| Date | Irish Team | European Team | ||
| Granada Bowl | ||||
| 2014 | UL Vikings | 12 | Granada Lions (Esp) | 34 |
| Exhibition | ||||
| 2015 | Belfast Trojans | 14 | East Kilbride Pirates (Sco) | 24 |
| Barcelona Tour | ||||
| 11.2015 | UL Vikings | 7 | Barcelona Bufals (Cat) | 12 |
| IFAFE Atlantic Cup IX | ||||
| 2017 | Dublin Rebels | 42 | Bucharest Rebels (Rom) | 14 |
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<p>With the Belgian and Dutch Federations making the step up to European Football League level from the Atlantic Cup in club competitions in 2017, the focus for Irish clubs became single-game matches with teams from the fringes of Europe.
This started in 2014 when the University of Limerick Vikings made the trip to Andalucia in Spain to play the Granada Lions, losing 34-12.
The following year the Belfast Trojans lost 24-14 to East Kilbride Pirates of Scotland, who hadn’t lost to Scottish opposition in over a decade. The UL Vikings made another trip to the Iberian regions, going down 12-7 to the Barcelona Bufals.
In 2017, with the Belgian and Dutch entrants moving up to the European Football League, the Atlantic Cup became a single-game Bowl between Irish champions, the Dublin Rebels, and the Romanian champions, Bucharest Rebels, with the Dublin side winning 42-14.
Websites
[1] NFL Ireland (2014) UL VILINGS HIGHLIGHTS – Video – Final Score at [2:43:15] [Internet] Available from: nfl-ireland.com/iafl/7347-iafl-weekly-271114/ [Accessed 31 October 2017]
[2] Belfast Trojans (2015) SBC North rivals preview: [Internet] Available from: http://belfasttrojans.com/sbc-north-rivals-preview/ [Accessed 2 November 2017]
[4] 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 27 July 2016]
Social Media
[3] shane gs You Tube Channel (2016) Barcelona Tour [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6WhUNe2DZM2 [Accessed 6 December 2017]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Sean Douglas, Dublin Rebels
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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 18 February 2019
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