Australia international rules football team

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Head coach Chris Scott (2017)
Captain Shaun Burgoyne (2017)
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Biggest win
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(2006, 2nd Test)
Biggest defeat
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(2013, 2nd Test)

The Australia international rules football team is Australia's senior representative team in International rules football, a hybrid sport derived from Australian rules football and Gaelic football. The current team is solely made up of players from the Australian Football League.

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Although Australian rules football is played around the world at an amateur level, Australia is considered far too strong to compete against at senior level.[ citation needed ] Hence, selection in the Australian international rules team is the only opportunity that Australian rules footballers have to represent their country. Until 2004, the majority of the men's Australian squad was composed of members of the All-Australian team as well as other outstanding performers from the season. In 2005, the decision was made to select players best suited to the conditions of the hybrid game, which usually resulted in a younger, smaller and quicker team being selected. [1] However this was reverted to the All-Australian model ahead of the 2014 series. For the 2013 Series only, the decision was made to select an all-Indigenous team, known as the Indigenous All-Stars. [2] Because of the severely limited playing pool, the Indigenous All-Stars lost by an aggregate of 101 points over the two Tests, including a record-breaking 79-point defeat in the 2nd Test.

Competing in the International Rules Series, the only team Australia plays against is the Ireland international rules football team. The series has been played intermittently since 1984. Australian under-age teams have been represented in the past, as well as a women's team in 2006. Australia last hosted the International Rules Series in 2017.

Squads

2017

1 Travis Boak (Port Adelaide)
2 Paddy Ryder (Port Adelaide)
3 Michael Hibberd (Melbourne)
4 Jack Gunston (Hawthorn)
5 Kade Simpson (Carlton)
6 Zach Merrett (Essendon)
7 Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)
8 Brendon Goddard (Essendon) – Goalkeeper
9 Shaun Burgoyne (Hawthorn) – Captain
10 Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
11 Rory Sloane (Adelaide)
12 Robbie Tarrant (North Melbourne)
14 Joel Selwood (Geelong)
15 Dayne Zorko (Brisbane)
16 Ben Brown (North Melbourne)
17 Neville Jetta (Melbourne)
18 Eddie Betts (Adelaide)
20 Chad Wingard (Port Adelaide)
21 Luke Shuey (West Coast)
22 Shaun Higgins (North Melbourne)
29 Rory Laird (Adelaide)
35 Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong)

2015 (Tour to Ireland)

Jim Stynes Medal: Harry Taylor

2014

Jim Stynes Medal: Luke Hodge

2013 (Tour to Ireland)

Jim Stynes Medal: Ashley McGrath [6]

2011

Jim Stynes Medal: James Kelly [7]

2010 (Tour to Ireland)

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Australia squad, 2010 International Rules Series

Jim Stynes Medal : Dane Swan [8]

2008

Jim Stynes Medal : Kade Simpson [10]

*Max Rooke was named in the initial squad, but did not play due to illness. He was replaced in the squad for the second game by Josh Hunt. [11]

2006 (Tour to Ireland)

[12]

Jim Stynes Medal – Ryan O'Keefe

*Brendan Fevola was an emergency for the first game, but was sent home before the second game due to misconduct in that he was involved in a fight at a pub. [13]

**Lindsay Gilbee and Sam Fisher only played in the first game.

***Brett Peake and David Mundy only played in the second game. [14]

2005

Jim Stynes Medal – Andrew McLeod

2004 (Tour to Ireland)

[15] [16]

Jim Stynes Medal – Nathan Brown

2003

Coach:Garry Lyon

Jim Stynes Medal – Brent Harvey

2002 (Tour to Ireland)

Jim Stynes Medal: Andrew Kellaway

2001

Jim Stynes Medal – Matthew Lloyd

2000 (Tour to Ireland)

Jim Stynes Medal – James Hird

1999

Jim Stynes Medal – Jason Akermanis

1998 (Tour to Ireland)

Jim Stynes Medal – Stephen Silvagni

Australian honour roll

Honour roll

SeriesCaptain(s)Goalkeeper(s) Jim Stynes Medal CoachResult
1998 Wayne Carey Stephen Silvagni Stephen Silvagni Leigh Matthews Ireland (128–118)
1999 Nathan Buckley Stephen Silvagni Jason Akermanis Dermott Brereton Ireland (122–114)
2000 James Hird Andrew Kellaway James Hird Dermott Brereton Australia (123–98)
2001 Michael Voss Simon Goodwin Matthew Lloyd Garry Lyon Ireland (130–105)
2002 Shane Crawford Andrew Kellaway Andrew Kellaway Garry Lyon Australia (101–95)
2003 Shane Crawford Glen Jakovich Brent Harvey Garry Lyon Australia (101–94)
2004 James Hird Simon Goodwin Nathan Brown Garry Lyon Ireland (132–82)
2005 Andrew McLeod & Chris Johnson Dustin Fletcher Andrew McLeod Kevin Sheedy Australia (163–106)
2006 Barry Hall & Dustin Fletcher Dustin Fletcher Ryan O'Keefe Kevin Sheedy Australia (109–79)
2008 Brent Harvey Nathan Bock & Michael Firrito Kade Simpson Michael Malthouse Ireland (102–97)
2010 Adam Goodes Dustin Fletcher Dane Swan Michael Malthouse Australia (102–92)
2011 Brad Green Matt Suckling James Kelly Rodney Eade Ireland (130–65)
2013 Daniel Wells Ashley McGrath Ashley McGrath Michael O'Loughlin Ireland (173–72)
2014 Joel Selwood Dustin Fletcher Luke Hodge Alastair Clarkson Australia (56–46)
2015 Luke Hodge Dustin Fletcher Harry Taylor Alastair Clarkson Ireland (56–52)
2017 Shaun Burgoyne Brendon Goddard Nat Fyfe Chris Scott Australia (116–103)

Most Australian caps

Note: includes players' caps from 1984 – 2014. [17]

PlayerClubSeriesNumber of Caps
Brent Harvey North Melbourne 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 201410
Terry Daniher Essendon 1984, 1986, 19909
Steve Malaxos Claremont/West Coast 1984, 1987, 19909
Craig Bradley Carlton 2000, 2001, 20029
Gary Pert Collingwood 1984, 1986, 19878
Tony McGuinness Footscray 1986, 1987, 19908
Rohan Smith Footscray 1998, 1999, 2000, 20038
Shane Crawford Hawthorn 2000, 2001, 20028
Nathan Brown Western Bulldogs/Richmond2000, 2002, 2003, 20047

Guernsey

The 1984–1990 Australian teams wore a traditional Australian rules sleeveless guernsey in plain gold. The teams of 1998–2011 wore a predominantly navy blue Gaelic football style guernsey, with either a green or gold v or green and gold sash. The Indigenous All-Stars team which represented Australia in 2013 wore a unique Indigenous-styled guernsey. Ahead of the 2014 test match, the Australian guernsey was significantly altered, in favour of a mix of green and gold, with the traditional v-shape. [18]

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References

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  2. ↑ AFL: Australia to field all-Indigenous team for International Rules Series against Ireland
  3. ↑ "Ablett out of International Rules series" . Retrieved 12 November 2017.
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  5. ↑ "Pendlebury, Ryder to miss Perth Rules Test". SBS News. AAP. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Ash McGrath with Jim Stynes Medal (via Twitter)
  7. ↑ Kelly Aussie's best
  8. ↑ AAP (31 October 2010). "Australia claim McAnallen Cup". SportsAustralia.com. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
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  11. ↑ Josh Hunt joins Aussie squad; 28 October 2008
  12. ↑ Australian Panel 2006 Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Nick Higginbottom, Mark Stevens and Sam Edmund; AFL demands Fevola apology; 2 November 2006
  14. ↑ Aussies thump Ireland to regain trophy; RTÉ; 5 November 2006
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  18. ↑ 2014 Australia International Rules jumper decided
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