Australian International rules football team

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This article concerns the men's team; for information on the Australian women's team, see Australia women's international rules football team.

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Australia squad, 2010 International Rules Series.jpg
Union Australian Football League
Emblem(s)               
Coach(es) Australia Rodney Eade (2011)
Captain(s) Australia Brad Green (2011)
Largest win
Australia Australia 69 – 31 IrelandRepublic of Ireland (2006, 2nd Test)
Largest defeat
Republic of Ireland Ireland 80 – 36 Australia Australia (2011, 1st Test)

The Australian International rules football team is Australia's senior representative team in International Rules football, a hybrid sport derived from Australian rules football and Gaelic football. The current team is solely made up of players from the Australian Football League.

Although Australian rules football is played around the world at an amateur level, Australia is considered far too strong to compete against at senior level. Hence, selection in the Australian international rules team is the only opportunity that Australian rules footballers have to represent their country. Until 2004 the majority of the men's Australian squad was composed of members of the All Australian Team, as well as other outstanding performers from the season. In 2005 the decision was made to select players best suited to the conditions of the hybrid game, which resulted in a younger, smaller and quicker team being selected.[1]

The International Rules Series has been played annually against Ireland international rules football team since 1998 after being first being played in 1984. Australian under age teams have been represented in the past, as well as a women's team in 2006. Australia will next host the International Rules Series in 2011.

Contents

[edit] Squads

[edit] 2011

Jim Stynes Medal: James Kelly[2]

[edit] 2010 (Tour to Ireland)

Jim Stynes Medal: Dane Swan[3]

[edit] 2008

Jim Stynes Medal: Kade Simpson[5]

*Max Rooke was named in the initial squad, but did not play due to illness. He was replaced in the squad for the second game by Josh Hunt.[6]

[edit] 2006 (Tour to Ireland)

[7]

Jim Stynes Medal – Ryan O'Keefe

*Brendan Fevola was an emergency for the first game, but was sent home before the second game due to misconduct in that he was involved in a fight at a pub.[8]

**Lindsay Gilbee and Sam Fisher only played in the first game.

***Brett Peake and David Mundy only played in the second game.[9]

[edit] 2005

Jim Stynes Medal – Andrew McLeod

[edit] 2004 (Tour to Ireland)

[10] [11]

Jim Stynes Medal – Nathan Brown

[edit] 2003

Coach:Garry Lyon

Jim Stynes Medal – Brent Harvey

[edit] 2002 (Tour to Ireland)

Jim Stynes Medal: Andrew Kellaway

[edit] 2001

Jim Stynes Medal – Matthew Lloyd

[edit] 2000 (Tour to Ireland)

Jim Stynes Medal – James Hird

[edit] 1999

Jim Stynes Medal – Jason Akermanis

[edit] 1998 (Tour to Ireland)

Jim Stynes Medal – Stephen Silvagni

[edit] Australian Honour Roll

[edit] Honour roll

Series Captain(s) Goalkeeper(s) Jim Stynes Medal Coach Result
1998 Wayne Carey Stephen Silvagni Stephen Silvagni Leigh Matthews Ireland (128-118)
1999 Nathan Buckley Stephen Silvagni Jason Akermanis Dermott Brereton Ireland (122-114)
2000 James Hird Andrew Kellaway James Hird Dermott Brereton Australia (123-98)
2001 Michael Voss Darren Gaspar Matthew Lloyd Garry Lyon Ireland (130-105)
2002 Shane Crawford Andrew Kellaway Andrew Kellaway Garry Lyon Australia (101-95)
2003 Shane Crawford Glen Jakovich Brent Harvey Garry Lyon Australia (101-94)
2004 James Hird Simon Goodwin Nathan Brown Garry Lyon Ireland (132-82)
2005 Andrew McLeod & Chris Johnson Dustin Fletcher Andrew McLeod Kevin Sheedy Australia (163-106)
2006 Barry Hall & Dustin Fletcher Dustin Fletcher Ryan O'Keefe Kevin Sheedy Australia (109-79)
2008 Brent Harvey Nathan Bock & Michael Firrito Kade Simpson Michael Malthouse Ireland (102-97)
2010 Adam Goodes Dustin Fletcher Dane Swan Michael Malthouse Australia (102-92)
2011 Brad Green Matt Suckling James Kelly Rodney Eade Ireland (130-65)

[edit] Australian caps

Note: this table is incomplete and includes players' caps from 1998

Player AFL Team Series Number of Caps[12]
Brent Harvey North Melbourne 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008 9
Nathan Brown Richmond 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 8
Craig Bradley Carlton 2000, 2001, 2002 6
Dustin Fletcher Essendon 2005, 2006, 2010 6
Kade Simpson Carlton 2006, 2008, 2010 6
Matthew Lappin Carlton 2001, 2005, 2006 6
Andrew McLeod Adelaide 2000, 2001, 2005 6

[edit] Trivia

  • 3 players have captained Australia and also won a Jim Stynes Medal: James Hird, Brent Harvey and Andrew McLeod
  • Stephen Silvagni and Andrew Kellaway are the only 2 goalkeepers to win a Jim Stynes Medal
  • Every Australian captain has been a captain of their respective AFL club
  • Kade Simpson is the only Jim Stynes Medallist not to have been named in an All-Australian team
  • The Melbourne Cricket Ground (4), Subiaco Oval (3), Docklands Stadium (2), AAMI Stadium (2) and Metricon Stadium (1) have hosted International rules games in Australia
  • The 2007 Series was cancelled due to Australian team on-field violence in the 2006 Series

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lienert, Sam (10 October 2005). "Australia names agile squad". News.com.au. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,16870943-23211,00.html. Retrieved 2008-11-17. [dead link]
  2. ^ Kelly Aussie's best
  3. ^ AAP (31 October 2010). SportsAustralia.com. http://sportsaustralia.com/articles/news.php?id=8333. Retrieved 2010-12-13. 
  4. ^ Crowley, Hayden, Selwood in Rules squad; 8 October 2008
  5. ^ AAP (31 October 2008). "Ireland win match and Rules series". The Age. http://news.theage.com.au/sport/ireland-win-match-and-rules-series-20081031-5fl7.html. Retrieved 2008-11-17. 
  6. ^ Josh Hunt joins Aussie squad; 28 October 2008
  7. ^ Australian Panel 2006
  8. ^ Nick Higginbottom, Mark Stevens and Sam Edmund; AFL demands Fevola apology; 2 November 2006
  9. ^ Aussies thump Ireland to regain trophy; RTÉ; 5 November 2006
  10. ^ "Irish terriers tear through Australia" theage.com.au 26 October 2004. URL accessed 7 September 2006
  11. ^ "Irish Lyon gives tour squad seal of approval" abc.net.au 5 October 2004. URL accessed 7 September 2006
  12. ^ Schmook, Nathan (19 October 2010). afl.com.au. http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=104205. Retrieved 2011-07-22. 

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