Bulls seek revenge

THE Belfast Bulls are out for revenge tomorrow when they face the Dublin Rebels team that narrowly beat them in last year’s Shamrock Bowl season closer.

They will also seek to shake off the memories of their 20-0 defeat at the hands of University of Limerick Vikings two weeks ago.

When Belfast kicks off at 1pm in Deramore Park tomorrow it will be the defence led by safety Mark Helferty who will need to step up to contain the Rebels, but crucially the offence will have to break their season’s duck against a side that can rack up points.

Having clocked up 78 unanswered points in two games the Vikings host the Dublin Dragons tomorrow, confident of achieving another win.

Last week the Limerick university side cruised to a win in the first ever American Football intervarsity game, in which they faced league debutantes Dublin City University Saints.

The Vikings are feeling confident after their early successes and should do well against the Dragons, but the real question will be how they handle road games later on in the season.

Debuting earlier today (Saturday) were be the Dublin City Marshals. They take on the Derby Braves in a friendly match in aid of Temple St Children’s Hospital.

Last week in NFL Europe there were wins for Cologne, Berlin and Rhein. This weekend sees Rhein go to Berlin, Hambueg travel to Frankfurt and Cologne host Amsterdam.

In the NFL one of the big stories of the free agency moves is the decision of running back Edgerrin James to leave the Indianapolis Colts to join perennial strugglers the Arizona Cardinals. This marks the end of a six-year tenure with the Colts in which he topped 1,000+ years in all but two injury-hit seasons.