[1][2][3][4] In 2006 TG4 was celebrating its 10th anniversary and asked the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association for suggestions to help mark the occasion.

The LGFA subsequently approached AFL Victoria's female development manager, Nicole Graves, about the possibility of a ladies' international rules series.

[2][5] In March 2006 officials from the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association and Women's Football Australia met in Singapore to agree a set of rules for the test series.

The scoring system and use of the round ball remained the same as in the men's game.

[3][5] Manager: Jarlath Burns (Armagh) First test starting XV Clíodhna O'Connor (Dublin)Rena Buckley (Cork)Angela Walsh (Cork) Caoimhe Marley (Armagh)Aoibheann Daly (Galway)Norita Kelly (Cork)Patricia Fogarty (Laois) Patricia Gleeson (Galway)Mary O'Donnell (Waterford)Sarah O'Connor (Kerry) (c) Bronagh Sheridan (Cavan)Brianna Leahy (Kildare)Geraldine Doherty (Meath)Mairead Morrissey (Tipperary)Cora Staunton (Mayo) Interchange players: Sinéad Aherne (Dublin) Micheala Downey (Down)Christina Heffernan (Mayo)Anne Marie McDonagh (Galway)Lorraine Muckian (Laois)Alma O'Donnell (Armagh)Dympna O'Brien (Limerick)Bronagh O'Donnell (Armagh)Caroline O'Hanlon (Armagh)Mary Sheridan (Meath) Squad players: Juliet Murphy (Cork)Una Carroll (Galway)Grainne Ni Flathartha (Kerry)Sinéad Dooley (Meath)Jackie Shields (Meath) Coach: Nicole Graves First test starting XV Joanne Butland (Queensland)Jane Clifton (Victoria)Kerryn Stephens (Victoria)Lauren Tesoriero (Victoria)Shannon McFerran (Victoria)Sarah Hammond (Victoria)Pia Kilburn (Western Australia GAA)Shelley Matcham (Western Australia)Belinda Blay (Victoria)Katherine Pender (Queensland)Meg Hutchins (Victoria)Lydia Padgett (Western Australia GAA)Talei Owen (Sydney)Julia Boyle (Victoria GAA)Angela Doyle (Western Australia GAA) Interchange players:Kathy Zacharopoulos (Victoria)Anna Haynes (Western Australia)Moana Hope (Victoria)Emma Hender (ACT)Renae Campbell (Western Australia GAA)Anna McIlroy (Victoria)Janine Milne (Victoria)Daisy Pearce (Victoria)Michelle Dench (Victoria)Penny Cula-Reid (Victoria)