Flying Boomerangs

The Flying Boomerangs are the underage Indigenous Australian Australian rules football team.The team has played tests against junior teams from Papua New Guinea, South Africa, New Zealand and developing pacific nations.

History[]

In 2013, the team toured to play the South African national Australian rules football team^[1] in both Australia and South Africa. They toured Papua New Guinea, the first international team to defeat them in Australian rules football^[2] and also New Zealand winning both matches.^[3]

The team is named after the aboriginal hunting tool, the boomerang. The senior equivalent team is the Indigenous All-Stars.

Apart from representing Australia in international Australian Rules Football, the Flying Boomerangs team members have gone on to play in the Australian Football League including Austin Wonaeamirri, Leroy Jetta, Malcolm Lynch, Cameron Stokes, Isaac Weetra and Nathan Krakouer.

The Flying Boomerangs have been featured nationally in a documentary on ABC TV during their tour to South Africa.

International and Tour Matches[]

Matches

Year	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium	Captain (vice-captain)	Coach	Best	Crowd
2013	December	New Zealand (U16)	Flying Boomerangs 16.23 (119) def New Zealand 2.3 (15)	Hutt Park Wellington, New Zealand[4]
2013	February	South Pacific Nations	Flying Boomerangs 13.5 (83) def South Pacific 10.9 (69)	Blacktown International Sportspark[5]
2013	January	South Africa	Flying Boomerangs 17.15 (117) def South Africa 4.8 (32)	Durban[6]
2010		South Africa (Coastal Squad)	Flying Boomerangs 17.10 (112) def. South Africa (Coastal Squad)	Nyanga Cricket Ground, Cape Town
2010		South Africa (Inland Squad)	Flying Boomerangs 9.13 (67) def. South Africa (Inland Squad) 8.9 (57)	, Potchefstroom
2009		Central Highlands (Papua New Guinea)	Flying Boomerangs 7.10 (52) def. Central Highlands 2.2 (14)	University of Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
2009		Papua New Guinea (U18)	Flying Boomerangs 9.11 (65) def. by Papua New Guinea (U18) 9.12 (66)	Lae, Papua New Guinea[7]
2008		South Africa	Flying Boomerangs 11.10 (76) def. South Africa 8.9 (57)
2008		South Africa	Flying Boomerangs 19.9 (123) def. South Africa 2.11 (23)

See also[]

• Indigenous All-Stars

References[]