IAFL 8-a-side Senior Team 2008

Home Ground: 

Colours: Black, Red and White.

Honours: None

All-Time Record: (W-L-T Pts) Regular Season: 8-6-0 (16 Pts)

History: Founded in the 1990s as a Flag Football Team by Cillian Smith, the Trinity College Dublin Thunderbolts became a fully kitted contact side in 2008, playing two seasons in the DV8 8-a-side Development League, where they won one match of six in 2008, against Dublin Dragons, and then seven of eight matches in 2009, including two wins from three against nemesis UCD Sentinels, before moving up into the full 11-a-side Irish American Football League in 2010.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	League	W-L-T League	Position	W-L-T Playoffs	Champs	W-L-T Inter
2008	IAFL DV8	1-5-0 (5 Pts)	5th	0-0-0 .000	–	0-0-0 .000
2009	IAFL DV8	7-1-0 (31 Pts)	2nd	0-0-0 .000	–	0-0-0 .000

2008 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
5	05.04.2008	A	Craigavon Cowboys	L	12-45
7	19.04.2008	H	Craigavon Cowboys	L	8-52
9	04.05.2008	A	Dublin Rebels 2nds	L	8-39
10	11.05.2008	H	Dublin Dragons	W	51-20
11	18.05.2008	H	Cork Admirals 2nds	L	0-14
12	25.05.2008	H	Dublin Rebels 2nds	L	0-22

2009 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
1	08.03.2009	H	Midlands Soldiers	W	56-0
6	10.04.2009	H	UCD Sentinels	L	13-34
8	25.04.2009	H	UCD Sentinels	W	34-0
9	29.04.2009	A	UCD Sentinels	W	42-0
10	10.05.2009	A	Craigavon Cowboys	W	28-0
12	30.05.2009	H	Erris Rams (Mayo)	W	30-0
13	07.06.2009	A	Dublin Dragons	W	25-0
15	20.06.2009	A	Erris Rams (Mayo)	W	51-0

References

Images

[1] Trinity College Dublin American Football | Facebook (2019) TCD American Football Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/214800495197037/photos/1306609992682743/ [Accessed 21 January 2019]

Internet Archive

[2] Irish American Football Association – Wayback Machine (2014) 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 League Tables, Fixtures and Results: DV8s League Table [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/2009dv8sfixtures.htm [Accessed 17 October 2009]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith of Trinity College Thunderbolts, Dublin Lightning and the Irish American Football Association.

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