International Rules Series 2014 Highlights - Australia v Ireland

[@Redkaa]

I wish this were an actual series and we versed other countries. Once a year isn't enough..

[@DV-zv4ox]

Redkaa I wish there was a league for this. As a football and AFL supporter, i can't get enough of International Rules. Takes the best elements from both sports and blends them into something really special

[@dexistence19]

Daniel S I totally agree, but you do realize that this is actually a combination of AFL and Gaelic Football (not soccer), right? Unless by "football" you are referring to Gaelic football, in which case my comment is completely unnecessary lol.

[@liam5316]

dexistence19 no he means that Gaelic is a mixture between afl and soccer I think, he obviously doesn't know that international rules is different to Gaelic

[@shannen1499]

Redkaa yeah but make it Aussie rules

[@ramankhanuja468]

Redkaa

[@campbellbryant8279]

3:36 Sounds like something out of a Dr. Seuss book.

[@trentwatson4651]

Campbell Bryant hahahah

[@krisgately1582]

Chicken.

[@user-xt7jq8qp9x]

😂😂😂

[@iFrogro2]

@@mufc3316 if you respond to my comment. I will become a soccer fan and tell everyone how great you are

[@njlopezfa6514]

Iam an American and I have never seen a sport like this it's amazing to watch

[@stoney7145]

Well its only played once a year between two national teams and two different sports.The Irish team are gaelic footballers and the aussies are Aussie rules players.The game they play is a mixture of the two sports.Soccer is not apart of it though,but gaelic football has characteristics of soccer thats what you see here

[@rylancoppin]

Watch the Afl

[@archiepalmer7543]

Watch afl

[@rickydarcilover5581]

njlopez FA . Search KZbin for, What is AFL? It explains some basic rules and is a great insight for a newcomer.

[@alexhinterreiter129]

Wait till you see an actual AFL game!

[@adammilne5856]

It's weird seeing all these players who have never played with each other. At the the end with clarko and Selwood was strange as well

[@tomkeegan3782]

I miss these games, I hope they can soon resume.

[@kevinmeyer5025]

One day someone said "lets take Rugby Union, Aussie Rules and Soccer and lets put all those together and throw in some Gaelic Football rules for fun" and this awesome sport was born. I just wish that other countries would start playing this XD

[@BigBlack81]

Kevin Meyer Honestly, it's the future of both codes internationally if they would get over certain issues and export this game ruthlessly to all corners of the globe. There are so many expats that play both codes in every land, America particularly and square fields are much more common worldwide. Both leagues would do well to turn this game into a more competitive version of IRB sevens, IMO.

[@stoney7145]

Square fields,but much smaller than a gaa pitch.A GAA pitch.You could put too soccer pitchs side by side.The AFL promotes aussie rules and thts the game they want played internationally not this bastard game.The GAA has two sports which they want to promote not this game.Promoting this game is only going to confuse people it will not promote the games.People will not want to play gaelic or aussie rules ,but this hybrid instead which is fine,but its not what these associations are for.The problem for the GAA is two fold is it can only do it with football not hurling so hurling would be forgotten about second the players would have to be full time if they are going to play abroad and theGAA is amateur and prides itself on being amateur

[@ruairimasun1073]

I'd like to see Americans play it. Their version is sort of similar

[@stoney7145]

Soccer and rugby have nothing to do with it.Its a hybrid of gaelic football and australian football so the top players in each code could represent their country since neither is played outside their countries at a high level

[@jakeoregan1184]

Kevin Meyer soccer?

[@lukiebartlett]

Nice rhyming from the Australian commentator when Australia had possession in the second quarter. The whole; Robbie Gray, Stevie J and McVeigh play!

[@shanaedianite3197]

Karn Aussies, Fletcher you LEGEND!!!!

[@shebet100]

Should have got chaill in for a few 6 pointers

[@Dias1283]

I am 34 years old and from Germany, until two weeks, i never heard a word about gaelic football. I Love this game, it is so wonderful, please more

[@irishlongswordboland3114]

This is not gaelic football its a crossover between Gaelic and aussie rules.Search for all ireland football final 2017 thats the world cup of gaelic football even though its just ireland dias

[@rickydarcilover5581]

Dias . Entirely different to Gaelic football. Check out KZbin for, What is AFL. Great explanation for a new comer.

[@remixcity8410]

To be fair, it's really pros v part-timers, as our Gaelic footballers aren't professional, they have jobs and the afl lads are pro.

[@djbreadman39]

Cry more. Can’t accept the fact that another nation outlasts you in a sport that you are very passionate about

[@darrynaustin6379]

It's 90% Gaelic football so Ireland should be more dominant

[@blakebird4496]

Afl players picked this sport up in a couple weeks and beat you at it 😂

[@mdjcsmith]

Awesome game with an awesome atmosphere at Subi. Would love to see this at a full house at Optus Stadium one day

[@fredrikrugby]

5:31 you know it's going to be a goal when the Irish started playing soccer

[@ruairiose7335]

5:32 and it clearly went out of play and all

[@harrybarnett4005]

4:13 Chad Wingard. What a legend. (coming from an adelaide fan)

[@beneagers5773]

At half time my galic club when on at half time i scored but crashed heads with somebody when i stood up everbody started claping and i went up on the big screen one off the best moments ever in my life

[@biffgee6797]

It's 2023 and I just saw this. Awesome and exciting! Way better than football, even American football!

[@ronanbyrne7486]

Fair play to the Aussies, put out something close to their best side and it showed in their interplay. Good skills and space appreciation and most importantly discipline, The fitness levels are the key though Pro's Vs Amatuers should always only be one winner. The GAA lads have come on light years in terms of their fitness levels, but there's a ceiling when you have day jobs that take priority and you can see it in the body shapes of the players form both sides.. IR is one of those things where if it's allowed to die off we'll only really appreciate it's value when it's gone. Really needs to be a three game series though, so teams can get into it....

[@ronanbyrne7486]

Our boys would adapt to a sherrin handy enough I believe, most Irish young lads are multidisciplinary in that they play a wide variety of sports into teenage years so a lot would have rugby backgrounds as well (given their sizes mainly as backs). Yep I know larger footie, but not too dissimilar in kicking actions nowadays (a lot players use Aussie Rule kicking style at every level now). I think we've seen that with the AFL Irish imports, it's not the footie that is the major adjustment it's changing to a professional mindset where your sport is your job and the discipline's required. Fitness/Stamina is the major issue at IR level for us though, three weeks together pre matches is not enough to make up the gap. The main barrier 'amateurism' is a bastion of the GAA, so would need a fundamental change in attitude at the top level of Gaelic Games to see that happen. Would love to see it happen, but there are major potential downsides to that happening. I don't know how familiar you are with GAA structure in Ireland. Basically kids play at school, for local clubs, then their native county (of which there are 32 in Island of Ireland). Even in the amateur era there are dominant counties in both Gaelic Football and Hurling. If the game went professional then these counties would continue to dominate and also demand most of the revenue which over time would mean the collapse of the games in weaker counties.

[@ronanbyrne7486]

So is the top division of that like the third tier of Rules? AFL, VFL and then VAFA...

[@stoney7145]

+Ronan Byrne Professionalism on a full time basis is a non runner there isn't the money.Take your average county board with an average budget of 1million they would have to pay the average industrial wage to a squad of 25 players of 40000 euro so there entire budget would have to go on paying the players.Only 4 counties at most could do this.Yes you could have semi professionalism and a match fee for the all ireland finals.You have dual counties to consider as well not even dublin could field professional teams in football and hurling

[@stoney7145]

+ijk240695 Intercounty Gaelic footballers are not paid,but otherwise they train like professionals so they would probably completely obliterate a vafa team

[@samiam7241]

Ronan Byrne Completely agree, As an Australian it's a bit unfair when professional Aussie Rules players put out your full strength squad while you Irish lads actually have part time jobs. Still it's great to watch a wierd mix of World Football (soccer), Aussie Football, Gaelic Football and rugby

[@oldbill420]

as a canadian we get about 2 afl matches a week here. i think its quite an exciting game. this international rules game almost seems better though. i wish canada or other countries would play this. i like how it combines the physical/big man nature of AFL with goalies and soccer-type stuff from gaelic rugby. great event. will try to find a stream for 2015. cheers to all the fans on both sides. hope this event continues and maybe grows into something bigger...???

[@oldbill420]

charlie toon watching mike pyke and the sydney swans right now in fact :)

[@oldbill420]

charlie toon watching mike pyke and the sydney swans right now in fact :)

[@stoney7145]

Its gaelic football not gaelic rugby.Soccer has nothing to do with

[@tomkeegan3782]

I too would love to see Canada USA and Britain field teams in this, it would then be more international. I've also seen some comments from Argentina, maybe they'd join in too!

[@TechAndi2]

Fletcheeer

[@gezzarandom]

Don't normally see the match pan out like this, usually Ireland start fast and Australia come back at them, but still this was a great game.

[@remixcity8410]

I love international rules I'm Irish

[@MajesticSkywhale]

really great to see the irish getting a bit more physical!

[@stevofegan7991]

Watch a sport called hurlin. It's 1 of 2 Irish sports and it's physical as well as being the fastest ball game in the world

[@inakie7756]

I'm a Football or Soccer fan or however you say it but wow this is fun to watch

[@jordancoates6168]

This would be played here in Tasmania as a one off match

[@alexpontifex7397]

THIS IS AMAZING

[@XxRandomGuyxX-qi2hx]

Did Campbell Brown kick it into his own net?

[@HenryHodgesHikes]

This is AMAZING

[@jaguar.ssingh3295]

if this was played in todays age, almost every player in this would be sent to the tribunal. This is peak times

[@biggiedii4889]

Can someone explain to me how this works? Is this Irish Gaelic footballers vs Aussie Afl players? How does the scoring system work?

[@largechips]

6 points for a goal in the back of the net (Can be kicked or thrown), 3 points for a kick over the crossbar but between the posts, 1 point for a kick between the goalposts and the point post.

[@DeityoftheRepublic]

This year's All Australian team is nowhere near as good as 2014..

[@seltobgy]

this needs to go global!!

[@jakeedavisee5327]

What sport is this it’s like my country’s sport Aussie rules mixed with galic football

[@creasemason6347]

If only Ireland played their best team... Gooch Cooper, Bernard Brogan, Diarmuid Connolly, Cillian O'Connor

[@greensheep_6832]

This should be an Olympic sport

[@soltaylor6439]

I LOVE how they played men at work instead of the national anthem 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ethanhammond4343]

This is a savage game

[@julza2117]

AFL Is the best and better then American football

[@stoney7145]

+Julian Przesmycki This isn't afl its a combination of gaelic football and australian football

[@remi5758]

stoney71 yeah but it's still the best

[@Josh-hq2kj]

JULZA 21 L

[@carletonclements4931]

N.F.L. is garbage.

[@joelkohinga8513]

Lik others are saying there should be a series thing of this all the best soccer/football/FIFA players with all the best footy players and also add the best gridiron and rugby players, spread them out evenly maybe add a couple rules that apply to both rugby and gridiron and then this game would attract many fans from all around the world! Me being a fan of most sports (although NBA is my favourite) this would be majorly enjoyable!

[@breezy5878]

If it was an all soccer team they would get smashed.

[@joelkohinga8513]

Jezus Dibble that is why I said spread all the players out.. :)

[@breezy5878]

Jay Kay82 I don't think soccer players could handle it.

[@breezy5878]

Jay Kay82 Sorry, I know they can't handle it.

[@joelkohinga8513]

Jezus Dibble haha agreed but conidering they're are athletic they may survive

[@james_fr.1]

What sport is this

[@tajhfeltham8290]

Is this Gaelic Football?

[@ehwewrestling6370]

Amazed

[@kyle69boss]

ok so wtf happened at 7:56 ??? it is the irish goals.. what am i missing here.?

[@jenniferross6718]

how good is fletcher

[@flexieRexy]

Who Australian here?

[@jasmined4326]

Who would Connor Mckenna play for? Cause he's Irish, but he plays AFL, so which side would he choose?

[@largechips]

He would be on Ireland since he is an Irish citizen.

[@matildalyons8191]

This is a very cool sport

[@johnligma499]

Make this as a league it would be good as

[@jandrews4071]

Who is the Australian goal keeper

[@ShellShock34]

Dustin Fletcher

[@coolcoconuts4453]

This is fucken awesome international rules really needs to be international

[@jamesmichalek2451]

Start the series again why did it stop?

[@Lnch4ALion]

The Aussies tend to punch too many Irish heads

[@largechips]

Covid. We were meant to have a series in 2020 and 2022, but they were postponed. Haven't heard anything since then though.

[@Mark-by1ud]

never seen this game before ...

[@sammywalz3764]

Round ball?

[@boringlyamusing366]

So is this basically Aussie rules combined with Gaelic Football

[@alixk25]

are these goalkeepers afl/gaa players? both looked a bit clumsy compared to soccer keepers. have they thought of recruiting soccer keepers? the job seems to be exactly the same.

[@shanaedianite3197]

For austrailia the goal keeper was Dustin Fletcher > Bomber legend

[@centuryuncle8347]

It's a rep match solely between the AFL and GAA - they're not going to recruit anyone outside of either league for it.

[@maxferraro8243]

Old man

[@maxferraro8243]

GAA had only one Irish afl player from brisbane

[@stoney7145]

Soccer keepers if they are good enough can play for either australia republic of ireland or Northern ireland if their good enough they don't need to play this game to rep their countries

[@giancarlovanini4769]

this sport is more spettacular in the worlld sorry forma. my english

[@jacobhawkins7515]

good old aussie footy players. they're just so fit lol. they're just winging the rules ahah

[@pauledwards9416]

Such a tougher game than AFL

[@millertas]

I like the rule where if you are on the ground (on all fours) you cannot pick the ball up and go.

[@mohuuul2524]

Mat Ryan as GK

[@jakeoneill9387]

How does scoring work?

[@jordancoates6168]

If one goes over the soccer net it is 3 points in soccer net is 6 points and the other side goals are just 1 point

[@kevinmeyer5025]

If the ball goes into the net (like the soccer goal) its 6 points and is called a "goal". If it goes over the crossbar (the goal) with the net but between the 2 middle poles, its 3 points and is called an "over". If it goes between the outer and inner poles on both sides its 1 point and is called a "behind". Anything outside of the those poles is worth nothing and is called a "wide"

[@stoney7145]

GAELIC NOT FECKIN SOCCER

[@vliqxd923]

This is how Australia should play every game no excuse most of them playing do this for there living

[@caseycrowell7106]

I watched this game

[@dimp9922]

what sport is that?

[@breezy5878]

Dimp 992 Gaelic Football. Mix between Soccer and AFL.

[@breezy5878]

BreezyAustralian And a bit of rugby.

[@dimp9922]

ok

[@MetriKKarMa]

Dimp 992 Thats not true. This is mix between Gaelic Football and Aussie Rules Football. The national sports of Ireland and Australia.

[@TimothyGreenTRiG]

+Dimp 992 International Rules Football (a.k.a. Compromise Rules Football). It's a combination of Gaelic Football and Australian Football, and is only played once a year (between an Irish team which usually play Gaelic and an Australian team which usually play AFL), so none of the players are that familiar with the game. It's an oddity for both teams, but they're coming to it from different directions and have different strengths.

[@Cricket-hc8yo]

Can someone please explain these rules

[@stoney7145]

Because nobody knows its a hybrid sport of gaelic and australian football unless you are familiar with one of these its hard to explain it.I recommend looking at gaelic irish football rules explained by ninh ly and his australian football video.Basically the ball is a gaelicfootball(not soccer) the field is gaelic the goal posts are basically gaelic ,but they are two extra posts there aussie.The tackle is aussie the mark is aussie the playing time is a mixture of the two.They are a few other rules from neither code.Handling rules are mostly aussie and travelling rules are both.They change the rules quite often

[@DBB314]

Wouldn't a soccer goalkeeper be better in this scenario - surely Matt Ryan should be selected if available or the best aussie keeper

[@cygil1]

Yes but no soccer player's contract will allow them to play for either the GAA or the AFL. They wouldn't even be released for national soccer if it wasn't a FIFA requirement.

[@HatterTobias]

Goals should've been 9 points instead of only 6, seems like if it's only 6 the value's not worth the risk

[@joshhenderson9773]

I see more of the Gaelic sport in this, so why isn't Ireland dominating? Plus, the things they added from Aussie rules, benefits, it isn't hard to learn.

[@joshhenderson9773]

Seán Leahy I see more than just that, but eh.

[@joshhenderson9773]

Seán Leahy Yeah, but Ireland leads it all.

[@joshhenderson9773]

Seán Leahy I believe Ireland leads the whole series.

[@stoney7145]

well if you do watch the all ireland football finals

[@aflgeek6734]

awesome pick up 3:50

[@stoney7145]

It was very good,because it was an aussie.In gaelic football you can not pick the ball up with your hands,so that pick up is fairly common

[@jordancoates6168]

Over soccer net is 3 points in soccer net is 6 points and the outside poles are just 1 point

[@stoney7145]

GAELIC FOOTBALL NET

[@irishlongswordboland3114]

Its a gaelic net

[@ReaLzEdits]

WINGAARRD

[@nicolechallis6370]

Is there any tigers?☺

[@mitchellcleveland8063]

what is this sport?

[@-nolan-]

Mixture between Gaelic Football (Ireland) and Aussie rules ( Australia), just a small friendly they do some years

[@AzWazzZa]

Half Irish Gaelic Football, and half Australian Rules Football. (AFL) Australia vs Ireland every year, I think in November or December.

[@MackenzieBergPlaceSunnybank]

Use an afl ball and we'll see the differences between the scores. Aus would flog Ireland

[@MackenzieBergPlaceSunnybank]

+Maurice Buren but having a rectangle field and using a soccer ball isn't too much like soccer??

[@MackenzieBergPlaceSunnybank]

Oh and can't forget the fact that they have goalies :)

[@ballsey1011]

It isn't a mix between soccer and Aussie Rules though, it is a mix between Aussie Rules and Gaelic Football

[@stoney7145]

Go and look up gaelic football.You will find that the pitch is to big to be a soccer pitch..Gaelic football uses a ball like soccer it has goalkeepers.But you are allowed to use your hands and you get a point for kicking or punching the ball over the cross bar.A soccer pitch is about 100 by 70 metres a gaelic pitch is 140 by 90 metres that is quite a diffference

[@stoney7145]

they are goalies in gaelic football

[@bender9407]

is this basketball, soccer, or rugby?

[@rorylawrence]

Okay firstly it isn't gaelic football. Its called international rules. But basketball??? Whot

[@bender9407]

rorylr When i posted this i was making a joke

[@rorylawrence]

Luciano Olmos yeah i responding more to the other person

[@stoney7145]

No its a mix of gaelic football and australian football.

[@greattobeadub]

Seeing has Australia had the cream of a professional game you should expect them to win against the amateur GAA players. It would be nice to see them against the GAA all-stars.

[@KRW1612]

Most of the Australian squad finished AFL 3 months ago and have been overseas on 'end of year' rec leave. The Australians came together one week before this game with many of them never used a round ball before. It was obvious that the Irish read the ball in the air better than the Aussies and I'm sure if the oval ball was used the reverse would be the case.

[@dirtgames13]

KRW1612 Exactly

[@marchellinogerald44]

I wish that I could see the best association football players play against either the ireland team or the aussie team in international rules footy...

[@breezy5878]

Marchellino gerald The soccer players won't make it past the first quarter.

[@SSJ32Gohan]

BreezyAustralian wut..... football (soccer) requires way higher fitness than afl/rugby

[@breezy5878]

SSJ32Gohan Talking about the tackles.

[@SSJ32Gohan]

BreezyAustralian well then it depends which country the soccer players are from. australian soccer players would handle AFL fine. maybe not asians or mexicans

[@breezy5878]

SSJ32Gohan No, Aussie soccer players won't handle it fine. It's like a hockey player playing rugby. They're not cut out for the sport. If soccer players dive in soccer, then imagine what they'd do in afl.

[@_c3a3m_88]

Is this Gaelic fooball

[@_c3a3m_88]

+Nathan Neville I know now

[@souravpr5559]

Its a rugby...its a football...its a basketball.....no mate ...its AFL

[@Lnch4ALion]

No it's international rules

[@TigerTeepOz]

is this basically soccer and footy

[@irishlongswordboland3114]

No its gaelic football and aussie footy not feckin soccer.Why would soccer need to team up with the AFL.Soccer is damn boring but it has 100s of national teams and is the most popular sport in the world gaelic football isn't neither is aussie rules so they have to invent a hybrid in order to have international competition

[@irishlongswordboland3114]

x7 its gaelic football soccer has not to do with it

[@TigerTeepOz]

Dude Its soccer and FOOTY GET IT RIGHT

[@lucasking42]

that was a bit of a comeback

[@_LBPRODZ]

8:16 that Irish bloke though he could pull that off😂

[@cola-z9219]

Imagine being the Irish goalie and realising pretty early on aussies weren’t shooting for 6 🤣🤣

[@ebonfrost4243]

Sick

[@themoviehobbit355]

1:36That stiff arm Offt

[@yomimiyo985]

Qué demonios es esto?

[@narwilliam]

So this is basically afl with a soccer ball on rugby field? haha that's kinda weird

[@narwilliam]

Seán Leahy Tell me the differences

[@narwilliam]

DazzerPazzer None of that, not everyone is into the same sport. No sport is really superior to any other sport.

[@stoney7145]

+Narwilliam |Aussie commentary and gaming videos| its not a rugby field either its agaelic football field which is about 20meters wider and 20metres longer depending on the ingoal area used on arugby field which varies quite a lot.

[@harleyjeanes-grant4269]

+Narwilliam |Aussie commentary and gaming videos| IKR , but it is awesome

[@eli_0214]

It's International Rules actually

[@baddow1654]

I would prefer to see an Australian and irish team in Gaelic football and aussie rules rather than mix the two sports although it is very entertaining

[@avarma6313]

they should scrap this and bring back state of origin

[@joshspranks5904]

I was there❤️

[@NinjoOnline]

Australia should just get a soccer goal keeper. Would suck for the afl player who has to play goal keeper

[@irishlongswordboland3114]

That would be defeating the purpose of the excercise.There would be no point to the whole excercise if you started including players from sports that already have loads of international competition.

[@irishlongswordboland3114]

ninjo thats incredibly stupid.This is a crossover between the gaelic footballers of ireland and the aussie rules footballers soccer has nothing to with it

[@KRW1612]

Don't you have a goalie in Gaelic Football??

[@tsb_macca_5975]

Go Aussie

[@sheridanireland3016]

this is boss

[@jacktran3516]

Australians would be happy it would stop the soccer-footy rivalry on which sport is better in austalia

[@irishlongswordboland3114]

Its gaelic football and aussie rules soccer has nothing to do with it

[@themoviehobbit355]

Soccer 😂

[@Aid0]

What is this game what is that ball here is the sherrian

[@jj9749]

Imagine if they had Dustin Martin, Papley, Touhy, Hawkins, Toby Greene

[@leenewton5580]

If they got rid of the stupid overs post this would be really good game

[@mysuperblog]

Wonder how many people yelled out "BALL!" at 2:46 out of instinct.

[@harrybarnett4005]

+Andre Nah, more at 2:54

[@harleyjeanes-grant4269]

+Harry Barnett I yelled it nearly the whole game XD Some of them I was just like BAAALLL!! COME ON YOU FUCKIN UMP!

[@jecos1966]

Bring back state of orgin

[@cola-z9219]

This is better than AFL… is it concerning. No! We have a great game in this game and other countries would play. I say move afl towards this.

[@parkway131]

Imagine if that aussie team was an actual afl side. They would win grand final after grand final