{"id":682,"date":"2021-06-05T17:28:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T17:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aflireland.ie\/?p=682"},"modified":"2021-06-05T17:28:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T17:28:54","slug":"leeside-league-2021-teams-venues-and-dates-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/index.php\/2021\/06\/05\/leeside-league-2021-teams-venues-and-dates-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeside League 2021 – Teams, Venues and Dates Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This year, Cork’s AFL league is expanding beyond county borders, and we are delighted to welcome the newly formed Kerry Suns AFL to The Leeside League!
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Our Men’s league now consists of 4 teams – Bombers, Lions, Saints & Suns. These games will be played in a 9-a-side format, on rugby pitches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Played out over 3 league rounds, each team will play each other, aiming to wrestle The Leeside League Cup from the first ever winners, The Leeside Lions . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahead of this year’s tournament, newly appointed Irish Warriors Head coach, Eoin O’Sullivan, gave his thoughts on The Leeside League:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’m looking forward to the Leeside League and to seeing players getting back to competitive games, particularly in the format of our next competition – The Euro Cup in October. Regional competitions and games – part of AFL Ireland’s Return to Play Plan, afford a great opportunity to track players’ progress before the return of the AFL Ireland Premiership.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Also, as announced previously, there is now a Women’s section where the Vikings & Crusaders will play a 3-game series to see who will take out The Leeside League Women’s trophy. Another huge boost for AFL in Cork!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caroline Condon from the Cork Vikings was also keen to highlight the excitement within the Vikings camp ahead of the inaugural Women’s competition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Cork vikings are very excited to be involved in this years Leeside League. It\u2019ll be a great way to start our season and get our new players involved. We are very keen to get back to footy after such a long break and take on UCC Crusaders.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Competing Teams for the Leeside League 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

League dates are as follows;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • June 9th,Tramore Valley, Cork<\/li>
  • June 16th, Tramore Valley, Cork.<\/li>
  • June 23rd, Killarney, Co.Kerry <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    We will have updates, scores, league standings, goal kickers and team & action photos after each round. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you’re looking to get involved, drop us a line on our Instagram or Facebook pages and we’ll put you in touch with the relevant clubs involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Leeside League – the future of AFL in Munster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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