Flying Boomerangs


The Flying Boomerangs are the underage Indigenous Australian Australian rules football team for men.
From 2008 to 2017 the team toured overseas playing tests against junior teams from Papua New Guinea, South Africa, New Zealand and developing pacific nations. The team was hosted by the AFL NT and based in Darwin, Northern Territory.
In 2018 the AFL Commission restructured it to become part of the AFL's diversity program and it now participate in an annual match in Melbourne against a World Team consisting of underage players with a parent born outside Australia.
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Identity

The team is named after the aboriginal hunting tool, the boomerang. The team wears the colours of the Aboriginal flag - A black guernsey featuring a yellow upside down boomerang below which are red stripes.

History

In 2013, the Flying Boomerangs toured to play the South African national [Australian rules football team] in both Australia and South Africa. They toured Papua New Guinea, the first international team to defeat them in Australian rules football and also New Zealand winning both matches.
Apart from representing Australia in international Australian Rules Football, the Flying Boomerangs team members have gone on to play in the Australian Football League.
Other tours include Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Fiji to compete against the underage Oceania and Pacific Islands teams. Andrew Mcleod and Chris Johnson were also part of the team in 2010. In 2017 Barry Lawrence was named head coach and Harry Miller as assistant coach.
The Flying Boomerangs have been featured nationally in a documentary on ABC TV during their tour to South Africa.

Notable matches and tours

YearDateOpponentResultStadiumCaptain CoachBestCrowdNotes/References
2017DecemberNew Zealand AcademyFlying Boomerangs 26.9 def New Zealand Academy 3.2 Outer Oval, North Harbour StadiumFrank Szekely
2017DecemberSouth Pacific All StarsAlbert Park (Suva) FijiBarry Lawrence-
2013December

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