1998 International Rules Series

Football match

1998 International Rules SeriesEvent| International Rules Series

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| Ireland | Australia

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128 | 118
Ireland win series 128–118 on aggregate
First test
| Ireland | Australia

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61 | 62
Date| 11 October 1998
Venue| Croke Park, Dublin, County Dublin
Referee| Mick Curley[1] (Ireland)
Andrew Coates (Australia)
Attendance| 22,900
Second test
| Australia | Ireland

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56 | 67
Date| 18 October 1998
Venue| Croke Park, Dublin, County Dublin
Referee| Mick Curley[1] (Ireland)
Andrew Coates (Australia)
Attendance| 35,221

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The 1998 International Rules Series was the fifth annual series between Gaelic footballers from the Gaelic Athletic Association and Australian rules footballers from the Australian Football League and the first since it was cancelled in 1990. It was part of a four-year agreement.[2] Ireland and Australia both won a game however Ireland won the overall series by 10 points in aggregate.[3]

## Results

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Both tests were played at GAA Headquarters (Croke Park in Dublin). The total series attendance was 58,121.

Sources for the following details: Footy Stats[4]
Source for scores in the second test: International Rules Gold (TG4)[5]

### First test

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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total

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Ireland | 0.5.4 (19) | 1.9.6 (39) | 2.11.9 (54) | 2.13.10 | (61)
Australia | 0.2.2 (8) | 0.8.4 (28) | 0.11.8 (41) | 2.13.11 | (62)
Australia won by 1 point
Date  | Sunday, 11 October 1998

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Scoring (IRL)  | Goals: McCabe, Donnellan

Overs: Stynes 4, Canavan 3, McCabe 2, Foley 2, Donnellan, Fallon

Scoring (AUS)  | Goals: Neitz, Eagleton

Overs: Carey 4, Lloyd 4, Neitz, Everitt, Camporeale, Farmer, Crawford

Best  | IRL: McCabe, McDermott, B. Stynes, Canavan

AUS: Buckley, Smith, Carey, Neitz, Silvagni

Injuries  | Nil
Venue  | Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
Attendance  | 22,900
Referees / Umpires  | Mick Curley[1] (Ireland)
Andrew Coates (Australia)
Match report

### Second test

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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total

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Ireland | 0.6.2 (20) | 2.7.4 (37) | 4.9.7 (58) | 4.12.7 | (67)
Australia | 1.1.1 (10) | 2.6.6 (36) | 2.8.10 (46) | 2.10.14 | (56)
Ireland won by 11 points
Date  | Sunday, 11 October 1998

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Scoring (IRL)  | Goals: Canavan, Fallon, de Paor, Donnellan

Overs: Canavan 3, Fallon 2, Stynes 2, Daly, Cavlan, Kenny, Lockhart, Tohill

Scoring (AUS)  | Goals: Harvey, Camporeale

Overs: Holland 2, Eagleton 2, Ricciuto 2, Buckley, Stevens, Lloyd, Stynes

Best  | IRL: Canavan, McDermott, Fallon, Donnellan, McConnell

AUS: Hart, Holland, Buckley, Carey, Ricciuto, Silvagni, Wellman

Injuries  | Nil
Venue  | Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
Attendance  | 35,221
Referees / Umpires  | Mick Curley[1] (Ireland)
Andrew Coates (Australia)
Match report

## Squads

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Source: Official Series match-day programme[6]

Ireland  | Australia

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Num.  | Name  | Team  | Position  | Num.  | Name  | Team  | Position
N/A | Colm O'Rourke | Meath | Manager | N/A | Leigh Matthews | N/A | Head coach
1 | Finbarr McConnell | Tyrone | Goalkeeper | 1 | Stephen Silvagni | Carlton | Goalkeeper
2 | Peter Canavan | Tyrone | Vice Captain[7] | 2 | Nick Holland | Hawthorn |
3 | Kieran McGeeney | Armagh |  | 3 | Matthew Lloyd | Essendon |
4 | Diarmaid Marsden | Armagh |  | 5 | Nathan Buckley | Collingwood |
5 | Anthony Tohill | Derry |  | 6 | Sean Wellman | Essendon |
6 | Seán Marty Lockhart | Derry |  | 8 | Anthony Stevens | North Melbourne |
7 | Brendan Devenney | Donegal |  | 9 | Shane Crawford | Hawthorn |
8 | Paul Brewster | Fermanagh |  | 10 | Peter Everitt | St Kilda |
9 | Dermot McCabe | Cavan |  | 11 | Jim Stynes | Melbourne |
10 | Darren Fay | Meath |  | 12 | Todd Viney | Melbourne |
11 | James Nallen | Mayo |  | 14 | Nathan Eagleton | Port Adelaide |
12 | Colm Parkinson | Laois |  | 15 | David Neitz | Melbourne |
13 | Derry Foley | Tipperary |  | 16 | Scott Camporeale | Carlton |
14 | Finbar Cullen | Offaly |  | 17 | Nigel Smart | Adelaide |
15 | John Kenny | Offaly |  | 18 | Wayne Carey | North Melbourne | Captain
16 | Brian Stynes | Dublin |  | 19 | Rohan Smith | Western Bulldogs |
17 | Séamus Moynihan | Kerry |  | 20 | Jeff Farmer | Melbourne |
18 | John McDermott | Meath | Captain | 21 | Shaun Rehn | Adelaide |
19 | Jarlath Fallon | Galway |  | 22 | Wayne Campbell | Richmond |
20 | Michael Donnellan | Galway |  | 24 | Brad Johnson | Western Bulldogs |
21 | Niall Buckley | Kildare |  | 32 | Mark Ricciuto | Adelaide |
22 | Seán Óg de Paor | Galway |  | 34 | Ben Hart | Adelaide |
23 | Colm McManaman | Mayo |  | 35 | Robert Harvey | St Kilda |
24 | Glenn Ryan | Kildare |  |  |  |  |
25 | Kevin O'Brien | Wicklow |  |  |  |  |
26 | Martin Daly | Clare |  |  |  |  |
27 | Jim McGuinness | Donegal |  |  |  |  |
28 | Eoin Gormley | Tyrone |  |  |  |  |
29 | Gerard Cavlan | Tyrone |  |  |  |  |
30 | Kevin Walsh | Galway |  |  |  |  |
31 | Seán Ó Domhnaill | Galway |  |  |  |  |
| Michael Magill | Down | Standby |  |  |  |
| Damien Donlon | Roscommon | Standby |  |  |  |

Jim Stynes Medal – Stephen Silvagni

## See also

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* International rules football
* Gaelic football
* Australian rules football
* Comparison of Australian rules football and Gaelic football

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Keys, Colm (4 February 2005). "Curley to join referee exodus". Irish Independent.
2. ^ "Tarik's International Rules Football". Archived from the original on 22 March 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
3. ^ "International Rules – Series 5 – 1998 – Ireland". Archived from the original on 28 March 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
4. ^ "Ireland v Australia 1998". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
5. ^ "TG4 TV | Irish TV | Irish Television Channel | Súil Eile | Gaeilge".
6. ^ "Squads". 1998 International Rules Series Programme (11 & 18 October 1998). DBA Publications Limited.
7. ^ An uncompromising success November 1998

## External links

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* Tarik's International Rules Football
* Official GAA website
* Official AFL website
* RTÉ International Rules section
* Hogan Stand International Rules section
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Australian squad – 1998 International Rules Series

* Buckley
* Camporeale
* Campbell
* Carey (c)
* Crawford
* Eagleton
* Stoneham
* Farmer
* Hart
* Harvey
* Holland
* Johnson
* Lloyd
* Neitz
* Rehn
* Ricciuto
* Silvagni (gk)
* Smart
* Smith
* Stevens
* Stynes
* Viney
* Wellman

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