| Emblem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Union | Australian Football League | |
| Head coach | Chris Scott (2017) | |
| Captain | Shaun Burgoyne (2017) | |
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| Biggest win | ||
 Australia 69 – 31 Ireland (2006, 2nd Test) | ||
| Biggest defeat | ||
| Ireland 116 – 37 Australia (2013, 2nd Test) | ||
TheAustralia international rules football team isAustralia's senior representative team inInternational rules football, a hybrid sport derived fromAustralian rules football andGaelic football. The current team is solely made up of players from theAustralian Football League.
Although Australian rules football is playedaround the world at an amateur level, Australia is considered far too strong to compete against at senior level.[citation needed] Hence, selection in the Australian international rules team is the only opportunity that Australian rules footballers have to represent their country. Until 2004, the majority of the men's Australian squad was composed of members of theAll-Australian team as well as other outstanding performers from the season. In 2005, the decision was made to select players best suited to the conditions of the hybrid game, which usually resulted in a younger, smaller and quicker team being selected.[1] However this was reverted to the All-Australian model ahead of the2014 series. For the2013 Series only, the decision was made to select an all-Indigenous team, known as theIndigenous All-Stars.[2] Because of the severely limited playing pool, the Indigenous All-Stars lost by an aggregate of 101 points over the two Tests, including a record-breaking 79-point defeat in the 2nd Test.
Competing in theInternational Rules Series, the only team Australia plays against is theIreland international rules football team. The series has been played intermittently since 1984. Australian under-age teams have been represented in the past, as well as awomen's team in2006. Australia last hosted the International Rules Series in2017.
Jim Stynes Medal: Harry Taylor
Jim Stynes Medal: Luke Hodge
Jim Stynes Medal: Ashley McGrath[6]
Jim Stynes Medal:James Kelly[7]
Jim Stynes Medal:Kade Simpson[10]
*Max Rooke was named in the initial squad, but did not play due to illness. He was replaced in the squad for the second game by Josh Hunt.[11]
Jim Stynes Medal – Ryan O'Keefe
*Brendan Fevola was an emergency for the first game, but was sent home before the second game due to misconduct in that he was involved in a fight at a pub.[13]
**Lindsay Gilbee and Sam Fisher only played in the first game.
***Brett Peake and David Mundy only played in the second game.[14]
Jim Stynes Medal – Andrew McLeod
Jim Stynes Medal – Nathan Brown
Coach:Garry Lyon
Jim Stynes Medal – Brent Harvey
Jim Stynes Medal: Andrew Kellaway
Jim Stynes Medal – Matthew Lloyd
Jim Stynes Medal – James Hird
Jim Stynes Medal – Jason Akermanis
Jim Stynes Medal – Stephen Silvagni
Note: includes players' caps from 1984 – 2014.[17]
| Player | Club | Series | Number of Caps |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Harvey | North Melbourne | 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2014 | 10 |
| Terry Daniher | Essendon | 1984, 1986, 1990 | 9 |
| Steve Malaxos | Claremont/West Coast | 1984, 1987, 1990 | 9 |
| Craig Bradley | Carlton | 2000, 2001, 2002 | 9 |
| Gary Pert | Collingwood | 1984, 1986, 1987 | 8 |
| Tony McGuinness | Footscray | 1986, 1987, 1990 | 8 |
| Rohan Smith | Footscray | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 | 8 |
| Shane Crawford | Hawthorn | 2000, 2001, 2002 | 8 |
| Nathan Brown | Western Bulldogs/Richmond | 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 | 7 |
The 1984–1990 Australian teams wore a traditionalAustralian rules sleeveless guernsey in plain gold. The teams of 1998–2011 wore a predominantly navy blue Gaelic football style guernsey, with either a green or gold v or green and gold sash. TheIndigenous All-Stars team which represented Australia in 2013 wore a unique Indigenous-styled guernsey. Ahead of the 2014 test match, the Australian guernsey was significantly altered, in favour of a mix of green and gold, with the traditional v-shape.[18]
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