Talented youngster Tyrell Hocking is amongst three South Australians selected in the Flying Boomerangs squad to compete at the 2014 NAB AFL Under 16 Championships.
Tyrell, 15, is the son of inaugural Crow Eddie Hocking who played 11 games for the Crows in 1991. Click here to read about Eddie’s short but exciting stint with Adelaide in the Club’s debut AFL season.
Another former Crows-listed player in Eugene Warrior will coach The Flying Boomerangs squad to confront the World Team, WA North-West and the South Pacific in July.
The Flying Boomerangs is a personal development and leadership program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young men aged 14 -15 years-old, supported by the Coles AFL Indigenous Program.
Selected by AFL Talent Managers following the 2014 National KickStart Under-15 Championships held in Coffs Harbour, the squad of 25 young Indigenous men has been chosen based on school attendance, leadership skills and football ability.
Jason Mifsud, AFL Head of Diversity, said the Flying Boomerangs program is a great opportunity for the best rising Indigenous players in the nation to develop on and off the field.
“The Flying Boomerangs will be exposed to the best training, coaching and mentoring, as well as personal development opportunities during the NAB AFL Under 16 Championships,” Mifsud said.
“The Boomerangs is more than a football program. It is preparing our next generation of young Indigenous leaders with the skills, qualities and experiences to become positive role models in their own families and communities.”
2014 Flying Boomerangs squad:
Tyrell Hocking (Sailsbury, SA)
Cameron Wild (Ceduna, SA)
Nathan Kruger (Victor Harbor, SA)
Xavier Cubillo (Darwin, NT)
Adam Nichaloff (Alice Springs, NT)
Jeffrey McDonald (Burunga, NT)
Rodney Baird (Palmerston, NT)
Dominic Grant (Darwin, NT)
Leslie Maroney (Darwin, NT)
Tyrone Hayes (Lakes Entrance, VIC)
Aiden Domic (Mt Clear, VIC)
Joel Garner (Gruyere, VIC)
Jamaine Morgan (Croyden, VIC)
Tyran Mansell (Launceston, TAS)
Liam Lupton (Canberra, ACT)
Tere Yarran (Huntingdale, WA)
Harley Stack (Ballajura, WA)
Billy Johns (Koondoola, WA)
Kris Ryder (Beldon, WA)
Tyrees Miller (Quinns Rock, WA)
Brendon Collard (Kalgoorlie, WA)
Gregory Humphries (Bunbury, WA)
Kyron Hayden (Koondoola, WA)
Bowe Roads (South Perth, WA)
Sachem Parkin-Owens (Stradbroke Island, QLD)
