Ahead of the NFNL’s Sir Douglas Nicholls Round this weekend, clubs across senior men’s, senior women’s and junior competitions will wear specially designed jumpers.
View the jumpers as well as their descriptions below.
BUNDOORA
The idea of an Indigenous jumper was started by senior co-captain Luke Collins who consulted with Aboriginal Players Kain Proctor, Jai Burns, Peter Hood, Alex Rigby, Ralph Bamblett and Neville Jetta.
Luke Collins reflected on the process and stated “I really admire and respect my teammates. I wanted to promote inclusiveness through recognising our values, heritage and stories and our jumper is a symbol of these features. I am just thrilled that my teammates were keen to participate and we have all enjoyed the journey”.
EPPING
The picture above consists of players from Epping’s senior, reserves, Under-15 Boys and Under 16-Girls squads.
Player Seth Hudson-Joseph (far left) and stepfather Wayne Morgan designed these jumpers.
OLD ELTHAM COLLEGIANS
Senior captain Eden Simpson is shown here wearing Old Eltham Collegian’s Indigenous jumper.
The jumper was designed by Kirrae Gunditj Art and it will be worn for the second time this year when the Turtles play South Morang.
ST MARY’S
These jumpers have been designed by Alicia Arden in collaboration with her sister Julie and players Cheryle Arden and Judhil Canendo (pictured). They’ll be worn by the St Mary’s senior women’s side.
The water line running through the centre of the jumper represent the Plenty River which surrounds Whatmough Park. The footprints in the ‘V’ represent the players with the symbol at the bottom of the jumper representing the field of play with symbols of players and staff in that field.
WATSONIA
Presenting the Saints’ jumper are Indigenous players Troy McGuiness, Corey Potter and Kyle Wheatley along with captain Jamie Haber.
WEST PRESTON-LAKESIDE
The Indigenous jumper seen above will be worn by the West Preston-Lakeside 2 women’s side this weekend.
YARRAMBAT
The jumper will be worn by all junior sides throughout the weekend’s matches, with the design being a collaboration of a number of Yarrambat players, families and Indigenous elders.
