it proved too heavy and lacking in pliability. Although the game was revived after the end of the war, the golden age of Argentine hurling had passed. World War II finally brought the era to its close. In the aftermath of the Second World War, immigration from Ireland slowed to a trickle. In addition, native born Irish-Argentines assimilated far quicker than in other places, Hispanicising their names and frequently marrying outside the community, something unheard of in the past. Although the game continued to be occasionally played into the 1960s, it would never regain its former popularity. In 1980 the Aer Lingus Hurling Club conducted a three-week tour of the country and played matches at several locations, including the Christian Brothers school at Boulogne, Buenos Aires. In January 2002 for the first time The Hurling All-Stars Teams 2000 y 2001 came to the Hurling Club in Argentina making an outstanding exhibition. In February 2009 the GAA sent George O'Connor and Martin Lynch to give a Summer Camp, it was so successful that after it two more where conducted on the following years. The last summer camp was given by Damien Coleman in October 2012, who set up the foundation of the team that took part on the 2013 Gathering tournament held on Galway. As mentioned above, in 2013 the team travelled to Galway and played in an outstanding level reaching the final which they lost for one point against the Denver Gaels from EEUU. The Argentine Hurling Club counts now with a Hurling and a Gaelic Football team, this last one won the first World Games held in Abu Dhabi in the non-Irish division. Australia and New Zealand The earliest known match in Australia took place in the southern winter of 1844, on 12 July, at Batman's Hill, Melbourne, according to Edmund Finn, in The Garryowen Sketches (1880). The match demonstrated hurling's affinities with Irish nationalism – Finn reported that it was organised as a riposte to an Orange march, held on the same day by a loyalist organisation. The hurling match attracted a crowd of 500, who were mostly Irish immigrants, while the extremely cold weather, according to Finn, prompted an early end to, or cancellation of, the Orange march. In 1885, a game took place in Sydney, between two local teams, before a crowd of 10,000. These apparently included many non-Irish spectators and a local newspaper reported on