Over the off-season, Jy Farrar, of the Gold Coast Suns and Shane McAdam, of the Adelaide Crows, took their footballing talents to Wadeye, a remote Indigenous community located six hours south-west of Darwin.

The town was beset by social conflict in 2022, resulting in many houses being destroyed and a devastating cut-off in their supply of goods.

Wadeye local Jake Clarke, helped facilitate the Indigenous cousins during their stay and share the communities hardships with them.

"We had COVID that affected the way people lived and they had to adapt to that, and then we had something that started as a small family dispute that led to a passing of someone in the community, that led to a massive outbreak, which was very hard to get on top of," Clark told AFL.com.au.

"A lot of different trauma, and a lot of different pain for a lot of different people on different levels."

Jy Farrar in particular helped share the voices of the Wadeye community, narrating a nine-minute mini-documentary titled 'the story of Wadeye', published by the Suns.

"When we were having little yarns, they'd point out the oval and say this is where we'd come to have wars," Farrar said.

"They reckon they'd wake up early hours in the morning, meet up somewhere and battle it out.

"Extreme violence โ€ฆ weapons, crossbows, spears, rocks, anything they could get their hands on.

"Because they are so remote there was no law enforcement to help calm it down. They reckon they'd fight from as early as 6am all the way to 9-10pm, go to bed and get up and do it again.

"It was constant war between families, people that had disagreements."

As a way to "help heal the surrounding area", the two players participated in a footy match with the local stars, bringing joy the faces of the Wadeye community.

Visiting the town requires six-hours of driving on bitumen and dirt and since the town is so remote, the prospect of meeting an AFL player creates an amazingly rare opportunity for the locals.

Hence, the two players were graciously welcomed into the community like heroes.

Jake Clark said that "It's the happiest I've seen Wadeye in seven or eight months"

Jy Farrar also described the impact the event had on the town.

"The best thing was just seeing how happy the kids were. I imagine they went through some tough times. Violence is trauma and for kids to see that kind of violence at a young age is heartbreaking," Farrar said.

"Just to see the smiles on their faces, and the teenagers and adults that participated in the footy game was just unreal.

"It's almost like euphoria. You get that feeling like you've impacted people's lives and a community.

"That's the beauty of football, it brings everyone together. You could pluck anyone and bring them together and play football.

"I think we left the town in a better place than when we got there. That's something I hold very close to me."

Farrar and McAdam will be in action this weekend to kick off the AFL season when Gold Coast play Sydney at home, and Adelaide visit GWS at Olympic Park.