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Wed 10 Oct 2008Aussies ignore rules to triumph
Former GAA correspondent Paddy Downey watched a physical Australian side prove too strong (70-57) for Ireland in Croke Park in the autumn of 1984
NOW WE have a new slant on the problem of marital breakdowns. The wedding of two forms of football half a world apart was consummated with ferocity and many recriminations at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday when Australia beat Ireland by a margin of 13 points in the historic first Test match between the two countries.
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