Glenfield teenager Sam Nolte’s recognition as one of the best multicultural footballers from NSW/ACT is just the beginning of a year of exciting football fun.

The two Sydney clubs are getting behind the annual Indigenous Round with a number of celebrations planned for their matches against Collingwood and West Coast.

The GIANTS play the Gold Coast Suns, the Swans look to stay on top of the ladder and Sydney University hoping for a hattrick of wins in a row against Eastlake.

Play AFL ambassador Kylie Gillies caught up with young Swans ruckman Sam Naismith recently, with the pair discovering they have a lot in common.

It’s been a long journey to the AFL for Collingwood’s Jarrod Witts, as the Sydneysider put in the hard yards to learn the game of Aussie Rules.

Gosford AFC, on the Central Coast, is this week’s featured club. The club consists of junior club, the Gosford Tigers and their seniors, the Gosford Wildcats.

The Sydney Women’s AFL Round 5 Rising Star nominee is Sydney University’s Steph Walker, who is dominating in her first year of senior women’s football.

Swans coach John Longmire, orginally from Corowa in southern NSW, will join the AFL’s ‘300-Club’ when he coaches his side against Collingwood on Friday night.