Aussie win marred by Johnson’s madness

Australia 63 Ireland 42

In one moment of madness, he floored Irish players Philip Jordan and Mattie Forde with punches to the face which were condemned by Irish manager Pete McGrath as horrendous and regarded by Sheedy as unacceptable.

And, to rub salt into Irish wounds genuine in the case of the two players, along with Cork's Anthony Lynch who was also hit in the same incident Johnson was able to come back on after being dismissed and receive the Cormac McAnallen trophy with co-captain Andy McLeod. That was after superior football again, laced with an over-aggressive approach in the most physical of the recent tests in the International Rules Series, earned Australia a record 57 points aggregate victory.