Dozens of football clubs in NSW and the ACT are throwing their support behind the AFL’s annual Sir Doug Nicholls Round, which kicks off this weekend. The round celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and players, and their contribution…
As the AFL celebrates Sir Doug Nicholls Round, the NSW Australian Football History Society recalls the contribution to the game of NSW-born and bred Indigenous star Newtown’s Ossie Grose. Written by Rod Gillet. When John “Ossie” Grose came to Sydney from…
2021 saw an unprecedented number of community clubs getting involved in Sir Doug Nicholls Round across NSW and the ACT. For two rounds 28/29 May – 5/6 June, clubs were invited to celebrate the contribution Indigenous players have on…
During Sir Doug Nicholls Round, we celebrate Indigenous players and their massive contribution to the game. Below is a list of some of our favourite Indigenous players born in NSW and the ACT. Jeremy Finlayson From the NSW town…
AFL NSW/ACT is proud to celebrate the 2019 Toyota AFL Sir Doug Nicholls Round, with football clubs across New South Wales and the ACT acknowledging and paying tribute to the significant contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have…
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,…
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…
