{"id":166913,"date":"2024-08-05T09:35:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T23:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=166913"},"modified":"2024-08-05T09:35:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T23:35:38","slug":"swans-stay-undefeated-as-canada-upset-and-usa-win-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2024\/08\/05\/swans-stay-undefeated-as-canada-upset-and-usa-win-big\/","title":{"rendered":"Swans stay undefeated as Canada upset and USA win big"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DAY two of the women\u2019s competition at the 2024 AFL Transatlantic Cup continued to provide the surprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-swans-stay-undefeated\"><strong>Swans stay undefeated<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Great Britain Swans have made it two wins from as many matches after defeating Colombia by 55 points in the opening game of yesterday\u2019s action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colombia\u2019s defence was particularly impressive, particularly restricting the Swans\u2019 scoring early, but unfortunately for them so was the Swans\u2019, so their forwards could not reward the defenders\u2019 hard work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kate Franklin <\/strong>kicked two goals for the Brits, while <strong>Hannah Layton, Emma Baker, Cherry Halfyard, Lucy Newell <\/strong>and<strong> Elinor Geddes <\/strong>all kicked one each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Canada bounce back with big upset<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada bounced back from its day one heartbreaking loss in a big way, defeating tournament favourites Ireland by three points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was tight right through the match, but the Northern Lights managed to keep their noses in front all game to take the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada\u2019s goal scorers were all individual goal kickers, with <strong>Jenn Minchin, Anna Brancati, Amanda Irwin, Nicole Robertson <\/strong>and<strong> Erin Loughnane<\/strong> all getting on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile <strong>Marie Keating <\/strong>and<strong> Anne-Marie Troy<\/strong> again kicked two goals each for Ireland, while <strong>Louise Scully<\/strong> kicked one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Freedom bounce back with big win<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After a day one loss, the USA bounced back with a vengeance, comfortably defeating France to the tune of 125 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Freedom were already 10 goals ahead at half time and things just did not get better from there for the Gauloises, who were unable to put any score on the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Amanda Boe <\/strong>was the pick of the Freedom\u2019s goal kickers with four goals to her name, while<strong> Connor Lewis <\/strong>kicked three and<strong> April Munn, Catherine Hoha, Kaiya Sygulla <\/strong>and<strong> Jess Blecher<\/strong> all kicked two goals each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AFL Transatlantic Cup Women\u2019s Day 2 Results<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Great Britain (7.13.55) defeated Colombia (0.0.0)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada (5.5.35) defeated Ireland (5.2.32)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>USA (18.17.125) defeated France (0.0.0)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dc-block-dc-mention _dc_mention\"><div class=\"section-heading_wrap\"><span class=\"section-heading is-small\">Mentions<\/span><span class=\"hor-border\"><\/span><\/div><ul class=\"js-overflow-list overflow-list\"><li class=\"js-dropdown dropdown overflowed\"><button class=\"btn btn-icon-only\"><span class=\"icon btn-icon\">\n                    <!-- icon - plus circle - 20px-->\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\">\n                        <path d=\"M15,9.28h-4.3V5h0A.72.72,0,1,0,9.28,5h0V9.28H5a.72.72,0,0,0,0,1.43H9.28V15a.72.72,0,0,0,1.43,0h0V10.71H15a.72.72,0,0,0,0-1.43Z\"\/>\n                        <path d=\"M10,0A10,10,0,1,0,20,10,10,10,0,0,0,10,0Zm0,18.57A8.57,8.57,0,0,1,10,1.43h0a8.57,8.57,0,0,1,0,17.14Z\"\/>\n                    <\/svg>\n                <\/span><\/button><div class=\"popover\"><div class=\"popover-content\"><ul class=\"popover-menu\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAY two of the women\u2019s competition at the 2024 AFL Transatlantic Cup continued to provide the surprises. 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