August 12, 2020

Euro XIII Rugby League 2021

Euro XIII Logo [Reference: 1]

Teams

Team	Country
North Brussels Gorillas	Belgium
*Dublin Blues*	*Ireland*
Budapest Rugby League	Hungary
Mad Squirrels RL	Czech Republic
Valencia Huracanes	Spain
Anadolu XIII	Turkey
Rotterdam Pitbulls	Netherlands
Skane Stags	Sweden
Birmingham Jaguars	England
Rhonnda Outlaws	Wales
Cophenhagen RL	Denmark
Chisinau Scorpions	Moldova
Edinburgh Eagles	Scotland
Leoni Veneti	Italy
Rhodes Knights	Greece
Stavanger Rugby Klub	Norway

Euro XIII Rugby League 2021 [Reference: 2]

About

Euro XIII is a new European Professional Rugby League Cup, operating mostly in the non-traditional Rugby League areas of Europe. Dublin Blues will compete with teams from Edinburgh (Scotland), Rhonnda (Wales), Birmingham (England) as well as 12 other teams from Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Czech Republic, Hungary, Greece, Turkey and Moldova.

Dublin Blues are Ireland’s oldest Rugby League team, founded by Brian Corrigan in 1989, and who won the inaugural Grand Final in 1997 in Rugby League Ireland, defeating Tallaght Tigers, and also that year becoming the first Irish side to compete in Rugby League’s Challenge Cup in Britain.

In 2008 the club folded, but were intending to come back last year as an outfit playing in the English Leagues, although the prospect of an Irish team playing all their games on the road put them off and with the new Euro XIII Cup the working group set about entering and have so far signed up two Irish internationals and a Head Coach. [References: 2-4]

References

Images

[1] Euro XIII RL Twitter (2020) 3EdXN7Ai [Internet] Available from: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1261653751179476993/3EdXN7Ai.jpg [Accessed 12 August 2020]

Websites

[2] Dublin Blues RL (2020) Euro XIII Line-Up Completed [Internet] Available from: http://dublinrl.com/euro-xiii-line-up-completed [Accessed 12 August 2020]

[3] Dublin Blues RL (2020) About [Internet] Available from: http://dublinrl.com/about [Accessed 12 August 2020]

[4] Dublin Blues RL (2020) Blues Add Irish Internationals [Internet] Available from: http://dublinrl.com/blues-add-irish-internationals [Accessed 12 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Declan Mulcahy, Vinny Kingston and Brendan Farrell

About this document

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Eirball | Irish Sports Archive

Last Updated: 12 August 2020

August 12, 2020

Rugby League Ireland Irish Rugby League 2020

Rugby League Ireland Logo [Reference: 1]

Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Leinster League
Longhorns RL	1	1	0	0	64	6	2
Athboy Rams	1	0	1	0	6	64	0
Dublin City Exiles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern League
Galway Tribesmen	1	1	0	0	16	12	2
Barrow Cudas RL	1	0	1	0	12	16	0
Cork Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rugby League Ireland Irish Rugby League Table 2020 [Reference: compiled from results & fixtures in 2-8]

Results

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Week 1
01.08.2020	Athboy Rams		Dublin City Exiles
01.08.2020	Galway Tribesmen	16	Barrow Cudas RL	12
	Week 2
08.08.2020	Longhorns RL	64	Athboy Rams	6
08.08.2020	Cork Bulls		Barrow Cudas RL
	Week 3
15.08.2020	Galway Tribesmen		Cork Bulls

Rugby League Ireland Irish Rugby League Results 2020 [Reference: Compiled from Results & Fixtures in 2-8]

Report

A shortened 2020 Rugby League Ireland season saw the six teams divided into two Conferences of three teams each, with two scheduled games per team. Galway Tribesmen opened with a 16-12 victory over Barrow Cudas RL (Carlow) in the Southern Conference, while Longhorns RL (Ashbourne, Co. Meath) opened with a convincing 64-6 defeat of Athboy Rams.

References

Images

[1] Rugby League Planet (2017) Rugby League Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.rugbyleagueplanet.com/images/nations/ireland/rlireland.jpg [Accessed 10 July 2017]

Social Media

[2] Barrowcudas RL Facebook (2020) Post, 5 August 2020: “A 16 MAN Barrowcudas squad traveled to Cladagh in Galway to take on a very strong Galway Tribesmen.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=859099814619877&id=525543977975464 [Accessed 12 August 2020]

[3] Galway Tribesmen Rugby League Facebook (2020) Post July 22, 2020: “ WE ARE BACK “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=3429838043707022&id=198687133488812 [Accessed 12 August 2020]

[4] Galway Tribesmen Rugby League Facebook (2020) Post August 2, 2020: “Galway Tribesmen v BarracudasMatch Report & Photos” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=3460932523930907&id=198687133488812 [Accessed 12 August 2020]

[5] Rugby League Ireland Facebook (2020) Post August 1, 2020: “Two great matches today – why not get out and support the lads.Galway Tribesmen V @Barrowcudas The Swamp Galway kick off 3pm” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/rugbyleagueireland/posts/4144355772273441 [Accessed 12 August 2020]

[6] Rugby League Ireland Facebook (2020) Post August 8, 2020: “Final score Longhorns 64 Athboy Rams 6” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/rugbyleagueireland/posts/4177686782273673 [Accessed 12 August 2020]

[7] Galway Tribesmen Rugby League Facebook (2020) Post August 7, 2020: “” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/Galway-Tribesmen-Rugby-League-198687133488812/photos/pcb.3478132825544210/3478132535544239 [Accessed 12 August 2020]

[8] Cork Bulls Rugby League Facebook (2020) Post August 7, 2020: “In line with updated government guidelines the Barrowcudas v Cork Bulls match tomorrow has been cancelled.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/CORKBULLSRL/photos/a.550357745005941/4570574629650879/ [Accessed 12 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Declan Mulcahy, Vinny Kingston and Brendan Farrell

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 12 August 2020

August 11, 2020

Irish Rugby Football Union All-Ireland League Division 1 1991-1998

Irish Rugby Football Union Logo [Reference: 8]

AIL Division 1 1991-92

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Garryowen (C)	8	7	0	1	170	91	14
Shannon	8	5	1	2	101	88	11
Ballymena	8	5	1	2	101	95	11
Old Wesley	8	4	0	4	83	91	8
Young Munster	8	3	1	4	71	80	7
St. Mary’s	8	3	0	5	78	78	6
Cork Constitution	8	3	0	5	100	112	6
Landsdowne (R)	8	2	1	5	93	92	5
Instonians (R)	8	2	0	6	68	137	4

AIL Division 1 Final Table 1991-92 [Reference: 1]

AIL Division 1 1992-93

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Young Munster (C)	8	6	1	1	114	89	13
Cork Constitution	8	6	0	2	166	128	12
St. Mary’s	8	5	1	2	170	94	11
Greystones	8	4	1	3	132	132	9
Old Wesley	8	4	0	4	107	151	8
Dungannon	8	3	0	5	144	172	6
Shannon	8	2	1	5	85	86	5
Garryowen	8	2	0	6	132	144	4
Ballymena (R)	8	2	0	6	97	154	4

AIL Division 1 Final Table 1992-93 [Reference: 2]

AIL Division 1 1993-94

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Garryowen (C)	10	8	0	2	172	108	16
Cork Constitution	10	7	0	3	201	123	14
Blackrock	10	7	0	3	137	99	14
Dungannon	10	5	0	5	181	130	10
Landsdowne	10	5	0	5	162	167	10
Young Munster	10	5	0	5	102	149	10
Shannon	9	4	0	5	89	82	8
St. Mary’s	9	4	0	5	135	145	8
Old Wesley	10	4	0	6	114	138	8
Greystones (R)	10	4	0	6	97	156	8
Wanderers (R)	10	1	0	9	141	234	2

AIL Division 1 Final Table 1993-94 [Reference: 3]

AIL Division 1 1994-95

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Shannon (C)	10	10	0	0	162	60	20
Blackrock	10	7	0	3	228	135	14
St. Mary’s	10	7	0	3	151	137	14
Garryowen	10	6	0	4	160	113	12
Constitution	10	6	0	4	148	129	12
Old Wesley	9	4	0	5	103	145	8
Landsdowne	9	3	1	5	124	197	7
Young Munster	10	3	0	7	115	153	6
Instonians	10	3	0	7	111	160	6
Sunday’s Well (R)	10	2	1	7	119	165	5
Dungannon (R)	10	2	0	8	114	141	4

AIL Division 1 Final Table 1994-95 [Reference: 4]

AIL Division 1 1995-96

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Shannon (C)	10	8	0	2	156	78	16
Garryowen	10	8	0	2	171	165	16
Cork Constitution	10	7	0	3	208	149	14
Young Munster	10	7	0	3	170	127	14
St. Mary’s	10	5	1	4	147	119	11
Landsdowne	10	4	1	5	180	172	9
Ballymena	10	4	1	5	157	181	9
Old Wesley	10	3	1	6	156	164	7
Blackrock	10	3	0	7	160	208	6
Old Belvedere	10	3	0	7	135	189	6
Instonians	10	1	0	9	1145	233	2

AIL Division 1 Final Table 1995-96 [Reference: 5]

AIL Division 1 1996-97

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Shannon (C)	13	12	0	1	345	174	24
Landsdowne	13	9	0	4	349	184	18
Terenure College	13	9	0	4	301	179	18
St. Mary’s College	13	8	1	4	305	279	17
Ballymena	13	8	0	5	241	230	16
Cork Constitution	13	7	1	5	283	282	15
Blackrock	13	7	0	6	288	278	14
Garryowen	13	7	0	6	287	283	14
Young Munster	13	6	0	7	243	265	12
Dungannon	13	5	0	8	324	344	10
Old Crescent	13	4	0	9	239	281	8
Old Belvedere	13	4	0	9	193	287	8
Old Wesley (R)	13	3	0	10	206	327	6
Instonians (R)	13	1	0	12	173	404	2

AIL Division 1 Final Table 1996-97 [Reference: 6]

AIL Division 1 1997-98

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Shannon (C)	13	12	0	1	387	142	24
Garryowen	13	9	1	3	362	224	19
Young Munster	13	9	1	3	244	178	19
St. Mary’s	13	9	0	4	409	274	18
Cork Constitution	13	8	0	5	289	217	16
Ballymena	13	7	0	6	344	289	14
Clontarf	13	7	0	6	270	266	14
Terenure	13	5	1	7	241	262	11
Landsdowne	13	4	2	7	264	328	10
Blackrock	13	4	1	8	249	326	9
Dungannon (R)	13	4	0	9	239	309	8
Dolphin (R)	13	3	2	8	227	345	8
Old Crescent (R)	13	4	0	9	168	298	8
Old Belvedere (R)	13	2	0	11	208	431	4

AIL Division 1 Final Table 1997-98 [Reference: 7]

Report

The Irish Rugby Football Union introduced the All-Ireland League as a level above the Provincial Leagues in 1991-92.

Limerick Clubs dominated play during the first decade of the League, with Garryowen (1991-92 and 1993-94) and Young Munster (1992-93) winning the first three, before another Limerick club, Shannon, won four in a row from 1994-95 to 1997-98.

The AIL then introduced a knockout Top Four Playoff system in 1998-99.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1992) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Rugby” Irish Independent. Monday, March 2, 1992. Pg. 28-29

[2] Anon. (1993) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Rugby”Irish Independent. Monday, March 1, 1993. Pg. 18-19

[3] Anon. (1994) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Rugby”Irish Independent. Monday, April 18, 1994. Pg. 28-29

[4] Anon. (1995) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Rugby”Irish Independent. Monday, April 10, 1995. Pg. 34-35

[5] Anon. (1996) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Rugby”Irish Independent. Monday, April 29, 1996. Pg. 28-29

[6] Anon. (1997) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Rugby”Sunday Independent. April 13, 1997. Pg. 34

[7] Anon. (1998) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Rugby”Irish Independent. Monday, April 13, 1998. Pg. 34

Images

[8] Irish Rugby Football Union (2017) IRFU Logo [Internet] Available from: http://cdn.soticservers.net/tools/images/teams/logos/100×100/126a.png [Accessed 13 March 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Declan Mulcahy, Nora Mulcahy & Vinny Kingston

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Last Updated: 11 August 2020

August 10, 2020

Legends Football League Australia 2013-14

Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*NSW Surge	4	3	1	0	112	38	.750
*Western Australia Angels	4	2	2	0	106	76	.500
Queensland Brigade	4	2	2	0	50	117	.500
Victoria Maidens	4	1	3	0	57	94	.250

Legends Football League Australia Final Standings 2013-14 [Compiled from Results in: 2-7]

Playoff Results

	Legends Cup Australia
2014	NSW Surge	36	*Western Australia Angels*	15

Legends Football League Australia Legends Cup Australia 2013-14 [Reference: 8]

Regular Season Results

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
07.12.2013	NSW Surge	44	Queensland Brigade	6
14.12.2013	Victoria Maidens	32	*Western Australia Angels*	26
21.12.2013	*Western Australia Angels*	20	NSW Surge	13
28.12.2013	NSW Surge	36	Victoria Maidens	12
06.01.2014	Queensland Brigade	0	*Western Australia Angels*	41
Week 6	NSW Surge	14	Victoria Maidens	0
Week 7	Queensland Brigade	18	Victoria Maidens	13
02.02.2014	Queensland Brigade	26	*Western Australia Angels*	19

Legends Football League Australia Regular Season Results 2013-14 [Compiled from Results in: 2-7]

Report

Linda Holland was born in Cork before moving to Perth, Western Australia in 2009. She started playing American Football there and in 2013 when the Legends Football League came to Australia she jumped at the opportunity to play Professional American Football. Even though the League has garnered criticism for the tiny shorts and crop tops the players wear (at first they played in Lingerie but that was changed after sexism claims) Linda said it was an honour to represent her country, describing herself as “Irish by birth, Irish by grace of God”. [1]

The Western Australia Angels reached the Final in 2013-14, losing 36-15 to NSW Surge.[8] They had qualified for the Legends Cup by finishing second in the four team league with a 2-2 record, losing in Week 1, 26-32 to the Victoria Maidens, before winning the next two against NSW Surge, 20-18 in Week 3, and 41-0 against Queensland Brigade in Week 5. They surprisingly lost their last regular season match 26-19 in the return match with Queensland, but made the Legends Cup Final on head-to-head.

The Lingerie Football League was a Ladies 7v7 Indoor Gridiron (American Football) League that started as an alternative to the Super Bowl Halftime Show in 2004. The Ladies played with very little in terms of protective clothing. The League was criticized as sexist, although in 2013 the lingerie was replaced with bicycle shorts and crop-tops, changing its name to the Legends Football League in the process.

In 2012-13 LFL Global introduced a four-team League in Canada, which lost its broadcasting rights after one season, and was replaced by another four team league in Australia, which again only lasted one season.

Linda Holland dancing an Irish Jig on the sidelines while playing for the Western Australia Angels [Reference: 1]

References

Websites

[1] Brian O’Reilly – Irish Independent (2014) February 13 2014: Video: Irish woman becomes star of Australia’s Lingerie Football League [Internet] Availabble from: https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/video-irish-woman-becomes-star-of-australias-lingerie-football-league-30007193 [Accessed 6 May 2018]

[2] LFL 360 (2013) NSW Surge vs QLD Brigade – The inaugural Australian LFL game [Internet] Available from: https://www.lfl360.com/australia/new-south-wales-surge/nsw-surge-qld-brigade-the-inaugural-australian-lfl-game/ [Accessed 6 May 2018]

[3] LFL 360 (2013) A Packed Stadium and Upset Win Add to an Ulnikely Maiden Voyage [Internet] Available from: https://www.lfl360.com/australia/packed-stadium-upset-win-add-maiden-voyage/ [Accessed 6 May 2018]

[4] LFL 360 (2013) Heavenly Debut for the Angels [Internet] Available from: https://www.lfl360.com/australia/heavenly-debut-angels/ [Accessed 6 May 2018]

[5] LFL 360 (2013) A Surge Capsizes Maiden Voyage, NSW 36 VIC 12 [Internet] Available from: https://www.lfl360.com/australia/surge-capsizes-maiden-voyage-34-12-sydney [Accessed 6 May 2018]

[6] LFL 360 (2014) Massacre on the Gold Coast, Angels soar above Brigade 41-0 [Internet] Available from: https://www.lfl360.com/australia/massacre-gold-coast-angels-soar-brigade-41-0 [Accessed 6 May 2018]

[7] LFL 360 (2014) LFL Australia: Articles [Internet] Available from: https://www.lfl360.com/category/australia/ [Accessed 6 May 2018]

[8] LFL 360 (2014) LFL Australia: Articles – Page 2 [Internet] Available from: https://www.lfl360.com/category/australia/page/2/ [Accessed 6 May 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Larrisa McCloyne.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

World Gridiron Archive

Last Updated: 26 January 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

August 9, 2020

Super 8 Football League Copa Tijuana 2017

Super 8 Football League Logo

Super 8 Football League – Copa Tijuana 2017

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Duo Sports Thundercats	4	4	0	0	175	104	8
All Blacks Tijuana	4	2	2	0	95	130	4
Aztecas Tijuana	4	0	4	0	108	144	0

Super 8 Football League – Copa Tijuana 2017 [Reference: 9]

Results

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
22.10.2017	Aztecas Tijuana	14	Duo Sports Thundercats	28
29.10.2017	Aztecas Tijuana	25	All Blacks Tijuana	28
05.11.2017	All Blacks Tijuana	34	Duo Sports Thundercats	35
12.11.2017	Duo Sports Thundercats	62	Aztecas Tijuana	49
19.11.2017	All Blacks Tijuana	26	Aztecas Tijuana	20
26.11.2017	All Blacks Tijuana	7	Duo Sports Thundercats	50

Super 8 Football League – Copa Tijuana 2017 [Reference: 9]

Report

Duo Sports Thundercats (San Diego & Tijuana) won the 2017 Copa Tijuana in the Super 8 Football League, finishing 4-0 ahead of All Blacks Tijuana (2-2) and Aztecas Tijuana (0-4). The Super 8 football League is an Arena (8v8 Indoor) American Football League in the States of California (USA) and Baja California (Mexico).

References

Websites

[2] Super 8 Football League (2017) Super 8 – Copa Tijuana [Internet] Available from: http://super8footballleague.info/super8baja/ [Accessed 20 May 2018]

Images

[1] Super 8 Football League (2018) Super 8 Football League Logo [Internet] Available from: http://super8footballleague.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/10378207_1545248759045177_2010222216677056541_n.jpg [Accessed 20 July 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 9 August 2020

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August 9, 2020

Super 8 Football League Eight Man Outdoor 2020

Super 8 Football League 2020 Logo [Reference: 3]

Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Duo Sports Thundercats	2	1	1	0	52	27	2
West Texas Buccaneers	2	1	1	0	33	56	2
Las Vegas Black	2	1	1	0	20	23	2
California Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Super 8 Football League Eight Man Outdoor Standings 2020 [Reference: 1]

Results & Schedule

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
29.02.2020	California Bulldogs	c	West Texas Buccaneers	c
29.02.2020 +	Duo Sports Thundercats	50	West Texas Buccaneers	13
	Week 2
28.03.2020	Las Vegas Black	6	West Texas Buccaneers	21
	Week 3
26.04.2020	Las Vegas Black	c	California Bulldogs	c
	Week 4
25.06.2020	Duo Sports Thundercats	2	Las Vegas Black	14
	Week 5
20.06.2020	West Texas Buccaneers		Duo Sports Thundercats
	Week 6
27.06.2020	Duo Sports Thundercats	c	California Bulldogs	c

Super 8 Football League Eight Man Outdoor Results 2020 [Reference: 1]

Note: California Bulldogs pulled out of the League before it started. + Game added to schedule after California Bulldogs pulled out.

Home Venues

Team	Home Town
California Bulldogs	Sacramento, California
Duo Sports Thundercats	San Diego, California & Tijuana, Baja California
Las Vegas Black	Las Vegas, Nevada
West Texas Buccaneers	El Paso, Texas

Super 8 Football League Eight-Man Outdoor 2020 Home Venues {Reference: 3]

Report

Duo Sports Thundercats won against West Texas Buccaneers, who defeated Vegas Black in the other game played in the Super 8 Football League Outdoor season in 2020. The Final Game was played on 25 July 2020, two weeks late, with Las Vegas Black defeating Duo Sports Thundercats 14-2, meaning all three teams finished tied on 1-1-0.

About the Super 8 Football League

The Super 8 Football started in 2010 when the San Diego Thundercats and Astros Mexicali participated in an Arena (8-v-8 Indoor American Football) Football game in Mexicali, Mexico.

Since then there has been a League straddling the border in Baja California (Mexico) and California & Nevada (United States of America), with a US West Coast League added in 2015.

In 2020, to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Super 8 Football League, the League added an Outdoor 8-Man League with teams in San Diego & Sacramento (California), El Paso (Texas) and Las Vegas (Nevada).

References

Websites

[1] Super 8 Football League (2018) Super 8 Outdoor [Internet] Available from: http://super8footballleague.info/indoor/ [Accessed 9 February 2020][11 March 2020][Last Accessed 31 October 2020]

[2] Super 8 Football League (2018) History/About [Internet] Available from: http://super8footballleague.info/history/ [Accessed 9 February 2020]

[3] Super 8 Football League (2018) Super 8 Introduces 8 Man Football in 2020 [Internet] Available from:http://super8footballleague.info/2020/01/29/super-8-introduces-8-man-football-in-2020/[Accessed 9 February 2020]

Images

[4] Super 8 Football League (2018) Super 8 Football League 2020 Logo [Internet] Available from: http://super8footballleague.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/super-8-football-logo-2020-small.png [Accessed 20 July 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan, Bart Barden and Eoin O’Fearghaill.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 31 October 2020

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August 9, 2020

Super 8 Football League Winter Bowl 2014

Super 8 Football League Logo

Super 8 Football League – Winter Bowl 2015

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Duo Sports Thundercats	8	8	0	0			16
Bufalos Mexicali	6	4	2	0			8
All Blacks Tijuana	7	2	5	0			4
Desert Sentinels	4	1	3	0			2
Titans CUT	5	0	5	0			0

Super 8 Football League winter Bowl 2015 [Reference: 1]

Report

The 2014 Super 8 Football League Winter League finished with Duo Sports Thundercats (San Diego & Tijuana) as Champions with an unblemished 8-0 record. Bufalos Mexicali finished in second place on 4-2, followed by All-Blacks Tijuana on 2-5, USA side Desert Sentinels on 1-3 and Titans CUT on 0-5.

The Super 8 Football League is a Cross-Border Football League in the states of California (USA) and Baja California (Mexico), which started in 2010;

References

Websites

[1] Super 8 Football League (2018) Super 8 Football League [Internet] Available from: http://super8footballleague.info/page/3/ [Accessed 20 May 2018]

Images

[2] Super 8 Football League (2018) Super 8 Football League Logo [Internet] Available from: http://super8footballleague.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/10378207_1545248759045177_2010222216677056541_n.jpg [Accessed 20 July 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Eoin O’Fearghaill

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

World Gridiron Archive

Last Updated: 4 April 2019

August 4, 2020

Vatican City Football 1972-Present

Vatican Men’s National Team Results

Date	Versus	W/L	Score
	Non-FIFA National Teams
	Monaco	L
	Monaco	L
	Monaco	L
	Monaco	L
	Monaco	L
	San Marino
	Club Teams
	St. Pauli	L
2006	SV Vollmond (Swi)	W	5-1
2015	Lutherstadt Wittenberg (Ger)	W	1-0
	Azzurri Schaan (Lie)	L	1-8
	Weisweiler Elf (Ger)	L	1-8
	Non-FIFA Autonomous Provinces
2019	Raetia	D	2-2

Vatican Men’s National Team Results [Reference: 1-2]

Vatican City Women’s National Team Results

Date	Versus	W/L	Score
2019	Mariahilf (Aut)		postponed

Vatican Women’s National Team Results [Reference: 1]

Report

The Vatican City plays its own brand of soccer, with a blue card introduced in the 8-team Vatican City Football League to combat persistent fouling, whereby a player receiving the card spends 5 minutes in the sin-bin.

It is not a member of FIFA, one of nine sovereign Nations that aren’t, but has played International matches against Monaco (five times, losing every time, and only scoring one goal), as well as matches against club sides, including German Anarchist team St. Pauli, and other German teams Leisweiler Elf, losing 8-1, and Lutherstadt Wittenberg, a 1-0 win.

It has also played Swiss side SV Vollmond, winning 5-1 and Liechtenstein’s 8th Division side Azzurri Schaan, losing 8-1. In 2019 the Vatican City men’s team played Raetia, a Swiss province that speaks the fourth language in Switzerland (German, French and Italian are the other three), although it has never entered the CONIFA World Cup alongside non-recognised countries such as Northern Cyprus and Kurdistan.

In 2019 the Vatican City launched a Women’s National Team, with the blessing of Pope Francis, although the team’s first match against Austrian team Mariahilf was cancelled at the last minute due to protests in the stands against the Roman Catholic Church’s stance on Gays and Women.

Contrary to popular belief, anyone who is resident in 801-strong population of the Vatican City is eligible to play in both the League and National teams, not just Catholic Priests. [References: 1-2]

Vatican City team before the match with Raetia in 2019 [Reference: 3]

References

Websites

[1] Goal (2019) “Lose well rather than win badly” [Internet] Available from: https://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/lose-well-rather-than-win-badly-how-vatican-city-are-taking/1u4d1m5lgfts14s8ykzbjl6j2 [Accessed 4 August 2020]

Magazines

[2] Anon. (2011) “Vatican City” World Soccer December 2011. pg.

Images

[3] Goal (2019) “vatican-city-raetia-2019” [Internet] Available from: https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/GOAL/a4/bb/vatican-city-raetia-2019_12zpmmrubs0gf1l8oy4kvjovsf.jpg?t=1426553537&quality=60&w=800 [Accessed 4 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Conville, Conor Lynch, Maurice Lynch, Simon Brennan and Gordon Brennan.

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Guinness Pro 14 Rugby 2017-Present

Guinness Pro 14 Logo [Reference: 1]

Pro 14 2017-18

	P	W	D	L	BP	Pts
Conference A
*Glasgow Warriors	21	15	1	5	14	76
*Munster	21	13	1	7	15	69
*Toyota Cheetahs	21	12	0	9	15	63
Cardiff Blues	21	11	0	10	10	54
Ospreys	21	9	0	12	8	44
Connacht	21	7	0	14	11	39
Zebre	21	7	0	14	8	36
Conference B
*Leinster	21	14	1	6	12	70
*Scarlets	21	14	1	6	12	70
*Edinburgh	21	15	0	6	8	68
Ulster	21	12	2	7	10	62
Benetton	21	11	0	10	11	55
Dragons	21	2	2	17	8	20
Isuzu Southern Kings	21	1	0	20	7	11

Guinness Pro 14 Rugby Final Table 2017-18 [Reference: 2]

Date	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Quarter-Finals
05.05.2018	Scarlets	43	Toyota Cheetahs	6
05.05.2018	Munster	20	Edinburgh	16
	Semi-Finals
19.05.2018	Leinster	16	Munster	15
18.05.2018	Glasgow Warriors	13	Scarlets	28
	Final
26.05.2018	Scarlets	32	Leinster	40

Guinness Pro 14 Rugby Final Series 2017-18 [Reference: 2]

Pro 14 2018-19

	P	W	D	L	BP	Pts
Conference A
*Glasgow Warriors	21	16	0	5	17	81
*Munster	21	16	0	5	13	77
*Connacht	21	12	0	9	13	61
Ospreys	21	12	0	9	10	58
Cardiff Blues	21	10	0	11	14	54
Toyota Cheetahs	21	8	1	12	12	46
Zebre	21	3	0	18	7	19
Conference B
*Leinster	21	15	1	5	14	76
*Ulster	21	13	2	6	7	63
*Benetton	21	11	2	8	9	57
Scarlets	21	10	0	11	12	52
Edinburgh	21	10	0	11	11	51
Dragons	21	5	1	15	4	26
Isuzu Southern Kings	21	2	1	18	12	22

Guinness Pro 14 Rugby Final Table 2018-19 [Reference: 2]

Date	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Quarter-Finals
04.05.2019	Ulster	21	Connacht	13
04.05.2019	Munster	15	Benetton	13
	Semi-Finals
17.05.2019	Glasgow Warriors	50	Ulster	20
18.05.2019	Leinster	24	Munster	9
	Final
25.05.2019	Glasgow Warriors	15	Leinster	18

Guinness Pro 14 Rugby Final Series 2018-19 [Reference: 3]

Pro 14 2019-20

	P	W	D	L	BP	Pts
Conference A
Leinster	13	13	0	0	9	61
Ulster	13	8	1	4	9	43
Glasgow Warriors	13	7	0	6	6	34
Toyota Cheetahs	13	6	0	7	8	32
Dragons	13	5	0	8	2	22
Zebre	13	2	1	10	6	16
Ospreys	13	2	1	10	5	15
Conference B
Edinburgh	13	10	0	3	7	47
Munster	13	9	0	4	9	45
Scarlets	13	8	0	5	5	37
Connacht	13	7	0	6	7	35
Benetton	13	5	1	7	9	31
Cardiff Blues	13	6	0	7	5	29
Isuzu Southern Kings	13	1	0	12	3	7

Guinness Pro 14 Rugby Final Table 2019-20 [Reference: 4]

Report

The Celtic League in Rugby Union underwent another name change in 2017 with the addition of two South African Provinces: Southern Kings and Cheetahs. Leinster won the Championship in 2017-18 and again in 2018-19, and were well out in front in 2019-20 after winning all of their first 13 games before the COVID-19 virus outbreak caused the cancellation of the rest of the season.

**Photo Credit:** December 28th, 2019, Cork, Ireland: action from the Pro 14 match – Munster Rugby versus Leinster Rugby match at Thomond Park By D. Ribeiro [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/december-28th-2019-cork-ireland-action-1602487618 [Accessed 2 June 2021]

References

[1] Fandom Logopedia (2020) Guinness_Pro14_logo [Internet] Available from: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/4/44/Guinness_Pro14_logo.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20180124194323 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

[2] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Table 2017/18 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/2018 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

[3] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Table 2018/19 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/2019 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

[4] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Table 2019/20 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/2020 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

Images

[5] Fandom Logopedia (2020) Guinness_Pro12_logo [Internet] Available from: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/7/7d/Guinness_Pro12_logo.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20140722174324 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

[6] Photo Credit: December 28th, 2019, Cork, Ireland: action from the Pro 14 match – Munster Rugby versus Leinster Rugby match at Thomond Park By D. Ribeiro [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/december-28th-2019-cork-ireland-action-1602487618 [Accessed 2 June 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Malcolm O’Kelly.

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Pro 12 Rugby 2010-2017

Guinness Pro 12 Logo [Reference: 17]

Magners League 2010-11

	P	W	D	L	BP	Pts
*Munster	22	19	0	3	7	83
*Leinster	22	15	1	6	8	70
*Ulster	22	15	1	6	5	67
*Ospreys	22	12	1	9	13	63
Scarlets	22	12	1	9	12	62
Cardiff Blues	22	13	1	8	6	60
Dragons	22	10	1	11	7	49
Edinburgh	22	9	0	13	7	43
Connacht	22	7	1	14	9	39
Benetton Treviso	22	9	0	13	2	38
Glasgow Warriors	22	6	1	15	7	33
Aironi	22	1	0	21	8	12

Pro 12 Final Table 2010-11 [Reference: 16]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
14.05.2011	Munster	18	Ospreys	11
13.05.2011	Leinster	18	Ulster	3
	Final
28.05.2011	Munster	19	Leinster	9

Pro 12 Final Series 2010-11 [Reference: 16]

Pro 12 2011-12

	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	Pts
Leinster	22	18	1	3	568	326	7	81
Ospreys	22	16	1	5	491	337	5	71
Munster	22	14	1	7	489	367	9	67
Glasgow Warriors	22	13	4	5	445	321	5	65
Scarlets	22	12	2	8	446	373	10	62
Ulster	22	12	0	10	474	424	8	56
Cardiff Blues	22	10	0	12	446	460	10	50
Connacht	22	7	1	14	321	433	7	37
Dragons	22	7	1	14	370	474	6	36
Treviso	22	7	0	15	419	558	8	36
Edinburgh	22	6	1	15	454	588	6	32
Aironi	22	4	0	18	289	551	6	22

Pro 12 Final Table 2011-12 [Reference: 4; 10]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
12.05.2012	Leinster	19	Glasgow Warriors	15
11.05.2012	Ospreys	45	Munster	10
	Final
27.05.2012	Leinster	30	Ospreys	31

Pro 12 Final Series 2011-12 [Reference: 10]

Pro 12 2012-13

	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	Pts
Ulster	22	17	1	4	577	348	11	81
Leinster	22	17	0	5	585	386	10	78
Glasgow Warriors	22	16	0	6	541	324	12	76
Scarlets	22	15	0	7	436	406	6	66
Ospreys	22	14	1	7	471	342	4	62
Munster	22	11	1	10	442	389	8	54
Treviso	22	10	2	10	414	450	6	50
Connacht	22	8	1	13	358	422	4	38
Cardiff Blues	22	8	0	14	348	487	6	38
Edinburgh	22	7	0	15	399	504	8	36
Dragons	22	6	0	16	358	589	4	28
Zebre	22	0	0	22	291	573	10	10

Pro 12 Final Table 2012-13 [Reference: 5; 11]

*Date*	*Home Team*		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
11.05.2013	Leinster	17	Glasgow Warriors	15
10.05.2013	Ulster	28	Scarlets	17
	Final
25.05.2013	Leinster	24	Ulster	18

Pro 12 Final Series 2012-13 [Reference: 11]

Pro 12 2013-14

	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	Pts
Leinster	22	17	1	4	554	352	12	82
Glasgow Warriors	22	18	0	4	484	309	7	79
Munster	22	16	0	6	538	319	10	74
Ulster	22	15	0	7	470	319	10	70
Ospreys	22	13	1	8	571	388	12	68
Scarlets	22	11	1	10	435	438	9	55
Cardiff Blues	22	8	1	13	425	538	7	41
Edinburgh	22	7	0	15	397	520	10	38
Newport-Gwent Dragons	22	7	1	14	382	492	5	35
Connacht	22	6	0	16	371	509	11	35
Benetton Treviso	22	5	1	16	376	591	8	30
Zebre	22	5	2	15	347	559	5	29

Pro 12 Final Table 2013-14 [Reference: 6 12]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
17.05.2014	Leinster	13	Ulster	9
16.05.2014	Glasgow Warriors	16	Munster	15
	Final
31.05.2014	Leinster	34	Glasgow Warriors	12

Pro 12 Final Series 2013-14 [Reference: 12]

Pro 12 2014-15

	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	Pts
*Glasgow Warriors	22	16	1	5	540	360	9	75
*Munster	22	15	2	5	581	367	11	75
*Ospreys	22	16	1	5	546	358	8	74
*Ulster	22	14	2	6	524	372	9	69
Leinster	22	11	3	8	483	375	12	62
Scarlets	22	11	3	8	452	388	7	57
Connacht	22	10	1	11	447	419	8	50
Edinburgh	22	10	1	11	399	419	6	48
Newport-Gwent Dragons	22	8	0	14	393	484	10	42
Cardiff Blues	22	7	1	14	430	545	5	35
Benetton Treviso	22	3	1	18	306	641	5	19
Zebre	22	3	0	19	266	539	3	15

Pro 12 Final Series 2015-16 [Reference: 7; 13]

*Date*	Home Team		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
23.05.2015	Munster	21	Ospreys	18
22.05.2015	Glasgow Warriors	16	Ulster	14
	Final
30.05.2015	Munster	13	Glasgow Warriors	31

Pro 12 Final Series 2015-16 [Reference: 13]

Pro 12 2015-16

	P	W	D	L	F	A	TB	LB	Pts
Leinster	22	16	0	6	458	290	6	3	73
Connacht	22	15	0	7	507	406	8	5	73
Glasgow Warriors	22	14	1	7	557	380	8	6	72
Ulster	22	14	0	8	488	307	8	5	69
Scarlets	22	14	0	8	477	458	2	5	63
Munster	22	13	0	9	459	417	6	5	63
Cardiff Blues	22	11	0	11	542	461	5	7	56
Ospreys	22	11	1	10	490	455	6	3	55
Edinburgh	22	11	0	11	405	366	2	8	54
Newport-Gwent Dragons	22	4	0	18	353	492	0	10	26
Zebre	22	5	0	17	308	718	3	1	24
Benetton Treviso	22	3	0	19	320	614	0	8	20

Pro 12 Final Table 2015-16 [Reference: 8; 14]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
21.05.2016	Connacht	16	Glasgow Warriors	11
20.05.2016	Leinster	30	Ulster	18
	Final
28.05.2016	Connacht	20	Leinster	10

Pro 12 Final Series 2015-16 [Reference: 9; 14]

Pro 12 2016-17

	P	W	D	L	BP	Pts
*Munster	22	19	0	3	10	86
*Leinster	22	18	0	4	13	85
*Scarlets	22	17	0	5	9	77
*Ospreys	22	14	0	8	13	69
Ulster	22	14	1	7	10	68
Glasgow Warriors	22	11	0	11	14	58
Cardiff Blues	22	11	1	10	7	53
Connacht	22	9	0	13	8	44
Edinburgh	22	6	0	16	7	31
Benetton Treviso	22	5	0	17	3	23
Dragons	22	4	0	18	7	23
Zebre	22	3	0	19	7	19

Pro 12 Final Table 2016-17 [Reference: 15]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
20.05.2017	Munster	23	Ospreys	3
19.05.2017	Leinster	15	Scarlets	27
	Final
27.05.2017	Munster	22	Scarlets	46

Pro 12 Final Series 2016-17 [Reference: 15]

Report

In the seven seasons the Pro 12 operated as a 12-team League, Irish Provinces dominated, winning four of the seven Championships. Leinster won the Championship in 2012-13 and 2013-14, Munster were Champions in 2010-11, and Connacht triumphed for the first time in 2015-16. Welsh sides Ospreys (based in Swansea) won in 2011-12, and Scarlets (based in Llanelli) won in 2016-17, with Glasgow Warriors winning it for Scotland in 2014-15.

The Pro 12, run by Celtic Rugby Ltd, became a 12-team League in 2010-11 with the admission of two Italian teams, with each team playing home & away for a 22-game season plus a Final Series featuring the Top 4. After one year where it continued to be known as the Magners League due to sponsorship reasons it changed its name to the Pro 12.

In addition the top teams qualified for the European Champions Cup alongside the Top French (Top 14) and English (Premiership) teams. After 2017, two South African Provinces, Southern Kings and Cheetahs were admitted, changing the name of the League to the Pro 14.

References

Sources

[4] Anon. (2012) “FIXTURES AND SPORT IN BRIEF: RUGBY” Irish Independent. Monday, May 13, 2012. pg. 46-47 (Sport 15).

[5] Anon. (2013) “FIXTURES AND SPORT IN BRIEF: RUGBY” Irish Independent. Monday, May 5, 2013. pg. 44-45 (Sport 13).

[6] Anon. (2014) “SCOREBOARD” Irish Independent. Monday, May 12, 2014. pg. 48-49.

[7] Anon. (2015) “SCOREBOARD” Irish Independent. Monday, May 18, 2015. pg. 62-63.

Websites

[1] Wikipedia (2018) Pro 12 Logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/d/d7/Pro12_Logo.jpg [Accessed 14 April 2018]

[8] Guinness Pro 12 (2016) CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE [Internet] Available from: http://www.pro12rugby.com/championship-table/ [Accessed 24 December 2016]

[9] Guinness Pro 12 (2016) HISTORIC RESULTS [Internet] Available from: http://www.pro12rugby.com/results/ [Accessed 24 December 2016]

[10] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Table 2011/12 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/2012 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

[11] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Table 2012/13 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/2013 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

[12] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Table 2013/14 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/2014 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

[13] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Table 2014/15 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/2015 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

[14] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Table 2015/16 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/2016 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

[15] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Table 2016/17 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/2017 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

[16] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Table 2010/11 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/2011 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

Images

[16] Fandom Logopedia (2020) Guinness_Pro12_logo [Internet] Available from: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/7/7d/Guinness_Pro12_logo.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20140722174324 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Malcolm O’Kelly.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 2 August 2020