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.

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Geelong Cats

Michelle Searle is an artist from the Awabakal country in Newcastle, New South Wales. She designed the guernsey to represent Geelong and its fans. She says that the stars are made to represent the meeting under one sky and the centre of guernsey to show us coming together and sharing. Towards the bottom of the guernsey shows all the different life paths as well as a wavy pattern as a symbol of having arms wrapped around each other.

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