IAFL 2008 Season

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IAFL 2008 Season
Sport	American football
Founded	2001
No. of teams	9
Country(ies)	Ireland  United Kingdom  Northern Ireland
Most recent champion(s)	University of Limerick Vikings
Official website	[1]

The 2008 Irish American Football League (IAFL) season is the 22nd season since its establishment. The current champions are the UL Vikings. The first games were played on March 30th (after the March 16th game between DCU Saints and UL Vikings was postponed due to a water logged pitch). The Shamrock Bowl is scheduled for August 10th in Cork Institute of Technology's brand new stadium. The Shamrock Bowl will be the first major national event played there.

The 2008 season also sees the first season of the new Development League, dubbed DV8. This is an eight a side league dedicated to helping rookie players and new teams get some experience before joining the league proper.

Contents 1 League Positions 2 Results 2.1 Week 1 2.2 Week 2 2.3 Week 3 2.4 Week 4 2.5 Week 5 2.6 Week 6 2.7 Week 7 2.8 Week 8 2.9 Week 9 2.10 Week 10 2.11 Week 11 3 Remaining Fixtures 3.1 Week 12 3.2 Week 13 3.3 Week 14 3.4 Week 15 3.5 Wildcard Weekend 3.6 Semi Final 3.7 Shamrock Bowl 4 DV8’s League 4.1 League Positions 4.2 DV8 Results

[edit] League Positions

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

Northern Division

Position	Team	W	L	T	Pts
1	Belfast Trojans	4	2	0	8
2	Belfast Bulls	2	4	0	4
3	Carrickfergus Knights	2	3	0	4

Central Division

Position	Team	W	L	T	Pts
1	Dublin Rebels	5	1	0	10
2	DCU Saints	2	3	0	4
3	Dublin Rhinos	1	4	0	2

Southern Division

Position	Team	W	L	T	Pts
1	UL Vikings	6	0	0	10
2	Cork Admirals	4	2	0	8
3	Tallaght Outlaws	0	6	0	0

[edit] Results

[edit] Week 1

• Carrickfergus Knights 18-7 DCU Saints

• Dublin Rebels 16-0 Belfast Trojans

• Belfast Bulls 0-66 Cork Admirals

[edit] Week 2

• Dublin Rhinos 0-25 Carrickfergus Knights
• Belfast Trojans 0-22 UL Vikings
• Tallaght Outlaws 0-98 Cork Admirals

[edit] Week 3

• Dublin Rebels 64-0 Dublin Rhinos
• UL Vikings 22-6 Belfast Bulls
• DCU Saints 44-0 Tallaght Outlaws

[edit] Week 4

• Belfast Bulls 8-24 Belfast Trojans
• Cork Admirals 6-0 Dublin Rebels

[edit] Week 5

• Dublin Rhinos 3-32 D.C.U. Saints
• Belfast Trojans 42-0 Carrickfergus Knights
• Tallaght Outlaws 0-36 Univ. of Limerick Vikings

[edit] Week 6

• DCU Saints 0-25 Dublin Rebels
• Cork Admirals 3-20 UL Vikings
• Carrickfergus Knights 14-30 Belfast Bulls

[edit] Week 7

• Tallaght Outlaws 0-34 Dublin Rhinos
• Belfast Trojans 30-14 Belfast Bulls

[edit] Week 8

• Cork Admirals 60-0 Tallaght Outlaws
• Dublin Rhinos 0-52 Dublin Rebels
• Carrickfergus Knights 19-44 Belfast Trojans

[edit] Week 9

• UL Vikings 34-25 Cork Admirals
• Dublin Rebels 39-0 DCU Saints
• Belfast Bulls 26-14 Carrickfergus Knights

[edit] Week 10

• UL Vikings 92-0 Tallaght Outlaws

[edit] Week 11

• DCU Saints 32-6 Dublin Rhinos

[edit] Remaining Fixtures

[edit] Week 12

• Cork Admirals @ Carrickfergus Knights
• Belfast Bulls @ Dublin Rebels
• Belfast Trojans @ Dublin Rhinos

[edit] Week 13

• Tallaght Outlaws @ Belfast Trojans
• Dublin Rebels @ UL Vikings

[edit] Week 14

• Dublin Rhinos @ Cork Admirals
• Carrickfergus Knights @ Tallaght Outlaws
• DCU Saints @ Belfast Bulls

[edit] Week 15

• UL Vikings @ DCU Saints

[edit] Wildcard Weekend

• Wildcard #2 @ Wildcard #1

[edit] Semi Final

• Division Winner #3 @ Division Winner #2
• Wildcard Winner @ Division Winner #1

[edit] Shamrock Bowl

• August 10th, CIT Stadium, Cork

[edit] DV8’s League

[edit] League Positions

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

DV8’s League Table

Position	Team	W	L	T	Pts
1	Craigavon Cowboys	4	0	0	20
2	Dublin Rebels 2nd	4	0	0	19
3	Cork Admirals 2nd	3	1	0	14
4	Dublin Dragons	2	3	0	11
5	TCD Thunderbolts	1	5	0	5
6	Edenderry Soldiers	0	5	0	1

[edit] DV8 Results

• March 9th – Edenderry Soldiers 6-67 Craigavon Cowboys
• March 20th – Edenderry Soldiers 0-22 Cork Admirals 2nd
• April 5th – TCD Thunderbolts 12-45 Craigavon Cowboys
• April 6th – Dublin Dragons 0-24 Cork Admirals 2nd
• April 19th – Craigavon Cowboys 52-8 TCD Thunderbolts
• April 19th – Edenderry Soldiers 6-34 Dublin Dragons
• April 20th - Cork Admirals 2nd 6-12 Dublin Rebels 2nd 12
• April 28th - Dublin Rebels 2nd 65-0 Edenderry Soldiers
• May 4th - TCD Thunderbolts 8-39 Dublin Rebels 2nd
• May 11th - Dublin Dragons 20-51 TCD Thunderbolts
• May 18th - Cork Admirals 2nd 14-0 TCD Thunderbolts
• May 25th - Dublin Rebels 2nd 22-0 TCD Thunderbolts
• May 25th - Dublin Dragons 60-20 Edenderry Soldiers
• June 1st - Craigavon Cowboys 51-13 Dublin Dragons