The Easter school holidays are always a great time to relax and recharge with friends and family. But for many talented footballers from NSW and the ACT, it was a chance to hone their skills in a game they love…
Last weekend, AFL NSW/ACT and Transport for NSW hosted the first Female Indigenous Youth Leadership Program at Sydney Olympic Park to encourage road safety awareness, leadership and well being among young Indigenous women. Following the successful Adam Goodes Talent Program…
Established in 2006, the AFL Western Sydney Indigenous Academies have provided one-on-one mentoring to over 200 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in seven Western Sydney high schools in 2018. A far cry from teaching the teenagers to play footy,…
The 2018 AFL NSW/ACT NAIDOC Cup was run last week at Blacktown International Sportspark for the ninth successive year, as a part of 2018 NAIDOC Week celebrations. With 11 teams from six of the Western Sydney AFL Indigenous Academies partner…
AFL NSW/ACT is proud to celebrate 2018 Toyota AFL Sir Doug Nicholls Round, with footy clubs across New South Wales and the ACT acknowledging and paying tribute to the significant contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have made to our…
The inaugural AFL First Nations Cup was held today in Sydney ahead of the AFL’s Sir Doug Nicholls Round next week. Bringing together 120 high school students from Sydney, Western Sydney and as far as Dubbo in New South Wales,…
The final day of the 2018 AFL National Diversity Championships played out in Blacktown today, with two Grand Finals taking place. Victoria took home the All Nations Championship, beating out Tasmania in a heart-stopper. In the Kickstart Cup, another close…
Day Three of the 2018 AFL National Diversity Championships kicked off with a bang for the AFL NSW/ACT All Nations squad, taking their first win of the tournament. Coming up against the Northern Territory, the lead changed multiple times over…
It was an unlucky Monday for both the AFL NSW/ACT Kickstart and All Nations squads on Day Two of the 2018 AFL National Diversity Championships in Sydney. Queensland took revenge for yesterday’s defeat by the AFL NSW/ACT Kickstart squad, outlasting…
The AFL NSW/ACT Kickstart side kick-started their 2018 AFL National Diversity Championships campaign today with victory over old rivals Queensland by three points. Tyron Edwards pushed his team with two goals, while Kai Watts was a standout for the home-side,…
