Australia vice-captain Adam Selwood has hinted that he may take the opportunity to 'make up' with Benny Coulter at a special dinner for the International Rules teams in Perth tomorrow night. Selwood ended Coulter's involvement in the controversial 2006 second Test at Croke Park when he left the Down man with a broken nose following an unsavoury shoulder charge. But he is keen to put that in the past at tomorrow's dinner which has been arranged in the hope that that it will help to prevent a repeat of the violence that marred the last two series. "I think it's a good idea," he said. "Obviously it's not over a pint of Guinness, but maybe over a bottle of Powerade - I'm sure it will be good fun! "I'll see if he (Coulter) wants to talk to me. Hopefully we'll have a couple of friendly words. It's all in the past." Ireland manager Sean Boylan has also welcomed the pre-match get-together which will be the first formal opportunity for the players to get to know each other since the International Series was resumed in 1998. "I like to think the idea came from myself because that (the violent play) was the one thing that upset me greatly the last time," he said. "So many lads get so little opportunity to meet on the international stage that it was a shame some telephone numbers weren't exchanged, that emails weren't exchanged because in a contest like this, the friendships forged would last forever. "I would look at the likes of the Dipper (Robert Di Pierdominico) who comes to Ireland. He still looks up the likes of Mick Lyons (who played against him in the Compromise Rules in the 1980s). The friendships endure and I think that it's very important." Tweet

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