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May 13, 2020October 29, 2023

Christopher Columbus Classic Bowdoin Polar Bears 7 Tufts Jumbos 6 29 November 1992

Christoper Columbus Classic – 29 November 1992 – Galway

Bowdoin Polar Bears 7 Tufts Jumbos 6

American Football was played for the first time West of the Shannon, at Galway on 29 November 1992 when Bowdoin College Polar Bears (Brunswick, Maine) met Tufts Jumbos (Boston, Massachusetts) as part of the Christopher Columbus 500 celebrations. 700 Americans traveled from New England for the occasion, adding to the 1000 people who turned up to watch the match. In arctic conditions, Tufts went ahead in the Final Quarter with Todd Romboli, the Jumbos Free Safety touching down for six points, however the conversion was missed by by Kicker Ronnie Bronstein. The Polar Bears, however, who may have been enjoying the conditions, won the game with six minutes to go when Wide Receiver Peter Nye caught a touchdown pass, which was converted by Mark McCormick, ensuring a 50% record for them this season with 4 Wins and 4 Losses.

At Galway. Att:1,000	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Tufts Jumbos	0	0	0	6	6
Bowdoin Polar Bears	0	0	0	7	7

Christopher Columbus Classic 29 November 1992 Box Score Quarters [Ref: 1]

Team	Scorer	Score
	1st Quarter
	No Scoring	0-0
	2nd Quarter
	No Scoring	0-0
	3rd Quarter
	No Scoring	0-0
	4th Quarter
TUF	Todd Romboli TD run (Ronnie Bronstein missed XP kick)	6-0
BOW	Peter Nye TD Pass from ?? (Mick McCormick XP kick good)	6-7

Christopher Columbus Classic 29 November 1992 Box-Score Scorers [Ref: 1]

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1992) “Galway Sports fans voyage of discovery” Irish Independent. Monday, November 30, 1992. pg. 60 [Available on the Internet at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription Service]

[2] Naughton, Lindie (1993) Tornadoes Plan for ’94 Evening Herald. Thursday, October 07, 1993, pg. 52 [Available on the Internet at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription Service]

[3] Anon. (1994) YOUR SPORTING UPDATE AT A GLANCE – AMERICAN FOOTBALL Evening Herald. Thursday February 17, 1994, pg. 53 [Available on the Internet at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription Service]

[4] Naughton, Lindie (1994) Tornadoes Test Evening Herald. Thursday July 07, 1994, pg. 61 [Available on the Internet at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription Service]

Websites

[4] Lucky Show (2016) American Football in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://www.luckyshow.org/football/Shamrock%20Bowl.htm [Accessed 5 June 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rose McCabe

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May 12, 2020July 10, 2025

American Football Ireland Irish Teams v USA & Canadian Services & Underage Teams 1991-Present

Irish Teams v USA & Canadian Services & Underage Teams 1991-Present

Date	Irish Team		American Team
06.07.1991	Irish All-Stars	6	USAF Lakenheath Eagles (US/UK)	W
05.1998	Dublin Tigers	0	Maranatha Baptist Bible College	48
05.1998	Carrickfergus Knights	6	Maranatha Baptist Bible College	42
2000	Irish Lions	12	Mount St. Josephs HS (MD)	36
25.08.2002	Carrickfergus Knights	6	Team Canada U21s	34
28.02.2009	UL Vikings	0	Philadelphia Blue Flame (PA)	22
27.08.2013	Ireland U20s	22	Greendell Falcons (MB, Can)	20
08.04.2017	Irish Wolfhounds	6	Team USA (AFW)	54

Irish Teams versus American High Schools and Services 1998-2000 [Ref: 18-24]

Irish Teams v US & Canadian Services & Underage Teams 1993-2017

In 1991 an Irish All-Stars lost to the USAF Lakenheath Eagles, who were USAFE League champions at the time (USAFE was the United States Air Force in Europe Football League from 1947 to early 1990s). the Irish lost heavily, but managed to put a touchdown on the board – Quarterback Eddie Goggins connecting with Wide Receiver Dermot Connolly for a TD Pass. [Ref: 18-19]

The Dublin Tornadoes defeated a US Coastguard team, from the Rota Naval Base in Spain 7-0 in June 1993, and in 1998 another Dublin team, Dublin Tigers, lost to Maranatha Baptist, an American High School team.

In 2000, there was no Irish League and the only match played was the Ireland National Team versus Mount St. Joseph’s High School from Baltimore, Maryland. Ireland lost 36-12, but the match led to the rebirth of American Football in Ireland.

Carricfergus Knights lost 6-34 to a Canadian U21 team in August 2002.

The University of Limerick Vikings also played a match against Philadelphia Blue Flame – losing 22-0 to a team of Firefighters and Policemen playing in the National Services League.

As part of the Global Ireland Football Tournament in 2012, in which over a dozen small Colleges & High Schools from North America played in various venues around Ireland, the Oak Park High School from Winnipeg Manitoba, beat Villanova College, from King City in Ontario 18-9, in front of 3,000 at Pairc Tailteann, in Navan Co. Meath.

The following year, as part of the Gathering Ireland celebrations in 2013, the Greendell Falcons, who play in the Winnipeg Major Football League played two games in Ireland – one against the Ireland U20s team, which they lost, and one against Bristol Academy Pride, who play in the European US High Schools League. Greendell won the latter 39-22 in front of 2,500 spectators at Tallaght Stadium. The Falcons Wide Receiver, Bryce LeBlanc was named MVP.

Ireland’s U20s lost a match in 2017, 54-6 to Team USA American Football Worldwide, a team of Elite High School students representing USA on tours throughout Europe. [Ref: 18-24]

References

Newspapers

[1] Evening Herald (1999) “American Football” Evening Herald, Tuesday, January 5, 1999, pg. 91 [Irish Newspaper Archive: Available online at: https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/Print.Article.aspx?mode=image&href=EHD%2F1999%2F01%2F05&id=Ar09100 [Accessed 21 August 2020][The Irish Newspaper Archive is a Subscription Service]

Social Media Conversations

[18] Kevin Sharkey Facebook Messenger (2020) Facebook Messenger Conversation, 29 May 2020.

[19] Dublin Celts Facebook (2019) Photo, September 8, 2019: “Not strictly Dublin Celts, but in this fame QB Eddie Goggins�� threw a TD pass to WR Dermot Connolly��, we scored against good quality American opposition, these guys were the champions of their league in Europe.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/groups/259540917772370/permalink/270796126646849/ [Accessed 7 November 2019]

Bibliography

[18] Anon (1993) Coast Guard at Sea First Down. July 6-12 2000. pg. 19.

Bibliography

[19] Anon (2000) Plucky Irish Denied by Americans First Down. June 12, 2000. pg. 17.

Websites

[20] Britball Now (2016) Friendly Results against foreign opposition [1998] [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/friendly-results-against.html [Accessed 14 April 2020]

Websites

[21] Wayback Machine – Irish American Football Association (2002) August 25th 2002 – TEAM CANADA 34 – 6 CARRICKFERGUS KNIGHTS [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20021210031300/http://www.irish-american-football.org/news%20stories/25aug02.htm [Accessed 8 October 2017]

[22] Irish American Football Association (2013) IAFA U20s have historic win against Greendell Falcons [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/breaking-news-iafa-u20s-win-against-greendell-falcons/ [Accessed 30 April 2017]

[23] Greendell Falcons (2017) MMFA Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://falconsfootball.ca/index.php [Accessed 16 November 2017]

[24] Irish American Football Association (2016) Journey to Thirty [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/journeyto-thirty/ [Accessed 08 August 2016]

Images

[25] Irish American Football Association (2013) IAFA U20s on offense (white jerseys) [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/u20gf2-650×433.jpg [Accessed 12 May 2020]

Images

[26] American Football Ireland (2020) AFI Logo 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AFI-Logo-200.png [Accessed 10 February 2020]

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Four Nations American Football Irish v British Teams 1985-1990

Friendlies (1985-1989) CGL (1989) NCMMA (1990)

Date	Irish Team		British Team
	Friendlies
1985	Dublin Celts	32	Bristol Bombers (Eng)	0
1986	Dublin Celts	14	Wirral Wolves (Eng)	0
30.03.1986	Dublin Celts	16	Newcastle Senators (Eng)	14
1987	Craigavon Cowboys	18	Newmarket Hornets (Eng)	19
1987	Belfast Spartans	14	F14 Tomcats (Eng)	42
1989	Dublin Celts	0	Bristol Packers (Eng)	7
1989	Belfast Spartans (A)	12	Jersey Senates / Guernsey Gladiators (ChI)	12
	International Challenge Cup
28.09.1986	Carrickfergus Cougars	8	Ayr Burners (Sco)	28
1987	Belfast Giants	0	Ayr Burners (Sco)	48
10.04.1988	Belfast Giants	21	Ayr Burners (Sco)	0
	CGL Playoffs
1989	Dublin Celts (A)	13	Manchester Heroes (Eng)	18
1989	A26 Bulldogs (H)	34	Furness Phantoms (Eng)	6
1989	A26 Bulldogs (A)	0	Severn Valley Warlords (Eng)	5
	NCMMA Regular Season
22.04.1990	Dublin Celts (A)	13	Crawley Raiders (Eng)	20
29.04.1990	Dublin Celts (A)	p	Granite City Oilers (Sco)	p
13.05.1990	Dublin Celts (H)	p	Manchester Heroes (Eng)	p
22.05.1990	Dublin Celts (A)	8	Stoke Spitfires (Eng)	26
03.06.1990	Dublin Celts (A)	6	Walsall Titans (Eng)	52
10.06.1990	Dublin Celts (H)	21	Walsall Titans (Eng)	26

Irish American Football Teams v British Teams 1985-1990 [Ref: 1-10]

Note: (H) and (A) denotes whether the Irish team played at Home or Away (Road).

Report

The Dublin Celts were formed in 1984, and being the only fully kitted American Football team in Ireland at the time played matches against British opposition in 1985, beating Bristol Bombers 32-6. In 1986 further matches against British opposition were played, with the Celts winning against both the Newcastle Senators and Wirral Wolves (Merseyside). In 1987 the Craigavon Cowboys and Belfast Spartans also played English teams, although both teams lost on this occasion.

The Ayr Burners, from the West Coast of Scotland, played three matches against Northern Ireland opposition from 1986 to 1988. The Carrickfergus Cougars lost 28-8 to the Scottish team in 1986, and the following year the Belfast Giants lost to the Burners 48-0, before winning the return fixture 21-0 in 1988.

In 1989 the Belfast Spartans travelled to Jersey, in the Channel Islands to play a Combined Jersey Senates / Guernsey Gladiators team, tying the match 12-12. The Dublin Celts also lost a friendly match to the Bristol Packers.

In 1989, the Irish League elected to play in the Combined Gridiron League, which was an attempt at uniting the Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and English Regional Leagues, with Irish teams playing in an Irish Conference. In the playoffs, the Dublin Celts lost 13-18 to the Manchester Heroes in the Duke Premier Division, and The A26 Bulldogs, from Antrim, beat the Furness Phantoms, from Barrow in Cumbria, 32-6 before falling in the Baron First Division Semi-Finals 5-0 to Severn Valley Warlords.

In 1990 the Irish League was back to being Independent, although the Dublin Celts continued playing for one season in the NCMMA (the British Second Level), losing all four matches.

Websites

[1] Britball Now (2009) British and Irish Friendly results against foreign opposition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/UKClubsForeignOppo.html [Accessed 16 November 2017]

[2] Britball Now (2009) Results in Euro Competition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-in-euro-competition.html [Accessed 1 November 2016]

[3] Irish American Football Association (2002) OTHER EVENTS: [Internet] Available from: http://americanfootball.ie/iafl/otherevents02.htm [Accessed 20 March 2018]

Websites

[4] Belfast Spartans (2020) Player Profiles [Internet] Available from: http://www.belfastspartans.co.uk/player-profiles.html [Last Accessed 22 April 2020]

[5] Britball Now (2016) Historical League Tables in the UK [1989][1990] [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/historical-league-tables-in/ [Accessed 6 August 2019]

Newspapers

[6] Anon. (1986) “Cowboys into ‘Shamrock Bowl’” Belfast Telegraph. Monday, September 29, 1986. pg. 18 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

[7] Anon. (1988) “Giants get their revenge’” Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, April 12, 1988. pg. 20 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

[8] Naughton, L. (1990) “Dublin Celts ready to roll” Evening Herald. Thursday, April 5, 1990. Pg. 52.

Websites

[9] Britball Now (2009) Results in Euro Competition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-in-euro-competition.html [Accessed 1 November 2016]

[10] Britball Now (2009) Results Section [1990] [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-section.html [Accessed 1 November 2016]

Newspapers

[11] Anon. (1990) “American Football: Junior game is on the up!” Sunday Life May 27, 1990. pg. 58

[12] Anon. (1990) “American Football: Cowboys riding high..” Sunday Life August 5, 1990. pg. 43

Acknowledgements

Thanks to David Turner (Belfast Blitzers)

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European Federation of American Football Charleroi Trophy Finals 2002-2004

Charleroi Trophy Finals 2002-2004

Year	Trophy	Winners		Runners-Up
2002	I	Dublin Rebels (Irl)	22	Charleroi Cougars (Bel)	0
2003	II	Dublin Rebels (Irl)	12	Charleroi Cougars (Bel)	0
2004	III	Chevaliers d’Orleans (Fra)	26	Lille Vikings (Fra)	0

EFAF Charleroi Trophy Finals 2002-2004 [Ref: 1-5]

Report

The Charleroi Trophy was a unofficial Western European Club Championship for the winners of the National Championships of Ireland, Belgium, and the French 3rd Level (the Casque d’Argent – “Silver Helmet”). It was competed for from 2002 to 2004.

Dublin Rebels won the first two editions – both against hosts Charleroi Cougars from Belgium – 22-0 in 2002 and 12-0 in 2003. There was another shutout victory in 2004, for the Chevaliers d’Orleans of France against compatriots Lille Vikings.

Dublin Rebels Celebrate their victory in the 2003 Charleroi Trophy [Ref: 7]

Websites

[1] Irish American Football Association (2002) June 29th/30th 2002 – DUBLIN REBELS WIN CHARLEROI TROPHY CHARLEROI TOURNAMENT [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20021210031040/http://www.irish-american-football.org/news%20stories/29jun02.htm [Accessed 8 October 2017]

[2] Irish American Football Association (2003) DUBLIN REBELS WIN CHARLEROI TROPHY – DUBLIN REBELS FINISH FIRST & CARRICKFERGUS KNIGHTS 3RD [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20030806044017/http://www.irish-american-football.org/29jun03.htm [Accessed 8 October 2017]

[3] Irish American Football Association (2004) 26th-27th June 2004 REBELS PLAY IN CHARLROI TROPHY ORLEANS DEFEAT LILLE IN FINAL [Internet] Available from:

[4] Dublin Rebels (2002) REBELS WIN CHARLEROI TROPHY [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070325185701/http://www.dublinrebels.com/page.php?7.1 [Accessed 5 July 2017]

[5] Dublin Rebels (2003) REBELS WIN 2nd CHARLEROI TROPHY [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070319105030/http://www.dublinrebels.com/page.php?7 [Accessed 5 July 2017]

Images

[6] American Football International (2013) EFAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EFAF_logo.gif [Accessed 30 August 2017]

[7] Irish American Football Association (2003) Dublin Rebels Celebrate their victory in the 2003 Charleroi Trophy [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20031002110034im_/http://www.irish-american-football.org/chartroppresentation.jpg [Accessed 11 November 2019]

Acknowledgements

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European Federation of American Football IFAF Europe Atlantic Cup Finals 2009-2017

EFAF Atlantic Cup I 2009 Logo [Ref: 14]

EFAF / IFAF Europe Atlantic Cup Finals 2009-2017

Year	Cup	Winners		Runners-Up
2009	I	West-Vlaanderen Tribes (Bel)	15	Dublin Rebels (Irl)	13
2010	II	University of Limerick Vikings (Irl)	19	Lelystad Commanders (Ned)	18
2011	III	Lelystad Commanders (Ned)	47	West-Vlaanderen Tribes (Bel)	2
2012	IV	Lelystad Commanders (Ned)	12	Brussels Tigers (Bel)	0
2013	V	Belfast Trojans (Irl)	26	Trinity College Dublin (Irl)	0
2014	VI	Brussels Tigers (Bel)	9	Hilversum Hurricanes (Ned)	7
2015	VII	Belfast Trojans (Irl)	26	Groningen Giants (Ned)	7
2016	VIII	Brussels Black Angels (Bel)	47	Groningen Giants (Ned)	0
2017	IX	Dublin Rebels (Irl)	42	Bucharest Rebels (Rom)	14

EFAF / IFAFE Atlantic Cup Finals 2009-2017 [Ref: 1-13]

Report

The European Federation of American Football Atlantic Cup was started in 2009 between the Champions of purely amateur American Football Leagues in Western Europe. It fills the AA (3rd Level) Championship for the region which had been taken by the Charleroi Trophy from 2002 to 2004. In 2015 it was taken over by the German Football League International, which had taken over the running of European American Football competitions, and in 2016, the International Federation of American Football Europe became the continents governing body. It featured the Champions of Ireland, Belgium and Netherlands, and either a Luxembourg entrant or an entrant from the French 3rd Level. In 2017 the Belgian and Dutch associations made the step up to European Football League level, and the Cup was held between Ireland’s representative and Romania’s.

The Cup was won on four occasions by an Irish team: University of Limerick Vikings (2010), Belfast Trojans (2013 and 2015) and Dublin Rebels (2017). Belgium won the Cup three times: West-Vlaanderen Tribes (2009), Brussels Tigers (2014) and Brussels Black Angels (2015) and the Dutch entrant won twice: Lelystad Commanders in 2012 and 2013.

References

Websites

[1] European Federation of American Football (2009) Atlantic Cup 2009 [Internet] Available from: www.efaf.info/text.php?Inhalt=spielplan&Liga=AC&Archiv=2009 [Accessed 27 July 2016]

[2] European Federation of American Football (2010) Atlantic Cup 2010 [Internet] Available from: www.efaf.info/text.php?Inhalt=spielplan&Liga=AC&Archiv=2010 [Accessed 27 July 2016]

[3] European Federation of American Football (2011) Atlantic Cup 2011 [Internet] Available from: www.efaf.info/text.php?Inhalt=spielplan&Liga=AC&Archiv=2011 [Accessed 27 July 2016]

[4] European Federation of American Football (2012) Atlantic Cup 2012 [Internet] Available from: www.efaf.info/text.php?Inhalt=spielplan&Liga=AC&Archiv=2012 [Accessed 27 July 2016]

[5] Irish American Football Association () Belfast Trojans win Atlantic Cup at Tallaght Stadium [Internet] Available from: www.americanfootball.ie/belfast-trojans-win-atlantic-cup-at-tallaght-stadium/[Accessed 27 July 2016]

[6] Irish American Football Association () Brussels Tigers win EFAF Atlantic Cup [Internet] Available from: www.americanfootball.ie/brussels-tigers-win-efaf-atlantic-cup [Accessed 27 July 2016]

[7] Irish American Football Association () GFLI Atlantic Cup Belfast Trojans win European Title [Internet] Available from: www.americanfootball.ie/gfli-atlantic-cup-belfast-trojans-win-european-title/ [Accessed 27 July 2016]

[8] Irish American Football Association (2017) Battle of the Rebels – Dublin Rebels win 2017 Atlantic Cup [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/battle-rebels-dublin-rebels-win-2017-atlantic-cup/ [Accessed 1 February 2018]

Social Media

[9] Irish American Football Association Facebook Page () Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/iafaireland/posts/1267759613257936:0

[10] Irish American Football Association Facebook Page () Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/iafaireland/posts/1269187599781804

[11] Irish American Football Association Facebook Page () Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/iafaireland/posts/1269517986415432

[12] Irish American Football Association Facebook Page () Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/iafaireland/posts/1270065093027388

[13] American Football Association Facebook Page () Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/iafaireland/posts/1270195496347681

Websites

[2] European Federation of American Football (2011) Results Atlantic Cup 2011 [Internet] Available from: http://www.efaf.info/text.php?Inhalt=spielplan&Liga=AC&Archiv=2011 [Accessed 27 July 2016]

Images

[14] American Football International (2013) EFAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EFAF_logo.gif [Accessed 30 August 2017]

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International American Football Irish Teams versus US Services 2009-2017

Irish Teams v US Services & High Schools 2000-2017

Date	Irish Team		American Team
28.02.2009	UL Vikings	0	Philadelphia Blue Flame (PA)	22
08.04.2017	Irish Wolfhounds	6	Team USA (AFW)	54

Irish Teams versus American High Schools and Services 1998-2017 [Ref: 1-4]

[1][2][3][4][5]

Report

The University of Limerick Vikings also played a match against Philadelphia Blue Flame – losing 22-0 to a team of Firefighters and Policemen playing in the National Services League.[3]

Ireland’s U20s lost a match in 2017, 54-6 to Team USA American Football Worldwide, a team of Elite High School students representing USA on tours throughout Europe. [4][5]

Websites

[3] Irish American Football Association (2009) PAUDIE O’SE DINGLE TOURNAMENT [Internet] Available from: http://americanfootball.ie/iafl/indexearly2009.htm [Accessed 15 October 2017]

[4] IAFA Ireland Facebook Page (2017) Post April 3 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/iafaireland/posts/1474457059254856:0 [Accessed 25 August 2017]

[5] IAFA Ireland Facebook Page (2017) Post April 8 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/iafaireland/posts/1479857652048130 [Accessed 25 August 2017]

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Four Nations American Football | Nations Cup Box-Score & Match Reports 1997

Final Table

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
*Scotland	2	2	0	0	79	12	4
Ireland	2	1	1	0	46	51	2
Wales	2	0	2	0	26	78	0

Match 1, April 5 1997 – Welsh Dragons 20 Irish Leprechauns 40

At Cross Keys	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Irish Leprechauns					40
Welsh Dragons					20
Scorers					Score
1st Half
IRL – Brian Dennehy 9yd Run					6-0
IRL – Brian Dennehy 23yd Run					12-0
IRL – Alan Byrne Run (Kevin Hurst 1xpt)					19-0
WAL – Neil Jenkins 76yd Punt Return					19-6
IRL – Eddie Goggins 1yd Run (Kevin Hurst 1xpt)					26-6
2nd Half
IRL – Alan Byrne Run (1xpt)					33-6
WAL – Ian Buckley 6yd Pass					33-12
IRL – Phil McGrath 41yd Run (1xpt)					40-12
WAL – Daren Williams Run					40-20

Week 2, 7 September 1997 – Irish Leprechauns 6 Scottish Bravehearts 31

At Queens University Grounds, Belfast	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Scottish Bravehearts					31
Irish Leprechauns					6
Scorers					Score
1st Quarter
SCO – Dave Molloy 69yd Pass from Gary McNey
2nd Quarter
IRL – Andrew Mitchell 37yd Int Return
3rd Quarter
SCO – Stevie Branscombe 14yd Pass from Gary McNey
SCO – David Kidd 1yd Run
4th Quarter
SCO – David Kidd 3yd Run
??
SCO – Robert Grant 30yd FG
SCO – Robert Grant 1xpt
SCO – Robert Grant 1xpt
SCO – Safety (Ball snapped out of endzone)

Week 3, 5 October 1997 – Scottish Bravehearts 38 Welsh Dragons 6

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Welsh Dragons					6
Scottish Bravehearts					38
Scorers					Score

Reference

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Sources

[1] Anon. (1997) “IRELAND HARPOON WALES!” First Down. Saturday, April 5, 1997. Pg. 21.

[1] Anon. (1997) “Scotland 31 Ireland 6” First Down. Saturday, September 20, 1997. Pg. 26.

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European Federation of American Football | Team Ireland v British Teams 2004-2006

Results

Date	Venue	Home Team		Away Team
04.09.2004	Derby (Eng)	Great Britain Bulldogs	69	Team Ireland	6
15.10.2006	Coventry (Eng)	Coventry Jets	35	Team Ireland	8

Reference: [1-2]

Reference

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Internet Archive

[1] Irish American Football Association (2004) IRELAND 6 GREAT BRITAIN BULLDOGS 69 [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootbal.ie/iafl/irlgb04.htm [Accessed 25 October 2017]

Images

[2] Dublin Dragons (2006) Team Ireland 8 Coventry Cassidy Jets 35 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20071117035949/http://www.dublindragons.com/e107/news.php?extend.20 [Accessed 31 October 2017]

Images

[3] American Football International (2013) EFAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EFAF_logo.gif [Accessed 30 August 2017]

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Hale Blue Devils | European Theater of Operations American Football Team in Ireland | Team Roster & Match Reports 1942

Week 1 – 14 November 1942 – Hale 9 Yarvard 7

The Hale Blue Devils went in front in the first quarter with a touchdown run by the small Sergeant Raymond Chandler. The Yarvard Crimson Tide had a good back themselves in Corporal Robert Hopfer, who ran nearly every possesion for them until he was taken out of the game by a hard tackle. Hopfer equalised for Yarvard and Corporal Jay Wright kicked the conversion to give them a 7-6 lead at halftime. [Reference: 9]

The Hale team changed tactics in the third quarter to a passing game, with Quarterback David Zywicki completing passes to Carpenter, halfback John Urban, and Edmund Forzcek, to set up Carpenter’s 18 yard Field Goal to put the Blue Devils 9-7 up. Yarvard also went to a passing game, but their receivers found Private Armando Lopez guiding missiles that were too hot to handle, and the game ended 9-7 to Hale. [Reference: 9]

At Ravenhill, Belfast (Att: 8,000)	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Hale Blue Devils	6	0	3	0	9
Yarvard Crimson Tide	0	7	0	0	7
Scorers					Score
1st Quarter
HAL – Raymond Chandler TD Run (xp No Good)					6-0
2nd Quarter
YAR – Robert Hopfer TD Run (Jay Wright XP Kick)					6-7
3rd Quarter
HAL – Arnold Carpenter 18yd FG					9-7
4th Quarter
No Scoring					9-7

Reference: [9]

Roster 14 November 1942

Number	Name	Position	Hometown & State
	Players
1	Arnold Carpenter	Fullback	Eau Claire, Wis.
2	Raymond Chandler	Left Halfback	Huston, Texas
3	Frank Beck	Left Halfback	New Orleans, La.
4	Bryon St. Peter	Fullback	Milwaukee, Wis.
5	David Zywicki	Quarterback	Milwaukee, Wis.
6	Charles Kacena	Quarterback	Des Moines, Ia.
7	John Urban	Right Halfback	Brooklyn, New York
8	Edward Dix	Right Halfback	Elizabeth, New Jersey
9	Homer Cooke	Center	Eau Claire, Wis.
10	Robert Cummings	Center	Brooklyn, New York
11	Lee Dunham	Right Guard	Detroit, Mich.
12	Thomas Richardson	Left Guard	Rutherford, New Jersey
13	Frederick Stobaeus	Right Guard	South Orange, New Jersey
14	Anthony Fabrizio	Left Guard	Springfield, New Jersey
15	Erving Grosch	Left Tackle	Milwaukee, Wis.
16	Norman Rosenberg	Right Tackle	Brooklyn, New York
17	Edmund Forczek	Left Tackle	Cudahy, Wis.
18	Woodrow Laurie	Right Tackle	Redgranite, Wis.
19	Stephen Lochman	Left End	Albany, New York
20	John Gallagher	Right End	Brooklyn, New Jersey
21	Eugene Bolton	Right End	Rapid City, S.D.
22	Madison Rich	Left End	West New York, New Jersey
23	Saul Solow	Right End	Brooklyn, New York
24	Edward Kuderns	Left End	Cleveland, Ohio
25	Theodore Rix	Right End	Crisco, Ia.
	Coaches
Captain	Harry G. Chowins
2nd Lt.	E.K. Sauer
S. Sgt.	Louis J. DiSalle
	Team Physician
Major	Joseph A. Ridgeway

Reference: [7]

About

During World War II, American Soldiers based in Northern Ireland, England & Wales, played a series of matches for the European Theater of Operations Football Championship. These American Football matches were sometimes played in front of the Irish & British public at large stadiums in aid of the Red Cross. [Reference: 11] The match at Ravenhill, on 14 November 1942, was the first ever match of American Football in Ireland [1-5]

The first such match, held at Ravenhill on 14th November 1942 (the first ETO Championship was played in Northern Ireland in 1942), featured the Hale Blue Devils and Yarvard Crimson Tide. [Reference: 9]

The names Hale & Yarvard aren’t mis-spellings. The teams were made up of Soldiers stationed in Northern Ireland during World War II, and the British & Irish public would have been familiar with newspaper reports of the time on the big American College Football games, so the names Yarvard, Hale and Tech (the third team in the ETO Championship in 1942), were chosen to reflect this. [Reference: [9]

European Theater of Operations Football Championship 1942 – Hale Blue Devils 9 Yarvard Crimson Tide 7 at Ravenhill, Belfast, 14 November 1942 [Reference: [10]

References

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Websites

[1] Irish American Football Association (2016) Journey to Thirty [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/journeyto-thirty/ [Accessed 08 August 2016]

[2] Irish American Football Association (2016) History of US Teams playing in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/history-of-us-teams-playing-in-ireland/ [Accessed 22 November 2016]

[3] Irish American Football Association (2016) History [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/history.htm [Accessed 26 October 2016]

Sources

[5] Anon. (1942) . “Photo caption: American Football at Ravenhill”. Belfast News-Letter. 16 November 1942. pg. 6.

[6] Anon. (1954) . “Photo caption”. Northern Whig. 18 November 1954. pg. 6.

[7] Edgar, Scott | Wartime NI (2019) Hale Team at Ravenhill [Internet] Available from: https://wartimeni.com/wwiini-story-american-football-ravenhill-programme-06/ [Accessed 17 November 2019]

[8] Magee, Damian. “English Beer and American Football: Exporting American Football as a Cultural Commodity to the British Isles.” Irish Journal of American Studies, vol. 7, 1998, pp. 121–148. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/30002410.

Bibliography

[9] Foglio, Massimo & Ford, Mark L. (2015) “Touchdown in Europe” pg. 51-52. Published by the Author.

Images

[10] Belfast Blitzers | Facebook (2019) Post 21 August 2019: “ As promised, a never before seen photo of the game held at Ravenhill in 1942. “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/photos/pcb.2258995414211601/2258986244212518/?type=3&theater [Accessed 23 August 2019]

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Ireland National American Football Team 1986-Present

Iris Wolfhounds Logo [23]

Irish National American Football Team 1995-Present

Home Ground: Kilmacud, Co. Dublin (1986), Phoenix Park, Dublin 2 (1990), Ravenhill, Belfast & St. Mary’s RFC, Dublin (1995), Belfast (1997), Santry, Dublin (1998-1999), Ringsend, Dublin 4 (2000), Greystones, Co. Wicklow (2004-2005), Pairc Tailteann, Navan, Co. Meath (2017-Present)

Colours: Green & White

Career Record: (W-L-T Pct) 8-20-0 .286

History: Irish National American Football Team, started in 1995 as the Irish Leprechauns and playing friendlies and in the Nations Cup with England, Scotland and Wales. A match versus Mount St. Joseph’s High School from Baltimore in Maryland in 2000 led to the resurrection of the Irish American Football League which had disbanded in disarray earlier that year. The Team Ireland Programme played a further four games in 2004-2006 against English and American College Opposition before being put on hiatus. It was started again in 2016 with a Full International against the Dutch Lions. The Irish Wolfhounds, as the team has been Christened, has won its last two Full Internationals by a point both times against the Belgian Barbarians.

Name Changes: Irish Squad 1990 / Fighting Irish 1995-1996 / Irish Leprechauns 1996-1999 / Irish Lions 2001 / Team Ireland 2004-2006 / Irish Wolfhounds 2016-Present.

Reference:

Era-by-Era Record

Team Name	Years	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
IAFL All-Stars *	1986	6	1	3	0	44	126	.250
Fighting Irish	1995-1996	7	3	4	0	148	176	.429
Irish Leprechauns	1996-1999	8	2	6	0	105	216	.250
Team Ireland	2000-2006	7	1	6	0	35	252	.000
Irish Wolfhounds	2016-Present	4	2	2	0	33	99	.500

Ireland National American Football Team Era-by-Era Record 1986-Present Ref: Compiled from Results in 1-22]

Note: * Three results unknown: Northern Hordes (IAFL North All-Stars) v Dublin Celts 1988; IAFL All-Stars v USAF Lakenheath Eagles, and Dublin All-Stars (IAFL South) v Great Britain Bulldogs 1995. Team Ireland results include both a Win and Loss for the IAFL North All-Stars (Northern Ireland) v IAFL South All-Stars (Republic of Ireland) in 2003.

IAFL All-Stars / Irish Squad Results

Date	Venue	Competition	Versus	W/L	Score
1986	Kilmacud (Irl)	Exhibition	Marlboro Shamrocks (MA)	L	0-36
03.07.1988	Dublin	Summer Bowl	Dublin Celts		+
18.11.1990	Phoenix Park (Irl)	Friendly	Dublin Tornadoes	W	31-15
1991	Northants (Eng)	Friendly	Northants Storm (Eng)	L	6-48
1991	Malone RFC (Irl)	Exhibition	USAF Lakenheath Eagles (Eng)
98.1994	(Fra)	Friendly	Team Canada	L	7-24 *
08.1995	Wicklow RFC (Irl)	Friendly	Great Britain Bulldogs		^

IAFL All-Stars Results 1986 [Ref: 1-5]

Note: * Combined Ireland / Le Mans Caimans team. + Northern Hordes (IAFL North All-Stars) v Dublin Celts. ^ Dublin All-Stars (IAFL South) v Great Britain Bulldogs.

Fighting Irish Results

Date	Venue	Competition	Versus	W/L	Score
17.03.1995	Leicester (Eng)	Friendly	Great Britain Lions	L	0-22
1995	Ravenhill (Irl)	Friendly	Team USA	L	12-47
19.07.1995	Ottawa (Can)	Friendly	Ottawa Gee-Gees Alumni (Can)	L	22-34
03.08.1995	Ottawa (Can)	Friendly	Ottawa Gee-Gees Alumni (Can)	W	27-24
03.09.1995	Hanau (Ger)	Friendly	Hanau Hawks (Ger)	L	6-19
26.11.1995	St. Mary’s (Irl)	Friendly	Great Britain NW All-Stars	W	45-0
1996		Friendly	Northants Storm (Eng)	W	36-30

Ireland Fighting Irish Results 1995-1996 [Ref: 7-8]

Irish Leprechauns Results

Date	Venue	Competition	Versus	W/L	Score
1996	Birmingham (Eng)	Nations Cup	Scottish Bravehearts	L	6-20
1996	Nottingham (Eng)	Nations Cup	Welsh Dragons	W	44-21
1996	Brmingham (Eng)	Nations Cup	Scottish Bravehearts	L	3-14
1997	Belfast (Irl)	Nations Cup	Scottish Bravehearts	L	6-31
1997	(Wal)	Nations Cup	Welsh Dragons	W	40-20
1998	Santry (Irl)	Nations Cup	Welsh Dragons	L	6-34
1999	Santry (Irl)	Nations Cup	England	L	0-46
1999	Glasgow (Sco)	Nations Cup	Scottish Bravehearts	L	0-30

Irish Leprechauns Results 1996-1999 Reference: [11-17]

Team Ireland Results

Date	Venue	Competition	Versus	W/L	Score
2000	Ringsend (Irl)	Friendly	Mount. St. Joseph’s HS (MD)	L	12-36
2003	Carrickfergus (Irl)	All-Star Game	IAFL South	W	7-0 *
2003	Carrickfergus (Irl)	All-Star Game	IAFL North	L	0-7 *
05.2004	Greystones (Irl)	Celtic Classic I	John Carroll Blue Streaks (OH)	L	2-52
04.09.2004	Derby (Eng)	Friendly	Great Britain Bulldogs	L	6-69
06.05.2005	Greystones (Irl)	Celtic Classic II	Adrian College Bulldogs (MICH)	L	0-53
15.08.2006	Coventry (Eng)	Celtic Classic III	Coventry Jets (Eng)	L	8-35

Team Ireland Results 2004-2006 References: [18-22]

Note: * All-Star Game: IAFL North All-Stars (Northern Ireland) 7 IAFL South All-Stars (Republic of Ireland) 0.

Irish Wolfhounds Results

Date	Venue	Competition	Versus	W/L	Score
27.08.2016	Waalwijk (Ned)	Full International	Dutch Lions	L	0-20
08.04.2017		Friendly	Team USA AFW	L	6-54
20.10.2018	Navan (Irl)	Full International	Belgian Barbarians	W	20-19
11.09.2019	Ostend (Bel)	Full International	Belgian Barbarians	W	7-6

Irish Wolfhounds Results 2016-2019 References: [23-27]

Report

The first Ireland National American Football Team was the IAFL All-Stars, a team made up of the top players in the Irish American Football League in the mid-to-late 1980s. In 1990s the first Irish Squad, of Irish-born players, and players with Irish Passports (Grandparents Rule), played a match against Dublin Tornadoes, winning 31-15. In 1991 the team lost 6-48 to the Northants Storm, one of the top UK sides. Then in 1994 a combined Ireland / Le Mans Caimans team lost to Team Canada 7-27 in France.

In 1995 the Fighting Irish team was assembled from Tryouts in Dublin, Belfast and Northamptonshire (England), and played its first full international against the Great Britain Lions, losing 22-0. Over the following year the team went 3-4, with wins over the Ottawa Gee-Gees Alumni (a team of former Canadian College players), The North West GB All-Stars and the Northants Storm, one of the United Kingdom’s best teams. The Fighting Irish also lost to the Gee-Gees, Team USA, and the Hanau Hawks, Germany’s National Champion, one of over 80 teams in Germany.

From 1996 to 1999 the Irish Leprechauns competed in the Nations Cup against the Scottish Bravehearts, Welsh Dragons and England, winning two matches against the Welsh Dragons.

In 2000, the only match played in Ireland was one between the Ireland team and a High School from Baltimore, Maryland (Mount St. Joesph’s High School). The match led to the resurrection of the Irish American Football League.

From 2004 to 2006 team Ireland played in the Celtic Classic against two United States College teams from the NCAA Division III level, as well as a match against the Coventry Jets, one of the top teams in Europe, and UK Champions. The team also played a friendly against the Great Britain Bulldogs. while Team Ireland lost all matches they showed great promise.

That promise was to unfold a decade later, when the Ireland National Team was restarted, with the Irish Wolfhounds, as they were named, going down to the Dutch Lions and Team USA American Football World (an elite High School National Team) and beating the Belgian Barbarians by a point, not once, but twice.

There has also been a couple of IAFL North and South All-Stars matches. In 1988 the Northern Hordes, made up of IAFL teams in Northern Ireland played the Dublin Celts in the Summer Bowl, and in 1995 in Co. Wicklow, a Dublin / IAFL South All-Stars team played the Great Britain Bulldogs, a British University National team. In 2003 the IAFL North and IAFL South All-Stars played each other in a game the North won 7-0.

Links to Season-By-Season Rosters & Match Reports

Great Britain Lions 22 Ireland Fighting Irish 0 – 17 March 1995

Ireland Fighting Irish 45 Northwest GB All-Stars 0 – 26 November 1995

Ireland 6 Great Britain Bulldogs 69 | 4 September 2004

Ireland 8 Coventry Jets 35 | 15 October 2006

Dutch Lions 20 Irish Wolfhounds 0 | 27 August 2016

Irish Wolfhounds 20 Belgian Barbarians 19 | 20 October 2018

Belgian Barbarians 6 Irish Wolfhounds 7 Oct 2019

References

Newspapers

[1] Irish Press (1987) It’s not so good for the ‘Giants’ Irish Press. Thursday, November 05, 1987. pg. 11[Internet]

[2] Anon. (1990) U.S. Football Irish Independent. Monday, November 19, 1990. pg. 20

[3] Anon. (1996) “NORTHANTS MOVEN ON UP” First Down. April 6, 1996.

[6] Lord, Miriam (1988) “Incredible hulks – just like a herd of buffalo” Irish Independent, Monday, July 4, 1988. pg. 3

Facebook

[4] Dublin Celts American Football Team | Facebook (2019) Post: September 8, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10219514775570943&set=pcb.975213116205143&type=3&theater&ifg=1 [Accessed 5 October 2019]

Websites

[7] Britball Now (2009) British and Irish Friendly results against foreign opposition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/UKClubsForeignOppo.html [Accessed 16 November 2017]

[8] British Collegiate American Football League (2001) GB Bulldogs History [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010710011259/http://bcafl.org/cgi-bcafl/showdoc.pl?section=/bulldogs&article=1 [Accessed 27 March 2018]

[9] Naughton, Lindie (1995) “American Football” Evening Herald. Thursday, July 13, 1995. pg. 73 [Pg. 79 Irish Newspaper Archive]

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Sources

[11] Anon. (1996) “KICKING KEV KEEPS IRISH EYES SMILING” First Down. March 15, 1996. Pg. 20

[12] Anon. (1997) “IRELAND HARPOON WALES” First Down. April 5, 1997. Pg. 21.

[13] Anon. (1997) “EMERALD SMILES? – Ireland have a tough task in gaining Nations Cup revenge over Scotland” First Down. Saturday, September 6, 1997. Pg. 23

[14] Anon. (1997) “SCOTLAND 31 IRELAND 0” First Down. Saturday, September 20, 1997. Pg. 21

[15] Anon. (1998) “WALES 34 IRELAND 6” First Down. October 8-14, 1998. Pg. 24

[16] Anon. (1999) “HART’s SOUL FIRES ENGLAND TRIUMPH: IRELAND 0 ENGLAND 46” First Down. October 14-20, 1999. Pg. 27

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[18] Anon (2000) Plucky Irish Denied by Americans First Down. June 12, 2000. pg. 17.

Websites

[19] Irish American Football Association (2004) IRELAND 6 GREAT BRITAIN BULLDOGS 69 [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootbal.ie/iafl/irlgb04.htm [Accessed 25 October 2017]

[20] Irish American Football Association (2004) John Carroll win Celtic Classic 2 [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/john-carroll-win-celtic-classic-2/ [Accessed 8 December 2016]

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Internet Archive

[22] Dublin Dragons (2006) Team Ireland 8 Coventry Cassidy Jets 35 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20071117035949/http://www.dublindragons.com/e107/news.php?extend.20 [Accessed 31 October 2017]

Social Media

[23] IAFA Ireland Facebook Page (2017) Post April 3 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/iafaireland/posts/1474457059254856:0 [Accessed 25 August 2017]

[24] IAFA Ireland Facebook Page (2017) Post April 8 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/iafaireland/posts/1479857652048130 [Accessed 25 August 2017]

Websites

[25] Irish American Football Association (2016) Team Ireland play historic fixture away to the Netherlands [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/team-ireland-historic-fixture-away-netherlands/ [Accessed 2 September 2016]

[26] Irish American Football Association (2019) Irish Wolfhounds beat Belgium Barbarians 7-6 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/irish-wolfhounds-beat-belgium-barbarians-7-6/ [Accessed 13 September 2019]

Social Media

[27] Irish American Football Association Facebook Page (2016) Post: October 20, 2018 – “IRELAND WIN!! 20-19,” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/iafaireland/posts/2145681338799088 [Accessed 22 October 2016]

Images

[23] Irish American Football Association (2019) Irish Wolfhounds Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Irish-Wolfhounds-IAFA_2.png [Accessed 13 September 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Sean Douglas, Irish Wolfhounds & Dublin Rebels

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Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts
1	Belfast Blitzers	9	1	0.900	449	47	402
2	Dublin Tornadoes	6	4	0.600	121	164	-43
3	Carrickfergus Cougars	4	6	0.400	99	126	-27
4	Coleraine Chieftains	1	9	0.100	58	234	-176
5	East Side Jets	1	9	0.100	10	284	-274