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Game Day 8 - No Revolution as NZ Hawks hold sway

  • Friday, August 26 2011 @ 02:33 pm ACST
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At Ransford Oval it was the NZ Hawks taking on the US Revolution. Both teams were looking to shake off the disappointment of Wednesday’s losses and stake a claim as the third best team in this competition.

It was the Hawks who struck first.  Long kicking to their tall targets up forward in Bradley and Brown paid off early as they kicked the first two. Dragus continued his good form up forward when the US were able to break against the run of play as Fashant hit him with a good pass and he goaled from the set shot. A third for NZ gave them a handy lead at quarter time.

Game Day 8 - Finals - Live Scores

  • Friday, August 26 2011 @ 03:30 am ACST
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AFL IC11 - Royal Park, Melbourne, 26th August 2011 - Finals
830am Ransford Men's D2 - 17 v 18
Team 1/4 1/2 3/4 Final
 China 2.1  3.2   6.3  6.6 (42)
 Timor-Leste  1.2 1.3   2.5 5.5 (35)
830am McAlister Men's D2 - 15 v 16
Team 1/4 1/2 3/4 Final
 Peace Team  3.1  5.6  6.10 7.15 (57)
 India  0.2 1.3  1.5  2.8 (20)
1030am Ransford Men's D1 - 9 v 10
Team 1/4 1/2 3/4 Final
 Canada 2.0  2.0 4.0   6.4 (40)
 Tonga  2.5 3.7   6.9 6.10 (46)
1030am McAlister Men's D1 - 7 v 8
Team 1/4 1/2 3/4 Final
 Denmark  1.0 2.1   2.1  3.3 (21)
 Great Britain 0.6  1.8   7.9  8.12 (60)
1030am Western Women's  - 3 v 4
Team 1/4 1/2 3/4 Final
 USA (W)  2.0 3.2   3.3  4.3 (27)
 PNG (W)  0.1  0.1  1.2  1.2 (8)
1230pm Ransford Men's D1 - 3 v 4
Team 1/4 1/2 3/4 Final
 USA 1.0  3.4   6.4 6.5 (41)
 NZ  3.2  5.2  9.3 12.4 (76) 
1230pm McAlister Men's D1 - 5 v 6
Team 1/4 1/2 3/4 Final
 South Africa  4.1  5.2 6.4  7.10 (52)
 Nauru  1.1  4.2 7.4  7.4 (46)
1230pm Western Men's D1 - 11 v 12
Team 1/4 1/2 3/4 Final
 Sweden  0.4  2.4 3.5   5.7 (37)
 Japan  1.1 3.3   4.5 4.9 (33)
230pm Ransford Women's Grand Final
Team 1/4 1/2 3/4 Final
 Ireland (W)  1.5  1.6  3.6 5.9 (39)
 Canada (W) 0.0   1.2  1.2 1.2 (8)
230pm McAlister Men's D2 Grand Final
Team 1/4 1/2 3/4 Final
 Fiji  2.1  6.2 8.4  9.8 (62)
 France  1.2  1.2 1.2 3.3 (21)

Scores will be updated every quarter throughout the day. We suggest you refresh your browser regularly to see the latest. Match reports will follow later in the day and into the weekend.

After the matches players and officials will tidy up ready for the International Cup Gala Function at the Crown Palladium, the final event prior to Saturday's IC11 Grand Final at the MCG from 1120am between Ireland and Papua New Guinea.

Game Day 7 - Speedy Fijians blitz China and sprint into Div 2 GF

  • Thursday, August 25 2011 @ 06:16 pm ACST
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The Fiji Tribe reaffirmed their dominance over Division 2 yesterday, holding the China Red Demons goalless after quarter time and running out 86-point winners.

The first term was a relatively tight affair, with the Chinese scoring a goal just before the break to go into the break only 9 points down, 3.3 to 2.0 at quarter time.

In the second quarter however, Fiji's running game tore the contest wide open, kicking 7 unanswered majors in the term. The young, fit Fijian side were running in numbers, repelling China's forward forays with a string of handpasses and accurate kicking to their forward targets. Dylan Wolfgramm was invaluable in directing play for the Tribe, assisted by Koroi, Kasivi, Vesikara and Max Wolfgramm.

Game Day 7 - Tongan Tigers slay Sweden's Elks

  • Thursday, August 25 2011 @ 04:35 pm ACST
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The Tongan Tigers pulled through for a 30-point win over the Sweden Elks yesterday, in a low-scoring match that was far more intense than the scoreline might indicate.

The Elks drew first blood, with Emil Åberg marking, dummying around the man on the mark, and kicking to Leo Nilsson, who goaled. The Tongans then answered through a goal to Penisimani Mahina, but the Tigers couldn't manage another major for the term, despite having the majority of play in their forward line.

Game Day 7 - Nauruans outrun Danes

  • Thursday, August 25 2011 @ 12:50 pm ACST
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In what ground commentator the indefatigable ‘urban cowboy’, ground announcer Rod Grljusich, accurately described as ‘some of the best football you’ll ever see’ the running, handballing and passing Nauruans outran a stout Danish resistance.

From the first quarter when Nauru had kicked three goals one behind to a scoreless opposition, the Nauruan running game offered a brilliant display of football. Strangely, the Danes did not play badly and at times marked strongly.

However, the Vikings lacked something in the ‘leg-speed’, or was it ‘ball-speed’, department. Frequently they took the ball to their side of the centre circle but were cut off by the Nauruan backs.

Game Day 7 - Hawks down as Irish return to MCG

  • Thursday, August 25 2011 @ 12:31 pm ACST
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The Irish Warriors have out played the New Zealand Hawks to reach the grand final of the International Rules Cup 2011. A determined four quarter display saw the Irish prevail in a tough physical encounter. 

Ireland’s seemingly superior desire and work rate saw them dominate the contested possession and deny the Hawks time and space on the ball. The Hawks were unable to get their flowing passing game going as they found the Irish half back line continually repelling their advances. Michael Carey kicked all five of Ireland’s goals as the NZ back line had no answer for the forward who has been honing his skills at Sydney University.

Ted was there… and so were the TV Stations

  • Thursday, August 25 2011 @ 12:07 pm ACST
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The television media took to the International Cup 2011 at the Royal Park ovals on Wednesday, after a slow build-up in media coverage over the past two weeks.

IC11 was covered by several TV and radio news services, including Channels 9, 10 and 7, and by radio stations including 3AW and SBS Radio, which recorded a segment for its French program.

The Victorian Premier, Ted Baillieu, with his ruckman build, tossed the coin for the match between the American Revolution and Papua New Guinea. Drawn by the political luminary, a battery of TV news cameras invaded the ground backed up by clusters of ‘suits’.  AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou was also there for the big moment, a prelude to the unstoppable march of Papua New Guinea, as the footy team of one of the world’s poorest nations defeated the Revolution, the team of the world’s richest nation, the USA, by 9.14 (68) to 3.3 (21).
 

Game Day 7 - South Africa Lions show they still have bite

  • Thursday, August 25 2011 @ 10:57 am ACST
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Playing Great Britain was not something South Africa had figured on when they reviewed the IC11 draw.  Their aim was always to return to the top four semi-finals, but after losing to the United States last Sunday at ANZ Stadium the Africans had to re-group to at least ensure they didn't slide too far.  For the Bulldogs it was a chance to claim the scalp of one of the top group of countries.

The Lions were looking strong coming onto the field, fast paced play with great kicking and marking skills slicing through the British Bulldogs midfield and defence for the opening goal. But the Bulldogs were pushing to move up the rankings as well and were giving it everything they had. Their initial possession play was surprisingly effective against the long-kicking Lions and they also got a few chances in the first quarter, but the Brits only managing to take back a behind out of the early South African lead.
 

IC11 Finals Draw

  • Thursday, August 25 2011 @ 10:22 am ACST
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Finals draw for the 2011 AFL International Cup, as confirmed by the AFL at 9:40am AEST Thursday.

Unofficial ladder update

  • Thursday, August 25 2011 @ 12:17 am ACST
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We've updated our unofficial ladders to the end of Game Day 7 August 24th (above at time of writing).

Division 1 men's does not change as they were playing finals.  However it was the final minor round for Division 2 men's and for women's.  By our calculations that puts Fiji and France into the Div 2 grand final and similarly Ireland and Canada in the women's.  Of course in Division 1 the semi final winners were Ireland and PNG, through to the grand final at the MCG on Saturday.

We'll publish the official final round draw when it is released.

 

Tipping comp results to end of GD7

  • Wednesday, August 24 2011 @ 11:10 pm ACST
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Derryn maintains his 2 game lead in our tipping competition.  We're 55 games in now (was supposed to be 56 but Canada vs Japan was accidentally left out of the last round of tipping).

And now the final round of matches to decide the 2011 WFN IC11 footy tipping champ.

Please note that a margin (points) must be specified for every match with the smallest aggregate used to split a tie (we'll assume you tipped the worst result plus 10% for any you don't specify).  For aggregates, tipping a team A by 10 points but team B wins by 20 points gives an aggregate of 30 points.

A reminder that the top two spots receive a football courtesy of our great supporters Burley-Sekem.

Players marked with * are WFN staff and ineligible for the prizes.  The list has shrunk a small amount as those tipsters that signed up but never once submitted a tip have been removed.

Derryn    49
Roger    47
Seth    47
Ronan    47
Josh P    46
Rod *    46
Josh D    45
Julian    45
Michael    45
Bill    45		 Brett *    45
Ben     45
Mikey    45
Kevan L    44
Aaron    44
Matthew    44
Mika    43
Charlie    43
Phillip    42
David P    42		 Alex    42
Kevin G    42
Sebastian    41
Craig    41
Lachy    40
Jyri    40
Tomi    39
Tyler    39
Cam *    39
Jason    39		 Lizzy    39
Grant    38
Ash *    38
Garry    37
Troy *    36
Nathan    35
Alan    34
Fernando    34
Alasdair    33
Dave K    32		 Graham    32
Mark    32
Peter    31
Nicolas    29
Dante    28

 

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