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Wed 10 Oct 2009Road map for where it went wrong for Rules
The International Rules has been frequently amended to keep Ireland competitive and softened beyond the Australian taste
MAYBE IT was just the torpid environment of last weekend’s special congress but it’s hard not feel the absence of international rules for the second time in the past three years. Ever since its revival in 1998 up as far as 2007 the series was the big event on the autumn horizon and since 2000 and the adoption of a calendar year for the NFL it has been the only event on that horizon.
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