Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Final Round
19.08.2014	Irish Warriors	8.5.53	South African Lions	4.4.28
08.2014	Papua New Guinea Mosquitos	12.3.75	New Zealand	4.4.28
	Grand Final
23.08.2014	Papua New Guinea Mosquitos	6.9.45	Irish Warriors	6.6.42

Pool Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pool
10.08.2014	Irish Warriors	9.8.62	Fiji	1.4.10
13.08.2014	Irish Warriors	17.9.111	France	0.2.2
16.08.2014	Irish Warriors	10.6.66	Nauru	6.3.39

Report

The Irish Warriors sailed through the Pool Stages of the Australian Football League International Cup 2014 in Melbourne defeating Fiji, France and Nauru before another good win against South African Lions in the Semi-Final.

In the Grand Final, however, they came against Papua New Guinea, the only other country where Australian Football is the National Sport, and were narrowly beaten 45-42 by the PNG team. It was heartbreak for the Irish Warriors to have come so close, but they could be proud of their magnificent performances throughout the tournament.

Mick Finn scored four goals to top score in the Grand Final, and Sean Paul Henry and Padraig Lucey each got one goal, but the Mosquitos got two late goals to snatch the victory.

References

Images

[1] AFL Europe (2016) AFL Europe Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.afleurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/AFL-EUROPE.jpg [Accessed 13 March 2017]

Websites

[2] ARFLI (2014) A Real Double Irish [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2014/08/22/a-real-double-irish/ [Accessed 18 January 2017]

[3] ARFLI / John Corrigan (2014) Review of Warriors IC Grand Final [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2014/10/16/review-of-warriors-international-cup-grand-final/ [Accessed 5 September 2020][Broken Link – Available on the Wayback Machine Web Archive at: https://web.archive.org/web/20141207155425/http://www.arfli.com/2014/10/16/review-of-warriors-international-cup-grand-final/ [Accessed 18 January 2017]

[3] ARFLI (2014) Blu Marine Warriors Battle Past South Africa [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2014/08/22/blu-marine-warriors-battle-past-south-africa/  [Accessed 18 January 2017]

[4] ARFLI (2014) Blu Marine Warriors Through to S/Fs [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2014/08/22/blu-marine-warriors-through-to-sfs/  [Accessed 18 January 2017]

[5] ARFLI (2014) Match Report: Blu Marine Irish Warriors v France  [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2014/08/14/match-report-blu-marine-warriors-v-france/ [Accessed 18 January 2017]

[6] ARFLI (2014) Match Report: Blu Marine Irish Warriors v France  [Internet] Available from: http://www.arfli.com/2014/08/14/match-report-blu-marine-warriors-v-fiji/  [Accessed 18 January 2017]

Images

[7] ARFLI (2014) IC14FinalMCGIreland-640×360 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20141207155425im_/http://www.arfli.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IC14FinalMCGIreland-640×360.jpg [Accessed 18 January 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Conor McGroarty

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 5 September 2020

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