Catch up on the news from day four of the Transatlantic Cup where Matteo Lugarini and Canada Northwind took on the Irish, whilst Ludo Barrat and the French team played Columbia.
Once again, for a summary of the two matches we have turned to the wonderful people at World Footy News who are in town covering this amazing tournament.
Canada Northwind (4.3 - 27) def. by Ireland Warriors (12.10 - 82):
Also 2-0 after today is the Ireland Warriors. The Canada Northwind burst out of the blocks dominating the first quarter kicking 4 goals to 2 and it again looked like we would be in for a close contest and perhaps an upset.
But the Warriors steadied to level up by half time as they lifted their workrate and were outmarked the Canadian around the ground. The early dash of the Candians disappeared and under pressure were unable to regularly dispose of the ball effectively, and in fact they were goalless for the last three quarters.
The Irish meanwhile piled on four goals in each of the last two quarters. Cinco, Bridges and Rathgeb worked hard in defence for Canada, but it was the rotations and movement of the Irish that allowed them to create space and mark inside 50 regularly. Allen was the best for the Irish kicking four goals across the match and spearhead O’Dwyer added two goals to bring his tournament tally to 7 goals, leading allcomers. In the end if was a 55 point win to Ireland.1
France Coqs (8.11 - 59) def. Columbia Jaguares (2.4 - 16):
The final match of the day saw Colombia and France both searching for their first win of the tournament. It was a fast paced match, but the French controlled it on the scoreboard from start to finish. The start being dominated by big man Ribeyrolles kicking two first quarter goals.
Boubet, Boscart and Rourye were also multiple goal scorers for the French who managed to use their height and continually play on from marks and free kicks to catch the Colombians off guard. There was no better exponent of this than Clement Decaux who was best on ground.
Some silver linings for the Jaguares though, as they improved on their understanding and application of the 6-6-6 rule and the growing confidence of a number of players. This included Damien Marin who kicked Colombia’s first ever international footy goal in the second quarter of the match, and the lanky Alejandro Marin (no relation) who began to get aerial today, and kicked the second goal for the Colombians in the final quarter.1
The two Dingos will be putting their friendship aside in the next round when they meet each other on Wednesday August 7th in the third round of games, with the first bounce at 11:45am.
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The Transatlantic Cup Fixture can be found here.
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