Irish American Football League-2 (IAFL-2)
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2016
SportAmerican football
Founded2014
No. of teams5 (2016 season)
CountryRepublic of Ireland, Northern Ireland
Most recent
champion(s)
Donegal/Derry Vipers[1]
Official websitehttp://www.americanfootball.ie/

'IAFL-2' is the third tier of American football in Ireland. The League was Founded in 2014 with the Tyrone Titans Winning the inaugural competition.[2]

Like The Shamrock Bowl Conference (Tier 1) & IAFL-1 (Tier 2) the league contains teams from both the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland.

The aim of the IAFL-2 Conference is for new teams entering the sport. The IAFL-2 Conference is a more controlled environment than the SBC and IAFL-1 conferences, which gives new clubs the chance to build their team and organisation while still playing football at a competitive level. The winner of the IAFL-2 Conference can progress to the IAFL-1 conference [3]

The current champions are the Donegal/Derry Vipers[4][1]

History

Year Winner Runner Up IAFL-2 Bowl score
2014 Tyrone Titans Dundalk Mavericks 20-7 [2]
2015 Belfast Trojans 2nds South Kildare Soldiers
2016 Donegal/Derry Vipers Wexford Eagles 33-29 [4]

Format

The League currently consists of Five Teams with the top Two meeting in a Playoff Bowl Game in the Post Season referred to as IAFL-2 Bowl. Historically both teams that appear in the Bowl Game are promoted to IAFL-1

Current Season (2016)

TeamBasedYear Founded
Donegal/Derry VipersDrumahoe, County Londonderry2014
Galway WarriorsGalway City, County Galway2012
North Dublin PiratesMalahide, County Dublin2015
PSNI RazorbacksLisburn, County Antrim2015
Wexford EaglesGorey, County Wexford2015

References

  1. 1 2 "DDTV: Donegal Derry Vipers crowned Champions of American Football..." 30 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "UCD wins IAFL1 Championship; Tyrone wins IAFL2 Championship - Irish American Football Association". 17 August 2014.
  3. "IAFL2 Conference - Irish American Football Association".
  4. 1 2 "Donegal/Derry Vipers win IAFL2 Bowl - Irish American Football Association". 29 August 2016.
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