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Day 6 of the Transatlantic Cup saw Round 3 of the Men's competition contested between the six competing nations under warm sunny skies at Humber College Toronto.   Up first were the Irish Warriors and the USA Revolution. The Revolution last defeated the Warriors in international competition at the 2005 International Cup in Melbourne. 

WFN Men's Rankings After Day Six  TAC2024

Day six has has thrown up another 'upset' result (lower ranked nation win), United States defeating Ireland. And with France victorious over host nation Canada we see a whole load of movement in the Ranks.

WFN Women's Rankings After Day Five TAC 2024

Day five has produced another "upset" result (one each day) where a lower ranked nation has prevailed, this time in United States v.  Great Britain game three. United States Freedom  rose from 6th to 5th Place with the maximum 3.00 points gained to 47.03 pts.

Rain greeted all nations at they arrived for Day 5 of the AFL 2024 Transatlantic Cup in Toronto today. The host nation Canada went into today’s first match against France with a 1-1 record, the French 0-2. A win would mean Canada go to the semi-final, or alternatively a big win might see France through.

In the wet conditions it was Canada who dominated early and had the ball in their forward half for most of the match. The slippery ball made kicking for goal difficult and assisted the spoiling efforts of the Gauloises back six.

WFN Men's World Rankings After Day Four TAC 2024

The second round of Matches in the Men's TAC24 competition has seen a little more movement in Ranks.  Great Britain and United States have swapped ranks 6th for 7th and France has gained 2.88 rating points to climb over South Africa into 9th place.

Rain bookended Day 4 of the the AFL 2024 Transatlantic Cup and although it made the early game a little slippery early it did not fall during the three great matches today.

The USA and Great Britain played in the opening match of the day.  The tall Bulldogs team looked tall and up to the fight against the Revolution from the opening bounce, and it was the spearhead Walkden who kicked the first goal of the day as they burst out of the middle.  But from then on, he was well held by the US defenders. 

WFN Women's World Rankings After Day Four TAC 2024

There has been quite a bit of movement in the Ranks today as a result of  the 'upset' win of Canada over Ireland (revenge for IC17 GF result) and United States Freedom adding 2.43 pts to its Rating in the win over France.

Game 1: Great Britain Swans 4th, gained 1.52 pts in its 40plus win over Colombia which lifted them to within 0.02 rating pts of Ireland. Colombia has remained at Provisional 1.

Game 2: Canada Northern Lights 3rd, three point victory over Higher Ranked Ireland 2nd has brought about the maximum +/- 3.00 points exchange with Canada leaping over Ireland into 2nd Place with the Banshees slipping to 3rd.

Game 3: With the United States 8th, racking up a 40plus win over France Gauloises and with IC/TAC bonus +/-2.43 rating points exchanged Freedom have leap-frogged over Germany and Canada Midnight Suns into 6th Rank on 44.04 rating points. France have managed to stay ahead of USA Liberty, P3 and P4 respectively

 

Rank Country           Points     Last      Played

1 Australia                                    1            

2 Canada                     53.61        3               33

3 Ireland                      51.16         2              34

4 Great Britain            51.14         4              22

5 Fiji                             44.70         5             10

6 United States           44.03         8              23

7 Canada Mdn Suns   42.95         6              10

8 Germany                   41.72        7               10

9 Papua New Guinea  37.03        9               10

10 Europe Crusaders 34.24       10              13

P1 Colombia                41.48       P1              2

P2 Croatia                    37.20       P2              6

P3 France                     34.57      P3              2

P4 USA Liberty             31.58     P4           5

P5 Pakistan                   28.79     P5             5

D Tonga                          32.50                     4

P provisional nations need to play 8 (eight) matches to become Fully Ranked.

D Dormant nations haven't played an eligible match for 5 (five) years.

Cam Homes

 

On day three of the AFL 2024 Transatlantic Cup we saw a truly marquee women's match. The matchup of the Irish Banshees and the Canada Northern Lights team has a history going back to the first women's international cup in 2011 where island defeated Canada in the grand final. In 2014 Canada had their revenge at Punt Road Oval and then 2017 Ireland took the title back again at Marvel Stadium.  Today's match would be their first meeting outside Australia.

WFN Men's Rankings After Day Two TAC 2024

Day Two saw Ireland 4th, soundly defeat newcomer Colombia in game one. The Rating Gap between these Nations exceeded 10.00 points so no rating Points were exchanged with Ireland remaining on 54.29 and Colombia joined the ranks as Provisional P1 with its 40.00 Starting Points.