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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...



WATCH: From brawls to canine i...
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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 82,000-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.

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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