Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	PD	Pts
North Conference Premier Division
Belfast Trojans	4	3	1	0	122	97	+25	9
Craigavon Cowboys	4	2	2	0	105	95	+10	6
Louth Mavericks	4	2	2	0	92	92	0	6
Belfast Knights	4	2	2	0	97	111	-14	6
Maynooth University Hurricanes	4	1	3	0	118	139	-21	3

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1		North
26.09.2020	Carrickfergus Knights	13	Craigavon Cowboys	32
26.09.2020	Maynooth University Hurricanes	32	Belfast Trojans	38
26.09.2020	Louth Mavericks	18	Belfast Knights	20
26.09.2020	Craigavon Cowboys	33	Maynooth University Hurricanes	13
26.09.2020	Belfast Trojans	26	Louth Mavericks	18
	Week 2		North
03.10.2020	Belfast Knights	26	Belfast Trojans	21
03.10.2020	Louth Mavericks	30	Maynooth University Hurricanes	27
03.10.2020	Belfast Trojans	38	Craigavon Cowboys	20
03.10.2020	Craigavon Cowboys	20	Louth Mavericks	26
03.10.2020	Maynooth University Hurricanes	40	Belfast Knights	38

American Football Ireland Flag Premier Division Standings 2020 [Ref: 1]

Report

A revised American Football Ireland Flag schedule was brought out in September. Craigavon Cowboys and Belfast Trojans both opened the season at the end of September with two wins, and Belfast Knights one win and one loss. During the second weekends play, Louth Mavericks picked up two wins versus Maynooth University (30-27) and Craigavon Cowboys (26-20) both by a touchdown or less, and Belfast Knights, Belfast Trojans and Maynooth University Hurricanes each picked up a win, leaving Belfast Trojans on top of the North Conference table with 3 wins from four, and then the Craigavon Cowboys, Louth Mavericks and Belfast Knights each on 2-2.

The League was cancelled on and the Results declared null and void due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. They are presented here as an unofficial Provincial Conference, as with the Pandemic the League was rearranged into self-contained Conference with no inter-conference play before the government restrictions meant the cancellation of the league.

About

The American Football Ireland Flag Premier Division is the top level of Flag Football in Ireland. For the 2020 season there are 10 teams divided equally into 2 Conferences: North and South, playing a 12-game Schedule, each teams plays twice against each other team in its own Conference and once against four of the five teams in the other Conference.

Four teams were relegated from the Irish American Football Association Flag Football League Emerald Bowl Conference (the previous name of the Flag Football League) after the 2019 season: Westmeath Minotaurs, University College Dublin, Meath Bulldogs and Dublin Rebels. Two teams were promoted: Glas Bowl (Division 1) runners-up Maynooth University Hurricanes, and Semi-Finalists Cork City Outlaws.

AFI Flag Premier Division North Team Map

References

Images

[1] American Football Ireland (2020) AFI Logo 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AFI-Logo-200.png [Accessed 10 February 2020][Last Updated 4 October 2020]

Websites

[2] American Football Ireland (2020) Flag Football League Premier Division 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/flag-football/prem_2020/ [Accessed 28 September 2020]

[3] American Football Ireland (2020) Flag-2020-Ireland-Map_Premier_North [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Flag-2020-Ireland-Map_Premier_North.png [Accessed 28 August 2020]

[4] American Football Ireland (2020) Flag-2020-Ireland-Map_Premier_South-1024×683 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Flag-2020-Ireland-Map_Premier_South-1024×683.png [Accessed 28 August 2020]

[5] American Football Ireland (2020) 2020 Flag Football Season Cancelled [Internet] available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/2020-flag-football-season-cancelled/ [Accessed 28 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Sean Douglas, Todd Zboyan, Anton Pippo O’Grady, Jimmy English, Joe Grey, Decy Maher (Dublin Bay Raptors 2020).

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 28 October 2020

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