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Here’s a game you’re not likely to see very often, International Rules Football. It’s a hybrid of (or compromise between) Gaelic Football and Australian Rules Football, played between Ireland and Australia.

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That,s pretty cool. They don't show enough Gaelic or Australian rules football on this side of the pond. I'm glad they didn't go half oval, half rectangle for the field.

Gaelic football is already in Canada:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x52QAbB_NMc

There's also an Ontario Australian Football League:

http://www.oafl.ca/