Indigenous week in AFL

We had our second trip to view the football and it was Indigenous week. This is a round of football that covers matches from Friday night to Sunday and it is held to honour the current and past players who are indigenous.

As the grounds were they play were originally used by aboriginal tribes, there is a ceremony held before each game with a member of the local tribe who give the blessing of the land.


Each team wears their colours but they have been designed with the aboriginal culture in mind.The above picture is Daniel Rich one of Brisbane Lions players who had a really good first quarter. The Lions (local team for Brisbane) got off to a really good start kicking seven goals to two but they couldn't keep it up and ended up losing by twenty points.

Lance known as Buddy Franklin one of the best players in the league made the move to Sydney Swans last season after reportedly signed a contract for ten million dollars for ten years. He is wearing the Indigenous jumper for the Swans which was designed by team mate, Adam Goodes' Mum.

Besides Buddy and Adam there are seventy seven Indigenous players who are currently playing AFL.