League Table

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	BP	Pts
Craigavon Cowboys	8	6	2	0	236	58	8	32
Trinity College Dublin #	8	7	1	0	279	34	7	31
UCD Sentinels #	8	6	2	0	202	115	5	25
Dublin Dragons	8	3	5	0	119	144	3	15
Erris Rams	8	2	6	0	49	240	1	9
Midlands Soldiers	8	0	8	0	6	293	1	1

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Note: 4 Pts Win. 1 Bonus Point for scoring three touchdowns. 1 Bonus Point for losing by less than 7 Points. Teams can gain two Bonus Points in one match. # 4 Pts Deducted for failing to fulfil league requirements.

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
08.03.09	Trinity College Dublin	56	Midlands Soldiers	0
	Week 2
15.03.09	UCD Sentinels	14	Dublin Dragons	0
	Week 3
22.03.09	Midlands Soldiers	0	UCD Sentinels	50
	Week 4
29.03.09	UCD Sentinels	32	Dublin Dragons	6
	Week 5
05.04.09	Dublin Dragons	0	Craigavon Cowboys	24
	Week 6
10.04.09	Trinity College Dublin	13	UCD Sentinels	34
	Week 7
19.04.09	Dublin Dragons	42	Midlands Soldiers	0
	Week 8
25.04.09	Trinity College Dublin	34	UCD Sentinels	0
26.04.09	Craigavon Cowboys	47	Erris Rams	0
	Week 9
29.04.09	UCD Sentinels	0	Trinity College Dublin	42
03.05.09	Erris Rams	47	Midland Soldiers	0
	Week 10
10.05.09	Craigavon Cowboys	0	Trinity College Dublin	28
	Week 11
17.05.09	Craigavon Cowboys	49	Dublin Dragons	7
	Week 12
30.05.09	Trinity College Dublin	30	Erris Rams	0
31.05.09	UCD Sentinels	24	Craigavon Cowboys	20
	Week 13
07.06.09	Dublin Dragons	0	Trinity College Dublin	25
07.06.09	Craigavon Cowboys	30	Midlands Soldiers	0
	Week 14
14.06.09	Erris Rams	0	UCD Sentinels	48
	Week 15
20.06.09	Erris Rams	0	Trinity College Dublin	51
	Week 16
28.06.09	Erris Rams	0	Craigavon Cowboys	30
28.06.09	Midlands Soldiers	0	Dublin Dragons	30
	Week 17
05.07.09	Dublin Dragons	34	Erris Rams	0
	Week 18
19.07.09	Midlands Soldiers	0	Erris Rams	2
	Week 19
02.08.09	Midlands Soldiers	6	Craigavon Cowboys	36

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Home Venues

Team	Home Venue

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Report

The League was won by the Craigavon Cowboys after the two student teams were deducted points for failing to fulfil league requirements. They had finished on a 6-2 record, the same as UCD, with Trinity on 7-1.

At the other end of the table the Dragons picked up three wins and the Erris Rams managed two wins against the Soldiers, who failed to win a match for the second year in a row.

A victory over the Midland Soldiers gave the Craigavon Cowboys the title on the last day of the season.

Team Changes from 2008

The second season of the DV8 development League saw the previous years finalists Cork Admirals 2nds and Dublin Rebels 2nds drop out to be replaced by UCD Sentinels and Erris Rams from Mayo. The Edenderry Soldiers merged with the Mullingar Archers and became the Midlands Soldiers, based in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.

About

The DV8 Development League was an 8-a-side fully kitted league and was set up in 2008 with two main aims: (1) To give teams in the Irish Regions a chance to play Competitive Football while building up their kit & player numbers and (2) to enable 2nds teams of bigger IAFL teams in the main league to field 2nds teams. 

References

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Websites

[2] Irish American Football Association (2009) 2009 League Tables, Fixtures and Results: DV8s League Table [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/2009dv8sfixtures.htm [Accessed 17 October 2009]

Images

[1] Irish American Football Association (2003) IAFL Logo [Internet] Available from: http://americanfootball.ie/iafl/images/logo.gif [Accessed 11 December 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tim Leadingham, Tallaght Outlaws.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish American Football Archive

Last Updated: 9 August 2019

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