Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Dublin Tigers	8	6	0	2	292	106	.875
*Carrickfergus Knights	8	6	0	2	232	54	.875
*Greystones Rebels	8	4	4	0	132	124	.500
*Craigavon Cowboys	8	1	7	0	71	232	.125
Queens University Belfast Broncos	8	1	7	0	66	277	.125

Note: Teams tied on winning percentage separated by points scored

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
16.08.1998	Dublin Tigers	30	Craigavon Cowboys	0
16.08.1998	Carrickfergus Knights	40	Greystones Rebels	0
	Shamrock Bowl XIII
30.08.1998	Dublin Tigers	14	Carrickfergus Knights	22

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Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
19.04.1998	Craigavon Cowboys	0	Greystones Rebels	30
19.04.1998	Queens University Broncos	0	Carrickfergus Knights	48
	Week 2
26.04.1998	Queens University Broncos	6	Greystones Rebels	12
26.04.1998	Dublin Tigers	18	Craigavon Cowboys	6
	Week 3
10.05.1998	Craigavon Cowboys	8	Carrickfergus Knights	28
10.05.1998	Greystones Rebels	6	Dublin Tigers	34
	Week 4
17.05.1998	Dublin Tigers	52	Queens University Broncos	6
17.05.1998	Carrickfergus Knights	30	Greystones Rebels	0
	Week 5
31.05.1998	Queens University Broncos	24	Craigavon Cowboys	39
	Week 6
07.06.1998	Carrickfergus Knights	20	Dublin Tigers	20
	Week 7
14.06.1998	Greystones Rebels	30	Craigavon Cowboys	0
14.06.1998	Carrickfergus Knights	32	Queens University Broncos	0
	Week 8
21.06.1998	Greystones Rebels	30	Queens University Broncos	0
21.06.1998	Craigavon Cowboys	18	Dublin Tigers	42
	Week 9
28.06.1998	Carrickfergus Knights	30	Craigavon Cowboys	0
	Week 10
19.07.1998	Queens University Broncos	0	Dublin Tigers	64
19.07.1998	Greystones Rebels	0	Carrickfergus Knights	18
	Week 11
26.07.1998	Dublin Tigers	26	Carrickfergus Knights	26
	Week 12
02.08.1998	Craigavon Cowboys	0	Queens University Broncos	30
	Week 13
09.08.1998	Dublin Tigers	36	Greystones Rebels	24

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Report

Carrickfergus Knights won their second ever Shamrock Bowl, 22-14 against new team Dublin Tigers, who had been a merger of the Dublin (Gateway) Bulls and a new team called the Tigers who had set up nearby. The two teams could not be separated all year, tying both games with each other and each winning all six other games. The Dublin tigers were awarded the League Championship on Points Scored.

In the Playoffs the Tigers had beaten the Craigavon Cowboys 30-0 and the Carrickfergus Knights had beaten the Greystones Rebels, who had finished third on a 4-4 Won-Loss Record, 40-0 to set up the decider.

The other team in the League was the Queens University Belfast Broncos.

Team Changes and Association and League Structure

The League was up one team from 1997, with the Dublin Lightning refusing to play under the then American Football Association of Ireland management team (Image Management and Promotions), and being replaced by the Greystones Rebels, and Queens University. Other changes were the Portadown Panthers being replaced by a resurrection of the Craigavon Cowboys in Mid-Ulster and the Dublin Bulls merging with new team the Dublin Tigers (and taking their name). The Belfast Bulls were a seventh team who only played in a 7v7 Blitz along with the Broncos and Carrickfergus Knights.

References

Sources

[1] Naughton, L. (1998) Tigers roar. Evening Herald. Saturday, 17 October 1998. p. 29.

[2] Naughton, L. (1998) New season. Evening Herald. Saturday, 29 May 1999. p. 25.

Websites

[3] Carrickfergus Knights (1998) Full 1998 Results and League Table [Internet] Available from: http://www.sugarcube.co.uk/knight/Full_1998_AFAI_Results_and.htm [Accessed 23 May 2000]

[4] Irish american Football Association (2018) Shamrock Bowl History [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/american-football/shamrock-bowl-history/ [Accessed 16 April 2018]

Images

[5] Belfast Knights Facebook (2020) Album: Shamrock Bowl XIII – Knights v Dublin Tigers [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/541032_229694027165043_1197421051_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=e007fa&_nc_ohc=87gHzXgjW68AX8jlm-J&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=376eebc97278cf1bba85556ab5dfa821&oe=5EF3CAE8 [Accessed 28 May 2020]

Acknowledgements

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

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