Dublin Rebels American Football Ireland Team Roster and Game Summaries 2005

IAFA Irish American Football League 2005

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Belfast Bulls (P)	8	7	1	0	144	56	14
Dublin Rebels (P)	8	5	2	1	234	90	11
Carrickfergus Knights (P)	8	5	2	1	291	114	11
Cork Admirals (P)	8	3	5	0	174	188	6
University of Limerick Vikings	8	3	5	0	96	174	6
Dublin Dragons	8	0	8	0	8	301	0

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Shamrock Bowl XIX		Harlequins RFC Belfast
28.08.2005	Belfast Bulls	19	Dublin Rebels	26

Dublin Rebels 2005 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
1	20.02.2005	A	University of Limerick Vikings	W	30-0
3	13.03.2005	A	Belfast Bulls	L	14-22
7	17.04.2005	H	Carrickfergus Knights	T	8-8
9	22.05.2005	H	Cork Admirals	W	34-20
10	29.05.2005	H	Dublin Dragons	W	50-0
12	12.06.2005	A	Carrickfergus Knights	L	20-32
15	10.07.2005	A	Dublin Dragons	W	52-8
17	24.07.2005	H	Belfast Bulls	W	26-0
SF	14.08.2005	H	Carrickfergus Knights	W	26-20
SB XIX	28.08.2005	Belfast	Belfast Bulls	WS	26-19

Season Report

Dublin Rebels came back from a disappointing mid-season slump which saw them lose on the road to both main rivals Belfast Bulls and Carrickfergus Knights, as well as only tying at home to the Knights, to win their third Shamrock Bowl in three years and fourth overall in 2005 when they triumphed 26-19 over Belfast Bulls in Shamrock Bowl XIX at the homde of Belfast Harlequins RFC.

Having easily defeated University of Limerick Vikings at UL 30-0 in their opening fixture they then lost a close match 14-22 at Belfast Bulls before tying 8-8 at home in a low-scoring affair with the Carrickfergus Knights. Two wins over the Cork Admirals and Dublin Dragons were followed by another loss away from home in Antrom as they were downed 20-32 by the Knights. This appeared to galvanise the Rebels and they came back from the loss with two big statements, a 52-8 victory away to the Dublin Dragons in Lucan followed by a massive 26-0 defeat of the Bulls zat home in Gresytones, Co. Wicklow.

This win gave the home field advantage for their semifinal match-up with Carrickfergus which they won 26-20. In Shamrock Bowl XIX in Belfast they went 18-0 up in the third quarter, only to let matters slip, finding themselves 18-19 down with minutes to play, when Fearghal O’Donnchu caught a pass 10 yards out from Andrew Dennehy and then forced himself through the Bulls line to put the Rebels 26-19 up after the 2-point conversion. The Bulls then took the ball to the Rebels 6 yard line with q14 seconds left but a Rebels goalline stand kept the Bulls out giving the Rebels their fourth Shamrock Bowl title.

Week 1 – 20 February 2005 – University of Limerick Vikings 0 Dublin Rebels 30

At University of Limerick	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Dublin Rebels	8	8	0	14	30
University of Limerick Vikings	0	0	0	0	0

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
REB	Carl Faichney 11 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy (Mark Kelly 2xpt)	8-0
	2nd Quarter
REB	Carl Faichney 18yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy (Mark Kelly 2xpt)	16-0
	3rd Quarter
–	No Scoring	16-0
	4th Quarter
REB	Fearghal O’Donnchu 14 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy	22-0
REB	Sam Hodgins 7 yd Run (Brian Dennehy 2xpt)	30-0

Week 3 – 15 March 2005 – Dublin Rebels 14 Belfast Bulls 22

At Cherryvale Playing Fields, Belfast	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Dublin Rebels	0	0	0	14	14
Belfast Bulls	0	14	0	8	22

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
–	No Scoring	0-0
	2nd Quarter
BBL	Mark Helferty 25 yd Pass from Kevin Downs	0-6
BBL	Mark Helferty 20 yd Pass from Kevin Downs (Wagner 2xpt)	0-14
	3rd Quarter
–	No Scoring	0-14
	4th Quarter
REB	Sam Hodgins 2 yd Run	6-14
BBL	Erin Wagner 6 yd Run (Kevin Downs 2xpt)	6-22
REB	Brian Dennehy 23 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy (Simon Mackey 2xpt)	14-22

Week 7 – 24 April 2005 – Dublin Rebels 8 Carrickfergus Knights 8

At Greystones RFC, Co. Wicklow	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Carrickfergus Knights	0	0	0	8	8
Dublin Rebels	0	8	0	0	8

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
–	No scoring	0-0
	2nd Quarter
REB	Mark Kelly 6 yd Run (Brian Dennehy 2xpt)	0-8
	3rd Quarter
–	No scoring	0-8
	4th Quarter
CAR	Bobby Murray 2 yd Run (David Wright 2xpt)	8-8

Week 9 – 22 May 2000 – Dublin Rebels 34 Cork Admirals 20

At Greystones RFC, Co. Wicklow	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Cork Admirals	0	0	8	12	20
Dublin Rebels	12	8	6	8	34

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
REB	Simon Mackey 15 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy	0-6
REB	Sam Hodgins 20 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy	0-12
	2nd Quarter
REB	Conor Ryan 30 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy (Conor Ryan 2xpt)	0-20
	3rd Quarter
COR	MacHale 10 yd Pass from David Lomansey (MacHale 2xpt)	8-20
REB	Andrew Dennehy 1 yd Run	8-26
	4th Quarter
COR	David Lomansey 5 yd Run	14-26
COR	Keith O’Callaghan 35 yd Pass from David Lomansey	20-26
REB	Sam Hodgins 50 yd Run (Sam Hodgins 2xpt)	20-34

Week 10 – 29 May 2005 – Dublin Rebels 50 Dublin Dragons 0

At Greystones RFC, Co. Wicklow	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Dublin Dragons	0	0	0	0	0
Dublin Rebels	16	0	14	20	50

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
REB	Conor Ryan 50 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy	0-6
REB	Defensive Safety	0-8
REB	Sam Hodgins 2 yd Run (Sam Hodgins 2xpt)	0-16
	2nd Quarter
–	No scoring	0-16
	3rd Quarter
REB	Myles Majid 10 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy	0-22
REB	Fearghal O’Donnchu 10 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy (Steve Archibald 2xpt)	0-30
	4th Quarter
REB	Fearghal O’Donnchu 12 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy (Marcus Naylor 2xpt)	0-38
REB	Steve Archibald 43 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy	0-44
REB	Marcus Naylor 3 yd Pass	0-50

Week 12 – 13 June 2005 – Carrickfergus Knights 32 Dublin Rebels 20

At Woodburn Road, Carrickfergus	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Dublin Rebels	0	0	8	12	20
Carrickfergus Knights	6	6	6	14	32

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
CAR	Bobby Murray 3 yd Run	0-6
	2nd Quarter
CAR	David Wright 1 yd Run	0-12
	3rd Quarter
REB	Barry Flinn 21 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy (Marcus Naylor 2xpt)	8-12
CAR	Clinton McDowell 35 yd Reverse	8-18
	4th Quarter
REB	Andrew Dennehy 1 yd Run	14-18
CAR	Bobby Murray 9 yd Run	14-24
REB	Barry Flinn 40 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy	20-24
CAR	Stephen McDowell 1 yd Run (Spencer McDowell 2xpt)	20-32

Week 15 – Dublin Dragons 8 Dublin Rebels 52

At Lucan, Co. Dublin	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Dublin Rebels	8	24	8	12	52
Dublin Dragons	0	0	8	0	8

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
REB	Barry Flinn 26 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy (Brian Dennehy 2xpt)	8-0
	2nd Quarter
REB	Ross McCooey 40 yd Int Return (Barry Flinn 2xpt)	16-0
REB	Conor Ryan 60 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy (Barry Flinn 2xpt)	24-0
REB	Barry Flinn 28 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy (Brian Dennehy 2xpt)	32-0
	3rd Quarter
REB	Sam Hodgins 7 yd Run (Sam Hodgins 2xpt)	40-0
DRA	Robert Popciobobartepolus 47 yd Pass from Robert Olwill (John Durrad 2xpt)	40-8
	4th Quarter
REB	Brian Dennehy 6 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy	46-8
REB	Conor Ryan 4 yd Run	52-8

Week 17 – 26 July 2005 – Dublin Rebels 26 Belfast Bulls 0

At Greystones RFC, Co. Wicklow	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Belfast Bulls	0	0	0	0	0
Dublin Rebels	14	6	0	6	26

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
REB	Barry Flinn 11 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy	0-6
REB	Conor Ryan 55 yd Punt Return (Barry Flinn 2xpt)	0-14
	2nd Quarter
REB	Fearghal O’Donnchu 9 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy	0-20
	3rd Quarter
–	No Scoring	0-20
	4th Quarter
REB	Brian Dennehy 8 yd Run	0-26

Semi-Final – 15 August 2005 – Dublin Rebels 26 Carrickfergus Knights 20

At Greystones RFC, Co. Wicklow	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Carrickfergus Knights	6	0	0	14	20
Dublin Rebels	0	12	14	0	26

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
CAR	Ian McIlroy 8 yd Pass from Adam Devenney	6-0
	2nd Quarter
REB	Brian Dennehy 8 yd Run	6-6
REB	Barry Flinn 12 yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy	6-12
	3rd Quarter
REB	Sam Hodgins 7 yd Run (Fearghal O’Donnchu 2xpt)	6-20
REB	Sam Hodgins 11 yd Run	6-26
	4th Quarter
CAR	Clinton McDowell 56 yd Pass from Adam Devenny (David Wright 2xpt)	14-26
CAR	Colin Esler 25 yd Pass from Adam Devenney	20-26

Shamrock Bowl XIX – Belfast Bulls 19 Dublin Rebels 26

Belfast Bulls 19 Dublin Rebels 26

At Grafton Arena, Belfast	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Dublin Rebels	12	6	0	8	26
Belfast Bulls	0	7	6	6	19

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
REB	Brian Dennehy 1yd Run	6-0
REB	Mark Smyth 10yd Fumble Return	12-0
	2nd Quarter
REB	Sam Hodgins 5yd Run	18-0
BBL	Mark Helferty 15yd Pass from James McKelvey (Eoghan Murphy PAT)	18-7
	3rd Quarter
BBL	Erin Wagner 13yd Run	18-13
	4th Quarter
BBL	Kris Donaghy 9yd Pass from James McKelvey	18-19
REB	Fearghal O’Donnchu 15yd Pass from Andrew Dennehy (Brian Dennehy 2xpt)	26-19

Dublin Rebels 2005 Shamrock Bowl XIX Roster

Number	Name	Position	Years	Hometown
	Players
8	Samuel Hodgins	Tailback	R	Dublin
10	Andy Dennehy	Quarterback	12	Dublin
20	Mark Kelly	Running Back / Linebacker	16	Dublin
21	Kevin Finnegan	Defensive Back	2	Dublin
22	Steve Archibald	Wide Receiver / Defensive Back	11	England
23	Eric O’Byrne	Defensive Back	1	Dublin
25	Sean Shanahan	Linebacker / Running Back	15	USA
26	Darragh Farrell	Free Safety	2	Dublin
28	Pat Quinn	Defensive Back	3	Dublin
29	Myles Majid	Wide Receiver	R	Wicklow
31	Darren Conway	Defensive End	2	Dublin
32	James Collins	Wide Receiver / Kicker	1	Dublin
33	Darrin O’Toole	Defensive Back	4	Dublin
40	Kenny Hudson	Middle Linebacker	10	Dublin
45	Andy Flynn	Middle Linebacker / Fullback	10	Dublin
52	Shane Campbell	Offensive Line	3	Dublin
54	Ross McCooey	Middle Linebacker	R	Dublin
55	Paul Weldon	Middle Linebacker	1	Dublin
60	Dave Sherwin	Center	5	Dublin
66	Fergal O’Hanlon	Offensive Line	10	Dublin
67	Eris Gras	Outside Linebacker	6	Dublin
69	Mikkel Soelberg	Offensive Line	R	Denmark
72	Tobias Hansson	Offensive Line	5	Sweden
74	Al Kelly	Defensive Tackle	15	Dublin
76	Simon Connellon	Offensive Lineman	1	Dublin
77	David Griffith	Offensive Lineman	3	Dublin
80	Marcus Naylor	Free Safety /Running Back	10	Wicklow
81	Barry Flinn	Wide Receiver	R	Dublin
82	Carl Faichney	Wide Receiver	3	Dublin
85	Fearghal O’Donnchu	Tight End / Outside Linebacker	12	Dublin
86	Simon Mackey	Tight End / Outside Linebacker	2	Wicklow
87	Conor Ryan	Wide Receiver	2	Wicklow
88	Brian Dennehy	Running Back	14	Dublin
94	Paul Smyth	Defensive End	2	Dublin
96	Conor Walsh	Defensive End	3	Dublin
99	Steve Wilson	Defensive Tackle	3	Dublin
	Coaches
OC	Brian Dennehy	Offensive Coach		Dublin
DC	Fearghal O’Donnchu	Defensive Coach		Dublin

Dublin Rebels 2005 Scorers

Name	TD	2XP	Points
Sam Hodgins	9	3	60
Barry Flinn	6	3	42
Brian Dennehy	5	5	40
Conor Ryan	5	1	32
Andy Dennehy	2	0	12
Carl Faichney	2	0	12
Marcus Naylor	1	2	10
Mark Kelly	1	2	10
Simon Mackey	1	1	8
Steve Archibald	1	1	8
Myles Majid	1	0	6
Ross McCooey	1	0	6
Safety	0	2	2

Video – Shamrock Bowl XIX – Dublin Rebels 26 Belfast Bulls 19

References

Logos

[1] Dublin Rebels Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2004) logo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20041207102917im_/http://www.dublinrebels.com/images/logo.gif [Accessed 1 February 2021]

Websites

[2] Irish American Football Association (2005) 2005 Results [Internet] Available from: www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/2005results.htm [Accessed 24 September 2016]

Internet Archive

[3] Dublin Rebels Wayback Machine (2005) Main[Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20051204011916/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/main.html [Accessed 5 July 2017]

[4] Dublin Rebels Wayback Machine (2005) 2005 Game Reports #SBXIX [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20060222031229/http://www.dublinrebels.com/2005.htm#shamxix [Accessed 1 February 2021]

[5] Dublin Rebels Wayback Machine (2005) 2005 Roster [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20051204011225/http://www.dublinrebels.com/roster.htm [Accessed 1 February 2021]

Images

[6] Dublin Rebels Wayback Machine (2005) 2005shamrockbowl1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050901182936im_/http://www.dublinrebels.com/2005shamrockbowl1.jpg [Accessed 1 February 2021]

Videos

[7] You Tube Belfast Harlequins RFC Channel (2020) Shamrock Bowl XIX [1:40-4:00] [Internet] Available from: https://youtu.be/98mJ8kptN_c [Accessed 31 January 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Sean Douglas, Dublin Rebels

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