IAFL-2

Last updated
Irish American Football League-2 (IAFL-2)
Current season, competition or edition:
AmericanFootball current event.svg2016
Sport American football
Founded2014
No. of teams5 (2016 season)
CountryRepublic of Ireland, Northern Ireland
Most recent
champion(s)
Donegal/Derry Vipers [1]
Official website http://www.americanfootball.ie/

'IAFL-2' is the third tier of American football in Ireland. The League was Founded in 2014 with the Tyrone Titans Winning the inaugural competition. [2]

Contents

Like The Shamrock Bowl Conference (Tier 1) & IAFL-1 (Tier 2) the league contains teams from both the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland.

The aim of the IAFL-2 Conference is for new teams entering the sport. The IAFL-2 Conference is a more controlled environment than the SBC and IAFL-1 conferences, which gives new clubs the chance to build their team and organisation while still playing football at a competitive level. The winner of the IAFL-2 Conference can progress to the IAFL-1 conference [3]

The current champions are the Donegal/Derry Vipers [4] [1]

History

YearWinnerRunner UpIAFL-2 Bowl score
2014 Tyrone Titans Dundalk Mavericks 20-7 [2]
2015 Belfast Trojans 2nds South Kildare Soldiers
2016 Donegal/Derry Vipers Wexford Eagles 33-29 [4]

Format

The League currently consists of Five Teams with the top Two meeting in a Playoff Bowl Game in the Post Season referred to as IAFL-2 Bowl. Historically both teams that appear in the Bowl Game are promoted to IAFL-1

Current Season (2016)

TeamBasedYear Founded
Donegal/Derry Vipers Drumahoe, County Londonderry 2014
Galway Warriors Galway City, County Galway 2012
North Dublin Pirates Malahide, County Dublin 2015
PSNI Razorbacks Lisburn, County Antrim 2015
Wexford Eagles Gorey, County Wexford 2015

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References

  1. 1 2 "DDTV: Donegal Derry Vipers crowned Champions of American Football..." 30 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "UCD wins IAFL1 Championship; Tyrone wins IAFL2 Championship - Irish American Football Association". 17 August 2014.
  3. "IAFL2 Conference - Irish American Football Association".
  4. 1 2 "Donegal/Derry Vipers win IAFL2 Bowl - Irish American Football Association". 29 August 2016.