2005 International Rules Series

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2005 International Rules Series
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Event International Rules Series
Australia Ireland
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Ireland.svg
163106
163–106 on aggregate, Australia win series 2–0
First test
Australia Ireland
10064
Date21 October 2005
Venue Subiaco Oval, Perth
Referee Matthew James (Australia) David Coldrick (Ireland)
Attendance39,098 (Sell Out)
Second test
Ireland Australia
4263
Date28 October 2005
Venue Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
RefereeMatthew James (Australia) Michael Collins (Ireland)
Attendance45,428
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The 2005 International Rules Series was the 12th annual International Rules Series and the 14th time that a test series of international rules football was played between Ireland and Australia and was won by Australia. [1] [2]

International Rules Series

The International Rules Series is a senior men's international rules football competition between the Australia international rules football team and the Ireland international rules football team. The series is played close to annually in October or November after the completion of the AFL Grand Final and the All-Ireland Football Final which are both traditionally played in late September. The matches are played using a set of compromise rules decided upon by both the two governing bodies; known formally as international rules football. While the International Rules Series matches use some rules from Australian rules football, the field, ball and uniforms of both teams are all from Gaelic football.

International rules football Hybrid team sport between Australian rules and Gaelic football

International rules football is a team sport consisting of a hybrid of football codes, which was developed to facilitate international representative matches between Australian rules football players and Gaelic football players.

Ireland international rules football team

The Ireland international rules football team is the representative team for Ireland in international rules football, a compromise between Gaelic football and Australian rules football. The team is made up of Irish players from the Gaelic Athletic Association and Australian Football League.

Contents

The 2005 series involved two test matches in Australia, the first in Perth (which was a sell-out) and a second test in Melbourne which was controversial due to the on field actions of the Australian team.

Australia Country in Oceania

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.

Melbourne City in Victoria, Australia

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Its name refers to an urban agglomeration of 2,080 km2 (800 sq mi), comprising a metropolitan area with 31 municipalities, and is also the common name for its city centre. The city occupies much of the coastline of Port Phillip bay and spreads into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley. It has a population of 5 million, and its inhabitants are referred to as "Melburnians".

Previous series

Starting with the first official senior-level International Rules Series was played between players from the Australian rules football leagues and the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1984, the Irish had won 7 of the previous series to Australia's 6. Coming into the series, the Irish held the Cormac McAnallen Cup after their 2004 whitewash of the Australians at Croke Park in Dublin.

Gaelic Athletic Association Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and dance, as well as the Irish language.

Croke Park stadium in Dublin, Ireland

Croke Park is a Gaelic games stadium located in Dublin, Ireland. Named after Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is sometimes called Croker by GAA fans and locals. It serves as both the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Since 1891 the site has used by the GAA to host Gaelic sports, including the annual All-Ireland finals in Gaelic football and hurling.

Dublin Capital city of Ireland

Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Situated on a bay on the east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey, it lies within the province of Leinster. It is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. It has an urban area population of 1,173,179, while the population of the Dublin Region as of 2016 was 1,347,359. The population of the Greater Dublin Area was 1,904,806 per the 2016 census.

2005 series

The Melbourne test was played at the Telstra Dome rather than the Melbourne Cricket Ground, unlike previous series in Australia, since the MCG was preparing to host the 2006 Commonwealth Games. By 1 August 2005, a vast majority of the tickets for the Perth test had been sold. When the matches were last played in Australia in 2003, over 100,000 people attended the two tests in Perth and Melbourne, underscoring the popularity of the series with Australian football fans.

Melbourne Cricket Ground Stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known simply as "The G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Home to the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the 10th largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, and the largest cricket ground by capacity. The MCG is within walking distance of the city centre and is served by Richmond and Jolimont railway stations, as well as the route 70 tram. It is adjacent to Melbourne Park and is part of the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct.

2006 Commonwealth Games 18th edition of the Commonwealth Games

The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 and 26 March 2006. It was the fourth time Australia had hosted the Commonwealth Games. It was also the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.

The Ireland team was managed by former County Down manager Pete McGrath, an All Ireland winning manager, while the AFL appointed long-serving Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy as its new head coach, to replace Garry Lyon, who had been in charge of the Australians from 2001 to 2004.

County Down Place in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

County Down is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, in the northeast of the island of Ireland. It covers an area of 2,448 km2 and has a population of 531,665. It is also one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland and is within the province of Ulster. It borders County Antrim to the north, the Irish Sea to the east, County Armagh to the west, and County Louth across Carlingford Lough to the southwest.

Pete McGrath is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former manager of the Down senior football team.

Australian Football League Australian rules football competition

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent and only fully professional men's competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. Originally known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), it was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing the following year. The VFL, with the aim of becoming a national competition, began expanding beyond Victoria to other Australian states in the 1980s, and in 1990 changed its name to the AFL.

The Irish suffered a blow to their attempt to retain the cup when Sydney Swans backfielder and team mainstay Tadhg Kennelly (originally from County Kerry) was unable for selection due to a nagging ankle injury that he was playing through during the Swans' run to the AFL premiership. In a departure from previous years, the Australians selected a team specifically for these games, rather than giving automatic selection to members of the All Australian Team. Another Irishman who has played in the AFL, Jim Stynes, assisted with selection and planning, giving insight into the Irish game as he has in previous years.

Sydney Swans Australian rules football club

The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Established in Melbourne as the South Melbourne Football Club in 1874, the Swans relocated to Sydney in 1982, thus making it the first club in the competition to be based outside Victoria.

Tadhg Kennelly Irish Gaelic and Australian rules footballer

Tadhg Kennelly is an Irish sportsperson known for his top level careers in both Gaelic football and Australian rules football. He is the only holder of both an AFL Premiership medallion and a Senior All-Ireland Championship medal, the highest possible achievement in both sports. He has also represented Ireland in the International Rules Series.

Kerry GAA governing body of Gaelic games in County Kerry

The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry. The county board is also responsible for the Kerry inter-county teams.

The series was comprehensively won by the Australians. In the first test, they outplayed the Irish in all aspects of the game, including speed and kicking the round ball, which are traditionally strengths of the Irish players. Kicking 2 goals and 27 overs, Australia became the first team to score 100 points in an international rules test. Australian umpire Mathew James attracted some criticism from the Irish press for applying the 20 metre penalty rule more strictly than expected by the Irish.

The Irish team was more competitive in the second test, in which there were several brawls and Australian captain Chris Johnson was sent off. However, they still lost by 21 points, meaning that Australia won the series on aggregate by 57 points.

Fixtures

Squads

Flag of Australia.svg Australia Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
NameTeamPositionNameTeamPosition
Heath Black Fremantle Sean Cavanagh Tyrone
Amon Buchanan Sydney Swans Brian Dooher Tyrone
Trent Croad Hawthorn Phillip Jordan Tyrone
Aaron Davey Melbourne Brian McGuigan Tyrone
Nick Davis Sydney Swans Ryan McMenamin Tyrone
Brett Deledio Richmond Eoin Mulligan Tyrone
Nathan Eagleton Western Bulldogs Stephen O'Neill Tyrone
Dustin Fletcher Essendon Eoin Brosnan Kerry
Daniel Giansiracusa Western Bulldogs Colm Cooper Kerry
Lindsay Gilbee Western Bulldogs Tomás Ó Sé Kerry
Shannon Grant Kangaroos Graham Canty Cork
Brent Harvey Kangaroos Anthony Lynch Cork
Luke Hodge Hawthorn Seán Óg Ó hAilpín Cork
Chris Johnson (C)1 Brisbane Lions Michael McVeigh Down
Matthew Lappin Carlton Brendan Coulter Down
Andrew Lovett Essendon David Heaney Mayo
Andrew McLeod (C)1 Adelaide Ciarán McDonald Mayo
Troy Makepeace Kangaroos Pádraic Joyce (C) Galway
Darren Milburn Geelong Michael Meehan Galway
Brent Moloney Melbourne Tom Kelly Laois
Dale Morris Western Bulldogs Ross Munnelly Laois
Chris Newman Richmond Ronan Clarke Armagh
Ryan O'Keefe Sydney Swans Bryan Cullen Dublin
Russell Robertson Melbourne Dessie Dolan Westmeath
Jarrad Waite Carlton Mattie Forde Wexford
Daniel Wells³ Kangaroos Ciaran McManus Offaly
Kepler Bradley² Essendon Sean Martin Lockhart Derry

[3]

1 – Australia named McLeod and Johnson as co-captains for the side.
² – Withdrawal replacement for Essendon's Matthew Lloyd.
³ – Officially ruled out for the first Test.

Matches

First test (21 October)

Team1234Total
Flag of Australia.svg Australia 0.8.11.12.42.19.72.27.7(100)
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 0.4.30.7.81.7.93.11.13(64)
Australia won by 36G.O.PG.O.PG.O.PG.O.PFinal
DateFriday, 21 October 2005
Scoring (AUS)Goals: Lovett, Johnson

Overs: Grant 3, Davis 3, Hodge 3, Lovett 3,
O'Keefe 2, Gilbee 2, Giansiracusa 2, Davey 2,
Johnson, Eagleton, Lappin, Croad,
Harvey, Buchanan, Newman

Scoring (IRL)Goals: Coulter 2, Cavanagh

Overs: O'Neill 3, Clarke 3, Cavanagh 2,
Coulter, Forde, McDonald

BestAUS: Harvey, McLeod, Hodge, Giansiracusa,
Davis, Lovett, Newman, Davey, Gilbee
IRL: Coulter, Cavanagh, O'Neill
InjuriesNil
Venue Subiaco Oval, Perth, WA
Attendance39,098
Umpires Mathew James (Australia), David Coldrick (Ireland)

Second test (28 October)

Team1234Total
Flag of Australia.svg Australia 0.3.20.9.40.11.70.18.9(63)
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 0.4.10.5.30.8.80.11.9(42)
Australia won by 21G.O.PG.O.PG.O.PG.O.PFinal
DateFriday, 28 October 2005
Scoring (AUS)Goals: Nil

Overs: O'Keefe 4, Lappin 3, Lovett 2, Davis 2, Grant 2,
Buchanan, Davey, Lovett, Giansiracusa, Makepeace

Scoring (IRL)Goals: Nil

Overs: Munnelly 2, Cavanagh 2, Clarke 2, Dolan,
Joyce, McManus, McDonald

BestAUS: Lappin, McLeod, Fletcher, Lovett, Gilbee,
Giansiracusa, O'Keefe, Eagleton

IRL: Kelly, McVeigh, Munnelly, Cavanagh, Canty

InjuriesNil
Venue Telstra Dome, Melbourne, VIC
Attendance45,428
Umpires Mathew James (Australia), Michael Collins (Ireland)

See also

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References

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