Rival bosses keen on clean contest

AUSTRALIAN manager Kevin Sheedy shares the philosophy of Pete McGrath that there should be no thuggery in the International Rules Series.

But ahead of this morning's (10.45am) second test in the Telstra Dome, Sheedy made it known that he didn't think the player who injured Irish defender Tom Kelly in a high tackle should have made a public apology.

It was "an accident", Sheedy said, explaining that player had been following through in a tackle allowed in Australian football.