| Event | International Rules Series | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Australia won by 10 points | |||||||
| Date | 22 November 2014 | ||||||
| Venue | Patersons Stadium, Perth, Western Australia | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Luke Hodge (Australia) | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Conor McManus (Ireland) | ||||||
| Referee | Simon Meredith (Australia) Marty Duffy (Ireland)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 38,262 (Sell-out)[2] | ||||||
The 2014 International Rules Series (officially the 2014 Virgin Australia International Rules Test[3]) was contested between Gaelic footballers from Ireland and Australian footballers from Australia. The 18th series of international rules football since the concept's inception in 1984, Ireland entered as defending champions, with Australia seeking their first series win since 2010. The match was played at Perth's Patersons Stadium on Saturday 22 November.[4]
Unlike previous years, the series was reduced to a single one-off Test match, which Australia won 56–46 to record their first series win in four years and the Cormac McAnallen Cup. The win also levelled the overall series wins between the two sides at 9–9. Selection eligibility was again altered for the Australian team, with only players previously selected in an All-Australian team eligible to represent Australia.[5]
- ^ Meredith: 'Unders' could get Ireland over the line against Aussies
- ^ "Rules Test is a sell out". Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ See here for confirmation
- ^ Big names, rule tweaks to put the "prestige" back into International rules
- ^ Irish Invention! Eddie McGuire and Shane Warne to revive International Rules? Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine