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There was plenty of courage on show in Islandbridge today as the Giants suffered our second defeat of the 2012 Premiership campaign. The team was still undermanned but the game did see the return of Martin Fitzpatrick, Sean Fallon and big Jonas.

The early signs were positive as Tom Cleary goaled off the very first bounce, but the Demons then scored five on the bounce before Fergal Condron the Giants second. The second term proved very even as both sides notched 1.1, with the Giants goal being another from Cleary.

The third quarter saw a dominant midfield performance an

The Swans entertained the Magpies for Round 2 of the Jeep ARFLI Premiership at Bushy Park. The Swans had made a decent start to the season and were keen to maintain their early progress. However it has been a slow, disjointed effort by the Swans on the track so far this season and the Magpies who arrived with good numbers were likely to provide formidable opponents. The previous week’s rain provided heavy underfoot conditions, but the sun was out in Bushy Park and with both teams fieldin

The Lions travelled today to take on the Redbacks in Islandbridge. Perfect weather conditions were certain to allow for a good game of football to be played out between Premiership Flag prospects. One thing is for sure today and that is there would be no backing down. The wily Vincent Manning had everyone tuned in from the start and is proving to be quite the tactician as he delivered a shrewd gameplan.

Right from the first hit out Domnic Joyce was contesting each ball, he is developing into a fine ruckman and allowed his rovers to gather plenty of possession. The Redbacks

IslandBridge will host the Giants, Demons, Lions, Redbacks, Angels, Tigers and Kookaburras this weekend!  

The ladies will face off for their second match of the season, can the Angels hold on to their reign as they remain undefeated to Kilrea? The Tigers are roaring for a match, having scratched at ARFLI's door for sometime they are ready to take to the stage in what will be their first match.

Running alongside them the Lions face the Redbacks at 1.15pm on

The swans took out the first Carnival round of the year with a 23 point win over the redbacks in the final.

LADDER
Swans      25 pts
Redbacks 20 pts
Lions        16 pts
Demons   13 pts
Giants       11 pts
*Magpies  10 pts
*Points deducted
Group 1
Redbacks 5-8-38 def Giants 1-5-11
Magpies1-5-11 def by Redbacks 3-5-23
Magpies11-6-72 def Giants 0-7-7

Group  2
Demons 2-7-19 def by Lions 8-3-52
Lions

The North Leinster Australian Football Club has a new nickname following an historic affiliation agreement with the AFL's newest club, the Greater Western Sydney Giants.

Under the terms of the affiliation agreement, North Leinster become an affiliate of the dynamic new club, bearing the clubs nickname, wearing the team's colours and promoting the Giants brand in Ireland. This affiliation will greatly assist the development of Ireland's newest club and speaking about the deal, North Leinster President Ross Dack had this to say -

"We couldn't be more grateful to the Giants for