International Rules Series 1984

Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Score
21.10.84	Cork	Australia	2-15-13 (70)	Ireland	4-8-9 (57)
28.10.84	Croke Park, Dublin	Ireland	3-18-8 (80)	Australia	1-18-16 (76)
04.11.84	Croke Park, Dublin	Australia	76	Ireland	71

Australia won three-game series 2-1

International Rules Series 1986

Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Score
11.10.86	Perth	Australia	1-14-16 (64)	Ireland	5-5-12 (57)
19.10.86	Melbourne	Ireland	3-10-14 (62)	Australia	1-10-10 (46)
24.10.86	Adelaide	Ireland	4-8-7 (55)	Australia	0-7-11 (32)

Ireland won three-game series 2-1

International Rules Series 1987

Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Score
18.10.87	Croke Park, Dublin	Ireland	3-7-14 (53)	Australia	1-11-12 (51)
25.10.87	Croke Park, Dublin	Australia	3-14-12 (72)	Ireland	3-6-11 (47)
01.11.87	Croke Park, Dublin	Australia	0-14-17 (59)	Ireland	1-13-10 (55)

Australia won three-game series 2-1

International Rules Series 1990

Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Score
02.11.90	Melbourne	Ireland	0-12-11 (47)	Australia	0-10-8 (38)
10.11.90	Canberra	Ireland	3-9-7 (52)	Australia	0-7-10 (31)
17.11.90	Perth	Australia	0-13-11 (50)	Ireland	0-12-8 (44)

Ireland won three-game series 2-1

Report

The first full International Rules Football series between Ireland and Australia was played in 1984, with Australia winning by 2 games to 1.

From then it alternated between Ireland and Australia and by the time it was put on hold after the 1990 series it was 2 series wins each.

It was revived as a 2 game annual series in 1998.

About

International Rules Football, also known as Compromise Rules in Ireland and Inter Footy in Australia is a sport featuring a compromise between Gaelic Football and Australian Football.

It is 18-a-side (Gaelic Football is 15 and Australian Rules 21) and features both the goals & points of Gaelic Football and the Behinds of Australian Rules.

A Goal is worth 6 Points, an Over 3 Points and a Behind 1 Point.

Bibliography

[1] GAA (2017) – “The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games – Full GAA Records from 1887 to 2017 Inclusive DBA Publications Limted, Dublin. Pg. 405
[2] (1999) Smith, Raymond (editor). The Sunday Independent ACCBANK Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games. pg. 530.
[3] (2002) Ulster GAA. Ulster Games 2002 Annual. “Results”. pg. 71.

[10] Footy Stamps (2006) History of International Rules [Internet] Available from: http://www.footystamps.com/ot_int_rules.htm [Accessed 10 September 2018]

[16] Donegal Daily (2017) GAA Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.donegaldaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/gaa-logo.png [Accessed 2 December 2017]
[17] Wikipedia (2017) AFL Logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e4/Australian_Football_League.svg/1280px-Australian_Football_League.svg.png [Accessed 2 December 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Anton Pippo O’Grady, Ireland .

About this Document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 10 November 2020

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