Australia interested in International Rules test in New York

The Australians may have left New York for Dublin on Monday but the Big Apple will be very much on the AFL’s agenda when they sit down for lunch with the GAA tomorrow.

Although GAA officials have some reservations, AFL chief executive Gill McLachlan believes there are genuine grounds for an International Rules test to be staged in New York either as a one-off or one half of a two-test series next year.

The suggestion was first floated last year by AFL football operations manager Mark Evans.