Event | International Rules Series | ||||||
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132-82 on aggregate, Ireland win series 2-0 | |||||||
First test | |||||||
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Date | 17 October 2004 | ||||||
Venue | Croke Park, Dublin, County Dublin | ||||||
Referee | Michael Collins (Ire) Stephen McBurney (Aus) | ||||||
Attendance | 46,370 | ||||||
Second test | |||||||
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Date | 24 October 2004 | ||||||
Venue | Croke Park, Dublin, County Dublin | ||||||
Referee | Michael Collins (Ire) Stephen McBurney (Aus) | ||||||
Attendance | 60,235 | ||||||
The 2004 International Rules Series was the 11th annual International Rules Series and the seventh time a test series of International rules football has been played between Ireland and Australia since the series resumed in 1998.
The series was won by Ireland, who won both test matches by comfortable margins and recorded their sixth overall series victory.[1] The series was the first to be played under the new trophy name of the Cormac McAnallen Cup, after the Tyrone team captain, whose death that year from a heart condition came after he had represented Ireland in the previous three series.[2]