In 2017, 26 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from the seven high schools connected to the AFL NSW/ACT Western Sydney Indigenous Academies, graduated from Year 12. Established in 2006, the AFL NSW/ACT Western Sydney Indigenous Academies deliver specific…
On Saturday, AFL NSW/ACT Flying Boomerangs team members, Wesley Clark and David Whyman took off for Fiji as a part of the 2017 Rio Tinto AFL Flying Boomerangs Leadership Program. Now in its twelfth year, the Rio Tinto AFL Flying…
The second annual AFL 9s Classic began yesterday in Sydney with the Schools and Corporate Divisions kicking off the tournament. The Schools Division saw 18 teams compete in games throughout yesterday morning. The teens teams came in from around the region, hailing from schools such as Gosford…
The AFL has today released the 2018 Toyota AFL Premiership Season Fixture. AFL CEO, Gillon McLachlan said the season would be played across a 23-round format for all clubs to play 11 home and away games with one bye, while…
For the first time, Sport NSW Awards and the NSW Hall of Champions Induction Ceremony will be presented at a combined Gala Dinner held on Monday 27 November 2017 at Rosehill Gardens. AFL NSW/ACT is delighted to announce that it has been recognised as…
Here is your guide to the 2017 NAB AFL Women’s Draft ahead of this morning’s event. 49 picks available to the eight AFLW clubs The number of picks allocated per club depends on the number of spots available on individual…
Originally published by AFL Media. FORMER St Kilda and Sydney forward Adam Schneider has been named Greater Western Sydney’s new NEAFL coach. Schneider, who was part of the Swans’ drought-breaking premiership side in 2005 before joining the Saints, played 228…
Originally published by AFL Media. She was born to be a GIANT. She just didn’t know it. Growing up in the western suburbs of Sydney, Haneen Zreika didn’t understand the rules of AFL. The NSW/ACT under-18 representative, who is aiming to…
Sisters, Ruby and Nakira Riley-Brown this week represented AFL NSW/ACT in the Indigenous Kickstart team at the second annual AFL Female Diversity Championships in Byron Bay. This is the second Female Diversity Championships for the Kuku Yalungi and Gamilaroi women, who played in…
Over the past two years, the number of Indigenous players coming from the Kempsey region to represent New South Wales and the ACT at the AFL Female Diversity Championships, has become an expected positive to the team. The Female…
