Darragh Ó Sé defends International Rules in wake of brother’s criticism

Ireland selector Darragh Ó Sé has defended the International Rules in the wake of his younger brother Marc’s stinging criticism of the hybrid game at the weekend.

Ó Sé was only made aware of his sibling’s comments following Sunday’s first test in Adelaide.

Writing in his Irish Mail On Sunday column, Marc, who like Darragh and Tomás represented Ireland, blasted the concept as a “bastardised game”, claimed he never felt like an international player when he lined out in 2006 and called for the competition to be culled.