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The AFL has announced an all-Indigenous coaching panel for the AFL Indigenous All Stars Team that will take on Fremantle on February 15.
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Joining head coach Xavier Clarke (North Melbourne) will be Port Adelaide Development Coach Jason Williams, Fremantle Male NGA and Game Development Coach Roger Hayden, North Melbourne Development Coach and Indigenous Player Development Manager Jarrod Lienert and West Coast Eagles First Nations Player Development Manager Chance Bateman.
Additionally, experienced and highly regarded high-performance specialist Darren Burgess (Adelaide Crows) has been appointed as the High-Performance Manager and will work closely with the individual club High Performance Managers in the lead up to the match.
AFL Executive General Manager Social Policy and Inclusion Tanya Hosch was pleased with the coaching appointments.
“It is fantastic to have an all-Indigenous coaching panel join Xavier for this significant match,” said Ms Hosch.
“We want to see Indigenous representation increase across the board in football, including within the coaching ranks, so to have an all-Indigenous coaching panel for this game is terrific.”
Elsewhere, the AFL has confirmed that Melbourne forward Kysaiah Pickett will be free to play, despite being suspended for the start of the 2025 premiership season.
Because the Indigenous All Stars match is deemed an exhibition match, Pickett is available and looks set to play after overcoming a leg infection.
It comes after the NRL allowed Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr to use that code’s All-Stars clash as part of their respective suspensions.
It means Mitchell is free to play in round one, instead serving his one-match ban in the All-Stars game.
Indigenous All Stars Squad (more to be announced)
Callum Ah Chee – Noongar, Palyku and Nyikina, Yawuru
Shai Bolton – Minang and Wilman
Charlie Cameron – Waanyi and Lardil
Bobby Hill – Whadjuk, Ballardong, Noongar
Brad Hill – Wilmen, Noongar
Jarman Impey – Yorta Yorta
Alex Pearce – Palawa
Kysaiah Pickett – Yamatji, Noongar
Liam Ryan – Yamatji
Izak Rankine – Kokatha and Ngarrindjeri
Michael Walters – Whadjuk, Wilmen and Ngarrindjeri
