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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| Full Name | Australian international rules football team |
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| Nickname | None |
| Strip | Navy blue with narrow yellow and green sashes, and the Australian Coat of Arms |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Sport | International rules football |
| League | None |
| First season | |
| Ground | see International Rules Series page for information on venues |
| Club Song | "Advance Australia Fair" |
| President | |
| Coach | Mick Malthouse |
| Captain | |
| 2008 | Lost 0:2 to Ireland |
The Australia 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 comprised 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 the Ireland international rules football team since 1998 after being first being played in 1984. It has been very evenly contested, with each side winning five series since 1998. The series was not held in 2007 following a fiery 2006 series, before being revived for the 2008 International Rules Series, which saw Ireland win back the Cormac McAnallen Cup by winning both matches in Australia.
An elite squad of Under-17 Australian juniors took on Irish counterparts of the same age group yearly from 1998 until 2006, with the series also adjourned in 2007. The Ron Barassi Medal is awarded to the best player from each country in the two-match series, with notable Australian winners including David Neitz (1991), Mark McVeigh (1998), Joel Corey (1999), Luke Hodge (2001), Troy Chaplin (2003) and Joel Selwood (2005).
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Jim Stynes Medal: Kade Simpson [3]
*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. [4]
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**Lindsay Gilbee and Sam Fisher only played in the first game.
***Brett Peake and David Mundy only played in the second game.[5]
Jim Stynes Medal - Andrew McLeod
Jim Stynes Medal - Nathan G. Brown
Coach:Garry Lyon
Jim Stynes Medal - Brent Harvey
Jim Stynes Medal: Andrew Kellaway
Jim Stynes Medal - Matthew Lloyd
Jim Stynes Medal - James Hird
Jim Stynes Medal - Jason Akermanis
Jim Stynes Medal - Stephen Silvagni
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