Eoin Cadogan was back training with Cork last night - but with a hurley and sliotar, not a football - confirming his decision to switch codes and commit to the Cork hurlers in 2018.

Despite the brilliance of Conor McManus and Michael Murphy, Ireland wilted in the Adelaide heat and have it all to do to retain the International Rules series in next Saturday’s test in Perth.

Cork's Sean Powter and Niall Grimley of Armagh have been confirmed as the final two tourists for the upcoming International Rules series.

Joe Kernan has admitted that the long-term future of the International Rules series remains uncertain, but the Ireland manager believes the concept remains popular among players and can flourish if arrangements are tweaked.

What do you do when your mentality is questioned? When the stain of losing tarnishes your reputation? Perhaps you call Jim McGuinness, or, in Newcastle West’s case, his brother-in-law.

This time last year, the champions of the black card were out in force. With good reason, too. Goals and points were being scored at a rate of knots. It was hailed as the answer to Gaelic football’s ills when in truth it was only a plaster.

Finian Hanley believes two of the playing innovations introduced for last year’s International Rules Series would curb the development of Gaelic football’s most worrying trends.

If the GAA and AFL are serious about re-energising the series, they should up sticks and bring it to New York<

I am not really a gambling man but when I see a gap in the betting markets, I sometimes make an investment.

It started with a text. Ciarán McDonald came home from a championship game with Aherlow when his phone chimed.

The AFL’s love affair with Irish football talent has found a new poster boy.

Meticulous scrutiny of Australian football matches was a central factor in Ciarán Sheehan’s selection on the Carlton side for this Saturday’s clash with Gold Coast.

Ciaran Sheehan will make his first start in the Australian Football League (AFL) for Melbourne-based club Carlton this Saturday against the Gold Coast.

Kerry club delegates want to abandon the International Rules Series and the Railway Cup.

Hurlers have been warned against altering their helmets.

The secretary of the Donegal Competition Controls’ Committee has warned of “a potential crisis” in 2014 with the postponement of the SFC and IFC until after the county team conclude their All-Ireland campaign.

Wednesday morning in a café in Portlaoise and Gordon Matthews, general manager for Rugby League Ireland, is responding to a query as to why people in this country should pay heed to the code’s World Cup which starts tomorrow and sees Ireland taking on Fiji, England and Australia in the obligatory group of death.

Highlights include the new Dracula and the return of Republic of Telly.

Angry with themselves, angry with what they claim to be exaggerated reports about their time off in Dromoland Castle and frustrated by their inability to make their greater physicality count.

He’s talking like an old pro now.

Cork duo Aidan Walsh and Ciarán Sheehan could miss the second Test of this year’s International Rules Series if the county IHC final is not postponed.

Dermot Earley believes the GAA should consider pooling individual sponsorship deals made by county boards and sharing the spoils in a more equitable fashion.

It has been ignored, ridiculed, blamed for the departure of every Irish player to the AFL, castigated for occasional outbreaks of violence and, more than once, even shelved. However, the International Rules Series is back. Again.

The GAA have confirmed the make-up of its Football 'Stars of the 1980s' team which will be honoured on All-Ireland SFC final day on Sunday, September 22 when Dublin meet Mayo at Croke Park.

Louth youngster Ciaran Byrne has put pen to paper on a two-year international rookie contract with Australian Rules club Carlton.

Paraic Duffy admits this autumn’s International Rules series could be a hard sell because of Australia’s decision to send an indigenous-only selection.

Sligo's Eamonn O'Hara has today called time on his long-standing inter-county senior football career.

Paddy Downey, whose death took place yesterday at the age of 84, was one of Ireland’s best-known and respected sports journalists, whose vivid prose and expertise on Gaelic games enriched the pages of The Irish Times for over three decades.

Kingspan Breffni Park, the home ground of Cavan GAA, has been selected as the venue for the first match in this year's International Rules Series between Ireland and Australia.

Tadhg Kennelly has admitted the Australian drugs scandal rocking the country could affect the AFL’s recruitment of Irish players.

Munster GAA chairman Sean Walsh has signed off on his term of office by reiterating his view that the GAA must introduce an Australian Rules-tackle into Gaelic football.

Dublin football legend Kevin Heffernan, who managed the Dubs to three All-Ireland SFC titles, has passed away at the age of 83.

Every year, in the run up to Christmas, Croke Park releases its Master Fixtures for the 12 months to come and more often than not it is digested and spat out by the masses within the blink of an eye.

Westmeath star Dessie Dolan will play no part in the county's All-Ireland Championship campaign this summer after electing to spend time in Boston.

Sean Cavanagh is almost certainly out of Tyrone’s Ulster SFC clash with Armagh at the Athletic Grounds on June 10.

Armagh sharpshooter Steven McDonnell used his Twitter page to announce his decision to retire from senior inter-county football tonight.

GAA chiefs are set to send a representative to Melbourne for the funeral of former Dublin minor footballer and AFL legend Jim Stynes, whose passing after a heroic battle against cancer has generated a huge outpouring of tributes in both Ireland and Australia.

FORMER young footballer of the year, Tommy Walsh, will be a big hit with his new AFL club Sydney Swans, according to the outfit’s head coach John Longmire.

OUT for dinner in Melbourne the other night a journalistic colleague recalled the night he interviewed Roy Jones Jnr.

COLM BEGLEY fears the future of the International Rules Series is in jeopardy after Ireland’s record victory over Australia in Friday’s first test.

SIX years after Australian captain Chris Johnson and Co. dragged the International Rules series into the mire there, Ireland return to the stadium previously known as the Telstra Dome.

Anthony Tohill has said that a clean, fairly-fought International Rules Series is vitally important for the future of the hybrid game between Ireland and Australia.

Colm Begley believes that GAA authorities should put measures in place so that players who are selected for International Rules duty avoid any potential 'club versus country' rows.