Teen refugees take to AFL
It’s been a long road from Africa to pulling on a representative jumper for two young Wagga footballers, who are competing for NSW/ACT in the All Nations Cup.
It’s been a long road from Africa to pulling on a representative jumper for two young Wagga footballers, who are competing for NSW/ACT in the All Nations Cup.
More than 160 new migrants and refugees, of South Sudanese and Nepalese descent, got their first taste of live AFL action at Wagga Wagga last Saturday.
In light of recent events, AFL NSW/ACT would like to reiterate its commitment to diversity and inclusion; and to support the Racism. It Stops With Me. campaign.
In November last year the AFL Multicultural program supported ACPE as they travelled to Cambodia, distributing footballs and helping the local communities.
It’s been a big year for AFL in NSW/ACT and we’ll be taking a look back at the highlights and achievements of 2012, today we look at the Multicultural programs.
2012 was the GWS GIANTS’ first year in the AFL competition and all across the Greater Western Sydney region, AFL began to thrive.
The community of Auburn came together to celebrate football and a wedding…