IAFL Central Standings 2007

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IAFL Central
*Dublin Rebels	8	7	1	0	260	50	14
Dublin Dragons	8	2	6	0	52	194	4
Dublin City University Saints	8	2	6	0	34	216	4

IAFL 2007 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Versus	W/L	Score
1	25.03.2007	A	Dublin Rebels	L	0-7
3	15.04.2007	H	Dublin Dragons	L	0-6
5	29.04.2007	H	Carrickfergus Knights	W	20-12
6	06.05.2007	H	Dublin Rebels	L	0-46
8	03.06.2007	H	University of Limerick Vikings	L	2-50
9	10.06.2007	A	Cork Admirals	L	0-64
10	17.06.2007	A	Belfast Bulls	L	0-30 #
11	24.06.2007	A	Dublin Dragons	W	12-0

Home Venue: ALSAA Sports Centre, Toberbunny, Dublin Airport, Co. Dublin / Co. Fingal

Match Reports 2007

Week 1 – 25 March 2007 – Dublin Rebels 8 DCU Saints 0

A defensive battle opened the season for these two IAFL Central Dublin rivals. Both teamsfought tirelessly to shut down the oppositions offense, with the secondaries having a terrific game. Saints Defensive Backs Willie Coyne, Scott Quigly and Bobby Blankenship put in top performances, as did their counterparts on the Rebels, Steve Archibald, and Marcus Naylor. Saints linebackers Carl Rushe, Thomas O’Regan, Austan Ragans and Joe Carlyle put constant pressure on the Rebels offense, and this coupled the the DB’s effort resulted in Linemen Cathal O’Callaghan, Neil Callanan and Kris Konieczny overwhelming the Rebels Offensive line. alllowing Konieczny to get the Saints first sack of the season on the Rebels satr Quarterback Andy Dennehy.

The Rebels scored the only score of the match when Andy Dennehy connected with Wide Receiver Mike Kresowaty on a 13-yard Touchdown Pass in the first quarter, which was converted by Tight End Henry Wassermann, on a pass from Dennehy for the two points. [Ref: 4]

Week 3 – 14 April 2007 – DCU Saints 0 Dublin Dragons 6

This game was a defensive battle, with the lone score coming on a breakaway score in the second quarter. The Saints, however, managed to block the Dragons PAT (Point After Touchdown) attempt.Throughout the game both sides managed to force the oppositions offense to punt on fourth down. [Ref: 5]

Week 5 – 29 April 2007 – DCU Saints 20 Carrickfergus Knights 12

The DCU Saints won their first game of the year against the Knights to keep them in the leadership battle for the IAFL Central title. [Ref: 5]

Week 6 – 6 May 2007 – DCU Saints 0 Dublin Rebels 46

The DCU saints defense put up a good fight, with two interceptions, and the offense also fought gallantly, but it wasn’t enough as the Rebels ran out comfortable 46-0 winners, leaving the DCU Saints in second place in the Division. [Ref: 5]

Week 8 – 4 June 2007 – DCU Saints 2 University of Limerick Vikings 50

This was a resceduled game from Week 1, and was played in terrible condtions with an understrength DCU squad. The Vikings moved effectively on Offense to move downfield to score many times, and provided significant coverage on Defense to stifle the DCU Offense. Willie Coyne scored the DCU Saints only 2 points with an intercepted Vikings conversion attempt. [Ref: 6]

Week 9 – 11 June 2007 – Cork Admirals 64 DCU Saints 0

The DCU Saints ere overwhelmed in Cork against the Adirals who had over twice the numbers of another understrength DCU squad. A lot of the Saints players played Ironmen – playing both ways – and in extremely hot weather against a very strong Admirals team, were not able to put points on the board. [Ref: 6]

Week 10 – 17 June 2007 – Belfast Bulls 30 DCU Saints 0 #

The DCU saints forfeited this game to the Belfast Bulls, as they had a severely understrength team, more so than in the previous two games, and were unable to field a team as a lot of players were either away or involved in exams. [Ref: 6]

Week 11 – 25 June 2007 – 24 June 2007 – Dublin Dragons 0 DCU Saints 12

The Saints again had an understrength team, half the Dragons numbers, with players again playing both ways, but won 12-0 at home to win their second, and final, game of the season, and end on a high note. Willie Coyne put in a great performance returning a punt 70-odd yards for a Touchdown, and Colm Bolger, and Carl Rushe, who played both Quarterback and Linebacker, both also put in notable performances. [Ref: 6]

Team Roster 2007

Number	Name	Position / Role
	Coaching Staff
	David Rothwell	Head Coach / Defensive Coordinator
	Carsten Wunderlich	Offensive Coordinator
	Ben Cook	Line Coach
	John Heffernan	Offensive Coach
	Players
5	Luke Christensen	Safety
6	Scott Quigly	Safety
7	Daiwyn Naidoo	Wide Receiver / Quarterback
8	Bobby Blankenship	Cornerback
9	Mike Handley	Linebacker
10	Conor O’Hagan	Wide Receiver
13	Conor Buggle	Quarterback
14	Eoin Stapleton	Safety
16	Geoff Coleman	Wide Receiver / Quarterback
19	John M Donnelly	Wide Receiver
21	David McMahon	Running Back
23	Darrin Wilson	Safety
24	Colm Bolger	Running Back
30	Harmen Zweers	Tight End
31	John McNeil	Fullback
33	Patrick Biggs	Running Back
34	Peter McKenna	Running Back / Fullback
37	Conor Spencer	Cornerback
39	Peter Kissiov	Cornerback
40	Austan Ragans	Linebacker
44	John Fitzsimmons	Fullback
45	Ciaran O’Maoldomhnaigh	Safety
47	Gavin Cosgrove	Cornerback
50	Mike Shea	Linebacker
53	Maurice Cosgrave	Linebacker
54 / 88	Carl Rushe	Linebacker / Tight End
55	Joseph Carlyle	Linebacker
56	Thomas O’Regan	Linebacker
57	Cathal O’Callaghan	Defensive End
60	Peter Stewart	Offensive Line
63	Ben Cook	Defensive Tackle
65	Eoin Fox	Offensive Line
66	Liam O’Tailliuir	Offensive Line
67	Neil Callanan	Defensive End / Offensive Line
69	Stuart Clarke	Offensive Line
70	Conor Bowe	Defensive End
71	Emmet Ryan	Offensive Line
72	Gerd Kuck	Offensive Line
75	Kris Konieczny	Offensive Line
80	Shane Maguire	Tight End
83	Michael Vanderschaar	Wide Receiver
84	Edward Prendergast	Wide Receiver
86	Willie Coyne	Cornerback
87	Conor Rowen	Wide Receiver
89	Maxmillian Scheffler	Tight End
95	Sean Moroney	Defensive End
99	Colin Duignam	Defensive Tackle

The DCU Saints Roster for 2007 consisted of mainly students at Dublin City University. There were a number of Non-Nationals on team as well as Irish, coming from Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland and USA.

References

Websites

[2] Irish American Football Association (2007) 2007 LEAGUE TABLE, FIXTURES & RESULTS [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/2007results.htm [Accessed 24 September 2016]

Internet Archive

[3] DCU Saints | Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2007) Team [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070410205952/http://www.dcusaints.com/team/ [Accessed 11 October 2018]

[4] DCU Saints | Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2007) Welcome [08 April 2007] [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070408151330/http://www.dcusaints.com/ [Accessed 12 April 2020]

[5] DCU Saints | Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2007) Welcome [25 June 2007] [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070625012534/http://www.dcusaints.com/ [Accessed 12 April 2020]

[6] DCU Saints | Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2007) Welcome [29 September 2007] [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070929192030/http://www.dcusaints.com/ [Accessed 12 April 2020]

Images

[7] DCU Saints | Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2007) Saints 20 – Kinghts 12 Photo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070608063756im_/http://farm1.static.flickr.com/220/484038300_b0f27de3af.jpg [Accessed 12 April 2020]

[8] Wikipedia (2020) DCU Saints Logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/Saints_logo.jpg [Accessed 12 April 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Martha and Fionn (Gateway Rathmines)

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Last Updated: 12 April 2020

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