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 International
Rules 2003
COUNT DOWN TO TEST MATCH 21/10/03
By: Tracey Tilsed, Australia - ttilsed@tpg.com.au INTERNATIONAL
RULES FIXTURE
FRIDAY AUGUST 24
First Test, Subiaco Oval, Perth
Australia
--v-- Ireland 11.45 - Match live on RTÉ One.
Coverage from 11.30am. Highlights
on Network 2, 7pm.
With the first test match between Australia and
Ireland is only days 
Irish
physio Eamonn Ó Muircheartaigh tends to Declan Browne after he was forced off
through injury in yesterday's warm-up game in Perth.
Picture: Ray McManus
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away, the action is intensify as the
teams go through their final preparations.
Ireland have been busy fine-tuning
their game, playing a number of practice matches against a composite WA team from
the local football league, the WAFL.
Tipperary's Declan Browne is almost
certain to miss the first test this Friday night after being injured in the latest
practice match. Browne was on the receiving end of a bone-jarring shirt front
from local player Ashley Prescott and was forced to leave the ground with a corked
thigh.
Ireland coach, John O'Keeffe, remonstrated with Prescott after
the incident, clearly incensed that one of his best players would be likely to
miss the game.
The off the ball injury to Browne, and an ankle injury
to Laois representative Brian McDonald, soured the 43 point victory over WA.
O'Keeffe believes that WA's physicality helped his team prepare for the test as
in previous years, warm-up games were played against old academy players.
In another change to the squad, Kerry's Shane Ryan has come in to replace an injured
Trevor Giles.
Seventeen Irish players will play International Rules for
the first time on Friday.
Australia have been forced to make a couple
of changes with the withdrawal of Peter Bell and Jess Sinclair.
Final
teams for the first test will be named tomorrow.
Ireland currently lead
Australia 3 series to 2.
Previous contests:-
1998 Test Series
in Ireland
1st Test Australia 2.3.11- 62 defeated Ireland 2.3.10 - 61
2nd Test Ireland 4.12.7 - 67 defeated Australia 2.10.14 - 56
Ireland won
the series (1-1) on aggregate.
1999 Test Series in Australia
1st Test Ireland 2.16.10 - 70 defeated Austalia 0.15.17 - 62
2nd Test
Ireland 1.11.13 - 52 drew Australia 2.12.4 - 52
Ireland won the series
(1-0)
2000 Test Series in Ireland
1st Test Australia
0.14.13 -55 defeated Ireland 1.11.8 -47
2nd Test Australia 2.15.11 - 68 defeated
Ireland 1.12.9 - 51
Australia won the series 2-0
2001
Test Series in Australia
1st Test Ireland 2.13.8 - 59 defeated Australia
1.13.8 - 53
2nd Test Ireland 2.17.8 - 71 defeated Australia 1.13.7 - 52
Ireland won the series 2-0
2002 Test Series in Ireland
1st Test Australia 2.15.8 - 65 defeated Ireland 1.14.10 - 58
2nd Test Ireland
1.11.3 - 42 drew Australia 1.8.12 - 42
Australia won the series 1-0 
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