Urban Indigenous families help out first year AFL players

Leaving country for the first time and trying to make it in the big leagues can be a daunting prospect for young Indigenous AFL rookies.

Urban Indigenous families help out first year AFL players

Leaving country for the first time and trying to make it in the big leagues can be a daunting prospect for young Indigenous AFL rookies.

But the AFL is hoping to make that transition a little less so.

They're being matched with Indigenous families in Sydney and Melbourne in a host family program, designed to help first year players maintain a connection to culture.

Abby Dinham reports.

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