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…
Fourteen-year-old Barkinji girl, Amber Evans grew up in the remote town of Ivanhoe, about six hours west of the South Australian in the middle of New South Wales. Having never played AFL before, it was not until Evans and…
The annual AFL National Female Diversity Championships have been officially opened tonight in Byron Bay. Providing a pathway into the Rio Tinto AFL Woomeras and Medleys programs, the Female Diversity Championships will see over 200 participants from Indigenous and multicultural backgrounds,…
Fifteen-year-old Wiradjuri girl, Alessia Haberecht says she feels honoured to be representing her Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community at the 2017 Female Diversity Championships, kicking off tonight in Byron Bay. During the event, the best Indigenous and Multicultural Youth Girls…
The AFL NSW/ACT squad for the 2017 Female Diversity Championships have been announced. The All Nations and Kickstart teams, consisting of girls aged between 13-15 years, were selected after last Sunday’s testing day held in Western Sydney. The day saw players participate…
Plumpton High School has taken out the 2017 NAIDOC Cup against runners-up, Sarah Redfern High School, today in Western Sydney. Now in its sixth year, the annual NAIDOC Cup is run by AFL NSW/ACT as a part of National NAIDOC Week, which begins this Sunday.…
This weekend marks the AFL’s Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round, the annual round dedicated to celebrating Australia’s first peoples. The 2017 celebrations will acknowledge the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum, where over 90.7% of Australians voted ‘yes’ to include Aboriginal…
National Volunteers Week takes place from 8-14 May 2017, celebrating the contribution of all volunteers – AFL or otherwise – right across Australia. Every week in New South Wales and the ACT, thousands of volunteers commit their time and energy…
Written by Leyla Kaya. The National Diversity Championship were held in Sydney this week with over 200 players of different cultures from around Australia and the world, coming together with one common interest – footy. Despite states competing with the…
Written by Leyla Kaya. The 2017 Rio Tinto Flying Boomerangs and World Team squads have been announced. The two teams of 25 teenage boys were selected by AFL Club recruiters based on their school attendance, leadership skills, and football displayed during…