Ireland manager Joe Kernan believes more dialogue between county teams and referees should be encouraged.

Paul Murphy is hoping the changes to the GAA calendar from 2018 will contribute a less hectic end of year schedule in Kerry.

As Ireland prepare to introduce as many as three new faces to their squad for Saturday’s second test in Perth, Joe Kernan says Ireland must score at least three goals to stand a chance of winning the series.

The City of Brotherly Love could soon be on the agenda for the International Rules as Philadelphia have been earmarked as a potential venue for a test match.

A defiant Conor McManus insists Ireland have more room for improvement in Saturday’s deciding test in Perth.

As Joe Kernan keeps his fingers crossed that three of his bug-stricken players will be able to play some part in the first test, the Ireland International Rules manager has underlined the importance of the two referees doing their job tomorrow.

Having only turned 20 in July, he is the youngest player on the Ireland International Rules panel but Seán Powter isn’t afraid to speak up for himself.

His future with the Geelong Cats looks more than secure but Zach Tuohy retains the ambition of wearing a senior Laois jersey for the first time.

International Rules demands more skill than Gaelic football, according to Kildare midfielder Kevin Feely.

The prospects of a tempestuous first International Rules test on Sunday are growing as the Australian camp have again spoken about having the physical edge on Ireland.

Young footballer of the year candidate Seán Powter could join Douglas teammate Eoin Cadogan in the Ireland panel to face Australia.

Joe Kernan has named his 21-man squad for the International Rules tests with Australia next month.

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.

Ireland’s International Rules prospects have been boosted by the likely inclusion of a number of Australian based AFL players for this year’s series.

Ireland’s All-Star full-forward line were the thorns in the side of a star-studded Australia as the home team recaptured the Cormac McAnallen Trophy in Croke Park this evening.

Bernard Brogan will captain Ireland in this month's International Rules tests against Australlia, as manager Joe Kernan names five Dubs in the squad.

The GAA has confirmed today that Joe Kernan is the new Irish international Rules manager.

The GAA and the AFL have confirmed Ireland will play Australia in an International Rules game in Croke Park later this year - on Saturday November 21.

Paul Earley has lifted the lid on Ireland’s International Rules preparations over the last two years, revealing intriguing team talks from Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley and an Australian hockey legend.

IT now seems all but certain that there will be no International Rules Series played next year with the fixtures between Ireland and Australia reverting to a biennial arrangement.

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly last night rejected criticism from Ladies football chief Helen O’Rourke on the timing of this year’s International Rules series.

THE decision to stage the first of the Coca Cola International Rules Tests at Pearse Stadium in Salthill in October has been welcomed by the GAA in Galway.

MOST players would favour the International Rules series being played every second year, according to GAA director general Liam Mulvihill, who added that such a format would ease the pressure on the GAA’s creaking fixtures calendar.

JIM STYNES has slammed the agreement reached between the GAA and AFL aimed at preventing Australian clubs recruiting Irish teenage footballers.

SYDNEY Swans AFL footballer Tadhg Kennelly yesterday returned to a Catholic girls school in Wollongong to apologise again for pulling a teammate's shorts down in front of the students.

AS GAA chiefs discuss the future of the International Rules series with the Australian Football League, the AFL are planning a tri-nation competition involving Ireland and South Africa.

A MASSIVE 98% of respondents to an internet GAA poll have rejected the idea that the International Rules U17 series should be scrapped if young Irish players continue to be lured down under by Australian Rules clubs.

IT will need more than a tightening up of the playing rules if the International Rules Series is to continue, Cork GAA Secretary Frank Murphy believes.

THE chairman of the West Waterford GAA Board last night joined the increasingly large number of people who want the International Rules series scrapped.

WESTMEATH County Board secretary Paddy Collins has taken former Dublin minor and AFL star Jim Stynes to task for ‘trivialising’ the violence in the second test in Melbourne in the International Rules Series.

STADIUM chiefs have lodged a planning application for Croke Park floodlighting - and plan to light up next year’s International Rules series against Australia.

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly explained yesterday why he did not condemn foul play by Australia in the second International Rules test more strongly.

DERRY stalwart Sean Marty Lockhart has called a halt to his 14 Test International Rules Series career.

TWO of the leading figures in the GAA are opposed to continuing with the International Rules Series unless and until the Australian Football League consents to a more disciplined approach and to the adoption of a new regulation that would properly penalise players who are red-carded.