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WATCH: From brawls to canine invasions, it can only be the mid-2000s International Rules tests

The last time, Croke Park hosted an International Rules test, just 28,500 people filled the 82,00...
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16.58 20 Nov 2015


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WATCH: From brawls to canine invasions, it can only be the mid-2000s International Rules tests

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The last time, Croke Park hosted an International Rules test, just 28,500 people filled the 82,000-seater arena.

That was 2013 when Australia sent an All-Indigenous selection to take on Ireland. 

It's certainly a far cry from the mid-noughties when Croker would attract at least 60,000 for any given second leg test, with the 2006 second test clash an 82,000 sellout.

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Granted some of those fixtures hit the headlines for the wrong reasons for some of the "physicality" on show:

But amid the brawling, there was one light-hearted moment in 2004 when there was a pitch invader of a unique kind, with the Australian commentator suggesting that the dog "had been the best defender" on show: 


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