The SANFL Crows are travelling to Kadina this Sunday for their one ‘home’ game of the season, in a chance to give a regional community a taste of SANFL footy.
It will be the second SANFL Showdown of the year, with Port Adelaide also travelling to the Yorke Peninsula for the match.
This is the fifth year that the Crows have played in a regional game at SANFL level, with the team going to a different community once a year since they started playing in the competition in 2014.
Indigenous culture will also be celebrated this weekend as part of the SANFL Indigenous Round, which coincides with NAIDOC Week.
The SANFL Crows will wear the Club’s 2018 Indigenous guernsey which was designed by Wayne Milera’s uncle Roger Rigney and worn by the Crows in the AFL’s Sir Doug Nicholls Round.
Forward Ben Davis, one of the Club’s five Indigenous players, said it is special that the team can wear the guernsey in the SANFL.
“I love that we get to wear the guernsey as well, because it is obviously an amazing design and really important that it’s not just a guernsey that you wear, it’s something you can represent,” Davis said.
“To play in it is pretty special, because it’s one of the oldest living cultures in the world which I want to show to other people.
“It’s not just a guernsey, it’s a story behind the people, the people who have worn the jumper before, the Indigenous players, and their story of coming to the Club and journey of how they are all connected.
“I am very happy that it flows down to SANFL and us SANFL players get to represent the guernsey as well.”
Davis explained the importance of Indigenous Round at both AFL and SANFL level.
“This round is a really important one to educate others on Indigenous culture and things they may not necessarily know,” he said.
“I think it’s really important that when this round does come around that people do listen in and hear what the Club has to say, especially the Indigenous players of the Club.
“They can educate themselves and others on all things Indigenous and be better for it, so it’s important.”
Off the field, Crows senior coach Don Pyke and Adelaide ruckman and former Yorke Peninsula local Sam Jacobs will be guest speakers at a special lunch.
As a Motor Accident Commission ambassador, Jacobs will help promote MAC Road Safety Round which is happening regionally throughout South Australia this week.
Tickets to the lunch, which commences at 11am, include entry to the game and can be booked here.
The SANFL Showdown at Kadina Oval will get underway at 1.10pm on Sunday.
