1998 International Rules Series

1998 International Rules Series
Event	International Rules Series
	Ireland win series 128–118 on aggregate
First test
Date	11 October 1998
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin, County Dublin
Referee	Mick Curley (Ireland) ; Andrew Coates (Australia)
Attendance	22,900
Second test
Date	18 October 1998
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin, County Dublin
Referee	Mick Curley (Ireland) ; Andrew Coates (Australia)
Attendance	35,221
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Last updated March 31, 2025

The 1998 International Rules Series was the fifth annual series between Gaelic footballers from the Gaelic Athletic Association and Australian rules footballers from the Australian Football League and the first since it was cancelled in 1990. It was part of a four-year agreement.^[2] Ireland and Australia both won a game however Ireland won the overall series by 10 points in aggregate.^[3]

Results

Both tests were played at GAA Headquarters (Croke Park in Dublin). The total series attendance was 58,121.

Sources for the following details: Footy Stats^[4]
Source for scores in the second test: International Rules Gold (TG4)^[5]

First test

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Ireland	0.5.4 (19)	1.9.6 (39)	2.11.9 (54)	2.13.10	(61)
Australia	0.2.2 (8)	0.8.4 (28)	0.11.8 (41)	2.13.11	(62)
Australia won by 1 point

Match report
Date	Sunday, 11 October 1998
Scoring (IRL)	Goals: McCabe, Donnellan Overs: Stynes 4, Canavan 3, McCabe 2, Foley 2, Donnellan, Fallon
Scoring (AUS)	Goals: Neitz, Eagleton Overs: Carey 4, Lloyd 4, Neitz, Everitt, Camporeale, Farmer, Crawford
Best	IRL: McCabe, McDermott, B. Stynes, Canavan AUS: Buckley, Smith, Carey, Neitz, Silvagni
Injuries	Nil
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
Attendance	22,900
Referees / Umpires	Mick Curley ^[1] (Ireland) Andrew Coates (Australia)

Second test

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Ireland	0.6.2 (20)	2.7.4 (37)	4.9.7 (58)	4.12.7	(67)
Australia	1.1.1 (10)	2.6.6 (36)	2.8.10 (46)	2.10.14	(56)
Ireland won by 11 points

Match report
Date	Sunday, 11 October 1998
Scoring (IRL)	Goals: Canavan, Fallon, de Paor, Donnellan Overs: Canavan 3, Fallon 2, Stynes 2, Daly, Cavlan, Kenny, Lockhart, Tohill
Scoring (AUS)	Goals: Harvey, Camporeale Overs: Holland 2, Eagleton 2, Ricciuto 2, Buckley, Stevens, Lloyd, Stynes
Best	IRL: Canavan, McDermott, Fallon, Donnellan, McConnell AUS: Hart, Holland, Buckley, Carey, Ricciuto, Silvagni, Wellman
Injuries	Nil
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
Attendance	35,221
Referees / Umpires	Mick Curley ^[1] (Ireland) Andrew Coates (Australia)

Squads

Source: Official Series match-day programme^[6]

Ireland				Australia
Num.	Name	Team	Position	Num.	Name	Team	Position
N/A	Colm O'Rourke	Meath	Manager	N/A	Leigh Matthews	N/A	Head coach
1	Finbarr McConnell	Tyrone	Goalkeeper	1	Stephen Silvagni	Carlton	Goalkeeper
2	Peter Canavan	Tyrone	Vice Captain^[7]	2	Nick Holland	Hawthorn
3	Kieran McGeeney	Armagh		3	Matthew Lloyd	Essendon
4	Diarmaid Marsden	Armagh		5	Nathan Buckley	Collingwood
5	Anthony Tohill	Derry		6	Sean Wellman	Essendon
6	Seán Marty Lockhart	Derry		8	Anthony Stevens	North Melbourne
7	Brendan Devenney	Donegal		9	Shane Crawford	Hawthorn
8	Paul Brewster	Fermanagh		10	Peter Everitt	St Kilda
9	Dermot McCabe	Cavan		11	Jim Stynes	Melbourne
10	Darren Fay	Meath		12	Todd Viney	Melbourne
11	James Nallen	Mayo		14	Nathan Eagleton	Port Adelaide
12	Colm Parkinson	Laois		15	David Neitz	Melbourne
13	Derry Foley	Tipperary		16	Scott Camporeale	Carlton
14	Finbar Cullen	Offaly		17	Nigel Smart	Adelaide
15	John Kenny	Offaly		18	Wayne Carey	North Melbourne	Captain
16	Brian Stynes	Dublin		19	Rohan Smith	Western Bulldogs
17	Séamus Moynihan	Kerry		20	Jeff Farmer	Melbourne
18	John McDermott	Meath	Captain	21	Shaun Rehn	Adelaide
19	Jarlath Fallon	Galway		22	Wayne Campbell	Richmond
20	Michael Donnellan	Galway		24	Brad Johnson	Western Bulldogs
21	Niall Buckley	Kildare		32	Mark Ricciuto	Adelaide
22	Seán Óg de Paor	Galway		34	Ben Hart	Adelaide
23	Colm McManaman	Mayo		35	Robert Harvey	St Kilda
24	Glenn Ryan	Kildare
25	Kevin O'Brien	Wicklow
26	Martin Daly	Clare
27	Jim McGuinness	Donegal
28	Eoin Gormley	Tyrone
29	Gerard Cavlan	Tyrone
30	Kevin Walsh	Galway
31	Seán Ó Domhnaill	Galway
	Michael Magill	Down	Standby
	Damien Donlon	Roscommon	Standby

Jim Stynes Medal – Stephen Silvagni

References

1 2 3 4 Keys, Colm (4 February 2005). "Curley to join referee exodus". Irish Independent .
↑ "Tarik's International Rules Football". Archived from the original on 22 March 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
↑ "International Rules – Series 5 – 1998 – Ireland". Archived from the original on 28 March 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
↑ "Ireland v Australia 1998". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
↑ "TG4 TV | Irish TV | Irish Television Channel | Súil Eile | Gaeilge".
↑ "Squads". 1998 International Rules Series Programme (11 & 18 October 1998). DBA Publications Limited.
↑ An uncompromising success November 1998

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[exodus-1] 1 2 3 4 Keys, Colm (4 February 2005). "Curley to join referee exodus". Irish Independent .

[2] "Tarik's International Rules Football". Archived from the original on 22 March 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.

[3] "International Rules – Series 5 – 1998 – Ireland". Archived from the original on 28 March 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2008.

[4] "Ireland v Australia 1998". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2013.

[5] "TG4 TV | Irish TV | Irish Television Channel | Súil Eile | Gaeilge".

[programme-6] "Squads". 1998 International Rules Series Programme (11 & 18 October 1998). DBA Publications Limited.

[7] An uncompromising success November 1998

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