Composite Table

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Dublin Dragons	2	2	0	0	28	20	1.000
Dublin Rebels	2	1	1	0	48	40	.500
University of Limerick Vikings	1	0	1	0	0	6	.000
Cork Admirals	1	0	1	0	18	28	.000

Results

	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1		Islandbridge
19.05.2002	Dublin Dragons	6	University of Limerick Vikings	0
	Week 2		Bray Seafront
06.07.2002	Dublin Rebels	20	Dublin Dragons	22
	Week 3		Islandbridge
01.12.2002	Dublin Rebels	28	Cork Admirals	18

Report

A series of Challenge matches were played by Irish American Football League teams in 2002, which were 8-a-side matches played under DV8 rules. They did not count in the standings, and the Dublin Dragons won twice, against Dublin Rebels and University of Limerick Vikings, with the Rebels winning a third match, against Cork Admirals.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (2002) “IRISH RESULT” First Down, May 16-22, 2002. pg. 16

[3] Anon. (2002) “A FIRST…” First Down, May 23-29, 2002. pg. 22

Internet Archive

[2] Dublin Rebels – Wayback Machine (2002) Latest Headlines: Rebels v Admirals – 1st November 2002 by Marco Polo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20021204124352/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/news.html [Accessed 12 October 2018]

[4] Dublin Rebels – Wayback Machine (2002) Latest Headlines: Rebels v Dragons in Bray Festival – 10th July 2002 by Marco Polo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20021204124352/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/news.html [Accessed 12 October 2018]

[5] Dublin Rebels – Wayback Machine (2003) Latest Headlines: Rebels v Admirals – Rebels Rally at Admirable Admirals Performance- 10th December 2002 by Andrew Dennehy [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20030218151654/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/news.html [Accessed 12 October 2018]

Images

[6] Irish American Football (2016) IAFA Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.luckyshow.org/football/pics/IAFA.jpg [Accessed 5 June 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith, Ralph Schmeer and Michael Brophy of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association.

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