Every year the AFL pays respect to Indigenous culture with two rounds that show a beautiful display of art and traditions depicted on their playing guernseys.
Sir Doug Nicholls was a fighter for social justice and became the first Aboriginal-Australian to be knighted in 1972, and his impact continues on even today.
Here's how each AFL club will be suiting up for Sir Doug Nicholls Round.
Port Adelaide (Yartapuulti)
Take closer look at the details behind our 2023 Indigenous guernsey, which tells the story of Peter Burgoyne's family dreaming as a proud Mirning, Kokatha and Warai man 🖤💛❤️ pic.twitter.com/1etG7HCM7D
— Yartapuulti FC (@PAFC) May 14, 2023
Premiership player Peter Burgoyne and local artist Laz Gein have collaborated to create a guernsey that features the Burgoynes through the generations including Peter Burgoyne Snr who featured in Port's SANFL side in the 1970s. The eagle is a totem of Peter Burgoyne's grandfather that had been passed on to him.
