American Football Ireland Senior Team 2013-Present

Home Ground: Boyne Community School, Trim, Co. Meath

Colours: Orange & White

Honours: IAFL 1 Bowl Champions 2017, IAFL 1 Bowl Runners-Up 2019

Career Record (W-L-T): Total: / Regular Season:

History: Formed by Californian Garland Drake in Trim, Co. Meath in 2010, they competed in the DV8 Development League from 2011-2012 before moving to Navan becoming the Meath Bulldogs  and joining the full 11-a-side Irish American Football League in 2013. [ReferencE: 2-3] since 2013 they have posted a 4-4 or better record in the IAFL 1 Conference each year except 2018.

In 2017, they dropped down to the Irish American Football League 2 Conference, presumably to rebuild, and after losing their first two games won their next four and then triumphed 40-0 over the Antrim Jets in the 1 Bowl, their first and only piece of silverware. They moved back up to the IAFL 1 Conference in 2018, but found the going difficult, forfeiting their last three games. In 2019 the were back in the 2 Conference, losing and tying their first two games before winning their next six. They could not repeat their trick of 2017, however, asthey lost the 2 Bowl 34-26 to the Cill Dara Crusaders in Newbridge.

Home Venue: Boyne Community School, Trim, Co. Meath (also Trim GAA)

Year-by-Year Record

Year	League	RS W-L-T	Pts	PS W-L-T	Champ	Int W-L-T	Champ
2013	IAFL 1C	4-3-1	9	0-0-0	–	0-0-0	–
2014	IAFL 1C	4-4-0	8	0-0-0	–	0-0-0	–
2015	IAFL 1C	5-3-0	10	0-1-0	–	0-0-0	–
2016	IAFL 1C	4-4-0	8	0-0-0	–	0-0-0	–
2017	IAFL 2C	4-2-0	8	1-0-0	1 Bowl	0-0-0	–
2018	IAFL 1C	1-7-0	2	0-0-0	–	0-0-0	–
2019	IAFL 2C	6-1-1	13	0-1-0	–	0-0-0	–

2013 Results – IAFL 1 Conference

Week	Date	H/A	Versus	W/L	Score
2	10.03.2013	A	Dublin Dragons	L	0-2
5	28.04.2013	A	Mullingar Minoaturs	T	6-6
8	19.05.2013	H	Tullamore Phoenix	W	19-6
10	02.06.2013	H	Drogheda Lightning	W	34-12
12	16.06.2013	A	Meath Bulldogs	L	12-20
14	14.07.2013	H	North Kildare Reapers	W	20-14
15	28.07.2013	A	Drogheda Lightning	W	7-0
16	11.08.2013	H	Mullingar Minotaurs	L	12-28

2014 Results – IAFL 1 Conference

Week	Date	H/A	Versus	W/L	Score
5	13.04.2014	H	University College Dublin	W	2-0
6	27.04.2014	A	Cork Admirals	L	8-20
8	11.05.2014	A	Mullingar Minotaurs	L	0-8
14	22.06.2014	A	University College Dublin	L	8-37
16	04.07.2014	H	Mullingar Minotaurs	W	29-22
17	13.07.2014	H	Cork Admirals	L	6-12
18	26.07.2014	H	Drogheda Lightning	W	29-14
20	03.08.2014	A	Meath Bulldogs	W	22-6

2015 Results – IAFL 1 Conference

Week	Date	H/A	Versus	W/L	Score
2	29.03.2015	A	Tyrone Titans	L	8-22
4	19.04.2015	H	Cork Admirals	L	13-28
6	03.05.2015	A	Waterford wolves	W	13-0
8	17.05.2015	A	Dundalk Mavericks	W	9-7
10	31.05.2015	H	Waterford Wolves	L	2-7
14	28.06.2015	H	Cork Admirals	W	26-13
15	05.07.2015	H	Mullingar Minotaurs	W	38-7
16	12.07.2015	H	Tyrone Titans	L	6-20
SF		A	Waterford Wolves	L	9-13

2016 Results – IAFL 1 Conference

Week	Date	H/A	Versus	W/L	Score
1	20.03.2016	H	Belfast Troans 2nds	W	6-0
4	10.04.2016	H	West Dublin Rhinos	L	2-14
7	01.05.2016	A	West Dublin Rhinos	L	10-13
8	08.05.2016	A	Waterford Wolves	W	20-13
10	22.05.2016	A	Tyrone Titans	W	68-0
12	05.06.2016	H	Cork Admirals	L	13-30
14	19.06.2016	A	South Kildare Soldiers	W	13-0
15	26.06.2016	H	Louth Mavericks	L	6-9

2017 Results – IAFL 2 Conference

Week	Date	H/A	Versus	W/L	Score
7	30.04.2017	H	Galway Warriors	L	12-24
9	14.05.2017	A	Antrim Jets	L	8-20
11	28.05.2017	H	Tyrone Titans	W	55-0
12	04.06.2017	A	Galway Warriors	W	24-0
15	25.06.2017	H	NI Razorbacks	W	23-3
19	23.07.2017	H	North Dublin Pirates	W	19-2
1 Bowl	20.08.2017	N	Antrim Jets	W	40-0

2018 Results – IAFL 1 Conference

Week	Date	H/A	Versus	W/L	Score
6	15.04.2018	H	NI Razorbacks	W	17-0
8	29.04.2018	H	Westmeath Minotaurs	L	2-22
11	20.05.2018	H	Cill Dara Crusaders	L	14-38
12	27.05.2018	A	Antrim Jets	L	0-10
15	17.06.2018	H	Donegal Derry Vipers	L	0-20
16	24.06.2018	A	North Dublin Pirates	L	0-30 #
18	08.07.2018	A	Craigavon Cowboys	L	0-30 #
19	15.07.2018	A	Wexford Eagles	L	0-30 #

2019 Results – IAFL 1 Conference

Week	Date	H/A	Versus	W/L	Score
4	24.03.2019	H	North Dublin Pirates	T	0-0
7	14.04.2019	H	Cill Dara Crusaders	L	6-21
8	28.04.2019	A	Causeway Giants	W	13-6
9	05.05.2019	H	NI Razorbacks	W	25-13
11	19.05.2019	A	North Dublin Pirates	W	12-6
12	26.05.2019	A	Cill Dara Crusaders	W	33-12
14	09.06.2019	H	Antrim Jets	W	16-0
16	23.06.2019	H	Causewy Giants	W	48-0
1 Bowl	14.07.2019	A	Cill Dara Crusaders	L	26-34

References

Images

[1] Irish American Football Association (2017) Meath Bulldogs Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Bulldogs.png [Accessed 11 December 2018]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (2011) “Bulldogs unleashed | American Football” Meath Chronicle. Saturday, April 23, 2011.

[3] Anon. (2011) “Gridiron in Trim as Bulldogs host Tullamore” Meath Chronicle. Saturday, July 2, 2011.

Websites

[4] Irish American Football Association (2013) IAFL-1 Schedule & Standings [Internet] Available from: www.americanfootball.ie/dv8s-standings/ [Accessed 23 August 2013]

Internet Archive

[5] Irish American Football Association – Wayback Machine (2015) 2014 IAFL 1 Conference standings & Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20150110221134/http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl-standings/ [Accessed 14 July 2018]

Websites

[6] Irish American Football Association (2015) 2015 Schedule & Standings : IAFL 1 Conference [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl-standings/ [Accessed 14 July 2015]

[7] Irish American Football Association (2016) IAFL-1 Conference [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/contact-football/iafl1-conference/ [Accessed 26 October 2016]

[8] Irish American Football Association (2017) IAFL-2 Conference Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/american-football/iafl2-conference/ [Accessed 28 August 2017]

[9] Irish American Football Association (2017) IAFL-2 2017 Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/schedule/iafl2-2017-schedule/ [Accessed 28 August 2017]

[10] Irish American Football Association (2017) Playoffs and Provisional Bowl Dates [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/playsoffs-provisional-bowl-dates/ [Accessed 29 May 2017]

[11] IAFA Ireland Facebook Page (2017) Facebook Post August 27 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/iafaireland/posts/1632046600162567 [Accessed 28 August 2017]

[12] IAFA Ireland Facebook Page (2017) Facebook Post August 20 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/iafaireland/posts/1625846934115867 [Accessed 28 August 2017]

[13] Irish American Football Association (2018) IAFL 1 Conference Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/american-football/iafl1-conference/ [Accessed 28 May 2018]

[14] Irish American Football Association (2018) IAFL1 Schedule & Results 2018 [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/schedule/iafl-1-schedule-results-2018/ [Accessed 28 May 2018]

Websites

[15] Irish American Football Association (2019) Teams | Kitted | IAFL 2 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/teams/teams-kitted-iafl1/ [Accessed 25 June 2019]

[16] Irish American Football Association (2019) Schedule & Results | IAFL2 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/calendar/iafl-2-2019/ [Accessed 25 June 2019]

[17] Irish American Football Association (2019) Kitted Football | League Details | IAFL2 [Playoffs][Standings][Results & Fixtures] 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/home/kitted-football/iafl2_19/ [Accessed 16 July 2019]

Internet Archive

Internet Archive

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Andrea Norton.

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