The 2007 IAFL (

Irish American Football League American Football Ireland (AFI) is the National Governing Body for American football for Ireland and Northern Ireland. Founded in 1984 the AFI is entirely volunteer run and all American football played in Ireland is played at an amateur level. ...

) season, with new divisional format, was due to begin on March 4 with the College Championship game between DCU Saints and UL Vikings, but the game was delayed due to rain, so the season proper began on March 25 when the Cork Admirals beat the Belfast Bulls, the UL Vikings beat the Tallaght Outlaws and

Dublin Rebels The Dublin Rebels are the most successful team in the history of the Irish American Football League. They have earned nine national championship wins (Shamrock Bowl XV, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXIV, XXV, XXX, XXXI), four league titles, three Euro ...

beat the Dublin City University Saints. The season continued throughout April and May, with the

IAFL College Championship Game The IAFL College Bowl was a college football tournament that formed part of the Irish American Football League between 2007 and 2011. Four teams competed in the championship since its inauguration: the UL Vikings, the DCU Saints, Trinity College ...

eventually been rescheduled on June 3, with the UL Vikings beating the DCU Saints 50–2. During the course of the regular season, two non-league games were played against foreign opposition, with CMS College Stags beating the Tallaght Outlaws 67–0 and, in the Claddagh Classic on June 2, the Team USA All-Stars beat the

Carrickfergus Knights The Belfast Knights is an American Football team and Ireland's longest running American Football club, formerly Carrickfergus Knights. Founded in 1993 by Eddie Kelly, the Knights have been National Champions 3 times, in 1997, 1998 and 2002 and ...

26–0. ''Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties'' Northern Division Central Division Southern Division

Playoffs

The play-off positions were decided on the last day of the regular season, with the Belfast Bulls, Dublin Rebels and UL Vikings securing their respective Divisional titles and the

Belfast Trojans The Belfast Trojans are an American Football team formed in January 2006, and have competed in the Irish American Football League, IAFL since 2007 playing NCAA rules in full contact. The Belfast Trojans are the current national champions, after ...

and Cork Admirals as the wildcard teams. Cork Admirals won the wildcard game and set up a play-off tie with the Dublin Rebels, strongly fancied to retain the Shamrock Bowl for the 5th consecutive time. However, Cork managed to win a close fought 8-6 victory and secured their first ever bowl appearance against UL Vikings, who beat the Belfast Bulls 44-2 to set the stage for the first ever all-Munster Shamrock Bowl. The UL Vikings won a very close game 22-14 to win

Shamrock Bowl XXI Shamrock Bowl XXI was played on July 29, 2007 at UL Sports Ground, Limerick to decide the Irish American Football League ( IAFL) champion following the 2007 regular season. This Shamrock Bowl hosted two teams from the IAFL South division, the Uni ...

and claim their first ever title.

External links

* {{IAFL Irish American Football League Iafl Season, 2007 2007 in Irish sport