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12-year-old eyes becoming first hijab-wearing AFL player

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She's just 12 years old and only saw her first game of AFL three years ago but Ethiopian-born Amren Abrahim has development coaches talking. Image: Amren Abrahim at North Melbourne FC (SBS)


Competing amongst players three years her senior, she's aiming to become the AFLW league's first-hijab wearing player.

 

 

 


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