International Rules - 2 Saints + 1

dcstkfc · Post: # 1014050Post **dcstkfc** » Sun 10 Oct 2010 1:02pm

Is Colm Begley going to play?

saintbrat · Post: # 1015434Post **saintbrat** » Wed 13 Oct 2010 3:14pm

http://www.saints.com.au/news/newsartic ... fault.aspx

Due to leave this weekend, the boys will be joining 22 other players from 12 AFL teams to line up against the Ireland team as part of the international competition.

saintbrat · Post: # 1015439Post **saintbrat** » Wed 13 Oct 2010 3:19pm

dcstkfc wrote:Is Colm Begley going to play?

was in the inital training squad

There were no Down or Cork players at training as they prepare for next weekends All-Ireland Final but among the potential squad members were Leighton Glynn (Wicklow), Brendan Murphy (Carlow), Colm Begley, Donie Kingston (both Laois), Stephen Cluxton, Michael Darragh Macauley (both Dublin),Kevin Reilly (Meath), Emmet Bolton, Peter Kelly (both Kildare), CiarÃ¡n McKeever, Stevie McDonnell (Armagh) and Paul Finlay (Monaghan) ,Gareth Bradshaw (Galway) and Joe & Justin McMahon from Tyrone.

Bernard Brogan, Alan Brogan & Rory Oâ€™Carroll are set to be joined by the Kerry contingent at the next training session.bb

O'Brien has expressed delight at the level of commitment given by those in the Irish squad which will be announced on Thursday afternoon by manager Anthony Tohill

saintbrat · Post: # 1016271Post **saintbrat** » Fri 15 Oct 2010 3:17pm

Irish Squad announced
and includes

But former Kingdom stars Tommy Walsh and Tadhg Kennelly, who are plying their trade in the Australian Football League, have made the squad. There are six members of Tohill's panel who have experience of Aussie Rules - Walsh, Kennelly, Martin Clarke, Colm Begley, Michael Shields and Brendan Murphy

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/sport/mcdonn ... 77696.html

shmic_s · Post: # 1016382Post **shmic_s** » Fri 15 Oct 2010 6:16pm

Go Tommy! Good luck to the 3 saints boys playing.

oneteam · Post: # 1016405Post **oneteam** » Fri 15 Oct 2010 7:35pm

Beej wrote:More of this please:

Come on Aussies, g'wan and batter dem fookin' Oirish loike.

edit: Chris Johnson has to be one of the hardest and nastiest pieces of work I've ever seen on a footy field.

Great footballer.

He was and is an embarrassment. A thug. A disgrace. It's nothing to be proud of that like a coward, he hit unsuspecting players.

saintbrat · Post: # 1016423Post **saintbrat** » Fri 15 Oct 2010 9:03pm

broadcast http://www.afl.com.au/event%20broadcast ... fault.aspx
Test 1 - Limerick Sunday 24 October

Channel 7 â€“ 10am Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
7 TWO â€“ 10am Sydney, Brisbane ( acrtual game Time is 5 AM vic time)

Test 2 - Dublin Sunday 31 October

Channel 7 â€“ 10am Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
7 TWO â€“ 10am Sydney, Brisbane

saintbrat · Post: # 1016433Post **saintbrat** » Fri 15 Oct 2010 9:41pm

http://www.foxsports.com.au/AFL/aussies ... =FoxSports

FraserGehrig · Sat 16 Oct 2010 12:13am

Run through Swanny Tommy!!

thequarry · Post: # 1016514Post **thequarry** » Sat 16 Oct 2010 1:25pm

I'm really really looking forward to this now! I've seen Tommy in only a couple of Sandy games this year.

saintbrat · Post: # 1017484Post **saintbrat** » Tue 19 Oct 2010 2:28pm

http://www.hoganstand.com/int_rules/Art ... ?ID=137113

Aussies favourites.
Aussies will Rule in Test Series - Ladbrokes
15 October 2010

Australia are odds on 8/13 favourites to win the International Rules series according to Ladbrokes. Despite home advantage Ireland are outsiders at 6/5 to retain the Cormac McAnallen Trophy.

saintbrat · Post: # 1017486Post **saintbrat** » Tue 19 Oct 2010 2:31pm

Is Tommy's Brother Aidan? or Barry John?
http://www.hoganstand.com/int_rules/Art ... ?ID=137252

saintphantom · Tue 19 Oct 2010 2:33pm

International Hybrid game is crap.

I have no interest whatsoever. And the antics of Fev on the last rip just shows how serious players treat it.

Nothing like a working holiday. the Irish flogs treat it more seriously.

Personally I just hope no player from any club gets injured.

Get rid of this tripe...PLEASE!!!

saintbrat · Post: # 1017981Post **saintbrat** » Wed 20 Oct 2010 8:26pm

http://www.afl.com.au/offseason/interna ... fault.aspx
Jack's Diaries

It was my first meeting with those guys and we've bonded over the flight. I've also been getting along with Sam Gilbert and Leigh Montagna - there's been some good yarns already and we're only two days in.

saintbrat · Post: # 1017984Post **saintbrat** » Wed 20 Oct 2010 8:41pm

dcstkfc wrote:Hope they don't get injured.

Do the players nominate themselves or are they just selected with no prior consulatation?

apparently the selectors sent out letters to about 100 players around the middle of the year to get expressions of interest... and then worked from those who did...

Thinline · Post: # 1017985Post **Thinline** » Wed 20 Oct 2010 8:42pm

oneteam wrote:
Beej wrote:More of this please:

Come on Aussies, g'wan and batter dem fookin' Oirish loike.

edit: Chris Johnson has to be one of the hardest and nastiest pieces of work I've ever seen on a footy field.

Great footballer.
He was and is an embarrassment. A thug. A disgrace. It's nothing to be proud of that like a coward, he hit unsuspecting players.

That youtube clip illustrates it all perfectly.

The Paddies go into these things to incite bloody World War 3 by sniping like bastards with sneaky knees and elbows then squeal like stove top kettles when lo and behold the significantly larger Australians bite back.

Johnson coat hangered a bloke then whacked people who chose to remonstrate. His coat hanger was crude, but really, the rest was hardly in the realm of 'isolated acts of thuggery'.

HSVKing · Post: # 1018063Post **HSVKing** » Thu 21 Oct 2010 9:04am

LennyBoy wrote:Does anyone have any interest in this series?

I know you do with all the merchandise you wear.

Don't try hiding it now, after I said it was a Mickey Mouse series (good to see you agree now though!)

saintspremiers · Thu 21 Oct 2010 9:28am

saintbrat wrote:http://www.hoganstand.com/int_rules/Art ... ?ID=137113

Aussies favourites.
Aussies will Rule in Test Series - Ladbrokes
15 October 2010

Australia are odds on 8/13 favourites to win the International Rules series according to Ladbrokes. Despite home advantage Ireland are outsiders at 6/5 to retain the Cormac McAnallen Trophy.

The Irish really should just stick to drinking and making beer and whiskey.

those odds are silly - what the heck is 8/13 and 6/5 mean?

Fractions are old skool.

How about $1.20 and $1.35 instead so we can understand the odds!!!

HSVKing · Post: # 1018076Post **HSVKing** » Thu 21 Oct 2010 10:54am

saintspremiers wrote:How about $1.20 and $1.35 instead so we can understand the odds!!!

Works out to about...

Aus - $1.61
Ire - $2.20

saintbrat · Post: # 1018133Post **saintbrat** » Thu 21 Oct 2010 4:10pm

Jack's update
sounds Like he and sam have ' hit it off' and are trading barbs.
http://www.afl.com.au/offseason/interna ... fault.aspx

SaintSimmo · Thu 21 Oct 2010 9:49pm

more from jack riewoldt...

Sam Gilbert is alright but he's a bit immature

Montagna has been funny with some gags

saintbrat · Post: # 1018333Post **saintbrat** » Fri 22 Oct 2010 3:35pm

Sam Gilbert from Ireland this morning

http://sen.com.au/audioplayer/Audio/St- ... lbert/1277

saintbrat · Sat 23 Oct 2010 10:23pm

Game preview from the Irish side
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/spo ... 25098.html

There are conversely, positives for Anthony Tohillâ€™s side. Available this time is the experienced Tadhg Kennelly, Tommy Walsh, who the management two years ago were very frustrated to lose to club commitments after he had shown very well in the trials, and Martin Clarke, who flared brightly in the AFL with Australian coach Mick Malthouseâ€™s Collingwood.

There is also the reassurance of some of the best players from 2008 still being around. The perennial Graham Canty, three times the GAA player of the series, whose defensive acumen and movement has been an anchor for Ireland down the years, has recovered from the injury that interfered with Corkâ€™s championship-winning campaign.

and another
http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championshi ... rules.html

saintbrat · Post: # 1018752Post **saintbrat** » Sun 24 Oct 2010 9:40am

will they show this on the cov erage

Sunday October 24, 2010 06:17 AFL_JenWitham
06:18 AFL_JenWitham: Oh now I've seen everything ... a STREAKER! Naked from the waist down, wearing a coat to protect against the chilly night!!! Classic.

saintnick12 · Sun 24 Oct 2010 11:50am

Hopefully Gilbert will hold his marks better than he is in this game if he plays forward for us next year.

He has dropped quite a few relatively simple marks