Contributed by: Aaron Richard Tuesday, September 11 2007 @ 08:58 am ACST
The Manchester tournament held last weekend saw four representative teams from around Britain - representing the best locals from the British ARFL, Scottish ARFL, Welsh AFL and Aussie Rules UK - mix it with the home-town Manchester Mosquitos for a five team tournament.
The BARFL's British Bulldogs[*1] finished the tournament undefeated with a massive percentage of 829.6% - having defeated the ARUK England Dragonslayers[*2] 86-1, Manchester[*3] 62-7, Wales[*4] 37-1 and Scotland 38-18. The SARFL's Scottish Puffins[*5] finished second overall on the points table, but as they were fielding more than the quota of Australians, the Grand Final saw the Bulldogs take on third-placed Manchester, winning 28-3.
Full scores follow.
Player of the tournament: Adam Bennett (GB Bulldogs), with Chris "Baz" Sproule (Manchester) Runner-Up.
Ladder:
W | L | For | Against | % | Points | |
GB Bulldogs | 4 | 0 | 224 | 27 | 829.6 | 16 |
Scotland | 2 | 2 | 163 | 117 | 139.3 | 8 |
Manchester | 2 | 2 | 87 | 133 | 65.4 | 8 |
England Dragonslayers | 2 | 2 | 89 | 179 | 49.7 | 8 |
Wales | 0 | 4 | 39 | 146 | 26.7 | 0 |
Round 1:
ARUK England 5.3.33 d Wales 2.4.16
GB Bulldogs 9.8.62 d Manchester 1.1.7
Round 2:
Scotland 7.6.48 d Wales 1.2.8
GB Bulldogs 13.8.86 d ARUK England 0.1.1
Round 3:
Manchester 4.4.28 d Wales 1.8.14
Scotland 10.5.65 d ARUK England 1.1.7
Round 4:
GB Bulldogs 5.7.37 d Wales 0.1.1
Manchester 6.4.40 d Scotland 5.2.32
Round 5:
ARUK England 4.1.25 d Manchester 1.6.12
GB Bulldogs 5.9.39 d Scotland 2.6.18
Grand Final:
GB Bulldogs 3.10.28 d Manchester 0.3.3