Leeside Lions win Irish Premiership
- Tuesday, September 04 2007 @ 09:32 pm ACST
- Contributed by: Aaron Richard
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Article courtesy of ARFLI. The Leeside Lions were crowned Premiers of the Australian Rules Football League of Ireland (ARFLI) on Saturday last following their victory over the reigning premiers, the South Dublin Swans. The final score in the Grand Final played in Durrow, County Laois saw the Lions 9.13.67 comfortably win over the Swans 2.7.19. The Cork Side lined out with four Australians in their playing squad compared to fourteen in the match day squad of the Swans. The league’s rule that 50% of the players on-field at any time must be non-Australian meant that the Swans Irish players and one German were tested physically as they had to play much of the game without a rest while the Lions were able to rotate players freely - including local star Teu Ó hAilpín, the brother of AFL club Carlton's champion import Setanta. |