AMERICAN FOOTBALL IRELAND

Claddagh League

LEAGUE TABLE

Claddagh League 2026 Phase 1

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Flag Points	Streak
1	South Dublin Panthers (N)	9	0	1.000	323	98	225	27	W9
2	Belfast Trojans	8	1	0.889	205	118	87	24	W8
3	UCD	6	3	0.667	214	141	73	18	L2
4	North Down Dragons	5	4	0.556	164	119	45	15	W1
5	Dublin Red Bows	5	4	0.556	232	169	63	15	L1
6	Dublin City Wolves	4	5	0.444	153	196	-43	12	W1
7	Louth Mavericks	3	6	0.333	147	220	-73	9	L4
8	Northwest Vipers	2	7	0.222	113	174	-61	6	L6
9	South Dublin Panthers (W)	2	7	0.222	72	224	-152	6	W1
10	Belfast Knights	1	8	0.111	51	215	-164	3	L1

Claddagh League 2026 – Claddagh Bowl Group

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Flag Points	Streak
1	South Dublin Panthers (N)	12	1	0.923	432	130	302	36	W3
2	Belfast Trojans	10	3	0.769	258	186	72	30	W2
3	UCD	9	4	0.692	266	200	66	27	L1
4	North Down Dragons	6	7	0.462	202	178	24	18	L3
5	Dublin Red Bows	6	7	0.462	282	253	29	18	W1

Claddagh League 2026 – Fianna Bowl Group

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Flag Points	Streak
1	Louth Mavericks	7	6	0.538	259	270	-11	21	W4
2	Dublin City Wolves	7	6	0.538	242	247	-5	21	W3
3	South Dublin Panthers (W)	4	9	0.308	104	267	-163	12	W1
4	Northwest Vipers	3	10	0.231	174	241	-67	9	L1
5	Belfast Knights	1	12	0.077	84	331	-247	3	L5

The league plays a 10 team round robin schedule, after which the league is split into 2 divisions based on the standings.

The 2 divisions then compete separately for the Claddagh Bowl and Fianna Bowl respectively.

Wild Card	Semifinal	Claddagh Bowl III


	South Dublin Panthers (N)
	July 25, 2026 42–19

		South Dublin Panthers (N)
North Down Dragons		July 25, 2026 45–0
July 25, 2026 0*–30
	Dublin Red Bows

Dublin Red Bows



	Belfast Trojans
	July 25, 2026 19–12

		Belfast Trojans


	UCD

Wild Card	Semifinal	Claddagh Bowl III	Semifinal


	South Dublin Panthers (N)		Belfast Trojans
	July 25, 2026 42–19		July 25, 2026 19–12
		South Dublin Panthers (N)
		July 25, 2026 45–0
North Down Dragons		Belfast Trojans
July 25, 2026 0*–30
	Dublin Red Bows		UCD

Dublin Red Bows

Wild Card	Semifinal	Fianna Bowl I


	Louth Mavericks
	July 25, 2026 0–20

		Dublin City Wolves
Northwest Vipers		July 25, 2026 26–25
July 25, 2026 30–7
	Northwest Vipers

Belfast Knights



	Dublin City Wolves
	July 25, 2026 25–12

		Northwest Vipers


	South Dublin Panthers (W)

Wild Card	Semifinal	Fianna Bowl I	Semifinal


	Louth Mavericks		Dublin City Wolves
	July 25, 2026 0–20		July 25, 2026 25–12
		Dublin City Wolves
		July 25, 2026 26–25
Northwest Vipers		Northwest Vipers
July 25, 2026 30–7
	Northwest Vipers		South Dublin Panthers (W)

Belfast Knights

Fixtures

Claddagh League 2026 Phase 1

Date	Home	Results	Away	Venue
2026-04-18 10:00:00April 18, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (N)	52 – 0	South Dublin Panthers (W)	N/A
2026-04-18 10:00:00April 18, 2026	UCD	33 – 6	Dublin City Wolves	N/A
2026-04-18 11:30:00April 18, 2026	Northwest Vipers	19 – 20	Dublin Red Bows	N/A
2026-04-18 11:30:00April 18, 2026	UCD	28 – 26	Louth Mavericks	N/A
2026-04-18 11:30:00April 18, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (N)	19 – 6	Belfast Trojans	N/A
2026-04-18 13:00:00April 18, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (W)	6 – 19	Belfast Trojans	N/A
2026-04-18 13:00:00April 18, 2026	North Down Dragons	12 – 8	Dublin City Wolves	N/A
2026-04-18 14:30:00April 18, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (W)	0 – 26	Northwest Vipers	N/A
2026-04-18 14:30:00April 18, 2026	Dublin Red Bows	8 – 12	North Down Dragons	N/A
2026-04-18 14:30:00April 18, 2026	Dublin City Wolves	26 – 18	Louth Mavericks	N/A
2026-04-25 10:00:00April 25, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (N)	48 – 13	Dublin City Wolves	N/A
2026-04-25 10:00:00April 25, 2026	Northwest Vipers	13 – 12	Belfast Knights	N/A
2026-04-25 11:30:00April 25, 2026	UCD	42 – 6	South Dublin Panthers (W)	N/A
2026-04-25 11:30:00April 25, 2026	North Down Dragons	19 – 7	Northwest Vipers	N/A
2026-04-25 13:00:00April 25, 2026	Belfast Trojans	20 – 6	Belfast Knights	N/A
2026-04-25 13:00:00April 25, 2026	UCD	12 – 26	South Dublin Panthers (N)	N/A
2026-04-25 14:30:00April 25, 2026	Northwest Vipers	13 – 31	Belfast Trojans	N/A
2026-04-25 14:30:00April 25, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (W)	0 – 20	Dublin City Wolves	N/A
2026-05-02 10:00:00May 2, 2026	Belfast Knights	0 – 38	North Down Dragons	N/A
2026-05-02 11:30:00May 2, 2026	North Down Dragons	13 – 15	Louth Mavericks	N/A
2026-05-02 11:30:00May 2, 2026	Dublin City Wolves	18 – 15	Northwest Vipers	N/A
2026-05-02 13:00:00May 2, 2026	Dublin Red Bows	48 – 0	Belfast Knights	N/A
2026-05-02 13:00:00May 2, 2026	Northwest Vipers	13 – 19	Louth Mavericks	N/A
2026-05-02 14:30:00May 2, 2026	Dublin City Wolves	20 – 33	Dublin Red Bows	N/A
2026-05-02 14:30:00May 2, 2026	Belfast Knights	0 – 45	UCD	N/A
2026-05-09 10:00:00May 9, 2026	Belfast Trojans	13 – 12	North Down Dragons	N/A
2026-05-09 10:00:00May 9, 2026	UCD	15 – 13	Dublin Red Bows	N/A
2026-05-09 10:00:00May 9, 2026	Northwest Vipers	0 – 42	South Dublin Panthers (N)	N/A
2026-05-09 11:30:00May 9, 2026	North Down Dragons	20 – 24	South Dublin Panthers (W)	N/A
2026-05-09 11:30:00May 9, 2026	Belfast Knights	0 – 6	Louth Mavericks	N/A
2026-05-09 11:30:00May 9, 2026	Belfast Trojans	31 – 29	Dublin City Wolves	N/A
2026-05-09 13:00:00May 9, 2026	Northwest Vipers	7 – 13	UCD	N/A
2026-05-09 13:00:00May 9, 2026	Dublin Red Bows	18 – 12	South Dublin Panthers (W)	N/A
2026-05-09 13:00:00May 9, 2026	Belfast Knights	6 – 13	Dublin City Wolves	N/A
2026-05-09 14:30:00May 9, 2026	Louth Mavericks	12 – 26	Belfast Trojans	N/A
2026-05-09 14:30:00May 9, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (N)	39 – 28	Dublin Red Bows	N/A
2026-05-16 10:00:00May 16, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (W)	6 – 13	Belfast Knights	N/A
2026-05-16 10:00:00May 16, 2026	Dublin Red Bows	57 – 25	Louth Mavericks	N/A
2026-05-16 10:00:00May 16, 2026	North Down Dragons	13 – 32	South Dublin Panthers (N)	N/A
2026-05-16 11:30:00May 16, 2026	Belfast Trojans	32 – 14	UCD	N/A
2026-05-16 11:30:00May 16, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (N)	39 – 12	Louth Mavericks	N/A
2026-05-16 13:00:00May 16, 2026	Dublin Red Bows	7 – 27	Belfast Trojans	N/A
2026-05-16 13:00:00May 16, 2026	UCD	12 – 25	North Down Dragons	N/A
2026-05-16 14:30:00May 16, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (W)	18 – 14	Louth Mavericks	N/A
2026-05-16 14:30:00May 16, 2026	Belfast Knights	14 – 26	South Dublin Panthers (N)	N/A

Claddagh League 2026 Phase 2

Date	Home	Results	Away	Venue
2026-06-06 10:00:00June 6, 2026	Dublin City Wolves	13 – 24	Louth Mavericks	N/A
2026-06-06 10:00:00June 6, 2026	UCD	20 – 6	South Dublin Panthers (N)	N/A
2026-06-06 11:30:00June 6, 2026	Belfast Knights	0 – 6	South Dublin Panthers (W)	N/A
2026-06-06 11:30:00June 6, 2026	UCD	13 – 12	Dublin Red Bows	N/A
2026-06-06 13:00:00June 6, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (W)	6 – 12	Louth Mavericks	N/A
2026-06-06 14:30:00June 6, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (N)	40 – 6	Dublin Red Bows	N/A
2026-06-06 14:30:00June 6, 2026	Belfast Knights	20 – 37	Dublin City Wolves	N/A
2026-06-13 10:00:00June 13, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (W)	7 – 19	Dublin City Wolves	N/A
2026-06-13 11:30:00June 13, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (N)	49 – 0	Belfast Trojans	N/A
2026-06-13 11:30:00June 13, 2026	Dublin Red Bows	13 – 18	North Down Dragons	N/A
2026-06-13 13:00:00June 13, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (W)	13 – 12	Northwest Vipers	N/A
2026-06-13 13:00:00June 13, 2026	Dublin Red Bows	19 – 13	Belfast Trojans	N/A
2026-06-13 14:30:00June 13, 2026	South Dublin Panthers (N)	14 – 6	North Down Dragons	N/A
2026-06-13 14:30:00June 13, 2026	Dublin City Wolves	20 – 0	Northwest Vipers	N/A
2026-06-27 10:00:00June 27, 2026	Belfast Trojans	13 – 0	North Down Dragons	N/A
2026-06-27 11:30:00June 27, 2026	Belfast Knights	0 – 31	Northwest Vipers	N/A
2026-06-27 13:00:00June 27, 2026	North Down Dragons	14 – 19	UCD	N/A
2026-06-27 13:00:00June 27, 2026	Northwest Vipers	18 – 34	Louth Mavericks	N/A
2026-06-27 14:30:00June 27, 2026	Belfast Trojans	27 – 0	UCD	N/A
2026-06-27 14:30:00June 27, 2026	Belfast Knights	13 – 42	Louth Mavericks	N/A

Latest News

Check out the latest updates from across the league.

The Dublin Rebels are Setanta Bowl VI Champions!

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September 6, 2026

Wolfhounds show out at Flagapalooza

Written By – Jo Buchanan The Mens Performance Squad headed to Cheltenham to compete in the elite bracket at Flagapalooza, taking place from August 22nd to the 23rd. This was the first tournament the Performance Squad competed in since their 8th place finish at the Copenhagen Bowl in May, so

August 30, 2026

Notice of 2026 American Football Ireland AGM

In line with AFI Constitution section 11a, notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of American Football Ireland will take place in person at 1pm on Saturday November 14, 2026 at the Pillo Hotel in Ashbourne. More information to follow in due course in advance of the

August 21, 2026