Team of the Decade

Managers, Coaches & Captain

Team Manager: David Cassidy

Coach: Darren Fitzpatrick

Captain: Michael Johnson

Players:

Diarmuid Griffin

Denis Reidy

Dualtach Johnson

Cian Quigley

Mick Finn

Neil McFinn

Aaron Flood

Ray Colleran

James Flavin

Clifford Richardson

John O’Sullivan

David Stynes

Liam O’Connor

Alan Coomey

Joe Cunnane

Ryan McFlynn

Ian O’Sullivan

Fergal Kiloury

Fearghal Bradshaw

Declan O’Sullivan

Brian O’Connell

References

Images

[1] TWIMG (2017) Australian Rules Football League of Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/498229009742704640/lMxp3RkN.png [Accessed 23 March 2017]

Websites

[2] Australian Football League Ireland (2020) Roll of Honour [Internet] Available from: http://aflireland.ie/index.php/role-of-honour/  %5BAccessed 14 September 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Conor McGroarty.

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Roll of Honour

Year	Championships Won
2010	EuroCup
2011	AFL International Cup
2011	EuroCup
2012	EuroCup
2014	EuroCup
2016	EuroCup
2017	AFL International Cup

Report

The Irish Banshees Women’s International Australian Football Team has even managed to surpass the successful Men’s Team with a Championship nearly every year since the team was founded in 2010, including two AFL International Cups and five EuroCups.

References

Images

[1] Arfli Womens Facebook Page (2017) Profile Picture November 10 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/arfliwomens/photos/a.1200499830078910.1073741825.1200499786745581/1219412021521024/?type=1&theater [Accessed 29 November 2017]

Websites

[2] Australian Football League Ireland (2020) Roll of Honour [Internet] Available from: http://aflireland.ie/index.php/role-of-honour/  %5BAccessed 14 September 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Nora Mulcahy.

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Roll of Honour

Year	Champions
2012	Munster
2013	Ulster
2014-2017	No Competition
2018	Leinster

Report

The Jeep Province of Origin Competition in Australian Football League Ireland has been won by three different Provinces since it was first played in 2012. There was no competition in 2014 to 2017 before it was revived in 2018.

References

Images

[1] TWIMG (2017) Australian Rules Football League of Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/498229009742704640/lMxp3RkN.png [Accessed 23 March 2017]

Websites

[2] Australian Football League Ireland (2020) Roll of Honour [Internet] Available from: http://aflireland.ie/index.php/role-of-honour/  %5BAccessed 14 September 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Conor McGroarty.

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Roll of Honour

Year	Champions
2000	Dublin Demons
2001	Dublin Demons
2002	Leeside Lions
2003	Leeside Lions
2004	South Dublin Eagles
2005	Leeside Lions
2006	South Dublin Swans
2007	Leeside Lions
2008	Dublin Demons
2009	Dublin Demons
2010	South Dublin Swans
2011	South Dublin Swans
2012	Belfast Redbacks
2013	South Dublin Swans
2014	Belfast Redbacks
2015	South Dublin Swans
2016	Leeside Lions
2017	Leeside Lions
2018	Belfast Redbacks
2019	Belfast Redbacks

Report

Leeside Lions have won the Australian Football League Ireland Premiership most often since the first season in 2000 with six Championships, followed by South Dublin Swans with five, Dublin Demons and Belfast Redbacks both with four wins and South Dublin Eagles with one. Belfast Redbacks have won the two most recent in 2018 and 2019.

References

Images

[1] TWIMG (2017) Australian Rules Football League of Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/498229009742704640/lMxp3RkN.png [Accessed 23 March 2017]

Websites

[2] Australian Football League Ireland (2020) Roll of Honour [Internet] Available from: http://aflireland.ie/index.php/role-of-honour/  %5BAccessed 14 September 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Conor McGroarty.

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Roll of Hounour 2001-2011

Year	Champions
2001	Midland Tigers
2002	Leeside Lions
2003	Leeside Lions
2004	Leeside Lions
2005	Dublin Demons
2006	Dublin Demons
2007	Dublin Demons
2008	South Dublin Swans
2009	South Dublin Swans
2010	South Dublin Swans
2011	Belfast Redbacks

Report

The Super 10s / 9s Competition was introduced by the Australian Rules Football League of Ireland to help smaller teams play Footy. It also helped the ARFLI teams field seconds teams or give first team players more playing time.

It lasted from 2001 to 2011 after which it became a competition for Women. Midland Tigers won the first Super 10s in 2001, then there were three three-in-a-rows from Leeside Lions, Dublin Demons and South Dublin Sawns before Belfast Redbacks took the 2011 title.

References

Images

[27] TWIMG (2017) Australian Rules Football League of Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/498229009742704640/lMxp3RkN.png [Accessed 23 March 2017]

Websites

[2] Australian Football League Ireland (2020) Roll of Honour [Internet] Available from: http://aflireland.ie/index.php/role-of-honour/  [Accessed 14 September 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Conor McGroarty.

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Standings

	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	Pts
Pool A
UCC 1	4	4	0	0			16
Oxford	2	1	1	0			5
Cambridge	2	1	1	0			5
Cardiff Met	2	1	1	0			5
CIT 2	4	0	4	0			4
Pool B
Birmingham	2	2	0	0			8
CIT 1	4	3	1	0			13
SDU	2	1	1	0			5
UCC 2	4	1	3	0			7
Oxford 2	2	0	2	0			2

Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
08.02.2020	UCC 1	33	Birmingham	27
	3rd Place
08.02.2020	CIT 1	18	Oxford	27
	5th Place
08.02.2020	SDU		Cambridge
	7th Place
08.02.2020	UCC 2	16	Cardiff Met	15
	9th Place
08.02.2020	CIT 2	33	Oxford 2	17

Pool Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pool A
08.02.2020	CIT 2	8	Oxford 1	44
08.02.2020	CIT 2	7	Cambridge	36
08.02.2020	CIT 2	14	Cardiff Met	17
08.02.2020	CIT 2	14	CIT 1	58
08.02.2020	UCC 1	29	Oxford Met	21
08.02.2020	UCC 1	29	Cambridge	12
08.02.2020	UCC 1	37	Oxford 1	10
	Pool B
08.02.2020	CIT 1	37	Oxford 2	17
08.02.2020	CIT 1	36	UCC 2	4
08.02.2020	CIT 1	27	SDU	8
08.02.2020	CIT 1	12	Birmingham	28
08.02.2020	UCC 2	16	SDU	20
08.02.2020	UCC 2	15	Oxford 2	12
08.02.2020	UCC 2	16	Cardiff Met	15

Report

University College Cork Bulldogs 1 triumphed in the Australian Football League Europe Fitzpatrick Cup Championship in 2020 defeating Birmingham 33-27 in the Final, after winning all four Pool Games. Four sides from Cork (two UCC and two Cork IT) represented Ireland in the Championship for University teams held in Oxford on the 8th February 2020.

References

Images

[1] AFL Europe (2016) AFL Europe Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.afleurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/AFL-EUROPE.jpg [Accessed 13 March 2017]

Websites

[1] AFL Ireland (2020) UCC Bombers Crowned Fitz Cup Champions [Internet] Available from: http://aflireland.ie/index.php/2020/02/12/ucc-bombers-crowned-fitz-cup-champs/ [Accessed 5 September 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Conor McGroarty

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Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Final Round
19.08.2014	Irish Warriors	8.5.53	South African Lions	4.4.28
08.2014	Papua New Guinea Mosquitos	12.3.75	New Zealand	4.4.28
	Grand Final
23.08.2014	Papua New Guinea Mosquitos	6.9.45	Irish Warriors	6.6.42

Pool Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pool
10.08.2014	Irish Warriors	9.8.62	Fiji	1.4.10
13.08.2014	Irish Warriors	17.9.111	France	0.2.2
16.08.2014	Irish Warriors	10.6.66	Nauru	6.3.39

Report

The Irish Warriors sailed through the Pool Stages of the Australian Football League International Cup 2014 in Melbourne defeating Fiji, France and Nauru before another good win against South African Lions in the Semi-Final.

In the Grand Final, however, they came against Papua New Guinea, the only other country where Australian Football is the National Sport, and were narrowly beaten 45-42 by the PNG team. It was heartbreak for the Irish Warriors to have come so close, but they could be proud of their magnificent performances throughout the tournament.

Mick Finn scored four goals to top score in the Grand Final, and Sean Paul Henry and Padraig Lucey each got one goal, but the Mosquitos got two late goals to snatch the victory.

References

Images

[1] AFL Europe (2016) AFL Europe Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.afleurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/AFL-EUROPE.jpg [Accessed 13 March 2017]

Websites

[2] ARFLI (2014) A Real Double Irish [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2014/08/22/a-real-double-irish/ [Accessed 18 January 2017]

[3] ARFLI / John Corrigan (2014) Review of Warriors IC Grand Final [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2014/10/16/review-of-warriors-international-cup-grand-final/ [Accessed 5 September 2020][Broken Link – Available on the Wayback Machine Web Archive at: https://web.archive.org/web/20141207155425/http://www.arfli.com/2014/10/16/review-of-warriors-international-cup-grand-final/ [Accessed 18 January 2017]

[3] ARFLI (2014) Blu Marine Warriors Battle Past South Africa [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2014/08/22/blu-marine-warriors-battle-past-south-africa/  [Accessed 18 January 2017]

[4] ARFLI (2014) Blu Marine Warriors Through to S/Fs [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2014/08/22/blu-marine-warriors-through-to-sfs/  [Accessed 18 January 2017]

[5] ARFLI (2014) Match Report: Blu Marine Irish Warriors v France  [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2014/08/14/match-report-blu-marine-warriors-v-france/ [Accessed 18 January 2017]

[6] ARFLI (2014) Match Report: Blu Marine Irish Warriors v France  [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2014/08/14/match-report-blu-marine-warriors-v-fiji/  [Accessed 18 January 2017]

Images

[7] ARFLI (2014) IC14FinalMCGIreland-640×360 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20141207155425im_/http://www.arfli.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IC14FinalMCGIreland-640×360.jpg [Accessed 18 January 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Conor McGroarty

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