff spot having lost just once, to UL.