American football game with international flavour at Balreask Old

Navan native Pete McMahon set to feature on Irish team

In what is an occasion with a truly varied international flavour the Irish Wolfhounds will take on the Dutch Lions in an American football game at Balreask Old the home of Navan rugby club.

The game takes place on Saturday 19th October, 5pm.

The game has a strong local element in that one member of the Irish Wolfehounds team is Pete McMahon who is from Navan.

McMahon played and scored in the Irish Wolfhounds' victory over Belgium in 2018 and has gone on to play football professionally in Europe.

Described by Irish Wolfhounds senior head coach Ciaran O'Sullivan as "a captain and integral part of the Wolfhounds leadership group, he will be looking for a performance we can all be proud of in his home town."

The first weekend in November sees The Wolfhounds travel to Ankara for a return game against Turkey.

The Irish Wolfehounds are currently preparing for the Euro 24 championships in the National Sports Campus, Blanchardstown.

"The growth in the Wolfhounds player group is reflective of the growth of the game here in Ireland," said O'Sullivan.

"American Football Ireland’s partnership with the NFL Steelers, Jaguars and Jets has boosted the youth game here.

"The senior Wolfhounds are benefiting from this growth as we welcome players who have graduated from our youth team.

This injection of youth changes the dynamic in the team. It drives improvement and competition for places

"Thankfully this competition does not come at the cost of collaboration.

"All of the players, coaches and support staff are firmly behind our philosophy of growing the team and everyone is working together to improve on and off the field.

The mix of youth and experience working like this results in a very exciting brand of football."

The 'Wolfhounds last trip to Navan RFC was in 2018 when they played the Belgian Barbarians and won the game by a point.

Now the Wolfhounds and Navan native Pete McMahon will be hoping they can carve out another victory.