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Jack Anderson: the lessons Down Under for the GAA and Irish sport

The problems facing professional sport in Australia may help illuminate a path forward for the Association here. 
Jack Anderson: the lessons Down Under for the GAA and Irish sport

MEN AT WORK: Thomas Clarkson, Finlay Bealham, Maro Itoje, Owen Farrell and Tom Curry. Pic: INPHO/Billy Stickland

Living in Melbourne, I was going to write about the Lions vs the Wallabies at the MCG on Saturday. 

It now looks like the old ground should be near full. About 45% of Melbournians claim British or Irish ancestry and swelled by large number of working visa backpackers, builders and bankers, as well as Lions’ package tourists, the MCG will be a red sea hoping to part for that rare thing - the promised land of a winning Lions test series.

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