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Football History 101: International Rules Football

By David J. WarnerOct 28th 2006 – 11:30AM

Class, we're going to do something different today. We've been focusing entirely on the history of American football, but we all know that's not the only type of football played on our little planet.The most popular form of football around the world, of course, is Association football, or soccer, which attracts huge crowds...

Background on international rules

International rules football (; also known as inter rules in Australia and compromise rules in Ireland) is a team sport consisting of a hybrid of football codes, which was developed to facilitate international representative matches between Australian rules football players and Gaelic football players.

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