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Mon 11 Nov 2006Rules not okay after shamblesInternational Rules: What began as a marketing triumph and the stage for an exciting denouement to this year's Coca-Cola International Rules series became a state funeral before 82,127 at Croke Park yesterday, and Australia retained the Cormac McAnallen trophy by a distant 30 points.The consensus has long been that the international project couldn't withstand either routine violence or the loss of competitiveness by one of the countries.