2011 IAFL season

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

The regular season began on Sunday 6 March 2011 at the UCD Bowl.^[1] The opening game, which featured two of the University sides in the competition, saw Trinity College defeat UCD 20 - 16.

Schedule

The IAFL kickoff game, the first game of the season, took place on Sunday, 6 March 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.

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

Position	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	Carrickfergus Knights	8	6	2	12
2	Belfast Trojans	8	6	2	12
3	Craigavon Cowboys	8	4	4	8

IAFL Central

Position	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	Dublin Rebels	8	5	3	10
2	West Dublin Rhinos	8	2	6	4
3	Trinity College	8	3	5	3

IAFL South

Position	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	UL Vikings	8	8	0	16
2	UCD	8	4	4	7
3	Cork Admirals	8	2	6	2
4	Dublin Dragons	8	0	8	0

Play-Off Qualifying Rankings

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

Division	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
North	Belfast Trojans	8	6	2	12
North	Craigavon Cowboys	8	4	4	8
South	UCD	8	4	4	7
Central	West Dublin Rhinos	8	2	6	4
Central	Trinity College	8	3	5	3
South	Cork Admirals	8	2	6	2
South	Dublin Dragons	8	0	8	0

Play-Off Qualifiers

10 July 2011

2pm

Play-Off Qualifiers

Craigavon Cowboys	17 - 14	Belfast Trojans

Malone RFC, Belfast

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

17 July 2011

2pm

Semi-final

Dublin Rebels	22 - 6	Carrickfergus Knights

Carrickfergus RFC, Carrickfergus

17 July 2011

2pm

Semi-final

UL Vikings	21 - 8	Craigavon Cowboys

UL Sports Ground, Limerick

31 July 2011

16:00 (IST)

Final

Dublin Rebels	14 - 13	UL Vikings

Morton Stadium, Dublin

Results

Week 1

Date	Road Team	Score	Home team	Venue	Report
March 6	Trinity College	20-16	UCD	Belfield	Report Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine

Week 2

Date	Road Team	Score	Home team	Venue	Report
March 13	UCD	6-56	UL Vikings	University of Limerick
March 13	Trinity College	P-P	Craigavon Cowboys	Brownlow, Craigavon

Week 3

Date	Road Team	Score	Home team	Venue	Report
March 20	UL Vikings	6 - 3	Dublin Rebels	Sportslink, Santry
March 20	Carrickfergus Knights	27 - 14	Craigavon Cowboys	Brownlow, Craigavon

Week 4

Date	Road Team	Score	Home team	Venue	Report
March 27	Dublin Dragons	14 - 59	Trinity College	Trinity College Sports Grounds, Santry
March 27	UCD	0 - 8	Belfast Trojans	Belfast
March 27	Cork Admirals	0 - 6	West Dublin Rhinos	Castleknock College, Dublin	Report Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine

Week 5

Date	Road Team	Score	Home team	Venue
April 3	Belfast Trojans	6 - 34	Carrickfergus Knights	Carrickfergus
April 3	Trinity College	6 - 20	Dublin Rebels	Sportslink, Santry
April 3	Cork Admirals	0 - 40	UL Vikings	Castleknock College, Dublin

Week 6

Date	Road Team	Score	Home team	Venue
April 10	Dublin Dragons	8 - 74	UCD	Belfield
April 10	Dublin Rebels	13 - 0	West Dublin Rhinos	Castleknock College, Dublin
April 10	Carrickfergus Knights	8 - 45	UL Vikings	University of Limerick

References

↑ "Season Opener". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-03-17.

[1] "Season Opener". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-03-17.

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