The Adelaide Football Club recently hosted four boys from the APY Lands for three days.

Clint, Henry, Kupa and Kunmanara are students involved in the Wiltja program, which is associated with Woodville High School.

They were involved in the main training sessions with the players, weights, team meetings, fitness testing, skills session, GPS tracking sessions, recovery methods and even ice baths (which they were not so happy about!).

The boys also went to the zoo and ten pin bowling just to give them a different experience. But all agreed that meeting and training with the players was the main highlight of the trip.

Two of Adelaide’s indigenous players, Graham Johncock and Richard Tambling, played a big part in making the four boys feel welcome. They encouraged them to keep striving to be the best that they can be and gave them an insight into what’s required to be an AFL footballer.