2011 IAFL season

The 2011 IAFL season was the 25th regular season of the Irish American Football League.

The regular season began on Sunday, March 6,[1] at the UCD Bowl featuring 2 of the University sides in the competition. Trinity College defeated UCD 20 - 16.

Marcus Naylor, safety of the Dublin Rebels, was named MVP for the 2011 season. In Shamrock Bowl XXV, the League's championship game, played at Morton Stadium in Santry, Dublin, the Dublin Rebels defeated the UL Vikings to win their seventh Shamrock Bowl.

Schedule

Opening Weekend

The IAFL Kickoff Game, the first game of the season took place on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 1 pm IST with the University Bowl Game featuring UCD taking on Trinity College at the UCD Bowl in the IAFL College Championship Game. Trinity won the game 20 - 16 in what was a close game. This was the only game to take place in the opening weekend with the rest of the teams playing their matches in the next 3 weeks.

Week 4

By Week 4, all teams had played at least 1 game. The Cork Admirals, Belfast Trojans and Dublin Dragons were the final teams to play at least 1 game.

Teams

Regular season standings

IAFL North

PositionTeamPldWLTPts
1Carrickfergus Knights862012
2Belfast Trojans862012
3Craigavon Cowboys84408

IAFL Central

PositionTeamPldWLTPts
1Dublin Rebels853010
2West Dublin Rhinos82604
3Trinity College83503

IAFL South

PositionTeamPldWLTPts
1UL Vikings880016
2UCD84407
3Cork Admirals82602
4Dublin Dragons80800

Play-Off Qualifying Rankings

The top 2 teams qualify for the Play-Off Qualifiers.

Division Team Pld W L T Pts
NorthBelfast Trojans862012
NorthCraigavon Cowboys84408
SouthUCD84407
CentralWest Dublin Rhinos82604
CentralTrinity College83503
SouthCork Admirals82602
SouthDublin Dragons80800

Play-Off Qualifiers
Play-Off Qualifiers
Craigavon Cowboys17 - 14Belfast Trojans

Play-Offs
Semi Finals Shamrock Bowl
      
3 Dublin Rebels 22
2 Carrickfergus Knights 6
1 Dublin Rebels 14
2 UL Vikings 13
1 UL Vikings 21
4 Craigavon Cowboys 8
Semi Final
Dublin Rebels22 - 6Carrickfergus Knights
Carrickfergus RFC, Carrickfergus
Semi Final
UL Vikings21 - 8Craigavon Cowboys
Main article: Shamrock Bowl XXV
Final
Dublin Rebels14 - 13UL Vikings

Results

Week 1
DateRoad TeamScoreHome TeamVenueReport
March 6Trinity College20-16UCDBelfieldReport

Week 2
DateRoad TeamScoreHome TeamVenueReport
March 13UCD6-56UL VikingsUniversity of Limerick
March 13Trinity CollegeP-PCraigavon CowboysBrownlow, Craigavon

Week 3
DateRoad TeamScoreHome TeamVenueReport
March 20UL Vikings6 - 3Dublin RebelsSportslink, Santry
March 20Carrickfergus Knights27 - 14Craigavon CowboysBrownlow, Craigavon

Week 4
DateRoad TeamScoreHome TeamVenueReport
March 27Dublin Dragons14 - 59Trinity CollegeTrinity College Sports Grounds, Santry
March 27UCD0 - 8Belfast TrojansBelfast
March 27Cork Admirals0 - 6West Dublin RhinosCastleknock College, DublinReport

Week 5
DateRoad TeamScoreHome TeamVenueReport
April 3Belfast Trojans6 - 34Carrickfergus KnightsCarrickfergus
April 3Trinity College6 - 20Dublin RebelsSportslink, Santry
April 3Cork Admirals0 - 40UL VikingsCastleknock College, Dublin

Week 6
DateRoad TeamScoreHome TeamVenueReport
April 10Dublin Dragons8 - 74UCDBelfield
April 10Dublin Rebels13 - 0West Dublin RhinosCastleknock College, Dublin
April 10Carrickfergus Knights8 - 45UL VikingsUniversity of Limerick
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References
  1. "Season Opener". Retrieved 2011-03-17.
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