IAFL DV8 Development League 2008

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	BP	Pts
*Cork Admirals 2nds	6	5	1	0	145	25	5	25
*Dublin Rebels 2nds	6	5	1	0	176	27	4	24
Craigavon Cowboys	6	5	1	0	228	70	4	24
Dublin Dragons	6	2	4	0	149	197	3	11
TCD Thunderbolts	6	1	5	0	79	192	1	5
Edenderry Soldiers	6	0	6	0	32	282	1	1

[1][2]

	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
2008	Cork Admirals 2nds	30	Dublin Rebels 2nds	0

IAFL DV8 Development League 2009

	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

IAFL DV8 Development League 2010

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
*Tullamore Phoenix	7	2	5	0			7
Craigavon Cowboys 2nds	3	3	0	0			6
Carrickfergus Knights 2nds	2	2	0	0			4
Erris Rams	3	1	2	0			3
Dublin Rebels 2nds	1	1	0	0			2
University College Dublin 2nds	2	1	1	0			2
IT Carlow Chargers	1	0	1	0			0
Trinity College Dublin 2nds	1	0	1	0			0

[5][6]

Note: IT Carlow Chargers pulled out of the League after losing their sponsor.

Note 2: Blitz 18th July 2010: 2 Pts First (Craigavon) / 1 Pt Second (UCD) / 0 Pts 3rd (Tullamore)

IAFL DV8 Development League 2011

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
*Tullamore Phoenix	6	5	1	0			10
Drogheda Lightning	5	2	3	0			4
Carrickfergus Knights 2nds	2	2	0	0			4
Craigavon Cowboys 2nds	2	2	0	0			4
Dublin Dragons 2nds	3	1	2	0			2
Trim Bulldogs	6	0	6	0			0

[7][8]

IAFL DV8 Development League 2012

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
*Drogheda Lightning	8	4	3	1			9
Belfast Trojans 2nds	5	4	0	1			9
Craigavon Cowboys 2nds	5	4	1	0			8
Trim Bulldogs	7	3	4	0			6
Carrickfergus Knights 2nds	3	2	1	0			4
Dublin Dragons 2nds	6	0	6	0			0
Tullamore Phoenix 2nds	2	0	2	0			0

[9][10]

Points System:

2008-2009: 4 Pts Win / 2 Pts Tie / 0 Pts Loss / 1 Bonus Point for Scoring 3 Touchdowns / 1 Bonus Point for coming within 6 points of winner.[3]2010: 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Loss / 0 Pts Forfeit #

2011-2012: 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Tie / 0 Pts Loss

Report

The first DV8 Development League was won by Cork Admirals 2nds, who beat Dublin Rebels 2nds 30-0 in the Final. from the on it was just a straight league with the title decided on points. Craigavon Cowboys won the League in 2009, and teams from Regional Leinster won the last three titles – Tullamore Phoenix in 2010 & 2011 and Drogheda Lightning in 2012.

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. 

From 2008-2009 each team played a full schedule (6 games in 2008 & 8 games in 2009) and from 2010-2012 teams from the Irish Regions played a full schedule and 2nds teams played a half or three-quarter schedule.

In 2013 the League became a full 11-a-side second Division known as the IAFL 1 Conference. The DV8 format was kept for a third level over the Winter months of 2012-13 (playing in Blitzes) and following formation of the IAFL 2 Conference in 2014, the format was used for the Junior Kitted League.

References

Websites

[1] Irish American Football Association (2008) 2008 Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/2008results.htm [Accessed 24 September 2016]

[2] Irish American Football Association – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2008) Home [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20081023215441/http://www.americanfootball.ie/ [Accessed 25 March 2017]

[3] Irish American Football Association (2009) 2009 IAFL Fixtures [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/2009iaflfixtures.htm [Accessed 17 October 2009]

[4] Irish American Football Association – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2009) Home [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20090505075956/http://www.americanfootball.ie [Accessed 24 March 2018]

[5] Irish American Football Association (2010) 2010 IAFL Schedule Published [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/2010-iafl-schedule-published/ [Accessed 24 March 2013]

[6] Irish American Football Association – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2010) DV8s Standings [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20100610090859/http://www.americanfootball.ie:80/dv8s-standings/ [Accessed 24 March 2018]

[7] Irish American Football Association (2011) 2011 IAFL Schedule Published [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/2011-iafl-schedule-published/ [Accessed 24 March 2014]

[8] Irish American Football Association – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2011) DV8s Standings [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20111010222137/http://www.americanfootball.ie/dv8s-standings/ [Accessed 25 March 2017]

[9] Irish American Football Association (2012) IAFL Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl-standings/ [Accessed 13 January 2013]

[10] Irish American Football Association – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2013) 2013 IAFL 1 Standings / 2012 DV8s Standings [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20130516050107/http://www.americanfootball.ie:80/dv8s-standings/ [Accessed 24 March 2018]

Logos

[11] Irish American Football Association (2010) IAFA Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IAFA.jpg [Accessed 1 May 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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