International Rules Series

International Rules Series (IRS)

Sport	International rules football
Founded	1967 (Australian Football World Tour)
Inaugural season	1984
No. of teams	2
Country	Australia Ireland
Continent	Australia Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Australia (10th title)
Most titles	Australia Ireland (10 titles each)
TV partner(s)	Seven Network (Australia) RTÉ (Ireland)

The International Rules Series (IRS) is a men's international rules football series played between two teams: an Australian team (selected by the Australian Football League) and an Irish team (selected by the Gaelic Athletic Association).

The first series was played in 1984 and the most recent was held in 2017. The series was meant to return in 2020, but it was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australia and Ireland have both won the series 10 times each, with Australia being the most recent champions.

Results

See the main article: List of International Rules Series results

Series results, up to and including the 2017 series.

Country	Series won	Test wins	Test draws*	Test losses
Ireland	10	21	2	19
Australia	10	19	2	21
*Two draws (second Test, 1999; second Test, 2002)

Trophy

The Cormac McAnallen Cup is given to the winner of the series.

The trophy given to the series' winner is called the Cormac McAnnallen Cup, named after former Tyrone GAA captain Cormac McAnnallen, who died from a heart condition at 24 years old after he represented Ireland for three series in a row. The trophy was named in his honour in 2004, the year he died.

Venues

Australia

Venue	City	State	Tests hosted
Subiaco Oval (Domain Stadium/Patersons Stadium)	Perth	Western Australia	5
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)	Melbourne	Victoria	4
Football Park (AAMI Stadium)	Adelaide	South Australia	3 (3rd Test 1986, 2nd Test 1999, 1st Test 2001)
Western Australia Cricket Assoc. (WACA) Ground	Perth	Western Australia	2 (1st Test 1986 & 3rd Test 1990)
Waverley Park	Melbourne	Victoria	2 (2nd Test 1986 & 1st Test 1990)
Docklands Stadium (Telstra Dome/Etihad Stadium/Marvel Stadium)	Melbourne	Victoria	2 (2nd Test 2005 & 1st Test 2011)
Canberra Stadium (GIO Stadium Canberra)	Canberra	Australian Capital Territory	1 (2nd Test 1990)
Carrara Stadium (Metricon Stadium)	Gold Coast	Queensland	1 (2nd Test 2011)
Adelaide Oval	Adelaide	South Australia	1 (1st Test 2017)

Ireland

Venue	City	County	Tests hosted
Croke Park	Dublin	Dublin	17
Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Ballintemple	Cork	1 (1st Test 1984)
Pearse Stadium	Salthill	Galway	1 (1st Test 2006)
Gaelic Grounds	Limerick	Limerick	1 (1st Test 2010)
Breffni Park	Cavan	Cavan	1 (1st Test 2013)

Location maps

Extended content

Melbourne Perth Adelaide Carrara Stadium Canberra Stadium class=notpageimage| Location map of venues in Australia (excluding Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide). Melbourne Cricket Ground Docklands Stadium Waverley Park class=notpageimage| Location map of venues in Melbourne. Subiaco Oval WACA Ground class=notpageimage| Location map of venues in Perth. Football Park Adelaide Oval class=notpageimage| Location map of venues in Adelaide. Croke Park Páirc Uí Chaoimh Pearse Stadium Gaelic Grounds Breffni Park class=notpageimage| Location map of venues in Ireland.