If there is a debate about which teams might have landed in the ‘group of death’ in the women’s competition at the 2024 IFAF Flag Football World Championships, Group A is as good a place as any to start that discussion.
The serpentine system used to determine the groups ensured that reigning champions and world number one the United States avoided fellow continental champions and familiar foes such as Mexico.
But a relative newcomer on the international scene, Australia, brings to Group A the talents that earned a silver medal from a debut campaign at the Asia-Oceania championships last summer. Led by veteran coach Paul Manera, the Aussies’ introduction in Malaysia in 2023 was a memorable one.