Australian Rules Football

This is the Eirball.football Archive of Australian Rules Football. It is an Ongoing Project and is part of the Eirball.sport – Irish All-Sports Archives

Australian Rules has been played in Ireland since 2000, when the first clubs were formed in Dublin and Belfast. There are currently the full 21-a-side Men’s Premiership, Super 9s/10s and a Women’s Super 7s.

Ireland also enters the European Championship and International Cup. the Leprechaun Cup, an International Cup is also hosted in Belfast, and Irish Universities enter the Fitzpatrick Cup for the European University Title.

There are also International Rules matches between Ireland and Australia which has been played since 1984 with the first touring sides visiting Ireland in the 1960s.

Below you will find links to the Results and Tables of various Competitions involving Irish Teams:

Australian Football League Ireland

Australian Football League Ireland Women

AFL Ireland Internationals

AFL Ireland Super 9s 10s

AFL Ireland Women’s Super 7s

Leeside League

AFL Ireland Teams

Australian Football League

Netball & Korfball

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Netball originated in England at the end of the Nineteenth Century as a Women’s version of Basketball. It got its name in Jamaica. It differs from Basketball in the lack of contact between players, and in the scoring – each basket counts as one goal rather than two points, and the ball must be passed into a zone around the goal where a designated player may make a shot.

It is played in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland with Northern Ireland ranking as one of the World Powers in the sport. There is a League in both Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland and was once leagues in Cork and Limerick. Versions of the Sport include Fast Fives and Mixed 6-a-side Netball, with Independent Leagues in the latter in Dublin.

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Netball Ireland Women’s Leagues

Netball Ireland Teams

Colleges Netball

Schools Netball

World Netball Championship

Netball Europe

Commonwealth Games Netball

Five Nations Netball

Dublin Mixed Netball

World Netball – Korfball

Korfball is the Dutch variant of Basketball or Netball and has been played in Netherlands and Belgium since the early 20th Century. It has been played in Ireland since around 2009 when the Ireland Korfball International team first entered the IKF European Championships.

While there is no league in Ireland as yet, the International team enters Tournaments in the United Kingdom, Belgium and Netherlands. In keeping with the Dutch ‘Total Football’ Tradition the Attackers and Defenders swap positions after two scores by either team, making an All-Rounders game.

The Eirball.global Archive is part of the Eirball.ie – Irish, North American and World Sports Archives

Korfball Ireland

Cestoball

Cestoball is a version of Basketball Native to Argentina. The Liga Nacional A is the Top Men’s Division in the country.

The Eirball.net Netball Archive is part of the Eirball.ie – Irish, North American and World Sports Archives

Ringball

African Sports include Ringball, a South African version of Basketball.

The Eirball.global Archive is part of the Eirball.ie – Irish, North American and World Sports Archives

Lacrosse

Ireland Lacrosse Men

Irish Lacrosse League

After the Irish Lacrosse Union disappeared around the First World War, and the Irish Ladies Lacrosse Association from 1926-1970 had also disbanded, the third wave of Lacrosse in Ireland was the revival of Ireland Lacrosse in the early 21st Century, featuring Men’s Women’s and Box (Indoor Lacrosse).

Ireland Lacrosse Women

Irish Women’s Lacrosse League

Women’s Lacrosse was codified in Scotland, and is a 12-v-12 version of Lacrosse. There was an Irish Ladies Lacrosse Association in Ireland from the 1920s to 1970, that played in the Home Nations against England, Scotland and Wales, and also held a Schools Shield, with teams from Dublin & Belfast.It was resurrected in the early 2000s, with an International team, and the Irish women’s Lacrosse League.