Port Adelaide Indigenous Guernsey

[Northalives]

I thought we could replace the teal with ochre and wear it for the Darwin games as well.

Brilliant, brilliant idea !

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Caro wrote an article on the Indigenous Round. Here is the bit she experienced whilst at Alberton the other day.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/its-more-than-a-theme-20130524-2k6vx.html

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In a week in which Nathan Lovett-Murray made headlines for all the wrong reasons and Lance Franklin's social behaviour was targeted again, two unheralded events deserve highlighting for the right reasons.

One was a meeting of the players and coaches at the Port Adelaide Football Club home of Alberton that this columnist was fortunate enough to attend. That club's Aboriginal employment and engagement manager Paul Vandenbergh was explaining to a fatigued group of footballers the significance of his heritage and the heartbreak of the stolen generations. He kept their attention.

The footballers listened as Chad Wingard and Brendon Ah Chee explained their origin, while Vandenbergh explained the complexities of skin groups and how different again was the background of teenage gun Jake Neade, from Elliott, whose grandmother had been stolen as a young child.

At one point, Port's football boss, Peter Rohde, interrupted and offered an intriguing insight into how far clubs had come in less than a decade in terms of understanding the indigenous culture. He turned to former Port star Byron Pickett, who had returned to the club for a day, and told him how embarrassed he was to have misjudged him only seven short years ago.

Rohde explained that when Pickett had told the club he had to attend the funeral of a grandparent, the Port football hierarchy on more than one occasion did not believe him because they believed Pickett had already mourned the deaths of his full quota of grandmothers.

The club did not understand that Pickett's grandmother may have had two sisters and that all three, according to his culture, were grandmothers. Nor did the club understand why indigenous funerals required players to be absent for close to a week.

Pickett, said Rohde, was too shy to explain the different grieving process.

Pickett simply nodded at Rohde's confession, but it was a poignant exchange............

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/its-more-than-a-theme-20130524-2k6vx.html

 

[kaysee]

Caro wrote an article on the Indigenous Round. Here is the bit she experienced whilst at Alberton the other day.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/its-more-than-a-theme-20130524-2k6vx.html

.....

In a week in which Nathan Lovett-Murray made headlines for all the wrong reasons and Lance Franklin's social behaviour was targeted again, two unheralded events deserve highlighting for the right reasons.

One was a meeting of the players and coaches at the Port Adelaide Football Club home of Alberton that this columnist was fortunate enough to attend. That club's Aboriginal employment and engagement manager Paul Vandenbergh was explaining to a fatigued group of footballers the significance of his heritage and the heartbreak of the stolen generations. He kept their attention.

The footballers listened as Chad Wingard and Brendon Ah Chee explained their origin, while Vandenbergh explained the complexities of skin groups and how different again was the background of teenage gun Jake Neade, from Elliott, whose grandmother had been stolen as a young child.

At one point, Port's football boss, Peter Rohde, interrupted and offered an intriguing insight into how far clubs had come in less than a decade in terms of understanding the indigenous culture. He turned to former Port star Byron Pickett, who had returned to the club for a day, and told him how embarrassed he was to have misjudged him only seven short years ago.

Rohde explained that when Pickett had told the club he had to attend the funeral of a grandparent, the Port football hierarchy on more than one occasion did not believe him because they believed Pickett had already mourned the deaths of his full quota of grandmothers.

The club did not understand that Pickett's grandmother may have had two sisters and that all three, according to his culture, were grandmothers. Nor did the club understand why indigenous funerals required players to be absent for close to a week.

Pickett, said Rohde, was too shy to explain the different grieving process.

Pickett simply nodded at Rohde's confession, but it was a poignant exchange............

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/its-more-than-a-theme-20130524-2k6vx.html

Got to say that I'm a bit disappointed in reading this. I assumed, and think most Port supporters too, that given our history/support of indigenous footballers over the decades that our club would have more insight about such matters.

 

[Hodges 153!]

Probably didn't get them in time.

Maybe it was all good to go, but got shelved when Jake Neade got withdrawn from the side?

Cant find it online, but front page today is a story of how this guernsey was designed by Jake, and will be worn this week.

The design depicts 22 Emus, symbolising his new Port Adelaide 'brothers'.

Megastore will have limited numbers available at $110.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Maybe it was all good to go, but got shelved when Jake Neade got withdrawn from the side?

Cant find it online, but front page today is a story of how this guernsey was designed by Jake, and will be worn this week.

The design depicts 22 Emus, symbolising his new Port Adelaide 'brothers'.

Megastore will have limited numbers available at $110.

You can't be looking very hard.

Jake Neade carries the spirit of his people

JAKE Neade tells the ancient story of three emus - "all brothers," he notes - who ventured from the Top End on separate paths.

"One came to Elliott," says the teenage Port Adelaide forward of how the emu became the totem of his family home between Darwin and Alice Springs.
Tomorrow, the emu will go back to Darwin. There will be 22 painted on the Power jumper as Neade's symbolic statement of his new family, his Port Adelaide team-mates.
And the emu spirit from Elliott - that emphasises family and a connection to the land - will follow to see the township's now famous son play in the AFL game against the Western Bulldogs tomorrow night.

Jake Neade carries the spirit of his people

 

[Hodges 153!]

You can't be looking very hard.

That's not the story on the front page........

It is titled "A fresh design drawn from the past"

 

[Ford Fairlane]

That's not the story on the front page........

It is titled "A fresh design drawn from the past"

Thankfully I have no idea what the print edition of the tiser looks like.

 

[Hodges 153!]

HAHA!

This IS a story worth reading though....

If Indigenous Round is to be commemorated, at least we've gone about it with something more meaningful than changing a Pantone number....

 

[Kickpuncher]

Thats a very shiny guernsey

 

[BradBert]

I've looked over the web, but does anyone know where I can find the story/or has a copy they can put up about the three emus? It would be nice to read and very much appreciated!

 

[BIG MATTY T]

If I wore that shiney jumper on the field I would be like.. Check out mah bling yaaalllll

 

[Hodges 153!]

 

[TheFVK]

Well played, The Advertiser *Nods Head*

 

[*PAF]

Not into merch but I love this one. Might even buy one or two for presents when they go on sale.

 

[Onward To Victory]

So did we end up wearing a special Indigenous guernsey last week? Or was that just an afl.com.au reporter jumping the gun?

 

[El_Scorcho]

I would support a full time nickname change to the emus because why the hell not?

 

[Onward To Victory]

I quite like design - good work Jake!

Also, it seems like Port has decided to start being a bit more aggressive with it's efforts to become the NT's AFL club, a bit like Hawthorn in Tassie. It sounds like this is the first step of a wider 'Central Corridor strategy' for the club. I think this is a clever idea. It's always good to grow the pie! The club website also mentioned about playing in Alice Springs - has anyone heard anything more about this? Hopefully only as the away team, although two AFL games per season in the NT could work against us on-field.

 

[Onward To Victory]

I would support a full time nickname change to the emus because why the hell not?

Yeah, this did cross my mind too! Not because I like the sound of 'The Emus' but because anything's better than 'Power.' It such a shame we can't still be the 'Magpies!'

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Port's central corridor strategy from the Port website

THE Port Adelaide Football Club is today proud to announce its Central Corridor Strategy, which will work towards a long-term vision of building Port Adelaide’s presence in the Northern Territory.

As part of its announcement, the club will wear a special guernsey in Saturday night’s Round 10 match against the Western Bulldogs.

The Northern Territory guernsey features 22 emus emblazoned on the black fabric below its white and teal vees, which represent each of the players who will run out for the Power in the game.

Port's central corridor strategy

 

[Jakko]

Very cool design.

I like that there's a story behind it, and even educational.

 

[70sDinosaur]

I'd like to see us own the central corridor on and off the field.

 

[cmpower]

As I said in another thread, as a paying member, I would be more than happy to play 10 home games at AO, an 1 in the NT.

 

[Powersurj]

Obviously ive been a big fan of Neade since the day he was drafted, as soon as i saw the article i was online to purchase my number 32 guernsey, love the design ...

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

I'd like to see us own the central corridor on and off the field.

We can do a lot better in the NT, but the AO model is based on us playing 11 home games there every year for many years. Until we can play a couple of home games there every year we will be limited what we can do and can't cut and paste the Hawks success in Tassie.


The club has kicked another big goal in 2013. Well done on the jumper and well done on putting 2 NT based people onto the Power Community Ltd board, to consolidate the NT strategy.

 

[Dalphonso]

Got to say that I'm a bit disappointed in reading this. I assumed, and think most Port supporters too, that given our history/support of indigenous footballers over the decades that our club would have more insight about such matters.

Blokes growing up in Adelaide don't have much link to the traditional style that Picket grew up with