Australia offers trip of a lifetime for Irish sports fans

IRISH sports fans travelling to Australia this autumn will have the opportunity of supporting the national side in two codes, over a two-day period.

Ireland's second and decisive Test encounter in the Compromise Rules Series, will be played 24 hours prior to Ireland's last World Cup rugby Pool A group game against the Australians.

Both games will be played in Melbourne, with the GAA game on Friday, October 31, at the Telstra Stadium. The rugby encounter is on the following night at the Docklands Stadium