20 teams confirmed for Euro Cup 2011

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20 teams confirmed for Euro Cup 2011

Authored by: Aaron Richard
on Saturday, October 01 2011 @ 08:25 am ACST

I agree entirely with Tom - and to add to it, there's an important difference between the status of Northern Ireland and the status of Wales and Scotland which a lot of Australians might not understand.

Namely - Wales and Scotland are historic entities with a long tradition of a separate national identity to the English.

Northern Ireland, however, is an entity that essentially springs from the Irish war of independence and civil war in the 1920s, and it's still a sore spot for many Irishmen, both in the north and in the Republic, that the whole of Ireland isn't one political body.

Emphasising the division just reopens the wounds of the violence between loyalists and republicans that has gone on for so long - which is another reason that in almost all sports the whole of Ireland is represented as one team.

Furthermore - saying that the Euro Cup is being hosted by "Northern Ireland" isn't correct. It's being hosted by the ARFLI, which governs footy in the whole of the island of Ireland.

20 teams confirmed for Euro Cup 2011

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Saturday, October 01 2011 @ 12:08 pm ACST

But of course politics is everywhere, even delving into this most posters are kind of suggesting it's good that they play as one, which in itself could be seen as ignoring the wishes of some people.

Which is why I think it's better that we generally steer clear of the issue altogether and I generally just say that the players and Leagues should do what they want, and as far as I know, in this case, AFL GB are happy for Ireland to compete as one, ARFLI is happy with it, and unless I hear otherwise I'd assume the players are mostly happy with it.

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