International Rules
Florgan
series.
Herbie
> Has the team started training yet? I'm starting to get sick of losing this
> series.
The rules do favour the Irish. If we played with our footy instead of the round ball, I'm sure the results would be
more in our favour.
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Scott Kent-Collins
> The rules do favour the Irish. If we played with our footy instead of the
round ball, I'm sure the results would be
> more in our favour.
>
Leigh Matthews said when they 1st started the series that if they played
with our ball the Irish wouldn't get their hands on it. I would have to say
that I am sure the could get their hands on the ball... they would have
difficulty in disposing of the ball effectively.
Maybe they should have the 3 game series as follows:
1st game played should follow Galic Football Rules.
2nd game played should follow Australian Football Rules.
3rd game played should follow International Rules (combination of the 2).
This way both teams get to play 1 game of their original code each and then
the combination of the codes.
Scott Kent-Collins
Herbie
> >
> > The rules do favour the Irish. If we played with our footy instead of the
> round ball, I'm sure the results would be
> > more in our favour.
> >
>
> Leigh Matthews said when they 1st started the series that if they played
> with our ball the Irish wouldn't get their hands on it. I would have to say
> that I am sure the could get their hands on the ball... they would have
> difficulty in disposing of the ball effectively.
The Irish also 'complained' about shepherding off the ball being too rough.
> Maybe they should have the 3 game series as follows:
>
> 1st game played should follow Galic Football Rules.
We'd lose.
> 2nd game played should follow Australian Football Rules.
They'd lose.
> 3rd game played should follow International Rules (combination of the 2).
>
> This way both teams get to play 1 game of their original code each and then
> the combination of the codes.
We'd lose, because effecively the goals are Gaelic and the ball is round.
On the positive- many Aussie Rules laws have crossed over into Gaelic Football to make it a faster, more enteraining
game. Hopefully, more players will see AFL as a chance at a sporting career that pays well, and can be easilly be
assimilated into a code in the republic.
>
> Scott Kent-Collins
Julian
round ball, I'm sure the results would be
>more in our favour.
The pre-empting whinging starts early this year. If they weren't allowed to
tackle, the Irish would thump us. Get an idea of all changes before you
select the only the ones which dis-advantage the Aussies.
The committee discussed it & agree the rules. The game would be a farce with
an australian ball.
regards
Julian C
Melbourne, Australia
Sean Coffey
Scott Kent-Collins <scott.ken...@quest.com.au> wrote:
>Leigh Matthews said when they 1st started the series that if they played
>with our ball the Irish wouldn't get their hands on it.
That's what every Irish player who has played with the Australian ball
says as well. (Irish players who haven't tried it are always
enthusiastic to have a go but it isn't really on unfortunately.)
>Maybe they should have the 3 game series as follows:
>
>1st game played should follow Galic Football Rules.
>2nd game played should follow Australian Football Rules.
>3rd game played should follow International Rules (combination of the 2).
All the games of International Rules have been very close. The last 4
games have had 2 wins for Ireland, 1 for Australia, 1 drawn. Hard to
know how it will go this time.
Sean Coffey
Booger
>>with our ball the Irish wouldn't get their hands on it.
>
>says as well. (Irish players who haven't tried it are always
>enthusiastic to have a go but it isn't really on unfortunately.)
>
>>
>>1st game played should follow Galic Football Rules.
>>2nd game played should follow Australian Football Rules.
>>3rd game played should follow International Rules (combination of the 2).
Gee you people are dumb. The obvious solution is to play the game with
a square ball.
Booger
>Gee you people are dumb. The obvious solution is to play the game with
>a square ball.
Whoops...the other rational approach would be to play it with two
balls in at the one time.....one gaelic ball and one aussie rules
ball...be fair for both sides then and probably 100 times more
interesting.
Zane Whitehorn
I was going to write that another solution would be to play with no
balls but then the Irish would complain because there are a couple of
AFL teams who spent the entire season playing with no balls.
Zane
Christou
with the Boys set to head out on Wednesday morning. The aussies have a big
break in their favour as the all-ireland grand final was tied and the replay
is the day before the first test. As a result six of the best irish players
will miss the first test.
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The Biff
> > >a square ball.
> >
> > Whoops...the other rational approach would be to play it with two
> > balls in at the one time.....one gaelic ball and one aussie rules
> > ball...be fair for both sides then and probably 100 times more
> > interesting.
>
> I was going to write that another solution would be to play with no
> balls but then the Irish would complain because there are a couple of
> AFL teams who spent the entire season playing with no balls.
>
half like the Aussie ball. Then both teams would be equally disadvantaged,
and the mayhem from funny bounces would add to the spectacle.
Michael Flynn
Now that you mention it the Womens All Ireland Final was just two
weeks ago.
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Michael Flynn