We have 14 teams in this edition of the Emerald Bowl - all 13 teams from last time out have returned and we have added the Munster Pumas - welcome ziggy!
thedonfergaloni and his Western Cowboys will be out to defend his title and of course we now have the added incentive of qualification for the Brit-Irish Bowl II. The Cowboys had it tough against a Top Division side in Brit-Irish Bowl I but I'm sure we can put up a good challenge again this year.
Our starters are:
Captain Morgans (gorshell)
Carlow Crusaders (Emeraldfin)
Carrickfergus Knights (Doc Charante)
Celbridge Celtics (tearmanneanna)
Dirreenaling (donal)
Dublin Dragons (Sam Kidd)
Gang Green (Celt67)
Ireland's Team (Coach)
Munster Pumas (ziggy)
newcastle west (seanand)
Oakland Raiders (fdredcap)
Prospect Pumas (Smithers55)
UL Vikings (lonaldinho)
Western Cowboys (thedonfergaloni)
The format will be round-robin - everyone plays everyone else once. This way we will have 13 guaranteed regular season games. There's an even number of teams so NO BYE WEEKS!
The playoffs will be single elimination semi-finals and finals for places 1-4, 5-8 and 9-12. The teams that finish in 13th and 14th will play off to decide the bottom two places. This will be a home-and-away format with the aggregate score deciding the winner. This means everyone is guaranteed 15 games.
To restate from last time: these are just friendlies so there is no home advantage. The team with bigger stadium should play at home.
BTW - Tiebreaker rules are:
Points Difference then
Total Points Scored then
Head to Head Result.
N.B. 6pm Server Time on Friday is the cut-off to accept challenges and walkovers will be recorded with a score of 49-0. Please post here with any problems.
Week 1 fixtures to follow in a separate post.
LET'S PLAY SOME FOOTBALL!!!
tearmanneanna
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Posted on 2013-07-07 17:21:00
Week One - games to be played on Monday 15/07/2013:
Ireland's Team (Coach) v UL Vikings (lonaldinho)
Gang Green (Celt67) v Western Cowboys (thedonfergaloni)
Carrickfergus Knights (Doc Charante) v Dublin Dragons (Sam Kidd)
Dirreenaling (donal) v Oakland Raiders (fdredcap)
Carlow Crusaders (Emeraldfin) v Celbridge Celtics (tearmanneanna)
Captain Morgans (gorshell) v Prospect Pumas (Smithers55)
newcastle west (seanand) v Munster Pumas (ziggy)
Rocky Solo
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Posted on 2013-07-07 17:42:16
Good luck with it mate. Im sure we will be keeping an eye on proceedings lol.
What happened between Dirreenaling and Oakland - neither team played a friendly today and donal has accepted a friendly with an American club next week?
tearmanneanna
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Posted on 2013-07-15 20:02:19
Week 2 Fixtures 22/07/2013
UL Vikings (lonaldinho) v Munster Pumas (ziggy)
Dublin Dragons (Sam Kidd) v newcastle west (seanand)
Celbridge Celtics (tearmanneanna) v Captain Morgans (gorshell)
Oakland Raiders (fdredcap) v Carlow Crusaders (Emeraldfin)
Prospect Pumas (Smithers55) v Dirreenaling (donal)
Western Cowboys (thedonfergaloni) v Carrickfergus Knights (Doc Charante)
Ireland's Team (Coach) v Gang Green (Celt67)