December 7, 2019

Southwestern Football League 1973

SWFL 1973

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Eastern Division
*Oklahoma City Wranglers	10	9	1	0	442	110	.900
*San Antonio Toros	8	6	2	0	239	170	.750
Albuquerque Thunderbirds	8	4	4	0	212	173	.500
Denver Oilers	8	1	7	0	87	372	.125
Kansas City Steers	3	0	3	0	19	139	.000
Western Division
*Las Vegas Casinos	8	6	2	0	192	129	.750
Phoenix Blazers	9	6	3	0	217	181	.667
Southern California Razorbacks	9	3	6	0	164	147	.333
Los Angeles Mustangs	9	1	8	0	128	221	.111

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Final Playoff
01.09.1973	San Antonio Toros	45	Las Vegas Casinos	3
	Championship Game
08.09.1973	Oklahoma City Wranglers	19	San Antonio Toros	16

Reference: [1; 37-40]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
16.06.1973	New Mexico Thunderbirds	32	Los Angeles Mustangs	6
16.06.1973	Phoenix Blazers	20	Southern California Razorbacks	18
16.06.1973	Oklahoma City Wranglers	57	Denver Oilers	0
	Week 2
23.06.1973	Phoenix Blazers	27	New Mexico Thuncerbirds	33 ot
23.06.1973	Kansas City Steers	0	Oklahoma City Wranglers	37
	Week 3
30.06.1973	New Mexico Thunderbirds	21	Southern California Razorbacks	27
30.06.1973	San Antonio Toros	35	Denver Oilers	10
30.06.1973	Phoenix Blazers	27	Los Angeles Mustangs	7
30.06.1973	Oklahoma City Wranglers	75	Kansas City steers	0
	Week 4
07.07.1973	New Mexico Thunderbirds	14	Oklahoma City Wranglers	37
07.07.1973	Denver Oilers	6	Phoenix Blazers	39
07.07.1973	Las Vegas Casinos	26	Southern California Razorbacks	12
07.07.1973	San Antonio Toros	25	Los Angeles Mustangs	15
	Week 5
14.07.1973	San Antonio Toros	43	Phoenix Blazers	7
	Week 6
21.07.1973	New Mexico Thunderbirds	17	Southern California Razorbacks	0
21.07.1973	San Antonio Toros	26	Oklahoma City Wranglers	17
21.07.1973	Phoenix Blazers	22	Las Vegas Casinos	17
	Week 7
28.07.1973	Oklahoma City Wranglers	38	New Mexico Thunderbirds	22
28.07.1973	Las Vegas Casinos	39	San Antonio Toros	27
28.07.1973	Phoenix Blazers	52	Denver Oilers	19
28.07.1973	Southern California Razorbacks	27	Los Angeles Mustangs	4
	Week 8
04.08.1973	San Antonio Toros	31	New Mexico Thunderbirds	24
04.08.1973	Oklahoma City Wranglers	63	Denver Oilers	3
04.08.1973	Phoenix Blazers	c	Los Angeles Mustangs	c
04.08.1973	Las Vegas Casinos	13	Southern California Razorbacks	11
	Week 9
11.08.1973	New Mexico Thunderbirds	50	Denver Oilers	7
11.08.1973	Las Vegas Casinos	47	Phoenix Blazers	7
11.08.1973	San Antonio Toros	32	Southern California Razorbacks	7
	Week 10
18.08.1973	New Mexico Thunderbirds	c	Phoenix Blazers	c
18.08.1973	Oklahoma City Warriors	42	San Antonio Toros	14
	Week 11
25.08.1973	New Mexico Thunderbirds	c	San Antonio Toros	c
25.08.1973	Las Vegas Casinos	0 #	Southern California Razorbacks	1
	Week 12
01.09.1973	Los Angeles Mustangs		Southern California Razorbacks

Reference: [2-36; 41-47]

Report

The Soujthwestern Football League expanded to nine teams from six in 1973. The Kansas City Steers folded after 3 games, and were stricken from the record. The top teams all season were the San Antonio Toros, Las Vegas Casinos and Oklahoma City Wranglers.

The New Mexico Thunderbirds and Phoenix Blazers both finished with average records, and ran into financial trouble late on in the season, both cancelling games.

The Toros were the defending Champions, andhad a shot at repeating, beating Western Division Champions Las Vegas Casinos in the Semi-Final Playoff 45-3, before losing to Eastern Division Champions Oklahoma City Wranglers 19-16 in the Championship Game.

About

The Southwestern Football League (1972-1973) was a AAA (2nd Level) American Football League – when asked by a reporter if they were any good, the New Mexico Thunderbirds Head Coach said the Southwestern Football League Champs were to the NFL Super Bowl Champs what the Albuquerque Dukes were to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Baseball – in other words a AAA team.

It was based, as its name suggests, in the American Southwest, featuring teams from Texas (San Antonio Toros & Dallas Rockets), Kansas City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma City Wranglers), Colorado (Denver Oilers), New Mexico (Albuquerque Thunderbirds), Arizona (Phoenix Blazers), Nevada (Las Vegas) and California (Southern California Razorbacks, Los Angeles Mustangs).

It was preceded by the Texas Football League (1966-1971) and the Continental Football League – 1965-1969 – AAA – 2nd Level) and was succeeded by the California Football League (1977-1982) and the American Football Association (1977-1983 – Texas and Southern States further east – AAA). The World Football League of 1974-1975 took up a lot of the players of Minor Football Leagues at the time, leaving just one League at AAA & AA level.

Note on Team Names

A lot of the teams in the Southwestern Football League made reference to the “Cowboy & Indian” culture of the region – the Kansas City Steers and San Antonio Toros were both named after Bulls, the Los Angeles Mustangs were named after a Wild Horse found in the West, and the Oklahoma City Wranglers were named after Cowboys. The Albuquerque Thunderbirds were named after a mythical Native American bird. There were also teams named after the Oil Industry – the Denver Oilers; the Space Industry – Dallas Rockets; and the Gambling Industry – Las Vegas Casinos, all of which would employ people in the Southwest. The Phoenix Blazers is also a reference to a mythical bird, this time the one from Ancient Egyptian & Christian mythology, the Phoenix who rose from the flames, after which the city is named.

Reference:

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References

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Fiona Corrigan, Caoimhe Mullaney, Alan Delaney, John Kane, John Wills, Louise Kenny, John Cummins, John Morahan, Jean-Paul O’Flynn.

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Last Updated: 7 December 2019

December 6, 2019

Rugby League Ireland | National Conference 1999

Table

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Southern Conference
*Dublin Blues	1	1	0	0	46	10	2
*Cork Bulls
Churchtown Warriors	1	0	0	1	10	46	0

Reference: [1]

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Grand Final
1999	Dublin Blues	24	Cork Bulls	18

Reference: [2]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
20.06.1999	Dublin Blues	46	Churchtown Warriors	10

Reference: [1]

References

Sources

[1] Anon. (1999) “Rugby League” Irish Independent .Monday, June 21, 1999. pg. ?? [pg. 28-29 Irish Newspaper Archive]

Websites

[2] Rugby League Ireland (2019) Competition Winners [Internet] Available from: https://www.rli.ie/content_page/10044369/ [Accessed 5 December 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Vinny Kingston and Brendan Farrell

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December 6, 2019

Rugby League Ireland | National Conference 1998

Table

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Northern Conference
Swilly Sharks
Southern Conference
*Northside Saints
*Dublin Blues
Tallaght Tigers
East Coast Panthers

Reference: [1-2]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Grand Final
1998	Northside Saints	48	Dublin Blues	24

Reference: [3]

Home Grounds

Team	Home Ground
Swilly Sharks	Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Dublin Blues	Blackrock RFC, Stradbrook, Dublin
East Coast Panthers	Bray, Co. Wicklow
Northside Saints	ALSAA, Dublin Airport
Tallaght Tigers	Greenhills Road, Dublin 24.

Reference: [1-2]

References

Sources

[1] Naughton, Lindie (1997) “Sharks make splash” Evening Herald.Thursday, December 11, 1997. pg. 79 [pg. 79 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[2] Naughton, Lindie (1998) “Season to restart” Evening Herald.Thursday, April 30, 1998. pg. ?? [pg. 73 Irish Newspaper Archive]

Websites

[3] Rugby League Ireland (2019) Competition Winners [Internet] Available from: https://www.rli.ie/content_page/10044369/ [Accessed 5 December 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Vinny Kingston and Brendan Farrell

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Last Updated: 6 December 2019

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December 6, 2019

Rugby League Ireland National Conference 1997

Table

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Northern Conference
*Bangor Vikings
Belfast Wildcats
Buncrana
North Down Warriors
Southern Conference
*Dublin Blues
Tallaght Tigers
East Coast Panthers
Northside Hornets

Reference: [1]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Grand Final
1997	Dublin Blues	W	Tallaght Tigers	L

Reference: [2]

Results

Date	Home Team	Away Team
	Week
18.05.1997	East Coast Panthers	Dublin Blues
18.05.1997	Tallaght Tigers	Northside Hornets
	Week 3
25.05.1997	East Coast Panthers	Tallaght Tigers
25.05.1997	Northside Hornets	Dublin Blues
	Week
13.07.1997	East Coast Panthers	Northside Hornets
13.07.1997	Tallaght Tigers	Dublin Blues

Home Venues

Team	Home Venue
East Coast Panthers	Seapoint RFC, Ballybrack, Co. Dublin
Northside Hornets	Dublin City University
Tallaght Tigers	Tigers Park, Greenhills, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

References

Sources

[1] Naughton, Lindie (1997) “In a League of their own” Evening Herald.Thursday, June 12, 1997. pg. 78 [pg. 62 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[2] Anon. (1997) “Factfile: Rugby League” Irish Independent. August 14, 1997. pg. 14.

[3] Anon. (1997) “Rugby League” Evening Herald. Friday, May 16, 1997 pg. 112.

[4] Anon. (1997) “Rugby League” Evening Herald. Thursday, May 22, 1997 pg. 117.

[4] Anon. (1997) “Rugby League” Evening Herald. Saturday, July 12, 1997 pg. 69.

Websites

[3] Rugby League Ireland (2019) Competition Winners [Internet] Available from: https://www.rli.ie/content_page/10044369/ [Accessed 5 December 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Vinny Kingston and Brendan Farrell

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Last Updated: 6 December 2019

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December 6, 2019

Rugby League Ireland | National Conference 1996

Table

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Dublin Blues
*Bangor Vikings
Tallaght Tigers
Belfast
Clonmel

Reference: [1-4]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Preseason Friendly
25.02.1996	Tallaght Tigers	25	Bangor Vikings	24
	Grand Final
15.09.1996	Dublin Blues	W	Bangor Vikings	L
	Postseason Friendly
13.10.1996	Tallaght Tigers	42	East Coast Panthers	6

References: [1-3]

Home Grounds

Team	Home Ground
Tallaght Tigers	Tiger Park, Greenhills Road, Dublin 24
East Coast Panthers
Belfast
Dublin Blues
Bangor Vikings

Reference: [1-4]

References

Sources

[1] Naughton, Lindie (1996) “Brave Tigers snared” Evening Herald, Thursday, February 29, 1996. pg. 60 [pg. 62 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[2] Naughton, Lindie (1996) “No Luck for Irish” Evening Herald, Thursday, September 19, 1996. pg. 79 [pg. 65 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[3] Naughton, Lindie (1996) “Vikings setting sail” Evening Herald, Thursday, October 17, 1996. pg. ?? [pg. 65 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[4] Anon. (1996) “Tallaght set for new Rugby League” Tallaght Echo, Thursday, May 25, 1995. pg. 43.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Vinny Kingston and Brendan Farrell

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December 5, 2019

Rugby League Ireland | Irish Conference 2004

Rugby League Ireland Logo Top 2003-2004 [7-8]

Rugby League Ireland Logo 2003-2004 [7-8]

Final Tables

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Leinster
*Clontarf Bulls	10	9	0	1			18
*Dublin Blues	10	9	0	1			18
East Coast Eagles	10	4	1	5			9
Kildare Dragons	10	4	0	6			8
Dublin City Exiles	10	3	1	6			7
Churchtown Warriors	10	0	0	10			0
Munster
*Treaty City titans	8	7	0	1			14
*Waterford Vikings	8	5	0	3			10
Kilkenny Wildcats	8	5	0	3			10
Kerry Kings	8	3	0	5			6
Cork Bulls	8	0	0	8			0

Reference: [1, 4]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
07.08.2004	Clontarf Bulls	44	Waterford Vikings	14
07.08.2004	Treaty City Titans	26	Dublin Blues	36
	Grand Final
14.08.2004	Clontarf Bulls	32	Dublin Blues	30

Reference: [1, 4]

Leinster Conference Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
29.05.2004	Clontarf Bulls	30	East Coast Eagles	26
29.05.2004	Dublin Blues	36	Kildare Dragons	16
29.05.2004	Dublin City Exiles	30	Churchtown Warriors	16
	Round 2
03.06.2004	Dublin Blues	30	Clontarf Bulls	34
03.06.2004	Dublin City Exiles	14	East Coast Eagles	14
03.06.2004	Churchtown Warriors	0	Kildare Dragons	18
	Round 3
12.06.2004	Clontarf Bulls	18	Churchtown Warriors	0
12.06.2004	East Coast Eagles	6	Dublin Blues	54
12.06.2004	Kildare Dragons	32	Dublin City Exiles	26
	Round 4
19.06.2004	Dublin City Exiles	4	Clontarf Bulls	42
19.06.2004	Churchtown Warriors	0	Dublin Blues	18
19.06.2004	East Coast Eagles	24	Kildare Dragons	32
	Round 5
26.06.2004	Clontarf Bulls	64	Kildare Dragons	12
26.06.2004	Dublin Blues	42	Dublin City Exiles	22
26.06.2004	Churchtown Warriors	0	East Coast Eagles	18
	Round 6
03.07.2004	East Coast Eagles	14	Clontarf Bulls	54
03.07.2004	Kildare Dragons	16	Dublin Blues	48
03.07.2004	Churchtown Warriors	0	Dublin City Exiles	18
	Round 7
10.07.2004	Clontarf Bulls	20	Dublin Blues	22
10.07.2004	East Coast Eagles	28	Dublin City Exiles	24
10.07.2004	Kildare Dragons	18	Churchtown Warriors	0
	Round 8
17.07.2004	Churchtown Warriors	0	Clintarf Bulls	18
17.07.2004	Dublin Blues	58	East Coast Eagles	14
17.07.2004	Dublin City Exiles	46	Kildare Dragons	34
	Round 9
24.07.2004	Clontarf Bulls	18	Dublin City Exiles	0
24.07.2004	Dublin Blues	18	Churchtown Warriors	0
24.07.2004	Kildare Dragons	10	East Coast Eagles	44
	Round 10
29.07.2004	Kildare Dragons	8	Clontarf Bulls	56
29.07.2004	Dublin City Exiles	20	Dublin Blues	46
29.07.2004	East Coast Eagles	18	Churchtown Warriors	0

Reference: [3]

Munster Conference Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
29.05.2004	Cork Bulls		Kerry Kings
29.05.2004	Kilkenny Wildcats	40	Midleton Devils	16
29.05.2004	Treaty City Titans		Waterford Vikings
	Round 2
03.06.2004	Kilkenny Wildcats		Cork Bulls
03.06.2004	Treaty City Titans	36	Kerry Kings	14
03.06.2004	Waterford Vikings		Midleton Devils
	Round 3
12.06.2004	Cork Bulls	16	Waterford Vikings	54
12.06.2004	Kerry Kings	18	Kilkenny Wildcats	16
12.06.2004	Midleton Devils		Treaty City Titans
	Round 4
19.06.2004	Treaty City Titans		Cork Bulls
19.06.2004	Waterford Vikings		Kilkenny Wildcats
19.06.2004	Kerry Kings		Midleton Devils
	Round 5
26.06.2004	Cork Bulls	0	Midleton Devils	18
26.06.2004	Kilkenny Wildcats	20	Treaty City Titans	28
26.06.2004	Waterford Vikings		Kerry Kings
	Round 6
03.07.2004	Kerry Kings		Cork Bulls
03.07.2004	Midleton Devils		Kilkenny Wildcats
03.07.2004	Waterford Vikings	22	Treaty City Titans	10
	Round 7
10.07.2004	Cork Bulls	38	Kilkenny Wildcats	50q
10.07.2004	Kerry Kings		Treaty City Titans
10.07.2004	Midleton Devils		Waterford Vikings
	Round 8
17.07.2004	Waterford Vikings	36	Cork Bulls	14
17.07.2004	Kilkenny Wildcats	36	Kerry Kings	10
17.07.2004	Treaty City Titans		Midleton Devils
	Round 9
24.07.2004	Cork Bulls		Treaty City Titans
24.07.2004	Kilkenny Wildcats		Kerry Kings
24.07.2004	Waterford Vikings		Midleton Devils
	Round 10
29.07.2004	Midleton Devils		Cork Bulls
29.07.2004	Treaty City Titans		Kilkenny Wildcats
29.07.2004	Kerry Kings		Waterford Vikings

Reference:

References

Sources

[1] Dermot Cousins (2004) RLI The Season that was Rugby League International Match Programme : Ireland v Scotland 29 October 2004.

Websites

[2] Rugby League Ireland (2019) Competition Winners [Internet] Available from: https://www.rli.ie/content_page/10044369/ [Accessed 5 December 2019]

[3] East Coast Eagles | Wayback Machine (2006) League 2004 [Internet’ Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20060509091559/http://www.eastcoasteagles.com/ [Accessed 5 December 2019]

[4] East Coast Eagles | Wayback Machine (2006) Playoffs 2004 [Internet’ Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20060509091559/http://www.eastcoasteagles.com/ [Accessed 5 December 2019]

Images

[7] Rugby League Ireland | Wayback Machine (2017) Rugby League Ireland Logo Top [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20040820085008im_/http://www.rli.ie/Top.gif [Accessed 5 December 2019]

[8] Rugby League Ireland | Wayback Machine (2017) Rugby League Ireland Logo Bottom Left [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20040820085008im_/http://www.rli.ie/BottomLeft.gif [Accessed 5 December 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Vinny Kingston and Brendan Farrell

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Rugby League Ireland | Irish Conference 2003

Rugby League Ireland Logo 2003 [4-5]

Table

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Dublin City Exiles	4	4	0	0	246	50	8
*Dublin Blues	4	3	1	0	202	86	7
East Coast Eagles	4	1	0	3	78	190	2
Knights	3	1	0	2	52	114	2
Cork Bulls	2	0	1	1	79	108	1
Churchtown Warriors	3	0	0	3	60	160	0

Reference: [1]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Grand Final
23.08.2003	Dublin City Exiles	W	Dublin Blues	L

Reference: [2-3]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
23.05.2003	Churchtown Warriors	8	Dublin City Exiles	68
23.05.2003	Knights	14	Dublin Blues	52
23.05.2003	Cork Bulls	p	East Coast Eagles	p
	Round 2
07.06.2003	Churchtown Warriors	p	Knights	p
07.06.2003	Cork Bulls	22	Dublin City Exiles	60
07.06.2003	East Coast Eagles	6	Dublin Blues	56
	Round 3
14.06.2003	Dublin City Exiles	50	Knights	6
14.06.2003	Dublin Blues	48	Cork Bulls	48
14.06.2003	East Coast Eagles	46	Churchtown Warriors	34
	Round 4
29.06.2003	Dublin City Exiles	68	East Coast Eagles	14
29.06.2003	Churchtown Warriors	18	Dublin Blues	46
29.06.2003	Cork Bulls		Knights
	Round 5
12.07.2003	Dublin Blues		Dublin City Exiles
12.07.2003	Cork Bulls		Churchtown Warriors
12.07.2003	Knights	32	East Coast Eagles	12

References: [2-3]

References

Websites

[1] Rugby League Ireland (2019) Competition Winners [Internet] Available from: https://www.rli.ie/content_page/10044369/ [Accessed 5 December 2019]

[2] Rugby League Ireland | Wayback Machine (2003) Fixtures 2003 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030804162223/http://www.rli.ie/fixt.html [Accessed 5 December 2019]

[3] East Coast Eagles | Wayback Machine (2003) Irish Amature League (2003) [Internet]’ Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20031002032756/http://www.eastcoasteagles.com/2003league.html[Accessed 5 December 2019]

Images

[4] Rugby League Ireland | Wayback Machine (2017) Rugby League Ireland Logo Top [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20040820085008im_/http://www.rli.ie/Top.gif [Accessed 5 December 2019]

[5] Rugby League Ireland | Wayback Machine (2017) Rugby League Ireland Logo Bottom Left [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20040820085008im_/http://www.rli.ie/BottomLeft.gif [Accessed 5 December 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Vinny Kingston and Brendan Farrell

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Final Table

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Treaty City Titans	10	7	2	1			35
*Carlow Crusaders	10	6	2	2			33
North Dublin Eagles	10	5	1	4			27
Dublin City Exiles	10	4	3	3			27
Tullamore Knights	10	1	2	7			7
Portadown Pumas	10	2	1	7			6

Reference: [1]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
27.08.2008	Treaty City Titans	8	Carlow Crusaders	24

Reference: [1]

League Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
17.05.2008	Portadown Pumas	28	Treaty City Titans	44
17.05.2008	Tullamore Knights	8	Dublin City Exiles	12
17.05.2008	Carlow Crusaders	21	North Dublin Eagles	16
	Week 2
24.05.2008	Portadown Pumas	58	North Dublin Eagles	26
24.05.2008	Treaty City Titans	24	Tullamore Knights	0
24.05.2008	Dublin City Exiles	24	Carlow Crusaders	24
	Week 3
31.05.2008	Tullamore Knights	42	Portadown Pumas	24
31.05.2008	North Dublin Eagles	64	Dublin City Exiles	32
31.05.2008	Carlow Crusaders	14	Treaty City Titans	42
	Week 4
14.06.2008	Portadown Pumas	36	Dublin City Exiles	28
14.06.2008	Treaty City Titans	18	North Dublin Eagles	28
14.06.2008	Carlow Crusaders	42	Tullamore Knights	10
	Round 5
21.06.2008	Treaty City Titans	p	Dublin City Exiles	p
21.06.2008	Tullamore Knights	10	North Dublin Eagles	28
21.06.2008	Carlow Crusaders	24	Portadown Pumas	0
	Round 6
28.06.2008	Treaty City Titans	24	Portadown Pumas	0
28.06.2008	Dublin City Exiles	70	Tullamore Knights	20
28.06.2008	North Dublin Eagles	16	Carlow Crusaders	37
	Round 7
12.07.2008	Tullamore Knights	0	Treaty City Titans	99
12.07.2008	Carlow Crusaders	28	Dublin City Exiles	28
12.07.2008	North Dublin Eagles	24	Portadown Pumas	0
	Round 8
19.07.2008	Portadown Pumas	0	Tullamore Knights	0
19.07.2008	Treaty City Titans	48	Carlow Crusaders	18
19.07.2008	Dublin City Exiles	44	North Dublin Eagles	36
	Round 9
02.08.2008	Tullamore Knights	0	Carlow Crusaders	24
02.08.2008	Dublin City Exiles	24	Portadown Pumas	0
02.08.2008	North Dublin Eagles	0	Treaty City Titans	0
	Round 10
09.08.2008	Portadown Pumas	24	Carlow Crusaders	50
09.08.2008	Dublin City Exiles	18	Treaty City Titans	24
09.08.2008	North Dublin Eagles	70	Tullamore Knights	26

Reference: [2]

References

Internet Archive

[1] Rugby League Ireland | Internet Archive (2009) Home [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20081210151436/http://rli.ie/ [Accessed 18 April 2017]

[2] Rugby League Ireland | Internet Archive (2009) Results [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20090404091203/http://rli.ie/results [Accessed 18 April 2017]

Websites

[2] Rugby League Ireland (2011) Competition: All-Ireland Championships / Year: 2009 / Division: All Divisions [Internet] Available from: https://www.rli.ie/match_day/results/ [Accessed 28 July 2016][Broken Link]

Images

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

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Declan Mulcahy, Vinny Kingston and Brendan Farrell

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Rugby League Ireland | Elite League 2009

Table

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Carlow Crusaders	7	6	0	1			12
Treaty City Titans	7	6	0	1			12
Tullamore Knights	7	4	0	3			8
North Dublin Eagles	7	3	0	4			6
Dublin City Eagles	7	1	0	6			2
Laois Panthers	7	1	0	6			2

Reference: [1]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
31.07.2009	Treaty City Titans	70	North Dublin Eagles	0
31.07.2009	Carlow Crusaders	68	Tullamore Knights	10
	Grand Final
14.08.2009	Carlow Crusaders	26	Treaty City Titans	33

Reference:[1]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
16.05.2009	North Dublin Eagles	14	Treaty City Titans	34
	Week 2
30.05.2009	Carlow Crusaders	12	Treaty City Titans	34
	Week 3
06.06.2009	North Dublin Eagles	4	Carlow Crusaders	26
06.06.2009	Treaty City Titans	36	Dublin City Exiles	24
	Week 4
20.06.2009	Carlow Crusaders	72	Dublin City Exiles	24
	Week 5
27.06.2009	Dublin City Exiles	22	North Dublin Eagles	36
	Week 6
04.07.2009	Dublin City Exiles	12	Carlow Crusaders	68
	Week 7
18.07.2009	North Dublin Eagles	46	Dublin City Exiles	30
18.07.2009	Treaty City Titans	12	Carlow Crusaders	58
	Week 8
25.07.2009	Dublin City Exiles	14	Treaty City Titans	50

Reference: [2]

References

Internet Archive

[1] Rugby League Ireland | Internet Archive (2009) Home [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20100209165142/https://www.rli.ie/ [Accessed 18 April 2017]

Websites

Images

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

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Declan Mulcahy, Vinny Kingston and Brendan Farrell

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Rugby League Ireland | All Ireland Championships 2010

Provincial Final Tables

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Leinster League
*Carlow Crusaders	4	4	0	0			8
*Dublin City Exiles	3	2	0	1			4
North Dublin Eagles	4	1	0	3			2
Athboy Longhorns	3	0	0	3			0
Munster League
*Cork Bulls	3	3	0	0			6
*Treaty City Titans	2	0	0	2			0
Country Cowboys	1	0	0	1			0
Ulster League
*Ballynahinch Rabbitohs	4	4	0	0			8
*Fermanagh Redskins	4	3	0	1			6
Belfast Bulldogs	4	1	0	3			2
Portadown Pumas	4	1	0	3			2
Strangford Sharks	4	1	0	3			2

Reference: Compiled from Results in [1]

Provincial Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Leinster Final
07.08.2010	Carlow Crusaders	24	Dublin City Exiles	25
	Munster Final
07.08.2010	Cork	18	Treaty City Titans	50
	Ulster Final
03.07.2010	Ballynahinch Rabbitohs	38	Fermanagh Reskins	20

Reference: [1]

Provincial League Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Leinster League
08.05.2010	Athboy Longhorns	10	North Dublin Eagles	40
15.05.2010	Carlow Crusaders	46	Dublin City Exiles	32
22.05.2010	Dublin City Exiles	46	North Dublin Eagles	38
04.06.2010	Dublin City Exiles	70	Athboy Longhorns	0
19.06.2010	North Dublin Eagles	22	Carlow Crusaders	46
03.07.2010	Carlow Crusaders	74	Athboy Longhorns	12
24.07.2010	Carlow Crusaders	32	North Dublin Eagles	12
	Munster League
15.05.2010	Treaty City Titans	36	Cork	40
28.06.2010	Treaty City Titans	16	Cork	46
03.07.2010	Country Cowboys	24	Cork	36
	Country Cowboys		Cork
	Country Cowboys		Treaty City Titans
	Treaty City Titans		Country Cowboys
	Ulster League
08.05.2010	Fermanagh Redskins	56	Portadown Pumas	28
15.05.2010	Ballynahinch Rabbitohs	60	Fermanagh Redskins	20
15.05.2010	Portadown Pumas	18	Strangford Sharks	0
22.05.2010	Belfast Bulldogs	26	Fermanagh Redskins	48
22.05.2010	Strangford Sharks	34	Ballynahinch Rabbitohs	40
05.06.2010	Strangford Sharks	40	Belfast Bulldogs	16
05.06.2010	Ballynahinch Rabbitohs	86	Portadown Pumas	16
19.06.2010	Fermanagh Redskins	0	Strangford Sharks	18
19.06.2010	Belfast Bulldogs	56	Portadown Pumas	18
26.06.2010	Fermanagh Redskins	52	Strangford Sharks	44
26.06.2010	Ballynahinch Rabbitohs	44	Belfast Bulldogs	28

Reference: [1]

References

Websites

[1] Rugby League Ireland (2010) Competition: All Ireland Championships / Season: 2010 / Division: All Divisions [Internet] Available from: https://www.rli.ie/match_day/results/ [Accessed 28 July 2016] [Broken Link]

Images

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

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Declan Mulcahy, Vinny Kingston and Brendan Farrell

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 5 December 2019