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The Dublin Demons made the trip down to cork full of confidence only to come across the strongest Cork team in years. The Lions seemed to have recruited every ex-lion in the city and dominated the game from the first ball. Alan Coomey once again reminded us why he is the best Irish footballer ever to play in ARFLI. He seemed to get his hands on every ball and with no shortage of skill, strength and elusive running, dictated play from the centre of the ground.

The Demons, with a decent team on the pitch, had no answer for the lions midfield of Stretch, Coomey and cougar and suffered their worst defeat in cork for many a long year. Shannon battled hard in the ruck but came up against an International Ruckman in flying form. Married life seems to be suiting stretch as he dominated in the ruck all day.

The Dublin Demons played their first home game of the 2009 season eager to erase the memory of an embarrassing defeat to the Swans last time out. Their opponents on the day were the midland tigers and the venue was St Peregrines GAA grounds in Hartstown. The Demons welcomed back a number of key players who missed the swans game and the class of these players shone through in the first quarter as the demons outscored the tigers five goals to one with Big Joe Cunnane in dominate form kicking the first three.

Coach Bouncer was reffing the game so Walshy got his first taste of management and ably controlled the sidelines with clever changes and a good reading of the game. The first quarter was dominated by the demons despite a rush of blood to the head that saw Bernie sent to the sidelines for a 10 minute break. Pat Leavy struck for the tigers in the dying minutes of the quarter to give the Tigers something to cheer about.

A severely depleted Demons "squad" arrived at Terenure Rubgy club for the round 6 match against the South Dublin Swans. 11 fit players and 1 unfit coach lined out against a strong Swans contingent. The Demons were missing a number of players dues to the slane concert, holidays, work commitments, football championship, hurling championship and injury that accounted for 12 starting players. Fair play to the 12 players that took to the ground to represent the demons and played the game in great spirits despite taking a resounding beating.

The 12 heroes of the battle of Terenure were: Walshy, Aido, Toasty, Shaggy, Bernie, Doc James, Paddy, Jarrad, Bouncer, Bren, Andy and Razor. There isn't much that can be said about the game as the scoreline tells the whole story - The Demons were outplayed in every aspect of the game and fair play to the Swans who took full advantage to take the scalp of the reigning premiers. The only positives from the game was the return of Doc James and the fact that the defeat took place in the league stages and not the grand final. The Demons will look put this defeat behind them and look forward to the next game against the Midland Tigers.

The Demons strong start to the season has continued as the Lions forfeited the game on Saturday. This means that the Demons are the only unbeaten team in the league at the half way point of the season. A win on Saturday against the Swans will almost certainly guarantee that the Demons will take the 2009 minor premiership and therefore ensure we are in the 2009 Grand Final.

Just a reminder for all players to get their tickets for the Monster of Rock gig on Saturday night - contact Joe Cunnane to get your tickets.

Big game Saturday lads against the swans - we need everyone at training during the week to ensure that we a fully prepared for the game.

Hello fellow Demons,

I’d like to take the opportunity to congratulate Big Dee and Leanne on getting married last month. Dee has been a main stay of the Demons club for the last number of years and has been the president, assistance coach, physio, go to guy and all round gent. Fair play Dee, welcome to the married gang.

I would also like to say well done on the victories since my last address. 2 hard fought games, even if the score line did not tell the true story. Our next game is scheduled for Saturday 13th here in Dublin. It is against the Lions (a refixture from May) and is a must win game. If we can win this one, it will give us a great opportunity to be at the top of the ladder come September and a chance to go straight to the grand final. We would encourage everyone to be available for this game if possible. We will have training on Wednesday as usual and need a full turn out.

The game will precede a national training session, so Cork will have a very squad up with them. Even still, if we have our strongest squad out, I have no doubt that we should win.

Amidst the balmy breeze and the scorching sun, round 4 descended on Dublin in what turned out to be a fiercely contested game. The Demons knew that this was a game that must be won, but nobody told that to the Saints.

The Demon backline was under the kosh from the first ball up, but for trojan work in the centre, the score could have been a lot worse. A few early scores settled the Demons and set the tone for the game. Big tackles and assured shepherding were the 1%ers that made the difference.

The Dublin Demons Aussie Rules football club would like to extend our Congratulations and Best Wishes to Diarmuid and Leanne who are getting married tomorrow (May 15th, 2009) in Galway. We hope that they have a great day and that the weather holds - although it is Galway!!!

Diramuid has been playing with the Demons for many a long year and has held down many positions in the club including president and assistant coach. We wish him all the luck in his new role as Husband....

The upcoming match against the lions this weekend has been postponed by request of the Leeside Lions. Brian "Stretch" O'Connell is getting married this Saturday and the majority of the Lions team has been invited to the wedding - Demons players are still waiting for an invite!!!

As always the Demons are happy to oblige a genuine request and this game will be rescheduled at a later date.

The Dublin Demons would like to extend our congratulations to our former club captain, Ciarán "Bluey" Drummey who just announced his engagement to the beautiful Martha Minguez.

We wish them all the best now and for the future and we look forward to big session in Barcelona in the near future!

Midland Tigers 07.10 (52) vs. Dublin Demons 16.12 (108)

The Dublin demons continued their good start to the season with an away win to the Midland Tigers, in sunny conditions, in Mullingar. The Demons brought plenty of numbers down the M4 and started the game with plenty of subs on the line. The game started in perfect conditions and the demons took full advantage to chalk up the first goal of the game within fifteen seconds. A great team move saw Bernie finish on the run to give the D’s an ideal start. Two more goals from Jarad and Jezza saw the Demons take a good lead to the quarter time break. The tigers got a major of their own when a wayward clearance gave them their first goal.