2026 AFL Women's Australia v Ireland match

The 2026 AFL Women's Australia v Ireland match, known for sponsorship reasons as NAB AFLW Australia v Ireland, is an upcoming women's Australian rules football match organised by the AFL Women's (AFLW). == Background == The growth of women's Australian rules football that followed the inception of the AFLW competition in 2017 quickly provided an outlet for a significant amount of Irish female Gaelic footballers to develop a professional Australian rules football career in the AFLW. Over time this led to calls from several players for a match pitting Australia and Ireland against one another to be played, with media reports differing over whether such a contest would be an Australian rules football or International rules football match; the latter being a hybrid code combining elements of Gaelic football and Australian football.

Source: Wikipedia — 2026 AFL Women's Australia v Ireland match (CC BY-SA 4.0)