Green Isle All-Stars 0 Marlboro Shamrocks 36

At Glenalbyn, Dublin – The Marlboro Shamrocks, from Boston, Massachusetts, became the first ever US visitors to play an Irish team when in 1986 they took on and defeated an Irish American Football Championship All-Stars side, the Green Isle All-Stars, 36-0. With Billy Lefreniere, a former New York Giants trialist, outstanding for the Shamrocks, scoring three touchdowns in the first half, including an 85 yard run, the Boston team constantly put the Irish team under pressure. Despite good work by Mark Harris, Chris Millar and Martin Murphy, the All-Stars could not prevent Gene Massa hauling in a 3 yard touchdown in the third quarter. Paul Sharon added the visitors fourth touchdown while four Point After Touchdowns from five attempts by Pat Caruso and a Safety in the final quarter completed the scoring for the Shamrocks.

At Glenalbyn, Dublin	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Marlboro Shamrocks					36
Green Isle All-Stars	0	0	0	0	0

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
MAR	Billy Lafreniere TD	0-6
MAR	Billy Lafreniere TD	0-12
	2nd Quarter
MAR	Billy Lafreniere 85 Run	0-18
	3rd Quarter
MAR	Gene Massa 3 yd Pass from ??	0-24
MAR	Paul Sharon TD	0-34
	4th Quarter
MAR	Defensive Safety	0-36
	Quarter ??
MAR	Pat Caruso 4 PATS	0-36

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1986) “Marlboro Burn Up Stars” Sunday Press, November 30. 1986. pg 43.

Websites

[3] Britball Now (2016) History of the Game in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/ireland/history-of-the-game-in.html [Accessed 02 October 2016]

[4] Britball Now (2008) UK Clubs Against Foreign Opposition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/UKClubsForeignOppo.html [Accessed 16 November 2008]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Malone, Declan Mulvey, Mark, Paul McEnnis, Gareth Moore.

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