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and Dolan traded overs, yet a crucial goal mid-way through the quarter by arguably
Ireland's best player - Padraig Joyce - gave Ireland an insurmountable 44-35 lead with one quarter to play. Brown continued playing out of his skin in the fourth quarter, notching his seventh over at the halfway mark
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The second test was a far more competitive affair, a brilliant lightning quick first quarter being punctuated with a pre-game brawl and a canine intrusion on the pitch, much to the comic relief of the spectators. Journalists noted how the
Australian physicality returned with more vigorous tackling
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being very unlucky not to score a major six-pointer to stretch the Aussie lead. At halftime it was the
Australians leading 26-23. The third quarter proved to be the Achilles heel for Australia, early third quarter overs to Joyce and Coulter giving the homesters the lead for the first time in the
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forced to withdraw due to injury or fatigue. Regardless, it remained a robust line-up, with 18 of the 26-man squad finishing in the top six of their club's best-and-fairest count that year. Australia warmed up for the series with an impressive 14-point win over a Dublin club side, winning 55-41.
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resulting in a goal to the latter helping
Ireland take a 28-5 lead at quarter time, the Australians lacking the familiar physical touch they had come to be renowned for. Trailing 36-10 mid-way through the second quarter, the Australian cause was left in dire straits when
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frenetic opening quarter finished with some classy scores to
Cavanagh and Kennelly. Locked at 12-12 with three quarters to play, the Australians upped the ante in the second quarter, Brown not missing an opportunity up forward and
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Ireland, who won both test matches by comfortable margins and recorded their sixth overall series victory. The series was the first to be played under the new trophy name of the
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and being cruelly denied a goal by a decisive Irish block in the dying moments, yet he was the only bright spot in a disappointing tour for
Australia. For Ireland, the likes of
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scored overs to push out the lead into double figures and the final two minutes were played out with little resistance from the visitors, leaving captain Joyce to lift the
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as manager of
Ireland. The Australian selection panel was forced into many last minute team changes, with 17 of the original 24 selected players drawn largely from the
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Australia goal. Ireland led 43-13 at half time. After halftime, a more competitive Australian side emerged from the tunnel, and two early overs from
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tried hard for Australia in the midfield and managed some consolation overs, it was the Irish players who ran out the game better, overs going to
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and Dolan again, yet the decisive moment came with a goal to Joyce which left the visitors trailing 57-31, only moments after a
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team captain, whose death that year from a heart condition came after he had represented Ireland in the previous three series.
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cut through the middle like a knife through butter before skillfully slipping the ball along the ground past the diving
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for much of the game and appeared to pay dividends. Despite captain Hird and Ireland's
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returned for his fourth and final series as coach of the Australian side, whilst
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Comparison of Australian rules football and Gaelic football
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with a 55-41 test match win, an aggregate score of 132-82.
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was dominated by Ireland, with a hat-trick of overs from
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863:Brown, Riewoldt, Ball, Jones, Solomon
842:Overs: Brown 7, Riewoldt 2, Jones 2,
627:IRL: McDonald, Coulter, Dolan, Joyce
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565:Ireland win by 36 points
318:The first test match at
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916:Stephen McBurney (Aus)
684:Stephen McBurney (Aus)
466:First test (17 October)
914:Michael Collins (Ire)
682:Michael Collins (Ire)
223:Stephen McBurney (Aus)
221:Michael Collins (Ire)
156:Stephen McBurney (Aus)
154:Michael Collins (Ire)
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1001:Ireland reign supreme
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257:was the 11th annual
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304:Pete McGrath
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1695:Collingwood
1664:Rising Star
1598:Grand Final
1321:World tours
903:Attendance
775:0.11.2 (35)
740:1.11.5 (44)
671:Attendance
514:3.11.6 (57)
396:Alan Brogan
341:Mal Michael
169:Second test
1796:Categories
1750:West Coast
951:References
889:Croke Park
837:Goals: Nil
772:0.8.2 (26)
769:0.4.0 (12)
737:0.6.5 (23)
734:0.3.3 (12)
657:Croke Park
549:1.6.7 (31)
546:0.3.4 (13)
511:2.9.4 (43)
508:1.7.1 (28)
381:Joe Bergin
361:James Hird
320:Croke Park
300:Garry Lyon
228:Attendance
161:Attendance
135:Croke Park
90:First test
1725:Melbourne
1720:Kangaroos
1705:Fremantle
1513:Australia
1307:Australia
1156:Dal Santo
1121:J. Bolton
1116:C. Bolton
869:Injuries
829:Scoring (
809:Scoring (
764:Australia
637:Injuries
603:Scoring (
583:Scoring (
543:0.1.2 (5)
538:Australia
446:Australia
386:Luke Ball
306:replaced
271:Australia
179:Australia
105:Australia
47:Australia
1740:St Kilda
1735:Richmond
1715:Hawthorn
1700:Essendon
1680:Adelaide
1228:Riewoldt
1223:Rawlings
1187:Hudghton
1176:Haddrill
1096:–
924:See also
911:Umpires
679:Umpires
423:Source:
246:→
237:←
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1690:Carlton
1518:Ireland
1312:Ireland
1252:Coach:
1233:Solomon
1217:Michael
1212:McVeigh
1192:Johnson
906:60,515
744:1.13.10
729:Ireland
674:46,370
503:Ireland
431:Ireland
389:match.
267:Ireland
218:Referee
184:Ireland
150:Referee
100:Ireland
42:Ireland
1781:Trades
1771:Debuts
1745:Sydney
1612:Awards
1576:Events
1207:McPhee
1166:Embley
1151:Crouch
1126:Bowden
893:Dublin
885:Venue
779:0.13.2
715:Total
661:Dublin
653:Venue
518:3.17.8
489:Total
418:Squads
289:Tyrone
231:60,235
164:46,370
139:Dublin
1197:Jones
1171:Green
1161:Didak
1146:Corey
1141:Bruce
1136:Brown
1131:Braun
851:Best
801:Date
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575:Date
553:1.9.8
210:Venue
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27:Event
1508:2006
1492:2020
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1395:2001
1390:2000
1385:1999
1380:1998
1364:1990
1359:1987
1354:1986
1349:1984
1333:1968
1328:1967
1255:Lyon
1219:(gk)
1202:Kirk
1181:Hird
1111:Ball
1051:2013
1025:2013
977:2013
880:Nil
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875:Nil
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275:1998
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239:2003
202:Date
123:Date
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859:AUS
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