Compromise Rules tours set to take place every two years

THE future of international competition between the GAA and the Australian Football League will be debated in Dubai next week, when it’s expected an agreement will be reached to limit tours to every second year.

Yesterday, GAA president Nickey Brennan revealed that, based on preliminary discussions in January, there appeared to be a consensus in favour of the change from annual tours.

The Australians are due to come to Ireland in October, when they will play the first of two Compromise Rules tests in Pearse Stadium in Galway and the second in Croke Park. On that basis, Ireland won’t travel to Australia until 2008.