Shamrock Bowl
Conference
The Irish leagues are moving quickly! Too quickly!
The weather has already taken its toll upon the Shamrock
Bowl Conference with the season opener between Trinity and UCD being called off
a few weeks ago. And so the same has happened again, with probably the most
anticipated game of the season so far. The reigning champions, the Belfast
Trojans, were scheduled to head to Dublin to take on the Rebels, the first team
to notch up 100 IAFL wins last weekend.
With that in mind we turn our attentions to the other games.
First up the clash of two Northern teams as the Craigavon Cowboys head to
Carrickfergus to take on the Knights.
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| Photo by Ariane Boudias |
The Cowboys opened their season with a 46-13 loss against
the reigning Champions, the Trojans. But those numbers are encouraging. They
led the game early on and managed to score twice on a Trojan defence that was
nigh on impenetrable last year. They’ll rely on quarterback Peter Loughran’s
ability to pass and run the ball himself to mix this game up and keep the
Knights’ defence on its toes.
