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just suriouse to find out what ye australians think about the international rules game between ireland and australia, is it popular in australia?
 
it is sort of...i went to a game at the MCG a couple of years ago and i thought it was pretty cool...they r pretty rough though!!!

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Yeah I attended an MCG match a couple of years back ... very entertaining, although I prefer our unadulterated code better. I'm sure that in general, the Irish would prefer THEIR unadulterated code better, too.

It's still good lark to see the inter rules game though, good fun to spar with another country.

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Great fan of the games! There's a 40 year history of competition between the two national codes but it is only the current hybrid rules that seem to have got the right genetic mix. This new species could really take off.

Went to the game in Adelaide 2 years ago, everyone I know who went is looking forward to this year's clash in October.

Furthermore the game has contributed to a rise in popularity for Gaelic football here in Sth Australia as a summer night competition - with a lot of footy and some soccer players using it as an off-season sport to maintain match fitness. I played and had great fun.

I've got a link to the Interules (I think this abreviation will repalce the official but wordy "International Rules") site (otherwise hard to find) on the news section of my webpage. http://www.eteamz.com/sites/aussie_football_fabulous/

One final point - the O'Neill's is a round ball - but it is NOT a soccer ball. It's smaller and heavier and consequently can be kicked faster, farther and more accurately than a soccer ball that tends to balloon about. I found when I got the knack of it it wasn't so hard. Nonetheless the oval footy is still number one for accurate distance passing and it must be preserved.

Interules will benefit both Gaelic Football and Australian Football. A soccer and rugby following friend from the UK took interest in both codes after being curious about the big game in Dublin last October. If the USA can field a team in a Tri-Nations (formed from USAFL and NAGAA) sides in the next decade it would be a fantastic boost to both codes on the international stage.
 
Just noticed on the Candian Australian Football Association website that a team has formed in Vancouver (the Cougars). Of note is that half the team are local Gaelic footballers and that they played Gaelic as well as Aussie Rules at training.

This is a pattern across Nth America and really does make possible the USA one day making International Rules a Tri-Series.
 
I love the international rules, it's very entertaining. I was also at that MCG match and the atmosphere was brilliant, some of the games in recent times have been really close too, which makes it more exciting.

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Originally posted by Peter P:

One final point - the O'Neill's is a round ball - but it is NOT a soccer ball. It's smaller and heavier and consequently can be kicked faster, farther and more accurately than a soccer ball that tends to balloon about. I found when I got the knack of it it wasn't so hard. Nonetheless the oval footy is still number one for accurate distance passing and it must be preserved.
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I'm glad somebody else mentioned that the Gaelic football flies farther and straighter than a soccer ball. I mentioned this in a tv interview a year ago and the host must have thought I was crazy.
A Gaelic football can be kicked at any trajectory just as accurately as an Australian football. Moreover, it's easier to kick a Gaelic football off the ground accurately and with high arc than with an Australian football.
An Australian football will travel farther at lower trajectories due to the shape and spin of the ball.
 
Spot on CB. Also Gaelic and Interules both are faster at ground level because of the true bounce of the ball. There's not much difference with distance - The footy players including myself in the games I played kicked the O'Neills just as far as a Sherrin - not something you can do with a Soccer ball - especially into a breeze.

Nonetheless just seeing McLeod's brilliant 50 metre passes and Robran's 70 metre goals at Footy Park last Friday shows the Sherrin is superior to all other footballs in the world for both distance and accuracy. Pity about the bounce at ground level though!
 
Not to mention, it's much easier (at least for beginners) to kick a Gaelic football across one's body than an oval ball.
I'm getting used to the bounce of the oval ball, to the point where I can sorta predict where it's likely to bounce by the way it hits the turf (can other players do this or am I being crazy?). But I still, rarely, find myself scooping the ball up with my toe and hands sometimes!

Taking all free kicks from the hands, there's no reason Compromise Rules/International Rules can't be played with an oval ball, for those who prefer it. There's no toe tapping required, is there?
 
yeah that's right - in IR there's no toe tap into the hands -you can scoop direct from the ground. But at this time anyway the Irish would get thrashed with an oval ball. Oh and you're not losing it CB - the reflexes do get better at judging the bounce of the Sherrin.
 
My cousin tells me his soccer team (plays in country SA) played a game of International Rules against the local Footy team. I also hear that the south Brisbane Gaels played a local Aussie Rules team in Brisbane. There's more to the future of this than simply the All-Australian team taking on the GAA a couple of times a year.
 

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