AFL FLYING BOOMERANGSU16 NEW ZEALAND HAWKS

O F F I C I A L P R O G R A M M E

DECEMBER 12-14, 2013 HUTT PARK, LOWER HUTT, WELLINGTON

AFL New Zealand warmly welcomes the AFL Flying Boomerangs to our shores.

We in New Zealand understand the importance of being able to represent your heritage and culture. Playing for the New Zealand Hawks is the highest honour in AFL in Aotearoa. It is our privilege to host young men who are representing their indigenous people and cultures.

Our mission is to make AFL a New Zealand game, and tours like this are hugely important. AFL has enjoyed a year to remember across 2013, with development and growth at every level of the game.

The AFL New Zealand High Performance pathway offers a chance for athletes to excel through AFL. The Under 16 New Zealand Hawks are top quality young athletes, and through the High Performance programme they will continue to develop as athletes and as people.

A new dawn for the game in New Zealand has arrived in the form of the deal signed by the St Kilda Football Club, which will bring an AFL competition match to Wellington each year for the next fi ve years. After a successful debut in April, all the signs point to next year being even bigger and better, and creating thousands of new AFL fans in the process.

More history has been made this year, with the U-18 New Zealand Kahus becoming the fi rst female AFL representatives from this country. AFL New Zealand will look to fi eld an open age female team for the fi rst time at the International Cup in 2014.

Through AFL KiwiKick at

Primary Schools and AFL Secondary School programmes, we have introduced tens of thousands of young Kiwis to the dynamic sport of AFL. Members of the AFL Flying Boomerangs saw our work when they visited an Auckland primary school.

The AFL is also covered in New Zealand by Sommet Sports, who broadcast on the Freeview network. With six live games

and three delayed games every weekend, fans of the code in New Zealand have access to fantastic coverage.

AFL New Zealand wishes both teams the best of luck. We hope you will display the culture and values held dear by all AFL fans in New Zealand. Play hard, play to win and play with respect for your opponents, coaches, umpires and supporters.

AFLNZ U16 NEW ZEALAND HAWKS

COACH Mick Coultard

ASSISTANT COACH Warwick Kain

ASSISTANT COACH Shannon Wall

TEAM MANAGER Reg Ranchhod

PHYSIO Sarah Tordeich & Monique Vujcich

NO. NAME SURNAME DOB STATE1 Jonty Hall 11/09/97 Canterbury

2 Dylan Absolom 02/02/98 Wellington

3 Cori Albert 26/09/97 Auckland

4 Sam Johnson 04/06/97 Wellington

5 Christian Blackie 12/05/97 Otago

6 James Little 26/12/97 Auckland

7 Te Kopa Tipene-Thomas 08/09/97 Northland

8 Alex Barnsley 03/07/97 Northland

9 Joseph Baker Thomas 14/3/96 Otago

10 Hamish Ware 11/07/97 Wellington

11 Kaleb Forde-Fraser 03/10/98 Wellington

12 Heta Scarf-Matthews 30/06/97 Otago

13 Utu Ah Kuoi 18/05/98 Wellington

15 Caleb Manukuo 01/04/97 Auckland

16 Josh Copeland 05/03/97 Auckland

17 Kade Riddell 04/08/96 Wellington

18 Naitoa Ah Kuoi 07/10/99 Wellington

19 Walter Fifi ta 06/06/97 Auckland

20 Samuel McDougall 05/09/97 Auckland

21 Benjamin Taankink-Williams 24/04/98 Wellington

22 Kieran Brunel 09/06/96 Wellington

23 Siope Ngata 15/08/97 Auckland

24 Te Rei Clark 15/10/97 Northland

The Flying Boomerangs is a personal development and leadership program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young men aged 14 – 15 years old.

Selected from the 2013 AFL KickStart Under-15 Championships, the Flying Boomerangs squad of 24 players will play two matches against the New Zealand Hawks in Wellington at Hutt Park, coached by Eugene Warrior.

The Boomerangs will be accompanied by AFL Indigenous programs mentor and former Melbourne Demons star Aaron Davey on tour.

AFL Head of Diversity and International Jason Mifsud said this is a great opportunity for these talented young men to develop on and off the fi eld.

“The Flying Boomerangs squad is made up of the best rising Indigenous talent in the nation and they will be given the chance to represent their country and showcase Australia’s game in New Zealand when they play two exhibition matches against local teams.

“Throughout the tour the players will be exposed to elite training, as well as many cultural experiences which will be focussed on addressing the

four core pillars of the program; Resilience, Identity, Decision Making and Communication.

“The tour to New Zealand is a signifi cant event in the Boomerangs’ program as it focusses on personal development and leadership, helping the participants to develop into confi dent young men and leaders in their community.”

In 2013, six Indigenous players who graduated through the Flying Boomerangs program were drafted; Jarmen Impey (Port Adelaide), Malcolm Karpany (West Coast Eagles), Jay Kennedy-Harris (Melbourne), Karl Amon (Port Adelaide), Zac Bates (Geelong Cats) and Jack Martin (pre-listed with Gold Coast Suns).

NO. NAME SURNAME DOB STATE1 Liam Nelson 5/04/1998 NSW

2 John Garlett 2/01/1998 WA

3 Keiran Martin 9/06/1998 NT

4 Anthony Young 3/03/1998 VIC

5 Calvin Thorne 16/02/1998 WA

6 Callum Harrison 1/05/1998 TAS

7 Shai Bolton 8/12/1998 WA

9 Tommy Nickels 5/01/1998 WA

10 John Pupangamirri 9/10/1998 NSW

11 Dion Johntsone 1/06/1998 VIC

13 Jy Simpkin 5/03/1998 VIC

14 Kobe Broome 9/05/1998 QLD

15 Keenan Waterbury 27/10/1998 NT

16 Kyle Thomas 24/06/1998 VIC

17 Antionne Forrest-Yarran 5/10/1998 WA

18 Mathew Wilkes 26/06/1998 WA

19 Samual Walsh-Bannam 16/06/1998 VIC

20 Jordan Jeffery 5/04/1998 NT

21 Lenny Christie 28/02/1998 QLD

22 Sam Powell-Pepper 8/01/1998 WA

23 Jamie Hampton 16/10/1998 NT

24 Logan Gray 8/04/1998 ACT

25 Denver Garlett 22/10/1998 SA

26 Kym LeBois 22/05/1998 SA

AFL FLYING BOOMERANGS

COACH Eugene Warrior

ASSISTANT COACH Brad Collard

ASSISTANT COACH Tavis Perry

TEAM MANAGER Narelle Long

PHYSIO Kate Malpass

Game 1// 2.00pm, Thursday December 12th Hutt Park, Lower HuttGAME 1 Q1 Q2 Q3 FULLTIME

BOOMERANGS

HAWKS

Game 2// 12.00pm, Saturday December 14th Hutt Park, Lower HuttGAME 1 Q1 Q2 Q3 FULLTIME

BOOMERANGS

HAWKS

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