Australian Rules Football League of Ireland | Premiership 2011-2017

Australian Rules Football League of Ireland Logo 2010-2017 [23]

ARFLI Premiership 2011

PWDLPFPAPts
*Leeside Lions12100248736433
*South Dublin Swans1280475336131
*Midwest Magpies1280462126929
*Dublin Demons1270547665023
Belfast Redbacks1230926940613
North Leinster Kangaroos1230927353613

Reference: compiled from [1][2]

Points System: 4 Pts Win / 1 Pt Loss (Premiership Round) / 2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Loss (Lightning Premiership Round) / 0 Pts Forfeit #

Note: North Leinster Kangaroos entered competition on 13 July 2011. They were a merger of Midland Tigers and West Dublin Saints. [3]

DateHome TeamAway Team
Semi-Finals
Grand FinalDurrow, Co. Laois
24.09.2011South Dublin Swans6.9 (45)Leeside Lions5.7 (37)

Reference: [4]

ARFLI Premiership 2012

 PWLDFAPts
Belfast Redbacks10730  31
South Dublin Swans10640  28
Galway Magpies10550  25
Dublin Demons10550  25
Leeside Lions10460  22
North Leinster Giants10370  19

[19]

DateHome Team Away Team 
 Semi-Finals   
 South Dublin Swans71Galway Magpies89
 Belfast Redbacks67Dublin Demons29
 Grand Final   
 Belfast Redbacks78Galway Magpies48

[19]

ARFLI Premiership 2013

 PWLDFAPts
Belfast Redbacks1082078435734
Leeside Lions1064071244228
South Dublin Swans1064072256528
Galway Magpies1055065674725
North Leinster Giants1046046977522
Dublin Demons1019046291913

[20]

DateHome Team Away Team 
 Semi-Finals   
07.09.13Belfast Redbacks89Galway Magpies27
07.09.13Leeside Lions31South Dublin Swans50
 Grand Final   
14.09.13Belfast Redbacks56South Dublin Swans76

[20]

ARFLI Premiership 2014

 PWLDFAPts
South Dublin Swans972064039430
Galway Magpies963077448927
Belfast Redbacks963055743027
Leeside Lions963045350227
North Leinster Giants927047564815
Dublin Demons90902947309

[21][Table as at August 16 2014]

     

ARFLI Premiership 2015

 PWLDFAPts
Belfast Redbacks8710  29
South Dublin Swans8530  23
Galway Magpies8440  20
Leeside Lions8440  18
North Leinster Giants8080  2

[22]

     

ARFLI Premiership 2016

 PWLDFAPts
Leeside Lions9900  36
Galway Magpies9450  21
Belfast Redbacks9360  18
South Dublin Swans9270  15

[5]

DateHome Team Away Team 
 Semi-Finals   
23.07.16Belfast Redbacks46South Dublin Swans21
23.07.16Belfast RedbacksWGalway MagpiesL
23.07.16Galway MagpiesLSouth Dublin SwansW
 Grand Final   
06.08.16Leeside Lions104Belfast Redbacks52

[7-9]

ARFLI Premiership 2017

 PWLDFAPts
Leeside Lions761027212425
Belfast Redbacks853019623223
South Dublin Swans826019024014
Galway Magpies725020026213

[11-14]

DateTeam 1 Team 2 
 Semi-Final Round   
10.09.17Belfast Redbacks9-10-64Galway Magpies2-1-13
10.09.17South Dublin Swans4-5-29Belfast Redbacks1-4-10
10.09.17South Dublin Swans2-10-22Galway Magpies2-4-16
 Grand Final   
16.09.17Leeside Lions13-7-85South Dublin Swans6-5-41

[15-17]

Report

The Australian Rules Football League of Ireland was founded in 2001, and by 2011 the two geographical divisions were merged into one Premiership.

Leeside Lions won the 2011 Premiership title and South Dublin Swans the Grand Final. The 2012 season belonged to the Belfast Redbacks who won both the Premiership and Grand Final, defeating Galway Magpies 74-48. They would again win the Premiership in 2013, however, would fall short 76-56 to the South Dublin Swans in the Grand Final.

Belfast Redbacks would again win the 2015 Premiership, losing only 1 of 8 matches. The 2016 season would see both titles go south as the Leeside Lions took the Premiership and defeated Belfast Redbacks convincingly in the Grand Final 104-52. They would repeat the feat in the 2017 season, beating South Dublin Swans 85-41 in the Grand Final to add to their second Premiership in a row.

References

Internet Archive

[1] Australian Rules Football League of Ireland | Wayback Machine (2011) Game Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20110928040140/http://www.arfli.com/index.php?p=games [Accessed 30 March 2017]

[2] Australian Rules Football League of Ireland | Wayback Machine (2011) Home [August 13, 2011][Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20110813141603/http://www.arfli.com/ [Accessed 30 March 2017]

[3] Australian Rules Football League of Ireland | Wayback Machine (2011) Home [July 16, 2011] [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20110716154451/http://www.arfli.com/ [Accessed 30 March 2017]

Websites

[4] Australian Rules Football League of Ireland (2011) Swans Make It Back To Back Premierships [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2011/10/01/swans-make-it-back-to-back-premierships/ [Accessed 10 October 2016] [Broken Link]

[5] South Dublin Swans (2017) Fixtures [Internet] Available from: http://southdublinswans.com/football/fixtures [Accessed 10 July 2017]

[6] South Dublin Swans (2017) Results [Internet] Available from: http://southdublinswans.com/football/swans-results [Accessed 10 July 2017]

[7] ARFLI (2016) Lions make Grand Final [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2016/07/08/lions-make-grand-final/ [Accessed 27 July 2017]

[8] ARFLI (2016) Finals Footy this weekend [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2016/07/22/finals-footy-this-weekend/ [Accessed 24 August 2017]

[9] ARFLI (2016) Belfast Redbacks reach Grand Final [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2016/08/03/belfast-redbacks-reach-grand-final/” [Accessed 24 August 2017]

[10] ARFLI (2016) Lions roar again [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2016/08/12/lions-roar-again/ [Accessed 24 August 2017]

[11] Australian Rules Football League of Ireland (2017) Latest Results / Points Table [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/ [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[12] Australian Rules Football League of Ireland (2017) Latest Results / Points Table [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/ [Accessed 19 June 2017]

[13] South Dublin Swans Facebook Page (2017) Facebook Post July 4 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/southdublinswans/posts/1578432332176067:0 [Accessed 10 July 2017]

[14] Belfast Redbacks Australian Rules Football Club Facebook Page (2017) Facebook Post July 2 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastredbacks/posts/704246669776228 [Accessed 10 July 2017]

[15] Australian Rules Football League of Ireland (2017) Swans into Grand Final in dramatic fashion [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2017/09/11/swans-into-grand-final-in-dramatic-fashion/ [Accessed 18 September 2017]

[16] Australian Rules Football League of Ireland (2017) ARFLI Grand Final Preview [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2017/09/14/arfli-grand-final-preview-2/ [Accessed 18 September 2017]

[17] World Footy News (2017) Leeside Lions defend title – 2017 ARFLI Premiers [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20170917190653542 [Accessed 18 September 2017]

Internet Archive

[18] ARFLI – Web Archive (2011) Jeep ARFLI Ladder AS of August 9th [Intenet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20110813141603/http://www.arfli.com/ [Accessed 13 April 2017]

[19] ARFLI – Web Archive (2014) 2012 Season [Intenet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20140711024151/http://www.arfli.com/records/2012-season [Accessed 30 March 2017]

[20] ARFLI – Web Archive (2014) 2013 Season [Intenet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20140711015812/http://www.arfli.com/records/2013-2/ [Accessed 30 March 2017]

[21] ARFLI – Web Archive (2014) Home [Intenet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20141124230251/http://www.arfli.com/ [Accessed 30 March 2017]

[22] ARFLI – Web Archive (2014) Final Ladder and Semi-Final Fixtures [Intenet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20170330100955/http://www.arfli.com/2015/08/21/final-ladder-and-semi-finals-fixtures/ [Accessed 30 March 2017]

Images

[23] 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]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Conville, Conor Lynch & Conor McGroarty

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Reserached, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 1 November 2019

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