# 1998 International Rules Series

The 1998 International Rules Series was the fifth annual series between Gaelic footballers from the Gaelic Athletic Association and Australian rules footballers from the Australian Football League and the first since it was cancelled in 1990. It was part of a four-year agreement. Ireland and Australia both won a game however Ireland won the overall series by 10 points in aggregate.

## Results

Both tests were played at GAA Headquarters (Croke Park in Dublin). The total series attendance was 58,121.
Sources for the following details: Footy Stats Source for scores in the second test: International Rules Gold (TG4)

### First test

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Ireland | 0.5.4 (19) | 1.9.6 (39) | 2.11.9 (54) | 2.13.10 | (61) |
| Australia | 0.2.2 (8) | 0.8.4 (28) | 0.11.8 (41) | 2.13.11 | (62) |
| Australia won by 1 point ||||||
| Date | Sunday, 11 October 1998 |
| Scoring (IRL) | Goals: McCabe, Donnellan Overs: Stynes 4, Canavan 3, McCabe 2, Foley 2, Donnellan, Fallon |
| Scoring (AUS) | Goals: Neitz, Eagleton Overs: Carey 4, Lloyd 4, Neitz, Everitt, Camporeale, Farmer, Crawford |
| Best | IRL: McCabe, McDermott, B. Stynes, Canavan AUS: Buckley, Smith, Carey, Neitz, Silvagni |
| Injuries | Nil |
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland |
| Attendance | 22,900 |
| Referees / Umpires | Mick Curley (Ireland) Andrew Coates (Australia) |
| Match report ||

### Second test

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Ireland | 0.6.2 (20) | 2.7.4 (37) | 4.9.7 (58) | 4.12.7 | (67) |
| Australia | 1.1.1 (10) | 2.6.6 (36) | 2.8.10 (46) | 2.10.14 | (56) |
| Ireland won by 11 points ||||||
| Date | Sunday, 11 October 1998 |
| Scoring (IRL) | Goals: Canavan, Fallon, de Paor, Donnellan Overs: Canavan 3, Fallon 2, Stynes 2, Daly, Cavlan, Kenny, Lockhart, Tohill |
| Scoring (AUS) | Goals: Harvey, Camporeale Overs: Holland 2, Eagleton 2, Ricciuto 2, Buckley, Stevens, Lloyd, Stynes |
| Best | IRL: Canavan, McDermott, Fallon, Donnellan, McConnell AUS: Hart, Holland, Buckley, Carey, Ricciuto, Silvagni, Wellman |
| Injuries | Nil |
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland |
| Attendance | 35,221 |
| Referees / Umpires | Mick Curley (Ireland) Andrew Coates (Australia) |
| Match report ||

## Squads

Source: Official Series match-day programme
| Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia |
| Num. | Name | Team | Position | Num. | Name | Team | Position |
| N/A | Colm O'Rourke | Meath | Manager | N/A | Leigh Matthews | N/A | Head coach |
| 1 | Finbarr McConnell | Tyrone | Goalkeeper | 1 | Stephen Silvagni | Carlton | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Peter Canavan | Tyrone | Vice Captain | 2 | Nick Holland | Hawthorn | |
| 3 | Kieran McGeeney | Armagh | | 3 | Matthew Lloyd | Essendon | |
| 4 | Diarmaid Marsden | Armagh | | 5 | Nathan Buckley | Collingwood | |
| 5 | Anthony Tohill | Derry | | 6 | Sean Wellman | Essendon | |
| 6 | Seán Marty Lockhart | Derry | | 8 | Anthony Stevens | North Melbourne | |
| 7 | Brendan Devenney | Donegal | | 9 | Shane Crawford | Hawthorn | |
| 8 | Paul Brewster | Fermanagh | | 10 | Peter Everitt | St Kilda | |
| 9 | Dermot McCabe | Cavan | | 11 | Jim Stynes | Melbourne | |
| 10 | Darren Fay | Meath | | 12 | Todd Viney | Melbourne | |
| 11 | James Nallen | Mayo | | 14 | Nathan Eagleton | Port Adelaide | |
| 12 | Colm Parkinson | Laois | | 15 | David Neitz | Melbourne | |
| 13 | Derry Foley | Tipperary | | 16 | Scott Camporeale | Carlton | |
| 14 | Finbar Cullen | Offaly | | 17 | Nigel Smart | Adelaide | |
| 15 | John Kenny | Offaly | | 18 | Wayne Carey | North Melbourne | Captain |
| 16 | Brian Stynes | Dublin | | 19 | Rohan Smith | Western Bulldogs | |
| 17 | Séamus Moynihan | Kerry | | 20 | Jeff Farmer | Melbourne | |
| 18 | John McDermott | Meath | Captain | 21 | Shaun Rehn | Adelaide | |
| 19 | Jarlath Fallon | Galway | | 22 | Wayne Campbell | Richmond | |
| 20 | Michael Donnellan | Galway | | 24 | Brad Johnson | Western Bulldogs | |
| 21 | Niall Buckley | Kildare | | 32 | Mark Ricciuto | Adelaide | |
| 22 | Seán Óg de Paor | Galway | | 34 | Ben Hart | Adelaide | |
| 23 | Colm McManaman | Mayo | | 35 | Robert Harvey | St Kilda | |
| 24 | Glenn Ryan | Kildare | | | | | |
| 25 | Kevin O'Brien | Wicklow | | | | | |
| 26 | Martin Daly | Clare | | | | | |
| 27 | Jim McGuinness | Donegal | | | | | |
| 28 | Eoin Gormley | Tyrone | | | | | |
| 29 | Gerard Cavlan | Tyrone | | | | | |
| 30 | Kevin Walsh | Galway | | | | | |
| 31 | Seán Ó Domhnaill | Galway | | | | | |
| | Michael Magill | Down | Standby | | | | |
| | Damien Donlon | Roscommon | Standby | | | | |
Jim Stynes Medal – Stephen Silvagni