Fans can tune in and watch Eddie Betts and the Australian team take on Ireland in the International Rules clash in Dublin on Sunday morning.
The game at Croke Park will be broadcast live on 7mate and the AFL App from 5:00am (SA time) on Sunday, November 22. The match will also be replayed nationally on 7mate at 9:30am Sunday.
Betts, who has previously played in four International Rules games, was the only Crow selected in the Australian team.
Selectors retained the same policy that helped it win last year's Test, selecting only players who have received All Australian honours during their careers. Retired Essendon great Dustin Fletcher passed a fitness test in September to contest in his fifth IR series, while 14 members of the successful 2014 team held their spots.
Since the concept first began in 1984, the countries can barely be split. The overall tally stands at nine series wins apiece, but Ireland has won 20 Tests to 17 with two draws. At Croke Park, the Aussies have their noses in front, winning nine Tests to six, with a draw in 2002.
The Aussies enjoyed a training camp in New York before heading to Ireland to prepare for the match.
The Australian team is:
Luke Hodge (c) (Hawthorn), Dustin Fletcher (gk) (Essendon), Hayden Ballantyne (Fremantle), Eddie Betts (Adelaide), Grant Birchall (Hawthorn), Luke Breust (Hawthorn), Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong), Andrew Gaff (West Coast), Brendon Goddard (Essendon), Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide), Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn), Leigh Montagna (St Kilda), David Mundy (Fremantle), Robert Murphy (Western Bulldogs), Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda), Tom Rockliff (Brisbane Lions), Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn), Nick Smith (Sydney Swans), Jake Stringer (Western Bulldogs), Harry Taylor (Geelong), Easton Wood (Western Bulldogs)
Coach: Alastair Clarkson (Hawthorn)
The hybrid game explained:
The International Rules game is 15-a-side with eight interchange players. It is played in four 18-minute quarters. A soccer-style goal is set up at either end, each manned by a goalkeeper, with goal posts on top and behind posts to each side. A goal (worth six points) is scored when the ball is kicked or knocked into the net. Sending the ball over the crossbar and between the goalposts is an 'over', worth three points, while a behind is just like Australian football – worth one point and kicked between the goal and point posts. Here's a snapshot of the rules:
• If the ball hits a post and bounces back into play, it's play on.
• When the ball goes out of the rectangular field (145m x 90m), there are no boundary throw-ins. A free kick is awarded against the team that last touched the ball.
• You can't pick up the ball or drag it in when you're on your knees
• The ball must be bounced every 10m on a solo run – with a two-bounce maximum.
• Tackles can only be between the thighs and shoulders, while shirtfronts and shepherds are outlawed.
• AFL-style handpasses are permitted, but only four in succession before a player must kick.
• The referee is also permitted to give yellow cards (10 minutes off the ground) or red cards (sent off for the rest of the game) depending on the extent of a misdemeanour.
