ARFLI Premiership 2011

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Leeside Lions	12	10	0	2	487	364	33
*South Dublin Swans	12	8	0	4	753	361	31
*Midwest Magpies	12	8	0	4	621	269	29
*Dublin Demons	12	7	0	5	476	650	23
Belfast Redbacks	12	3	0	9	269	406	13
North Leinster Kangaroos	12	3	0	9	273	536	13

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]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	Grand Final		Durrow, Co. Laois
24.09.2011	South Dublin Swans	6.9 (45)	Leeside Lions	5.7 (37)

Reference: [4]

ARFLI Premiership 2012

	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts
Belfast Redbacks	10	7	3	0			31
South Dublin Swans	10	6	4	0			28
Galway Magpies	10	5	5	0			25
Dublin Demons	10	5	5	0			25
Leeside Lions	10	4	6	0			22
North Leinster Giants	10	3	7	0			19

[19]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	South Dublin Swans	71	Galway Magpies	89
	Belfast Redbacks	67	Dublin Demons	29
	Grand Final
	Belfast Redbacks	78	Galway Magpies	48

[19]

ARFLI Premiership 2013

	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts
Belfast Redbacks	10	8	2	0	784	357	34
Leeside Lions	10	6	4	0	712	442	28
South Dublin Swans	10	6	4	0	722	565	28
Galway Magpies	10	5	5	0	656	747	25
North Leinster Giants	10	4	6	0	469	775	22
Dublin Demons	10	1	9	0	462	919	13

[20]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
07.09.13	Belfast Redbacks	89	Galway Magpies	27
07.09.13	Leeside Lions	31	South Dublin Swans	50
	Grand Final
14.09.13	Belfast Redbacks	56	South Dublin Swans	76

[20]

ARFLI Premiership 2014

	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts
South Dublin Swans	9	7	2	0	640	394	30
Galway Magpies	9	6	3	0	774	489	27
Belfast Redbacks	9	6	3	0	557	430	27
Leeside Lions	9	6	3	0	453	502	27
North Leinster Giants	9	2	7	0	475	648	15
Dublin Demons	9	0	9	0	294	730	9

[21][Table as at August 16 2014]

ARFLI Premiership 2015

	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts
Belfast Redbacks	8	7	1	0			29
South Dublin Swans	8	5	3	0			23
Galway Magpies	8	4	4	0			20
Leeside Lions	8	4	4	0			18
North Leinster Giants	8	0	8	0			2

[22]

ARFLI Premiership 2016

	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts
Leeside Lions	9	9	0	0			36
Galway Magpies	9	4	5	0			21
Belfast Redbacks	9	3	6	0			18
South Dublin Swans	9	2	7	0			15

[5]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
23.07.16	Belfast Redbacks	46	South Dublin Swans	21
23.07.16	Belfast Redbacks	W	Galway Magpies	L
23.07.16	Galway Magpies	L	South Dublin Swans	W
	Grand Final
06.08.16	Leeside Lions	104	Belfast Redbacks	52

[7-9]

ARFLI Premiership 2017

	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts
Leeside Lions	7	6	1	0	272	124	25
Belfast Redbacks	8	5	3	0	196	232	23
South Dublin Swans	8	2	6	0	190	240	14
Galway Magpies	7	2	5	0	200	262	13

[11-14]

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Semi-Final Round
10.09.17	Belfast Redbacks	9-10-64	Galway Magpies	2-1-13
10.09.17	South Dublin Swans	4-5-29	Belfast Redbacks	1-4-10
10.09.17	South Dublin Swans	2-10-22	Galway Magpies	2-4-16
	Grand Final
16.09.17	Leeside Lions	13-7-85	South Dublin Swans	6-5-41

[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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