IAFL South Division Table 2008

Team	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IAFL South
*UL Vikings	8	7	1	0	286	88	14
*Cork Admirals	8	6	2	0	332	92	12
Tallaght Outlaws	8	0	8	0	0	434	0

Reference: [2][5]

2008 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Versus	W/L	Score
2	06.04.08	H	Belfast Trojans	W	22-0
3	13.04.08	A	Belfast Bulls	W	22-6
5	27.05.08	H	Tallaght Outlaws	W	36-0
6	04.05.08	H	Cork Admirals	W	20-3
9	25.05.08	A	Cork Admirals	W	34-25
10	01.06.08	A	Tallaght Outlaws	W	92-0
13	22.06.08	H	Dublin Rebels	L	14-32
15	06.07.08	A	DCU Saints	W	47-12
SF	27.07.08	H	Belfast Trojans	W	42-8
SB XXII	10.08.08	N	Dublin Rebels	W	14-12

Reference: [2-4]

Season Report

The University of Limerick Vikings repeated as Shamrock Bowl Champions, defeating the Dublin Rebels 14-12 with a last-minute blocked Field Goal at the Cork Institute of Technology, thus gaining revenge for defeat in Week 13, their only loss of the season.

The season opened with comfortable wins over the two Belfast sides and the Tallaght Outlaws before two games with the Cork Admirals, their Munster rivals giving them the closest test so far in 2008 by putting up 25 points against the Vikings in Cork, but the UL side managed their best offensive performance of the year by scoring 34.

They followed this by lighting up the scoreboard in an emphatic 92-0 win over Tallaght Outlaws, before crashing back down to earth with a heavy 32-14 loss to the Dublin Rebels, which proved to be their only loss of the season. The Vikings regrouped and won their next two games in style, including the Semi-Final over the IAFL North Division Champions, Belfast Trojans.

Having won the IAFL South Division, and dispatched the IAFL North Division Champions in the Semi-Finals, they then faced the IAFL Central Division Champions for the second time that season, in what was an extremely close Final. They Vikings led 14-3 at half-time thanks to a Rushing Touchdown from MVP Adrian Garvey and an Interception Return for Touchdown by Darragh O’Callaghan before a second-half comeback by the Rebels ended with the blocked Field Goal. [7]

2008 Roster

Number	Player	Position
Coach
Coach	Eoin Carroll	Head Coach
Coach	Ciaran O’Sullivan	Assistant Head Coach
Player
2	Seamus Hogan	RB/CB
4	Andrew Gordon	FB
5	Daniel Smith	CB/WR
7	Sean De Paor	LB
8	Glen Carr	TE/DT
10	Seamas Feehan	WR/CB
11	Oisin Tong	WR
12	JP Nerbun	QB
13	Marc Ashworth	WR/TE
16	Les Fleming	WR/DE
17	Liam Ryan	FS/WR
18	Phil Robinson	WR
21	David Bermingham	RB
25	Michael O’Brien	CB
26	James Twomey	RB
34	Damien Laffan	LB/DE
36	Adrian Garvey	RB
37	Matt Sheehan	DE
43	Michael Guinane	SS
44	Alan O’Carroll	MLB
47	Cormac Ryan	DE
49	Dan McMahon	CB
50	Dara O’Callaghan	LB
51	David O’Sullivan	LB
53	Ed English	LB
54	Sean Lewis	LB/CB
54	Alan Kiely	LB
55	Mark Gaffney	LB
56	Mark Thompson	OL
58	Jim Davis	OL/DE
64	Bill Parkinson	MLB
66	Dave Moloney	OL/DT
67	Kieran Coen	OL/DT
69	Dave Wallek	OL
72	Ken Smead	OL/DL
73	Christopher Moloney	OL
75	Eoin O’Sullivan	OL/DL
76	Keith Fitzgerald	OL
77	Brendan O’Maolrunaigh	OL
80	Mike O’Connor	WR
81	Patrick O’Kane	WR
83	Alan Walsh	WR
87	Brendan McCarthy	LB
96	Declan O’Donnell	DT
98	Dermot Moriarty	DE

Reference: [5]

Positions Legend

Key	Position
QB	Quarterback
RB	Running Back
WR	Wide Receiver
CB	Cornerback
FB	Fullback
LB	Linebacker
TE	Tight End
DL	Defensive Line
DE	Defensive End
SS	Strong Safety
MLB	Middle Linebacker
OL	Offensive Line

Home Venue Map (UL Sports Grounds, Limerick)

References

Images

[1] Irish American Football Association (2017) UL Vikings 2007 Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/vikingslogo1.jpg [Accessed 15 May 2020]

Websites

[2] Irish American Football Association (2008) 2008 LEAGUE TABLE, FIXTURES & RESULTS [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/2008results.htm [Accessed 24 September 2016] [3] Irish American Football Association (2009) Index Early 2009 [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/indexearly2009 [Accessed 15 October 2017] [4] Irish American Football Association (2018) Shamrock Bowl History [Internet] Available from: hhttp://www.americanfootball.ie/american-football/shamrock-bowl-history/ [Accessed 23 March 2018] [5] Irish American Football Association(2008) Shamrock Bowl XXII | UL Vikings Roster [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/sbxxiivikings.htm [Accessed 26 June 2019]

Internet Archive

[6] Dublin Rebels (2008) News: 2008 League Standings [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20081019054255/http://www.dublinrebels.com/news.php [Accessed 5 July 2017] [7] University of Limerick Vikings (2010) Vikings History [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20100429042500/http://www.ulvikings.ie:80/index.php/vikings-history [Accessed 27 June 2018]

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive Last Updated: 31 July 2019 (c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019 You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.