IC08 Live Scores - Round 3 - Warrnambool

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IC08 Live Scores - Round 3 - Warrnambool

Authored by: Salvatore Capoferri
on Monday, September 01 2008 @ 05:50 pm ACST

This was without a doubt the best round of the tournament with the better teams facing off... Though it seems the weather played a part in some of the scores...

My on gripe though would be the "Do or die" situation for the teams... i think it would have been better if the AFL added an extra finals round and had the "Top 2" of each pool go through...

For me (and this is my opinion) this would have been a better way to judge who are actually the better teams in the tournament...

IC08 Live Scores - Round 3 - Warrnambool

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Monday, September 01 2008 @ 10:43 pm ACST

Hi all, a few quick points on the day - stories will follow later.

1. Yes, we had expected to have mobile broadband coverage in Warrnambool, as we did at Royal Park, but discovered at the last moment that it didn't work.

2. We then became dependent on getting scores to people elsewhere who had net coverage, but most of our people would have been busy at work. We also borrowed access a few times from the AFL guys - we've shared scores and photos back and forth to help each other out throughout the tournament - it's all about getting the info out there.

3. We're a bunch of volunteers, just as most of the players and officials here, both internationals and locals, we don't get paid for this, and we are reliant on volunteers travelling down here. Several of our guys are teachers or students so can't choose when they get their leave, so we had two of us running around trying to cover 3 concurrent games between us, spread over 3 grounds that are a long way apart from each other.

4. Yep, the draw meant seeded 1 vs 2 for each pool and 3 v 4, so closer scores, plus it was at times wet, and almost always windy, which made scoring difficult.

5. There was a function tonight, pretty much straight after the games finished, so our match reports will trickle in over the next 24 hours.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

IC08 Live Scores - Round 3 - Warrnambool

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Monday, September 01 2008 @ 10:48 pm ACST

6. The trouble with an extra round of finals is how could they fit it in. A lot of countries/players couldn't make it if it extended any longer, and they already play every second day, with 1 extra rest day before Warrnambool started. I can tell you, there's a growing attrition rate and the squads would have to be bigger too - some countries are already down below 18 reasonably fit men. So yes, it is too sudden death, but an extra round would be too much to ask I reckon.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

IC08 Live Scores - Round 3 - Warrnambool

Authored by: Ian Hill
on Monday, September 01 2008 @ 11:45 pm ACST

If there had been two distinct divisions of eight it could have been done with no extra games.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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