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Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, October 25 2007 @ 12:05 pm ACST

The small part of the story about possible future international competition is purely an extrapolation if the trends continue - I accept they may not.

I don't think the fact that the O'hAilpins were born in Australia particularly rules them out as genuine Irishmen.

I agree with the point about most of the recuits thus far being half back types. But Clarke may well become a midfielder, Setanta a full back (but has also been used up forward), and if the experiment continues to yield success there are plenty of bigger Irishmen who may also be recruited.

Regarding State of Origin, it appears to have died again as the support is not there from the clubs. The AFL can't make them do what they don't want to do. Part of that relates to some clubs thinking too many players will be used, giving them a premiership season disadvantage, and with so many states competing there is no way to fit in a genuine series. Whereas we have seen that a 2 game international series has more chance of being played (International Rules).

And who would come and watch it? Plenty turn up for the hybrid series, so a well promoted true Aussie Rules international would draw too in Australia. IF there was a decent stadium to play Aussie Rules in Ireland on a large scale, would the Irish turn up to see their boys come home and represent them? We can't know for sure, but I suspect they would. Anyway, this is all just speculation about a possible future.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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