Last Tuesday marked a milestone for retired Cork footballer Brid Stack, who was picked up by AFLW side Greater Western Sydney Giants as an…
Last Tuesday marked a milestone for retired Cork footballer Brid Stack, who was picked up by AFLW side Greater Western Sydney Giants as an…
Gaelic or Irish football has historical references to around the 14th century, so this article in no way claims that Australians invented the game…
The 2017 International Rules series gets underway in Adelaide as Australia and Ireland do battle for the Cormac McAnallen Cup. The match is scheduled…
It takes pioneering spirit to push for a sporting concept to get off the ground. Most know the basic history of Australian rules football…
The International Rules Series divides opinion. A Fox Sports poll showed that, as of Saturday, 54 per cent of 3525 voters rated the exercise…
An Irish woman at the National Young Writers’ Festival in Newcastle. Bar filled mostly, I’d expect, with people who understand AFL. I haven’t a…
The AFL should do the humane thing and put International Rules out of its misery after the second and final test tonight on the…
The few remaining hairs on Anthony Tohill's head were under threat on Thursday as the Ireland coach pondered his team's so-called advantage with the…
The 2011 International Rules series kicks off tomorrow week with the first of two games to be played at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne. The second…
With the Australian Indigenous side in Ireland for the International Rules series, it's worth remembering that there is a genuine Australian Football competition in…
With the Australian Indigenous side in Ireland for the International Rules series, it's worth remembering that there is a genuine Australian Football competition in…
With the Australian Indigenous side in Ireland for the International Rules series, it's worth remembering that there is a genuine Australian Football competition in…
[caption id="attachment_28315" caption="GWS coach Kevin Sheedy addresses players (L-R) Josh Bruce, Tom Kickett and Adam Flagg before a training session at Blacktown Olympic Park,…
[caption id="attachment_28315" caption="GWS coach Kevin Sheedy addresses players (L-R) Josh Bruce, Tom Kickett and Adam Flagg before a training session at Blacktown Olympic Park,…
[caption id="attachment_28315" caption="GWS coach Kevin Sheedy addresses players (L-R) Josh Bruce, Tom Kickett and Adam Flagg before a training session at Blacktown Olympic Park,…
[caption id="attachment_29961" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Mick Malthouse talks to his team at 1/4 time during the AFL Round 03 match between St Kilda Saints and…
It’s been a sad week for the Irish rugby community as it said goodbye to one of its favourite sons, Moss Keane, who has…
So what do the Irish really think of Aussie Rules? Having spent some time in the heart of the Irish Republic recently, I took…
St Kilda have signed an Irish Gaelic football star to the AFL club's roster for two years. Tommy Walsh, 21, will join the Saints…
This is an issue that to some is claimed as being a 'non-issue'. But that's nonsense. It is pretty well at the heart of…
A GAA official has recently announced that they may consider introducing the 'mark' into Gaelic football. It is among a raft of new experimental…
Faster, higher, stronger. If you don’t recognize it, it is the official motto of the modern Olympic games. But it also describes football perfectly.…
Essendon have signed their first international AFL rookie, putting Irish teenager Michael Quinn on their list. The 18-year-old trialled with the club late in…
[caption id="attachment_12136" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Ireland players celebrate their win after the Second Test of the 2008 International Rules Series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground…
[caption id="attachment_12136" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Ireland players celebrate their win after the Second Test of the 2008 International Rules Series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground…
[caption id="attachment_12136" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Ireland players celebrate their win after the Second Test of the 2008 International Rules Series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground…
Last Tuesday marked a milestone for retired Cork footballer Brid Stack, who was picked up by AFLW side Greater Western Sydney Giants as an…
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Irish players have no doubt enhanced both the AFL and the AFLW. Trailblazers such as the Melbourne Demons were the first…(more)