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Like a boomerang
After a professional football career with St George Illawarra, Joey Griffiths has found another passion – working with young people. As a player, joey got involved in the youth mentoring programs and clinics the football club held with local kids. He enjoyed this so much that when he retired as a player, he set about […]
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Little big men
Hometown heroes Cyril comes from a talented football family. Related to AFL legends Maurice Rioli and Michael Long, his grandfather, Cyril Snr, was also a legend of Northern Territory football. Chris grew up in the South East Queensland Aboriginal community of Cherbourg, the home of a long line of proud Indigenous sporting champions, including cricketer […]
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NRL X-factors
Greg Inglis To be true premiership contenders in 2012, the Rabbitohs must get more football to Greg Inglis. The positives for Greg are that the young man from Bowraville comes into the season fully fit after enjoying a solid pre-season, hampered only by a minor ankle strain. Coach Michael McGuire’s decision to move Greg to […]
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Centre of attention
The name of the game for both the NRL and AFL at the moment, in their competition for fans, players and advertising dollars is ‘expansion’. The AFL has been doing plenty of it in recent years, establishing new clubs on the Gold Coast and in Western Sydney. Now it’s the NRL’s turn, and in November […]
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Man in the middle
Gavin Badger made his NRL debut as a referee during a Brisbane vs South Sydney game at Suncorp Stadium in round 17 of 2004. Since then he has refereed over 140 NRL games, including the 2004 Premier League Grand Final and the 2009 City v Country match, as well as the very first Indigenous vs […]
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Ones to watch
Anthony Mitchell Anthony found a new home at Bondi Junction in 2010, getting off to a solid start at the Roosters after several years playing mostly lower grades at Parramatta. He earned selection into the Indigenous All Stars squad earlier this year and is a very promising young hooker with a bright future. Jack Wighton […]
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On the road again
My name is Mayrah Sonter, proud Wiradjuri woman and head of events for Vibe Australia. I have the privilege of travelling throughout the country with the National Vibe 3on3® Basketball and Hip Hop Challenge (the Vibe 3on3®) and the Vibe Alive festivals. Last year I visited 12 communities, met thousands of kids, and worked alongside […]
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Best defence
You need only look to the remarkable success Chris Yarran enjoyed in 2011 after being moved from a forward role to the backline to see that there is well and truly life after a major positional shift in AFL – particularly when you’re talking about players with exceptional talents, like for example, 23 year-old Leroy […]
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Top prospects
Gerrick Weedon Originally from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, Gerrick played for the Claremont Football Club in the WAFL before being recruited by West Coast with the 22nd pick overall in the 2009 Draft. He made his senior debut for the Eagles in round seven last year. A hard tackling forward who is also […]
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2012 AFL pre-season headlines
Goodes hungry for more success With two Brownlows, two premiership medallions and multiple All Australian honours, there isn’t anything that 12-year Sydney veteran Adam Goodes hasn’t achieved on the AFL paddock, but don’t let that fool you into thinking the 32-year-old has lost an ounce of competitiveness. In fact, Adam says he’s coming into the […]
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Michael O’Loughlin revisits his roots
Throughout his 14 year AFL career, Michael O’Loughlin was a master of preparation. From his training to his diet, analysing an opposition’s strengths and weaknesses and managing injuries, there was no stone left unturned. So when Michael recently travelled to South Australia to trace his family history as part of the SBS series Who Do […]
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When opportunity knocks
In professional football, one man’s loss is usually another man’s gain, which is precisely the case over at West Coast where a season-ending injury to goalsneak Mark Le Cras has opened the door for 23 year-old Josh Hill to stake his claim on a forward spot. Josh, originally from Broome, was drafted by the Bulldogs […]
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NT academy in the works
It’s the home of many of the AFL’s most talented Aboriginal footballers, and yet the Northern Territory remains the only state in Australia to not house an elite training facility. That could soon change, however, with plans underway for a new facility, The Michael Long NT Thunder Learning and Leadership Centre that will focus on […]
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Fighting Fit
If there’s one player in the AFL who deserves to have a good year in 2012, it’s North Melbourne’s Daniel Wells. The talented midfielder endured a horror 2011 after being felled by a sudden illness. While recovering from shoulder surgery at home, Daniel began to feel sharp pains in the chest and lower back, followed […]
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Career head start
More school-based automotive apprenticeships will be on offer this year for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders thanks to a partnership between the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES) and K-Mart Tyre and Auto Services (KTAS). The partnership will develop 14 school based automotive apprenticeships across NSW, Queensland, Victoria, Northern Territory and Western Australia. The AES is an […]
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Imagine that
National Youth Week is Australia’s largest celebration of young people. It runs from Friday, 13 April right through to Sunday, 22 April and this year’s theme is “Imagine. Create. Inspire.” Events are run for young people by young people, and each year ten people aged 12-25 are selected as Young Members to help make decisions […]
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