Ladder

AFLI Australian Football League Ireland Men's Premiership 2022

Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	F	A	%	Pts
1	Leeside Lions	6	5	1	0	0	265	0.83	20
2	Belfast Redbacks	6	4	2	0	0	247	0.67	16
3	South Dublin Swans	6	3	3	0	0	429	0.50	12
4	Galway Magpies	6	0	6	0	0	709	0.00	0

Elimination Finals

Match Day Elimination Final
September 3, 2022 (Elimination Final) 44 - 29 N/A Belfast Redbacks vs South Dublin Swans
Match Day Grand Final
September 10, 2022 (Grand Final) 45 - 59 N/A Leeside Lions vs Belfast Redbacks

Results

May 14, 2022 (Round 1) 61 - 66 N/A Galway Magpies vs Belfast Redbacks
May 14, 2022 (Round 1) 133 - 18 N/A Leeside Lions vs South Dublin Swans
May 28, 2022 (Round 2) 49 - 76 N/A Belfast Redbacks vs Leeside Lions
May 28, 2022 (Round 2) 86 - 58 N/A South Dublin Swans vs Galway Magpies
July 2, 2022 (Round 3) 19 - 82 N/A South Dublin Swans vs Belfast Redbacks
July 2, 2022 (Round 3) 27 - 100 N/A Galway Magpies vs Leeside Lions
July 16, 2022 (Round 4) 85 - 37 N/A Belfast Redbacks vs South Dublin Swans
July 16, 2022 (Round 4) 173 - 22 N/A Leeside Lions vs Galway Magpies
August 6, 2022 (Round 5) 213 - 0 N/A Belfast Redbacks vs Galway Magpies
August 6, 2022 (Round 5) 100 - 40 N/A South Dublin Swans vs Leeside Lions
August 20, 2022 (Round 6) 54 - 49 N/A Leeside Lions vs Belfast Redbacks
August 20, 2022 (Round 6) 31 - 71 N/A Galway Magpies vs South Dublin Swans

Season Recap

Leeside Lions from Cork topped the Men’s Premiership Ladder in 2022 winning five and only losing once – in Round 5 to South Dublin Swans. Belfast Redbacks finished second on 4-2, South Dublin Swans third on 3-3 and Galway Magpies fourth on 0-6. The Elimination Final was won by the Redbacks 44-29 versus the South Dublin Swans and then after losing twice during the season to the Lions the Redbacks overcame their Cork rivals 59-45 in the Grand Final in Mountmellick GAA Club in Co. Laois. [References: 1-3]

About the Australian Football League Ireland Nexventur Men’s Premiership 2022

The Australian Football League Ireland Men’s Premiership, sponsored by Nextventur for 2022 was the 22nd year of the AFL Ireland Men’s League, and featured the same four teams as the past six years: Belfast Redbacks, South Dublin Swans, Leeside Lions (Cork), and Galway Magpies. The League played a double round-robin for six games before the top three reached the Elimination Finals culminating in the Grand Final in Mountmellick GAA Club in Co. Laois. A link to a Full Video of the Final on You Tube is available in [Reference 3] in the References Section Below. [References: 1-3]

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References

[1] AFL Ireland (2022) Fixtures & Results [Internet] Available from: https://aflireland.ie/index.php/fixtures-results-calendar/ [Accessed 26 November 2022]

[2] AFL Ireland (2022) Post, September 11, 2022 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/AussieRulesIreland/posts/pfbid02RYVvgsr4FNUqBgDeBCi8xiTNzNuNx9qNyvZBuowX9z4HfqEzZALY6kmK7LvuMVgXl [Accessed 26 November 2022]

[3] AFL Ireland You Tube Channel (2022) Mens AFL Ireland Nextventur Premiership Grand Final – Full Game [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-KjAu39daQ [Accessed 26 November 2022]

Logo References

[ARL-1] AFL Ireland (2019) Redbacks_Crest_400x400-300×300 [Internet] Available from: https://aflireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Redbacks_Crest_400x400-300×300.png [Accessed 12 December 2022]

[ARL-2] AFL Ireland (2019) Galway-Magpies-150×150 [Internet] Available from: https://aflireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Galway-Magpies-150×150.png [Accessed 12 December 2022]

[ARL-3] AFL Ireland (2019) 20191202_183234-1-300×300 [Internet] Available from: https://aflireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20191202_183234-1-300×300.jpg [Accessed 12 December 2022]

[ARL-4] AFL Ireland (2022) Swans [Internet] Available from: https://aflireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Swans.png [Accessed 12 December 2022]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Richard Conville, Conor Lynch & Conor McGroarty

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