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Hybrid sports are those sports which combine two or more existing sports in the creation of a new sport. The most popular hybrid sport played today is international rules football.
Some hybrid sports are still played today. The Irish sports of hurling or camogie have been combined with the Scottish sport of shinty to create composite rules shinty-hurling.
The highest-profile hybrid sport played today is international rules football, a combination of Gaelic football and Australian rules football. The International Rules Series, an annual series of two games between representative teams from Ireland and Australia, attracted sell-out crowds during its 2006 edition.
Chess boxing is a hybrid sport which combines the sport of boxing with games of chess in alternating rounds. Chess boxing fights have been organized since early 2003. The sport was started when Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh, inspired by fictional descriptions of the sport in the writing of Enki Bilal, organized actual matches. The sport has become increasingly popular since then.[1] To succeed players must be both skilled chess players and skilled boxers.
American football and Australian rules football were also combined during World War II to create a game call Austus. However this hybrid sport had not been recorded as being played since the war.
Rugby league and Australian rules football were combined briefly to form a game called universal football, however this has only ever been trialed.
A proposed hybrid of Australian Rules Football and rugby league known as Universal football was formulated, and a test game played, but was never taken any further.
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