Crows Graham Johncock and Cam Ellis-Yolmen have been selected in the Indigenous All-Stars team to play Richmond at Traeger Park in Alice Springs on Friday night.
Johncock, 30, has represented the All-Stars on several occasions previously, but it will be Ellis-Yolmen’s first run for the team, comprised of indigenous players from teams across the AFL.
Affectionately known as ‘Curly’, Ellis-Yolmen was selected by Adelaide with pick No.64 in the 2011 AFL National Draft. The 20-year-old made an impressive league debut for SANFL club Woodville-West Torrens last year and has blitzed personal best results across the board in his second pre-season at West Lakes. At 188cm and 89kg, Ellis-Yolmen has the capacity to play at either end of the ground or as a midfielder. He is of Iindigenous and also Papua New Guinean descent.
A veteran of 225 AFL games, Johncock is the most experienced played in the 30-man All-Stars squad.
Sydney Swans premiership player Michael O’Loughlin will coach the Indigenous All-Stars, assisted by Roger Hayden, Adam Goodes, Shaun Burgoyne and Lance Franklin.
The match will start at 7.00pm CST. AFL broadcast partner, The National Indigenous Radio Service, will broadcast the match live from 6.00pm-10.30pm local time (7.30pm-12 midnight AEDT). CAAMA Radio will also provide live coverage.
The AFL website (www.afl.com.au) and the AFL Northern Territory website (www.aflnt.com.au) will LIVE video stream the match.
The 2013 Indigenous All-Stars team is:
- Murray Newman (West Coast)
- Amos Frank (Hawthorn)
- Lewis Jetta (Sydney)
- Brad Hartman (Geelong)
- Jarrod Harbrow (Western Bulldogs)
- Bradley Hill (Hawthorn)
- Leroy Jetta (Essendon)
- Aaron Davey (Melbourne)
- Alwyn Davey (Essendon)
- Neville Jetta (Melbourne)
- Harley Bennell (Gold Coast)
- Lindsay Thomas (North Melbourne)
- Allen Christensen (Geelong)
- Gerald Ugle (GWS)
- Courtnay Dempsey (Essendon)
- Tony Armstrong (Sydney)
- Jed Anderson (Hawthorn)
- Graham Johncock (Adelaide)
- Eddie Betts (Carlton)
- Steven Motlop (Geelong)
- Joshua Simpson (Fremantle)
- Curtly Hampton (GWS)
- Sharrod Wellingham (West Coast)
- Cam Ellis-Yolmen (Adelaide)
- Bret Goodes (Western Bulldogs)
- Nathan Lovett-Murray (Essendon)
- Steven May (Gold Coast)
- Liam Jones (Western Bulldogs)
- Patrick Ryder (Essendon)
- Josh Hill (West Coast)
