AUSTRALIA coach Rodney Eade has clarified his remarks about Gaelicfootball not having evolved incomparison to Australian Rules.

ANTHONY TOHILL has dismissed his opposite number Rodney Eade’s suggestion that Gaelic football hasn’t evolved over the last 100 years.

WHEN the International Rules series ground to ahalt in Croke Park on Saturday night, it radiated a healthy glow.

FIRST they conquered the round ball. Now it seems the Australians are quickly coming to grips with the Irish climate.

Australia are reporting no injury worries ahead of tomorrow's International Rules second Test against Ireland at Croke Park.

AUSTRALIAN defender Paul Duffield believes Ireland will attempt to pick up at Croke Park from where they left off in Limerick.

GRAHAM CANTY admits Ireland have ‘a lot of improving to do’ if they are to overcome Australia in Saturday’s second and decisive International Rules Series Test at Croke Park.

IRELAND captain Steve McDonnell believes his side will learn from Saturday’s defeat to Australia in Saturday’s unimpressive opening test of the International Rules Series.

IN comparison to so many of its dynamic, high-octane, hard-hitting, predecessors in so many other years, this opening round of the two-game 2010 version of the International Series was a vastly subdued affair.

Ireland manager Anthony Tohill was a relieved man after his side avoided an Aussie whitewash with a strong final quarter performance in last night's International Rules first Test at Limerick's Gaelic Grounds.

IRISH boss Anthony Tohill believes that the Australians improved skills with the round ball means his squad no longer have a clear advantage ahead of tonight’s International Rules First Test in the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

AUSTRALIAN International Rules coach Mick Malthouse is ‘very hopeful’ that Down star Marty Clarke will return to Melbourne to resume his AFL career.

AUSTRALIA got their trip to Ireland off to a successful start in Páirc Uí Rinn last night, but it’s a moot point as to whether they gleaned much information before the decisive clashes that lie ahead.

Australia made a winning start to their 2010 International Rules tour of Ireland, with a comprehensive 105-12 victory over a Cork Colleges selection under the Pairc Ui Rinn floodlights in Cork tonight.

IRISH International Rules selector Kevin O’Brien has warned against underestimating Mick Malthouse’s young and inexperienced touring Australians ahead of the upcoming two-test series.

MARTIN CLARKE’S former Collingwood team-mates will sound the Down playmaker out about the possibility of returning to the AFL when they visit Ireland as part of the Australian international rules squad next month.

THE glamour clash with Setanta Ó hAilpín may not have materialised but Tadhg Kennelly still made the most of his trip to Melbourne as Sydney solidified their play-off position with a comfortable victory over Carlton.

THE AFL has confirmed that Mick Malthouse will remain as manager of the Australian International Rules side that tours Ireland in October, despite being disciplined for a “highly offensive” exchange of words with an opposition player.

The 2010 International Rules Series has been confirmed for October this year, the GAA and the Australian Football League (AFL) announced today.

SETANTA O hAILPÍN’S hopes that he had established himself in a specific role on the Carlton team have been dashed as the Cork man has been named at full-back for the Blues’ clash with Port Adelaide on Sunday.

ONLY now, in the reflected glory of a hugely-successful International Rules Series, with another exciting victory for Ireland in the MCG having the added symbolism of a Tyrone captain lifting the Cormac McAnallen Cup, can we appreciate the significance of the AFL’s choice of manager.

Australia have put an International Rules debutant in goal for tomorrow's first Test against Sean Boylan's Ireland side in Perth.

FORMER Australian captain Nathan Buckley supports the sanctions that have been put in place to compel players to adhere to the rules.

AUSTRALIAN coach Mick Malthouse will not ask his players to rein in their natural aggression despite the future of International Rules depending on their behaviour, while Ireland captain Seán Cavanagh described the last Series, which was marred by violence as the “low point” of his career.

SEAN BOYLAN believes the Coca-Cola-sponsored Irish squad he has assembled is strong enough to reverse the trend of recent tests which saw Australia edge ahead 7-6 in the International Rules Series.

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.

MICK MALTHOUSE was yesterday confirmed as the new coach to the Australian International Rules team and the Collingwood boss has promised that there will be no repeat of the violent scenes that marred the previous two series.

Down teenager Martin Clarke made a composed start to his AFL career today as he debuted for Collingwood in their 76-57 Premiership win over Sydney Swans at the Telstra Stadium.