American footballers try out Gaelic Games

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Sat, 30 Aug, 2014 - 11:58

Grainne McGuinness

GAA headquarters is playing host to a very different sport today - American football hits town in the shape of the Croke Park Classic.

The match between Penn State and UCF is the opening game of the 2014 American college football season and the players arrived In Ireland earlier this week to prepare.

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