Team Ireland sees the very best players of the IAFL

IAFL

IAFL may refer to:* The Irish American Football League* The International Association of Forensic Linguists...

, represent Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 in American Football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 games around the world. The team is in Group C of the EFAF Championship, and is due to play its first game of the Group in 2010. The head coach is Marcus Naylor, who plays and coaches the Dublin Rebels

Dublin Rebels

The Dublin Rebels are the most successful team in Irish American Football League history with seven National Championships , four league titles, two European crowns and registering the perfect season with no defeats in 2006 and again in 2010.They are members of the IAFL Central division, and have...

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History

Team Ireland played its first game back in 1986 against Marlboro Shamrocks (USA). Marlboro beat Ireland 36-0.

In 1995, Team USA came to Ireland. USA beat Ireland 47-12. Ireland played several teams in 1995. They met Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

, Hull University, Hannau Hawks and the English National team.
Ireland won its first game beating England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

45-0 in 1995.