AUSTRALIA’S new International Rules coach has offset his own inexperience in the hybrid code by appointing three men with first-hand knowledge of the game to his coaching staff.

THE Australian selectors have picked a young squad, well-suited to International Rules, for the two-Test series against Ireland, according to coach Garry Lyon.

Australian coach Garry Lyon has named his 27-man squad ahead of the International Rules test series against Ireland Down Under later this month.