[1] In 1843 during Adelaide St Patrick's Day celebrations were held "in genuine Irish style" involving families native to Ireland playing a football game.
[5] In 1864 an article in the Freeman's Journal of Sydney wrote about celebrating a holiday by renewing "some of our old national customs, our old manly games and exercises, hurling, football..."[6] In 1878 the Kerang Times and Swan Hill Gazette noted that "in the South of Ireland, where football is the exhilarating pastime fostered, usually on Sunday afternoon, when a good grass field or paddock is selected".
Tournaments now feature all codes, with hurling played for the first time as part of a championships held in New Zealand in Wellington in 2015, and camogie added full-time in 2012.
Each association is permitted to name a panel of 22 players in each code for the championships, with unlimited interchange rather than the more traditional substitution rule used for each match.
This rule limits the number of players any state may select in any code who are not either Australians or New Zealanders, or have obtained residency in either country.
The current[needs update] Australasian champions are Victoria, who defeated Queensland by 2–11 to 0–12 in Brisbane after losing each of the three previous finals.
Previous years winners included: The current[needs update] Australasian champions are New South Wales, who defended the title they regained in Wellington in 2015 by defeating Victoria 1–07 to 1–05 in Brisbane.
Previous years winners included: Victoria, long the dominant force of minor Gaelic Football in Australia,[original research?]