Do you enjoy a good sports brawl? Do you mark your calendar for days when Ron Artest returns to Detroit? Are you slightly melancholy about the bankrupcy of EliteXC? You’re in luck! The International Rules Football Series resumes tomorrow!
Yes, the hybrid of Australian Football and Gaelic Football — which could have been something interesting if it hadn’t degenerated into an on-the-pitch brawl every year — will be played in Perth tomorrow and in Melbourne next week, and the Irish team is already vowing to get physical with the Aussies. The Australian side, meanwhile, is saying it plans to tackle within the rules, but it’s damn near impossible to know what those rules are by now. This could just be Gaelic Football with marking and behind posts. It makes you wonder how many times the AFL and GAA can restart this party before people just get annoyed by it.
If you want to watch this spectacle in the US, it’ll be on Setanta Sports live early Friday morning, with a replay at 6:00 PM ET. Same goes for next weekend. Given the Premier League slate this weekend — most of the interesting games are on Sunday, thanks to the Champions League and European N.I.T. schedule — it might be worth saving for Saturday morning. Nothing like waking up to a little cartoon violence on Saturday, no?
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1 The Morning Constitutional // Oct 24, 2008 at 7:37 pm
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2 Simon // Oct 26, 2008 at 4:54 pm
So no major punch up or incidents . Ireland ahead by a point ,set up nicely for next week
3 coops // Oct 30, 2008 at 2:14 am
just when you thought AFL couldn’t get stranger… for real big hits check this out from the NRL http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3yKKX78ByU