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It’s been reported in the press that some, if not all, of the Australian International Rules players will be gunning for Meath hard-man Graham Geraghty in next Sundays match after his on-field antics in last weekend’s game. A scuffle broke out in the third quarter and one of the Aussie players (Lindsay Gilbee) ended up needing a number of stitches above his eye as a result of coming in contact with Graham Geraghty’s knee. There is doubt if Geraghty will even get to play in the next test match after being cited for “rough playâ€? by the Australian contingent, for the incident with Gilbee.

Graham Geraghty

Some people believe that Gilbee, being disillusioned with the softly softly approach to the game imposed on them this time around, may have rammed his head off Geraghty’s knee intentionally in order to ramp up tensions between the two camps. The tactic seems to have worked and Gilbee is further adding to the fire with talk of retaliation in the upcoming test.

Lindsay Gilbee, picture from VIZ up the arse corner

Rumours that Russell Crowe, world-renowned Aussie hard-man, has been drafted into the Australian side for the second test are as yet unproven. The Aussie fighting machine while not having played football, of any code, EVER, can mix it with the best of them and should fit right in to the Australian International Rules party.

Scenes from the last test match between the two teams played in Croke Park (2004), where they couldn’t even wait for the ball to be thrown before getting stuck in.

In other related news, Kevin Sheedy, the Australian coach, when asked about the scenes following the final siren last week when the pitch was invaded by over 2,000 jubilant fans; Sheedy responded with “Just memories. Back to the 70s … it wasn’t a bad time. I thought I was young again,â€? Sheedy is seemingly unaware that the scenes were orchestrated by the GAA especially for our friends from down under in order to make them feel at home. This was just one of a number of measures carried out by the GAA to shield the travelling Aussie contingent form modernity. These measures were put in place after over half of the 2004 Aussie delegation sought to defect to Ireland upon discovering that the rest of the world has indeed moved on from the 70s.

Some of the Australian International Rules squad out on the town in Galway during the week.

Update (03.11.06):
Geraghty was cleared last night of any wrongdoing in last weekends Ireland vs Australia International Rules match and is set to take his place in the Ireland starting 15 for this Sundays match.

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