Final League Table

	P	W	L	T	Frf	PF	PA	Pts
*Craigavon Cowboys	8	7	0	1	-1	296	119	21
*Westmeath Minotaurs	8	5	2	1	-1	280	141	15
*Dublin Vipers	8	5	3	0	-1	215	185	14
*Edenderry Eagles	8	4	3	1	-3	297	155	10
North Kildare Reapers	8	4	3	1	-3	236	181	10
Dublin Rebels	8	1	7	0	-3	91	287	0
South Dublin Panthers	8	0	8	0	-3	65	412	-3

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Points System: 3 Pts Win / 1 Pt Tie / 0 Pts Loss / -1 Pt Forfeit # / -1 Pt Not providing officials for a round of fixtures # *Qualify for Semi-Finals

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
05.08.2017	Craigavon Cowboys	46	Edenderry Eagles	50
05.08.2017	Westmeath Minotaurs	26	Dublin Vipers	51
	3rd Place
05.08.2017	Craigavon Cowboys	31	Westmeath Minotaurs	39
	Emerald Bowl IV
05.08.2017	Dublin Vipers	12	Edenderry Eagles	32

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Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1		(Dublin Vipers)
29.04.17	Westmeath Minotaurs	44	South Dublin Panthers	14
29.04.17	Craigavon Cowboys	34	Dublin Vipers	14
29.04.17	South Dublin Panthers	6	North Kildare Reapers	59
29.04.17	Edenderry Eagles	56	Dublin Rebels	12
29.04.17	Dublin Rebels	18	Westmeath Minotaurs	54
29.04.17	North Kildare Reapers	33	Craigavon Cowboys	52
29.04.17	Dublin Vipers	0 #	Edenderry Eagles	30
	Week 2		(Westmeath Minotaurs)
13.05.17	North Kildare Reapers	30	Dublin Rebels	0 #
13.05.17	Dublin Vipers	56	Westmeath Minotaurs	33
13.05.17	South Dublin Panthers	6	Edenderry Eagles	95
13.05.17	Edenderry Eagles	34	North Kildare Reapers	34
13.05.17	Westmeath Minotaurs	31	Craigavon Cowboys	41
13.05.17	Dublin Rebels	0 #	Dublin Vipers	30
13.05.17	Craigavon Cowboys	58	South Dublin Panthers	26
13.05.17	North Kildare Reapers	58	Dublin Vipers	20
	Week 3		(Craigavon Cowboys)
10.06.17	Edenderry Eagles	0 #	Craigavon Cowboys	28
10.06.17	North Kildare Reapers	0 #	Westmeath Minotaurs	28
10.06.17	Dublin Rebels	28	South Dublin Panthers	0 #
10.06.17	Dublin Vipers	28	North Kildare Reapers	0 #
10.06.17	Westmeath Minotaurs	28	Edenderry Eagles	0 #
10.06.17	South Dublin Panthers	0 #	Dublin Vipers	28
	Week 4		(Dublin Rebels)
15.07.17	Craigavon Cowboys	0 #	Westmeath Minotaurs	0 #
15.07.17	Edenderry Eagles	32	Dublin Vipers	41
15.07.17	South Dublin Panthers	7	Craigavon Cowboys	40
15.07.17	Dublin Rebels	13	North Kildare Reapers	24
15.07.17	Edenderry Eagles	52	South Dublin Panthers	6
15.07.17	Craigavon Cowboys	43	Dublin Rebels	8
15.07.17	Westmeath Minotaurs	54	Dublin Rebels	12

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Home Venues

Team	Home Venue
Craigavon Cowboys	People’s Park, Portadown, Co. Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon
Dublin Rebels	Three Rock Rovers HC, Rathfarnham, Co. South Dublin
Dublin Vipers	St. MacDara’s CC, Templeogue, Co. South Dublin
Westmeath Minotaurs	Mullingar RFC, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath

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Report

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Emerald Bowl Playoffs: Edenderry eagles upset the odds to become Emerald Bowl IV Champions. They are the fourth different team to have wwon an Emerald Bowl in the four years of the competition. They beat Undefeated regular-season Champions Craigavon Cowboys in the Semi-Finals, before defeating Dublin Vipers 32-12 in the Final.[6]

References

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Websites

[1] Irish American Football Association (2017) Flag Football Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FFI_New-Logo-2017-615×400.png [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[2] League Republic (2017) Irish Flag Football League Logo [Internet] Available from: http://images.leaguerepublic.com/data/images/424217313/110.jpg [Accessed 8 August 2017]

[3] Irish American Football Association (2017) EBC – Fixtures & Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/flag-football/ebc/ebc-fixtures_results/ [Accessed 17 July 2017]

[4] Irish American Football Association – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2017) Emerald Bowl Conference [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20170906033431/http://www.americanfootball.ie/flag-football/ebc/ [Accessed 10 March 2018]

[5] Flag Football Ireland Facebook Page (2017) Facebook Post August 7 2017 [Internet] Available: https://www.facebook.com/FlagFootballIreland/posts/2047867735437038 [Accessed 8 August 2017]

[6] Irish American Football Association (2017) Edenderry Eagles Emerald Bowl IV Champions [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/edenderry-eagles-emerald-bowl-iv-champions/ [Accessed 8 August 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Joe Gray, Dublin Vipers.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Irish American Football Archive

Last Updated: 10 March 2018

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