Have you ever watched International Rules ? tackling is allowed as much as it is in AFL ( gaelic footy has no tackling but IR does). Plus we play with a round ball as it's a hybrid game and it's easier to kick a round ball than it is to kick an oval footy ( ask a non footy person to kick a round ball and they'd do a decent job but most of them would struggle to kick an aussie rules ball first go )
BAHAHHA he'll think we were saying his name
The Irish will give it a good go. Even when we've had the big names playing we only get em down the stretch.Wow, thats a real good side.. backlash from the last series definitely heard, but what happens if Aus just completely destroys them (with no disrespect, its quite a possibility) and game is pretty much over by like HT? Will they just go back to the previous formula of having a only a few stars to make the game even or just finally scrap it?
Im hoping it will be a competitive game and I for one look forward to attending now!
If the punters never wanted it then why did 60,000 show up in 2003 at the MCG to watch it? That same series had a capacity crowd at Subiaco as well.
No way. If it was possible to play quidditch it would actually be watchable.
Oh enough already FFS so many people love to criticise International Rules but lack real reasons as to why they dislike it. If the "punters" didn't like it then why were there crowds of 80,000+ in Ireland and 60,000+ at the MCG aswell as close to 40,000 the last few times it's been played here in Perth. Crowds have dipped in recent series cause Australia has put up rubbish teams with few stars, when both sides put strong teams on the park the "punters" clearly enjoy this series.
just about to say, Pretty freaking solid squad
Well if that's the case it sounds like Ireland are going to get destroyed this time around. That's funny, because when we only sent our Aboriginal boys the GAA wasn't happy about the Aussies not sending their strongest side.
