1996 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
	25.08.1996	H	Belfast Spartans
SB XI	15.09.1996	N	Dublin Tornadoes	W	26-6

Dublin Lightning Team Roster 1996

Number	Name	Position
	Coaches
	Derek Ward	Coach
	Tom Walls	Coach
	Martin Rodgers	Coach
	Players
1	Cillian Smith	Wide Receiver
2	C. McDermott	Kicker
5	D. Neidell	Kicker / Defensive Back
11	C. Rousset	Wide Receiver / Defensive Back
12	R. MCullach	Wide Receiver
13	Eoin Goggins	Quarterback / Safety
22	R. Andrews	Running Back
28	G. Stanley	Defensive End
32	Derek Ward	Quarterback / Wide Receiver/ Defensive Back
33	N. McCabe	Fullback / Outside Linebacker
34	D. Cash	Running Back
36	P. Singleton	Defensive Back
38	C. Ward	Cornerback / Running Back
44	R. McCabe	Running Back / Inside Linebacker
45	M. Rochford	Cornerback
46	G. McManus	Outside Linebacker
47	Al Burke	Tight End
48	J. O’Neill	Defensive Tackle
50	E. Brunton	Offensive Line / Defensive Tackle
51	D. Walsh	Defensive Tackle
56	M. Rodgers	Offensive Line / Inside Linebacker
61	B. McEvilly	Offensive Line / Defensive Tackle
63	T. Walls	Offensive Line / Inside Linebacker
65	S. Mooney	Offensive Line
67	Kevin Sharkey	Offensive Tackle / Defensive Tackle
71	E. Quinlivan	Defensive End / Guard
81	P. Whelan	Wide Receiver
82	R. Kieran	Wide Receiver

Report

Dublin Lightning caused a shock in Shamrock Bowl XI in 1996 triumphing 26-8 against three-times Champions Dublin Tornadoes in the Final Game. The strategy all game was for the defense, led by Tom Walls, to shut down the Tornadoes offense led by Brian Sutton and Brian Dennehy, and apart from a brief period in the first half it worked. The Lightning had knocked out the Carrickfergus Knights 7-0 in the Semi-Finals.

Newspapers

[2] Naughton, L. (1996) “American Football” Evening Herald. Thursday, 22 August 1996, pg. 67.

[3] Naughton, L. (1996) “US Football”Evening Herald. Thursday, 9 September 1996, pg. 65.

[4] (1996) “US Football”, Evening Herald, Thursday, September 19, 1996, pg. 79

Images

[5] Dublin Lightning (1999) Lightning Logo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010614095221im_/http://www.geocities.com:80/Colosseum/Stadium/6662/lightninglogo.jpg [Accessed 4 July 2018]

[6] Kevin Sharkey Facebook (2012) Photo, April 12, 2012 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/552941_2609201649151_269204123_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_sid=43edb5&_nc_ohc=zK6xXOBBa3QAX8u6o0U&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=2c16d3398c781197aeaca2cf3fd4cade&oe=5EF3A76B [Accessed 28 May 2020][Cropped and Resized]

Programmes

[7] American Football Association of Ireland Shamrock Bowl ’96 Dublin Lightning v Dublin Tornadoes

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith and Kevin Sharkey

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Last Updated: 24 January 2021

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