Dual star Tadhg Kennelly has led the charge by the majority of the Irish players to give the International Rules game another chance. Wholehearted support by the vast majority of Ireland's players for the continuation of the International Rules series could pave the way for the resusitation of the concept. Sydney Swans clubman Kennelly was one of 15 players from this year's panel of 22 to confirm their willingness to participate in another test series if invited. Only Kerry's Marc O Se and Down's Benny Coulter have definitely ruled out featuring again for Ireland while five other players were uncontactable for the survey carried out by the Irish Independent newspaper. Kennelly believes that having two referees in each half of the field would help curb indiscipline in the hybrid game. "We have that in Aussie Rules, and it works very well," Kennelly declared. "Two referees in each half will certainly help to considerably cut down on the type of incidents which we saw last Sunday. "As in Aussie Rules, whichever ref is closest to the play at the time could award frees, while the other ref could deal with any off-the-ball stuff. "There is only so much one referee can see, so the more eyes you have, the better it is." Tweet

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