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Game Day 4 - Live Scores

Authored by: Jake Anson
on Friday, August 19 2011 @ 08:41 am ACST

From a personal point of view, I'm very happy that the AFL erred on the side of caution and selected an Australian side that wouldn't run away with the cup unchallenged. When it was announced that Australia would be competing, I worried that a strong team would smash each of the 'legitimate' international sides, thus diminishing the experience for them. After all, the girls flying in from Dublin, New York or Vancouver made the commitment to travel prior to knowing that an Aussie team would take part. It would have been easy to select an Aussie team that asserted Australia's dominance of the sport over the foreign women's teams.

At any rate, I think the tournament so far has done a lot to promote the strength and potential of women's footy outside Australia. I hope it will be a catalyst for getting a few Aussie sides to travel and play Canada and the USA at home.

As an aside, the Italian team that took it to Ireland recently didn't have to contend with Ireland's Aussie-based players that are competing in this tournament. So I'm supposing that the standard of that game was considerably lower than what Ireland is showing this week...

Game Day 4 - Live Scores

Authored by: Cam Homes
on Friday, August 19 2011 @ 09:32 am ACST

Wasn't the Italy v Ireland game 9-a-side? Correct me please.

Game Day 4 - Live Scores

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Friday, August 19 2011 @ 09:48 am ACST

I think it's worth pointing out that Jake has been heavily involved in the women's game in Canada, so his comments carry significant weight with me.

We shouldn't be too stressed about Australia IM's performance, other than to conclude that it would be preferable in hindsight if it was stronger and that it should be in future, but it would've been far worse to have these women travel around the world just to get smashed and not be playing to win. It's not the World Cup it's the International Cup. Hopefully this can be a stepping stone towards a World Cup. I'd also love to see a World 18 women's side be invited to tour Australia playing some of the top teams.

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