Adelaide forward Eddie Betts sat down with AFC Media and described what Sir Doug Nicholls Round means to him ahead of Sunday's clash with Greater Western Sydney at Adelaide Oval.

It means a lot.

I want to represent myself, my people, my culture, my family.

It’s all about education, about learning.

It’s that old saying ‘don’t make history a mystery.’ It’s not too late to learn.

I’m Indigenous myself and I know five per cent of it, less, and that shows how much is there to be learned and I am still learning as well.

Last week up in Alice Springs, we lost by 91 points but I signed some autographs outside the game and they waited around.

When I walked out, they cheered like we won by 91 points.

It brought a smile to my face because I want to be a role model to these young, Indigenous kids.

They haven’t got the opportunity to see Indigenous players, let alone AFL players and an AFL match in Alice Springs.

Just to see them smile and cheer. We lost by 91 points and then they cheer us on, and stay until the end and wait after, it was unbelievable.

And that’s why I play the game, to make kids like that happy, to see them smile.

And hopefully to be a role model and teach them that you can make a difference, especially in your community.

Whether that starts with education first and learning, knowing what’s right and wrong, and changing that cycle. That’s what I am big on.

This Round means a lot, I can’t wait to play in it.