Indigenous players for Rules

Australian Rules officials are considering sending a team made up of indigenous players to meet Ireland for this year’s International Rules series.

Australia will travel to Ireland in October this year for a two-test series and AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou admitted an all-indigenous team was a possibility.

“Yes, it is one of the options we are now considering,” Demetriou told the Footy Show.

Demetriou has not yet spoken to Croke Park officials about the possibility of Australia’s team being comprised entirely of indigenous players, but said it had been discussed by the AFL.

“We have canvassed the views of indigenous players,” Demetriou said.

The 2013 series will be the first played since the passing of Irish-born AFL legend Jim Stynes.

The two-test series on October 19 and 26 will be played as a tribute to the Melbourne Brownlow medallist.