International Rules

[Jinxy]

Fair enough, I misinterpreted what you said.

[cavanmaniac]

No worries.

[Zulu]

Our guys are fine players in their own right but when set aside the Aussies, it just makes us and our game look bad I think. So again I ask, why bother?

That's reason enough as far as I'm concerned.

[DUBSFORSAM1]

Our guys are fine players in their own right but when set aside the Aussies, it just makes us and our game look bad I think. So again I ask, why bother?

That's reason enough as far as I'm concerned.

Well how about we should be looking at the Aussies and seeing how well they do thinkgs and trying to learn from them...

[Zulu]

That's my point DFS, if their players are fitter, faster, technically better and with a greater awareness of game play then it can only be good for our lads to compete against them. I think it would be great if the GAA could come to an arrangement with the AFL where coaches from here could go over there and observe what clubs do for a few weeks. Speak to their coaches and fitness specialists to find out how they prepare their teams pre-season and during their championship season. Likewise some of their top coaches could come here watch what we are doing and offer advice on how we might improve things. Aussie Rules is Australias top game in a sports mad country that invests heavily in sport research. Considering AR is the closest sport in the world to football so we surely we can learn a huge amount from them.

[Jinxy]

You can learn a lot from them, but what you can't learn is how to shoehorn a full weeks worth of preparation, training and recovery into a few hours (which is what our players have to work with).