{"id":167287,"date":"2024-08-09T09:45:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T23:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=167287"},"modified":"2024-08-09T09:45:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T23:45:17","slug":"freedom-and-banshees-win-big-set-up-epic-decider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2024\/08\/09\/freedom-and-banshees-win-big-set-up-epic-decider\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom and Banshees win big, set up epic decider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>OVERNIGHT it was semi final day at the Transatlantic Cup, which saw two very different results in the two semi finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Colombia pick up consolation win<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the fifth versus sixth consolation match, Colombia picked up its second win over France this tournament, this time beating the French by 10 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>France did kick its first goal of the tournament, but it was not enough as two first half goals to the Jaguares proved enough to see Colombia get the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colombia\u2019s goals came via <strong>Karol Echeverry <\/strong>and<strong> Laura Diaz<\/strong>, while <strong>Clotilde Decaux<\/strong> was the history maker for France, scoring its first ever goal at the 18 per side international level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Banshees haunt Swans to move through to the decider<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ireland continued to prove why it is the one to beat this tournament, easily taking care of its neighbours Great Britain to move through to the Grand Final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Banshees led the whole way, and the margin was already almost three goals at the final change but the Irish accelerated again in the final term to really stretch out the margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shannon Stevenson <\/strong>and<strong> Shauna Kendrick<\/strong> continued to be pivotal targets in front of goal for the Irish, with the former kicking three goals and the latter kicking two. Meanwhile <strong>Kate Franklin<\/strong> and <strong>Katie Murdoch<\/strong> were the two goal kickers for Great Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>History making Freedom deny Canada GF rematch<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States have made some history for themselves, winning through to their first international tournament Grand Final after beating its northern neighbour Canada by the barest of margins and denying Canada a chance to revenge the 2017 International Cup decider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Northern Lights got the better of the starts, but slowly but surely the Freedom came back at them and after keeping them scoreless in the final term, ultimately emerged victorious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jerri Allen<\/strong> was the sole goal kicker for the United States, while <strong>Aimee Legault<\/strong> and <strong>Mabel Dunn<\/strong> were the two goal kickers for Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-results-transatlantic-cup-semi-finals\"><strong>Results \u2013 Transatlantic Cup Semi Finals<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Colombia (2.6.18) defeated France (1.2.8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ireland (9.3.57) defeated Great Britain (2.5.17)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>United States (1.8.14) defeated Canada (2.1.13)<\/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>OVERNIGHT it was semi final day at the Transatlantic Cup, which saw two very different results in the two semi finals. Colombia pick up consolation win In the fifth versus sixth consolation match, Colombia picked up its second win over France this tournament, this time beating the French by 10 points. 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