International Rules series safe for now

The much-maligned International Rules series appears to have been given another reprieve after Croke Park decided to remove it from the agenda of Saturday’s specially-convened Central Council meeting.

The future of the hybrid competition between Ireland and Australia won’t now be discussed until after November’s Test in Perth.

This is in spite of several counties in votes last month expressing their opposition to the series continuing as part of the second report published by the Football Review Committee (FRC).