IAFL Senior Team 2014-2017 IAFL DV8 Team 2007-2009 Home Ground: Rathbride Crossroads, Kildare, Co. Kildare 2014-2017 Colours: Green, Black, White Honours: IAFL-2 Bowl Runners-Up 2015 Career Record: Total: 5-24-0 / Regular Season: 5-23-0 / Post-Season: 0-1-0 History: 11-a-side Irish American Football team that was a resurrected 8-a-side team in Kildare, and the Midlands region of Leinster. The Edenderry Soldiers were formed in 2007 out of a successful pilot Flag football program in the Midlands. . In 2009 they merged with the Mullingar Archers to form the Mullingar Soldiers, later renamed the Midlands Soldiers They disbanded after the 2009 season, and after a couple of seasons where players grew tired of travelling to Dublin to play, they reformed as the South Kildare Soldiers.They entered the IAFL-2 Conference in 2014, they reached the IAFL-2 Bowl in 2015, where they lost 48-0 to the Belfast Trojans 2nds. They were promoted to the IAFL-1 Conference in 2016, where they spent two seasons winning one match in total. They merged with the North Kildare Reapers to form the Cill Dara Crusaders in 2018, with the South Kildare Soldiers name kept for the Junior Team. |
Home Venue Map
Year-by-Year Record
| Year | Regular Season | Post-Season | International | ||||||||||||
| Lge | P | W | L | T | Pct | P | W | L | T | Chp | P | W | L | T | |
| 2014 | 2C | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2C | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1C | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1C | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reference: [1][2][3][4][5]
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Results 2014 IAFL 2 Conference
| Week | Date | H/A | Opposition | W/L | Score |
| 1 | 06.04.14 | H | Dundalk Mavericks | L | 6-15 |
| 9 | 18.05.14 | A | Galway Warriors | W | 2-0 |
| 12 | 08.06.14 | H | Tyrone Titans | L | 0-20 |
| 17 | 13.07.14 | H | Galway Warriors | L | 6-13 |
| 18 | 20.07.14 | A | Dundalk Mavericks | L | 0-16 |
| 20 | 03.08.14 | A | Tyrone Titans | L | 0-72 |
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Results 2015 IAFL 2 Conference
| Week | Date | H/A | Opposition | W/L | Score |
| 1 | 12.04.15 | A | University of Limerick Vikings 2nds | W | 18-12 |
| 2 | 19.04.15 | A | Galway Warriors | L | 0-12 |
| 3 | 03.05.15 | H | Belfast Trojans 2nds | L | 0-63 |
| 5 | 24.05.15 | H | Donegal Derry Vipers | W | 54-26 |
| 6 | 07.06.15 | A | Donegal Derry Vipers | W | 12-7 |
| 9 | 28.06.15 | H | Belfast Trojans 2nds | L | 13-37 |
| 1B | N | Belfast Trojans 2nds | L | 0-48 |
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Results 2016 IAFL 1 Conference
| Week | Date | H/A | Opposition | W/L | Score |
| 1 | 20.03.16 | H | Tyrone Titans | W | 18-6 |
| 3 | 03.04.16 | A | Cork Admirals | L | 0-24 |
| 5 | 17.04.16 | H | Cork Admirals | L | 0-50 |
| 8 | 08.05.16 | A | Belfast Trojans 2nds | L | 0-13 |
| 9 | 15.05.16 | H | Westmeath Minotaurs | L | 14-37 |
| 12 | 05.06.16 | A | Waterford Wolves | L | 14-25 |
| 14 | 19.06.16 | H | Meath Bulldogs | L | 0-13 |
| 15 | 26.06.15 | A | Westmeath Minotaurs | L | 6-20 |
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Results 2017 IAFL 1 Conference
| Week | Date | H/A | Opposition | W/L | Score |
| 3 | 26.03.17 | H | Louth Mavericks | L | 6-7 |
| 4 | 02.04.17 | A | Donegal Derry Vipers | L | 14-26 |
| 6 | 23.04.17 | A | West Dublin Rhinos | L | 14-51 |
| 8 | 07.05.17 | H | Wexford Eagles | L | 30-40 |
| 11 | 28.05.17 | H | Donegal Derry Vipers | L | 6-31 |
| 12 | 04.06.17 | H | Westmeath Minotaurs | L | 6-33 |
| 14 | 18.06.17 | A | Louth Mavericks | L | 0-28 |
| 17 | 09.07.17 | A | Wexford Eagles | L | 21-43 |
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South Kildare Soldiers Logo 2016-2018 [Ref: 12]
References
Websites
[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]
[6] Irish American Football Association (2015) IAFL Standings [Internet] Available from: 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-1 Conference Standings http://www.americanfootball.ie/american-football/iafl1-conference/ [Accessed 24 July 2017]
[9] Irish American Football Association (2017) IAFL-1 2017 Schedule http://www.americanfootball.ie/schedule/iafl1-2017-schedule/ [Accessed 24 July 2017]
Images
[11] South Kildare Soldiers (2016) South Kildare Soldiers Logo [Internet] Available from: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Sz7Fd5-sSPM/maxresdefault.jpg [Accessed 11 December 2018]
[12] South Kildare Soldiers | Facebook (2018) Profile Picture September 21, 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/42213876_2024966750900536_5716359277770178560_n.png?_nc_cat=102&_nc_oc=AQlB5ZgMNSp9tirgV77lgnQlAI8vKV2ZvuYHiogbO8tFDLQ6x9wqENy9ueoQHiHD5sUrV5o4NgWRcIsWP8jaba4P&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=82c2906841a0b1831ce1ce84372c7fe7&oe=5DBB9311 [Accessed 2 July 2019]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Vinnie.
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