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2010 International Rules Series

Event	International Rules Series
Ireland Australia 92 102
92–102 on aggregate, Australia win series 2–0
First test
Ireland Australia 40 47
Date	23 October 2010
Venue	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee	David Coldrick (Ireland) Brett Rosebury (Australia)
Attendance	30,117
Second test
Australia Ireland 55 52
Date	30 October 2010
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	David Coldrick (Ireland) Brett Roesbury (Australia)
Attendance	61,842
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The 2010 International Rules Series (officially the 2010 Irish Daily Mail International Rules Series) was the 15th International Rules Series, contested between Gaelic football players from Ireland and Australian rules football players from Australia. The Series was won by Australia, winning the first test by seven points and the second test by three, thereby winning with an aggregate score of 102 to 92. This was the first time Australia have won the Cormac McAnallen Cup since 2006. Dane Swan was awarded the Jim Stynes Medal, for being Australia best player over the Series, while Colm Begley won the equivalent award for Ireland. The second test in Croke Park on 30 October marked the end of the broadcasting career of commentator Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh who commentated on his last live match on RTÉ Radio.

Background

The 2010 International rules series dates were confirmed by the Australian Football League (AFL) and the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) on 19 February. Australian coach Mick Malthouse announced his 23-man squad on 8 October. Anthony Tohill was announced as coach of Ireland mid year, and he announced his squad on 14 October. The 2010 Series was the first series to be played since 2008, after global economic problems forced the AFL to pull out of the 2009 edition. It also marked the first series in Ireland since the ill-fated 2006 series. Irish Team Manager Anthony Tohill announced his final squad for the first test of the series on 19 October. Niall McNamee of Offaly is promoted from the standby list to the match day squad for the injured Benny Coulter, who is ruled out of the first test with a hamstring problem. Emmet Bolton of Kildare replaced Michael Shields who was unavailable for the first test as he was playing for St.Finbarr's in the 2010 Cork Senior Football Championship final against Nemo Rangers on 20 October.

Australia prepared for the opening test with a comfortable win in a practice match against a Cork underage representative side on 20 October. Australia won the match 105–12, in front of 2,867 fans at Páirc Uí Rinn in Cork on the Wednesday night, prior to the opening test in Limerick.

Squads

Ireland			Australia
Name	Team	Position	Name	Team	Position
Anthony Tohill	Derry	Coach	Mick Malthouse	Collingwood	Coach
15. Steven McDonnell	Armagh	Captain	Adam Goodes	Sydney	Captain
10. Finian Hanley	Galway	Vice Captain	Matthew Boyd	Western Bulldogs	Vice Captain
2. Colm Begley	Laois		Kade Simpson	Carlton	Vice Captain
3. Bernard Brogan	Dublin		Dane Swan	Collingwood	Vice Captain
4. Graham Canty	Cork		Patrick Dangerfield	Adelaide
5. Sean Cavanagh	Tyrone		Dustin Fletcher	Essendon	Goalkeeper
6. Martin Clarke	Down		James Frawley	Melbourne
1. Stephen Cluxton	Dublin	Goalkeeper	Bryce Gibbs	Carlton
7. Brendan Donaghy	Armagh		Sam Gilbert	St Kilda
8. Leighton Glynn	Wicklow		Tyson Goldsack	Collingwood
9. Daniel Goulding	Cork		Todd Banfield	Brisbane
11. James Kavanagh	Kildare		Brad Green	Melbourne
12. Paddy Keenan	Louth		Garrick Ibbotson	Fremantle
13. Tadhg Kennelly	Sydney		Kieren Jack	Sydney
14. Sean McDermott	Roscommon		Jarrad McVeigh	Sydney
16. Ciaran McKeever	Armagh		Leigh Montagna	St Kilda
17. Kevin McKernan	Down		Jack Riewoldt	Richmond
18. Brendan Murphy	Carlow		Eddie Betts	Carlton
19. Michael Murphy	Donegal		Daniel Cross	Western Bulldogs
20. Kevin Reilly	Meath		Travis Varcoe	Geelong
21. Michael Shields	Cork		David Wojcinski	Geelong
22. Tommy Walsh	Kerry		Paul Duffield	Fremantle
23. Emmet Bolton*	Kildare		Liam Picken	Western Bulldogs
24. Gary Brennan*	Clare
25. Gary Connaughton*	Westmeath
26. Benny Coulter*	Down
27. Eamonn Fennell*	Dublin
28. Johnny McCarthy*	Limerick
29. Niall McNamee*	Offaly

*Reserved on Standby

Matches

See also

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

References

1. "Aussies keep composure to secure series win". The Irish Times. 1 November 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
2. "Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh set for final match". RTÉ Sport. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
3. Price, Matthew (19 February 2010). "Australia–Ireland Tests confirmed for October". AFL. Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
4. Witham, Jennifer (8 October 2010). "No room for Ablett in International Rules squad". AFL. Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
5. "Tohill names Aussie Rules six". Belfast Telegraph. 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
6. Phelan, Jason (29 July 2009). "AFL, GAA put back International Rules to 2010". AFL. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
7. "Tohill calls on Bolton and McNamee". GAA.ie. 19 October 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
8. "Aussies show no sign of rust". The Irish Times. 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
9. "Australia too strong for Cork students". GAA.ie. 20 October 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
10. "Australia denies Ireland". AFL.com. 24 October 2010. Archived from the original on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
11. "Ireland 40 (1–8–10) – 47 (0–14–5) Australia". RTÉ Sport. 23 October 2010. Archived from the original on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
12. "Below-par Ireland just about hang on". The Irish Times. 23 October 2010. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
13. "Irish suffer from rotten core skills". Irish Independent. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
14. Witham, Jennifer (31 October 2010). "Aussies sweep series". AFL BigPond Network. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
15. "Ireland 52–55 Australia (92–102 on agg)". RTÉ Sport. 30 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
16. "Irish effort comes up just short". Irish Times. 30 October 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
17. "Gutsy Ireland fall short as series ends on a high". Irish Independent. 31 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.

External links

• Media related to 2010 International Rules Series at Wikimedia Commons

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