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Hybrid team sport between Australian rules and Gaelic football
the senior men's competition between the AFL and GAA

International rules football (Peil na rialacha idirnáisiunta; also known as international rules in Australia and compromise rules or Aussie rules in Ireland) is a team sport consisting of a hybrid of football codes, which was developed to facilitate international representative matches between Australian rules football players and Gaelic football players. The first tour, known as the Australian Football World Tour, took place in 1967, with matches played in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The following year, games were played between Australia and a touring County Meath Gaelic football team, Meath being the reigning All Ireland senior football champions. Following intermittent international tests between Australia and Ireland, the International Rules Series between the senior Australia international rules football team and Ireland international rules football team has been played intermittently since 1984, and has generally been a closely matched contest. The sport has raised interest and exposure in developing markets for Gaelic and Australian football and has been considered a development tool by governing bodies of both codes, particularly by the AFL Commission. International rules football does not have any dedicated clubs or leagues. It is currently played by men's, women's, and junior teams only in tournaments or Test matches.

International rules has been played in various locations throughout North America and the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, and Australia and New Zealand between fledgling Australian rules football and Gaelic football clubs. In 2006, an exhibition match between South African youth teams and an Indigenous Australian touring side composed of players from the Clontarf Foundation, led by Sydney's Adam Goodes, was held at Potchefstroom. The University of Birmingham holds an annual International Rules match between its Australian Rules football team and its Gaelic Football team, with the 2013 edition won by the Australian Rules team 56–55, before a crowd of over 400 students. In the International Rules Series, the most well known International Rules event, Australia and Ireland are at an impasse, with 10 series wins apiece. Most recently in 2017, Australia defeated Ireland with two Test wins and an aggregate score of 116–103.

The Australian Amateur Football Council has sent an amateur Under 23 All Australian team to Ireland in both 2005 and 2008. The Australian amateur team wore a different jersey to the AFL representative side, dark green and gold, with a kangaroo emblem. Recently, the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) has sent a squad of players sourced from the top six divisions of its competition to tour Ireland and play various clubs and representative teams. So called "masters" series featuring teams made up of players aged 40 and above and Ladies' series, unsanctioned by the AFL and GAA, have sporadically been played. In 2024 an over 40 men's, over 50 men's and over 40 women's series was played in and won comprehensively by Ireland, and featured former AFL player Jason Akermanis as head coach of one of the Australian teams. +Amateur matches Date Teams Stadium Location Attendance Notes 2005 AAFC (U 23) 17 def. byIreland GAA 105 Croke Park Dublin, County Dublin N/A 2005 AAFC (U 23) 30 def. byAll Ireland Universities 34 University Grounds National University of Ireland, Galway N/A 2008 AAFC (U 23) 55 def. byDonaghmore Ashbourne 60 Killegland West Ashbourne, County Meath 2,500 2011 VAFA 28 def. Donaghmore Ashbourne 26 Killegland West Ashbourne, County Meath 2013 VAFA 0.10.9 (39) def. byCombined Dublin Universities 4.10.3 (57) St Vincent's GAA Club Marino, Dublin, County Dublin