They say Rome wasn't built in a day but the GAA made massive strides in one day with the first ever hosting of a Swiss-Italian Regional Tournament on Saturday May 18.

See match action and colour from a spectacular day as teams from Zurich, Rovigo, Padova, St Gallen and Rome itself battled it out in mens and ladies football competitions at the Roma Rugby Club.

Jerome Quinn reports on the historic event and talks to fellow Tyrone man Chris Taggart who is a driving force behind GAA in the Italian capital.

European PRO Brian 'Beano' Clerkin is given a fond farewell, while a new Italian-born referee is show the ropes and English-born Rome ladies footballer Helen Nelson takes up Irish dancing. Watch this space for more!

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