Irish American Football Association 8-a-side Challenge 2002

Irish American Football Association Logo 2001-2002 [Ref: 6]

Composite Table

 PWLTPFPAPct
Dublin Dragons220028201.000
Dublin Rebels21104840.500
University of Limerick Vikings101006.000
Cork Admirals10101828.000
Compiled from: [1-5]

Results

 Home Team Away Team 
Week 1Islandbridge
19.05.2002Dublin Dragons6University of Limerick Vikings0
 Week 2 Bray Seafront 
06.07.2002Dublin Rebels20Dublin Dragons22
 Week 3 Islandbridge 
01.12.2002Dublin Rebels28Cork Admirals18
References: Fixture Date and Venue: [1-2] Results: [3-5]

Report

A series of Challenge matches were played by Irish American Football League teams in 2002, which were 8-a-side matches played under DV8 rules. They did not count in the standings, and the Dublin Dragons won twice, against Dublin Rebels and University of Limerick Vikings, with the Rebels winning a third match, against Cork Admirals.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (2002) “IRISH RESULT” First Down, May 16-22, 2002. pg. 16

[3] Anon. (2002) “A FIRST…” First Down, May 23-29, 2002. pg. 22

Internet Archive

[2] Dublin Rebels – Wayback Machine (2002) Latest Headlines: Rebels v Admirals – 1st November 2002 by Marco Polo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20021204124352/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/news.html [Accessed 12 October 2018]

[4] Dublin Rebels – Wayback Machine (2002) Latest Headlines: Rebels v Dragons in Bray Festival – 10th July 2002 by Marco Polo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20021204124352/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/news.html [Accessed 12 October 2018]

[5] Dublin Rebels – Wayback Machine (2003) Latest Headlines: Rebels v Admirals – Rebels Rally at Admirable Admirals Performance- 10th December 2002 by Andrew Dennehy [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20030218151654/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/news.html [Accessed 12 October 2018]

Images

[6] Irish American Football (2016) IAFA Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.luckyshow.org/football/pics/IAFA.jpg [Accessed 5 June 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith, Ralph Schmeer and Michael Brophy of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association.

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 20 April 2020

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