Indigenous All Stars heading to Broome

Broome will host 75 Indigenous AFL players from February 1 to 5 when the AFL/AFLPA Indigenous All Stars Camp is held in the Kimberley region.

The group will consist of 29 West Australians, including local Kimberley products Francis Watson, Jack Martin, Sam Peterevski-Seton (pictured) and Cedric Cox.

Other Indigenous stars from WA that will attend the camp include Lance Franklin, Stephen Hill, Daniel Wells, Michael Walters, Lewis Jetta, Patrick Ryder, Sharrod Wellingham, Jeff Garlett and Harley Bennell.

The camp will feature community and cultural sessions, a kids super clinic, training sessions, and a chance for players to meet local elders and visit attractions, while also participating in Indigenous strategy sessions.

Western Australia has a proud history of producing high quality Indigenous players, which includes 11% of all current WAFL players and around 40% of current Indigenous AFL players.

The role of Indigenous players at the highest level of the AFL looks set to continue with approximately 15 per cent of all draftees in 2016 identifying as Indigenous.

A total of 21 Indigenous players made it onto an AFL list in the 2016 NAB AFL Draft period, the highest number in 10 years.

This included eight graduates of the Rio Tinto AFL Flying Boomerangs program, with five drafted within the first 30 selections, including West Australian Sam Powell-Pepper.

Photo: Sam Petrevski-Seton from Halls Creek will be returning to the Kimberley as a Carlton player after being selected at number 6 in the 2016 AFL National Draft.

CLUB

PLAYER

STATE OF ORIGIN

Port Adelaide

Aidyn Johnson

NSW/ACT

Adelaide

Benjamin Davis

NSW/ACT

Greater Western Sydney

Jeremy Finlayson

NSW/ACT

Greater Western Sydney

Zach Williams

NSW/ACT

Adelaide

Curtly Hampton

NT

Essendon

Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti

NT

Essendon

Jake Long

NT

Geelong

Brandan Parfitt

NT

Geelong

Nakia Cockatoo

NT

Geelong

Steven Motlop

NT

Gold Coast

Steven May

NT

Hawthorn

Cyril Rioli

NT

North Melbourne

Jed Anderson

NT

Port Adelaide

Jake Neade

NT

Richmond

Daniel Rioli

NT

St Kilda

Benjamin Long

NT

Sydney

Shaun Edwards

NT

Hawthorn

Shaun Burgoyne

NT/SA

West Coast

William Vigona-Rioli

NT/SA

Gold Coast

Jarrod Harbrow

QLD

Adelaide

Charlie Cameron

QLD/WA

Adelaide

Cameron Ellis-Yolmen

SA

Adelaide

Wayne Milera

SA

Carlton

Kym Lebois

SA

Collingwood

Travis Varcoe

SA

Fremantle

Danyle Pearce

SA

Gold Coast

Sean Lemmens

SA

North Melbourne

Lindsay Thomas

SA

Port Adelaide

Chad Wingard

SA

Richmond

Shane Edwards

SA

Richmond

Tyson Stengle

SA

West Coast

Malcolm Karpany

SA

Adelaide

Eddie Betts

SA/VIC

Fremantle

Alex Pearce

TAS

Fremantle

Brady Grey

TAS

Hawthorn

Kieren Lovell

TAS

Carlton

Liam Jones

TAS/VIC

Brisbane

Allen Christensen

VIC

Collingwood

Kayle Kirby

VIC

Collingwood

Mitchell McCarthy

VIC

Geelong

Jamaine Jones

VIC

Melbourne

Dion Johnstone

VIC

Melbourne

Jay Kennedy-Harris

VIC

North Melbourne

Jy Simpkin

VIC

North Melbourne

Paul Ahern

VIC

Port Adelaide

Jarman Impey

VIC

Port Adelaide

Karl Amon

VIC

Richmond

Nathan Drummond

VIC

St Kilda

Jade Gresham

VIC

St Kilda

Koby Stevens

VIC

Western Bulldogs

Tristan Tweedie

VIC

Carlton

Jarrod Pickett

WA

Carlton

Sam Petrevski-Seton

WA

Collingwood

Daniel Wells

WA

Essendon

Yestin Eades

WA

Fremantle

Bradley Hill

WA

Fremantle

Harley Bennell

WA

Fremantle

Joel Hamling

WA

Fremantle

Jonathon Griffin

WA

Fremantle

Michael Johnson

WA

Fremantle

Michael Walters

WA

Fremantle

Stephen Hill

WA

Geelong

Quinton Narkle

WA

Gold Coast

Brandon Matera

WA

Gold Coast

Callum Ah Chee

WA

Greater Western Sydney

Nathan Wilson

WA

Melbourne

Jeffrey Garlett

WA

Melbourne

Neville Jetta

WA

Port Adelaide

Brendon Ah Chee

WA

Port Adelaide

Nathan Krakouer

WA

Port Adelaide

Patrick Ryder

WA

Port Adelaide

Sam Powell-Pepper

WA

Richmond

Shai Bolton

WA

Sydney

Lance Franklin

WA

West Coast

Josh Hill

WA

West Coast

Lewis Jetta

WA

West Coast

Sharrod Wellingham

WA

Gold Coast

Jack Martin

WA

West Coast

Francis Watson

WA

Brisbane

Cedric Cox

WA/VIC