The British Universities American Football League (BUAFL) is an American football league contested by university teams in England, Wales and Scotland. The league was formed by the British American Football Association in 2007 as the successor to the British Collegiate American Football League after the BSAFAs public disagreements with the BAFAs policies led to them being ex-communicated by the other BAFA members in particular the BAFL which ironically and justifiably was also later ex-communicated for almost exactly the same reason.
The BUAFL is, as of November 2008, officially associated with the National Football League (NFL), through its partner organization NFLUK.
BUAFL largely follows the rules of the American college league, NCAA Football. Following a twelve-week regular season, the best four teams from each conference (two divisional champions plus two runners-up) compete in a knock-out play-off system (similar to the NFL) for the conference championship and ultimately at the National Championship Game (formerly known as the College Bowl) which has traditionally been held at the South Leeds Stadium, although the 2010 final was played at the Sixfields Stadium in Northampton.
The current 2012 BUAFL National Champions are the Hertfordshire Hurricanes defeating the Birmingham Lions 37–19 in at John Charles Stadium in Leeds.
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