Late mum's wisdom guiding Rabbitohs young gun Tyrone Munro after twin tragedies
It was almost a year ago that Munro won the hearts of the NRL world by playing for South Sydney during a week of devastation off the field.
Only 19 at the time, the winger bravely put his hand up to play against NRL powerhouse Penrith just two days after losing his mother Kirawhan Fernando, and on the same day he lost his uncle Raymond Caldwell.
After the twin tragedies, Munro looked set to finally become a regular first-grader at South Sydney in 2025 following a wretched run of injuries.
But in Round 1, Munro fractured his collarbone for a third time in little more than a year, so has gone on to play only 10 of a possible 22 games.
Through it all, it has been the wisdom of his late mother that has kept Munro going.
'At the end of the day, whatever's happening to my life, that's on me. It's not on anyone else. I don't sit around and wait for people to message me and see how I'm feeling,' he told AAP.
'Regardless of how I'm feeling, I'm going to get up and I'm going to do what I'm going to do.
'I proved that last year when I went through that tragic time, because I love this sport, I've got a passion for it. It's an undying passion. My mum probably instilled that in me.'
It was Munro's mother who had encouraged him on the first steps of his professional rugby league journey, which began with a first-grade debut at only 18 in 2023.
He still carries her words with him today.
'She told me to chase your dreams and make sure you do everything to protect those dreams. The sky's the limit,' Munro said.
The speedy 20-year-old reiterated the extent of his potential in the Rabbitohs' 20-16 defeat of Parramatta on Saturday night.
Munro scored the first try of the gutsy win, and defensively dominated his much more seasoned opposite man Josh Addo-Carr all night.
Squaring off with a fellow Indigenous flyer was a fitting way for Gomeroi man Munro to celebrate the first Indigenous Round clash of his young career.
'It's probably something I'm going to remember for the rest of my life,' he said.
'It was pretty emotional for me, I've got a lot of love and respect for 'Foxx' (Addo-Carr).
'He took me under his wing when I was coming through the reps and stuff, when I was coming through (junior grades) Harold Matts and SG Ball.'
The curtain is beginning to come down on an injury-ravaged season for Souths, who mercifully appear to have dodged the wooden spoon with Saturday's win.
Munro, who has played 17 first-grade games, hopes 2026 can finally be the year he plays a full season as a starting winger for the club he loves.
'That's the goal,' he said.
'But I've just got to execute it when I get an opportunity.
'There's still a lot more that I need to prove to myself, not to anyone else. I just keep it humble, keep working hard and let my footy do the talking.'
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Time is now for Walker brothers to coach in NRL
The man who appointed Ben and Shane Walker in their successful re-imagining of rugby league as Ipswich coaches has urged NRL club officials to unleash the duo as mentors at the highest level. Several battling NRL clubs are set to make big calls on their coaches, the Gold Coast Titans one of them, and Ipswich Jets chairman Steve Johnson has some advice for their boards, owners and CEOs. "It is not brave and courageous to appoint Ben and Shane as NRL coaches. It is stupidity not to," Johnson told AAP. "They are proven winners and they have a style of play like the great coaches. The great coaches don't react to what other teams do. They might make amendments to how they do things, but they stay true to their style. "In modern rugby league, how many coaches have a style? A lot of them have looked in the mirror and copied each other. "Peter V'landys is after excitement. Well, Ben and Shane will deliver that and take it to another level. If you want this game to be a showpiece of brilliance, then bring on Ben and Shane." The Jets, who play in the Queensland statewide competition, will on Saturday celebrate in Ipswich the 10-year anniversary of their 2015 Queensland Cup and NRL State Championship title success under the Walkers. The club also won the BRL competition that year, and players will descend on North Ipswich Reserve to reminisce. The Walkers, former NRL players themselves, became known for the flair and innovation they brought to rugby league, but Johnson said it was time to bust myths about the so-called "risky" way they are alleged to coach. The duo had been coaching the lower grades at Burleigh when Johnson first spoke to them about joining the Jets. "They were perceived to be so radical that they were a danger to appoint. Some well-known rugby league people warned me against it, but I had one conversation with them and they impressed me with their 'Rain Man' knowledge of rugby league," Johnson recalled. "They knew it inside out and laid out their plan of how they would revolutionise the game with how they attacked. "They came to the Jets as assistants to Glenn Lazarus in 2010, and at that time we were playing the same football as everybody else." The Jets got the 2010 wooden spoon and Johnson interviewed them for the top job. "The first thing they said was that they wanted to re-sign the same playing squad that got the spoon," Johnson said. "I said to them when I gave them the job that footy games are not won 84-83 and that I wanted to see them show me their defence before unleashing their attack. "They went away and produced outstanding defence back-to-back-to-back and it lasted for the entire nine years they were here, along with their unique attack as well. "I won't go into too many of their secrets, but their attack was based on their defence and not the other way around. You can't play Jets style without great defence." In 2010 when the Jets got the spoon they scored 384 points and conceded 627, with a -243 points differential. In the Walkers' first season in charge the Jets scored 560 and conceded 386 for a +186 difference, a 429-point improvement, and made the finals. During their nine seasons as Jets coaches, the Walkers had a winning record of 56 per cent and made the finals six times, missed the finals on the other three occasions by one win (two points), and won the 2015 Queensland Cup and NRL State Championships. After the 2015 grand final, the Jets lost players to NRL clubs such as Kurt Capewell, Billy McConnachie, Josh Cleeland, Matt Parcell, Rod Griffin and Carlin Anderson in a sign of their great progress at Ipswich. The Walkers became known for adopting the "contract football" made famous by the great Toowoomba coach Duncan Thompson. It was essentially, as once explained by Shane, "to give the ball to someone in a better position". "Contract football was about you having 'a contract' with the bloke in your team to follow him forward, and if he could promote the ball to you he'd promote it," Shane said. To understand what that attacking style looks like in the NRL, look no further than Sydney Roosters half Sam Walker, the son of Ben, who has 14 try assists in his six games this year. In a Walker brothers-coached side, all the players from 1-17 can play that way within their own styles. Sam grew up at his father and uncle's feet at the Jets absorbing "contract football" by osmosis. "Everyone thinks that the Jets under Ben and Shane played unstructured football, and that is also rubbish," Johnson added. "Like Bill Belichick at the New England Patriots, the Jets had a plan for anything that might happen on a rugby league field, and we practised it "Ben and Shane are great disruptors. Some of these changes to modern rules suit them perfectly and they will exploit them like no other coaches have. "There was a system to why we had a 75 per cent recovery rate from short kick-offs and dropouts. "A club that has three fullbacks like the Titans, if you want coaches to make that work successfully at seven, six and one then it is Ben and Shane. "At the Jets we had 13 numbers on the field and they all had the skill-sets to do what was required at any time." The Walker philosophy is essentially also a simple one they learned under Wayne Bennett, which was to work hard at training, compete hard on the field, and show your skill. Current Warriors and Queensland star Capewell is the epitome of that ethos. Another key reason Johnson insists the Walkers would make outstanding NRL coaches is their holistic approach to the club, not just the top 17. "In 2015 we only used 42 players in two grades and won the comp in both," he said. "You could go to Jets training and not know who was first or second grade because Ben and Shane invested their time and care into all 42, with 32 of them coming from the Ipswich corridor." The man who appointed Ben and Shane Walker in their successful re-imagining of rugby league as Ipswich coaches has urged NRL club officials to unleash the duo as mentors at the highest level. Several battling NRL clubs are set to make big calls on their coaches, the Gold Coast Titans one of them, and Ipswich Jets chairman Steve Johnson has some advice for their boards, owners and CEOs. "It is not brave and courageous to appoint Ben and Shane as NRL coaches. It is stupidity not to," Johnson told AAP. "They are proven winners and they have a style of play like the great coaches. The great coaches don't react to what other teams do. They might make amendments to how they do things, but they stay true to their style. "In modern rugby league, how many coaches have a style? A lot of them have looked in the mirror and copied each other. "Peter V'landys is after excitement. Well, Ben and Shane will deliver that and take it to another level. If you want this game to be a showpiece of brilliance, then bring on Ben and Shane." The Jets, who play in the Queensland statewide competition, will on Saturday celebrate in Ipswich the 10-year anniversary of their 2015 Queensland Cup and NRL State Championship title success under the Walkers. The club also won the BRL competition that year, and players will descend on North Ipswich Reserve to reminisce. The Walkers, former NRL players themselves, became known for the flair and innovation they brought to rugby league, but Johnson said it was time to bust myths about the so-called "risky" way they are alleged to coach. The duo had been coaching the lower grades at Burleigh when Johnson first spoke to them about joining the Jets. "They were perceived to be so radical that they were a danger to appoint. Some well-known rugby league people warned me against it, but I had one conversation with them and they impressed me with their 'Rain Man' knowledge of rugby league," Johnson recalled. "They knew it inside out and laid out their plan of how they would revolutionise the game with how they attacked. "They came to the Jets as assistants to Glenn Lazarus in 2010, and at that time we were playing the same football as everybody else." The Jets got the 2010 wooden spoon and Johnson interviewed them for the top job. "The first thing they said was that they wanted to re-sign the same playing squad that got the spoon," Johnson said. "I said to them when I gave them the job that footy games are not won 84-83 and that I wanted to see them show me their defence before unleashing their attack. "They went away and produced outstanding defence back-to-back-to-back and it lasted for the entire nine years they were here, along with their unique attack as well. "I won't go into too many of their secrets, but their attack was based on their defence and not the other way around. You can't play Jets style without great defence." In 2010 when the Jets got the spoon they scored 384 points and conceded 627, with a -243 points differential. In the Walkers' first season in charge the Jets scored 560 and conceded 386 for a +186 difference, a 429-point improvement, and made the finals. During their nine seasons as Jets coaches, the Walkers had a winning record of 56 per cent and made the finals six times, missed the finals on the other three occasions by one win (two points), and won the 2015 Queensland Cup and NRL State Championships. After the 2015 grand final, the Jets lost players to NRL clubs such as Kurt Capewell, Billy McConnachie, Josh Cleeland, Matt Parcell, Rod Griffin and Carlin Anderson in a sign of their great progress at Ipswich. The Walkers became known for adopting the "contract football" made famous by the great Toowoomba coach Duncan Thompson. It was essentially, as once explained by Shane, "to give the ball to someone in a better position". "Contract football was about you having 'a contract' with the bloke in your team to follow him forward, and if he could promote the ball to you he'd promote it," Shane said. To understand what that attacking style looks like in the NRL, look no further than Sydney Roosters half Sam Walker, the son of Ben, who has 14 try assists in his six games this year. In a Walker brothers-coached side, all the players from 1-17 can play that way within their own styles. Sam grew up at his father and uncle's feet at the Jets absorbing "contract football" by osmosis. "Everyone thinks that the Jets under Ben and Shane played unstructured football, and that is also rubbish," Johnson added. "Like Bill Belichick at the New England Patriots, the Jets had a plan for anything that might happen on a rugby league field, and we practised it "Ben and Shane are great disruptors. Some of these changes to modern rules suit them perfectly and they will exploit them like no other coaches have. "There was a system to why we had a 75 per cent recovery rate from short kick-offs and dropouts. "A club that has three fullbacks like the Titans, if you want coaches to make that work successfully at seven, six and one then it is Ben and Shane. "At the Jets we had 13 numbers on the field and they all had the skill-sets to do what was required at any time." The Walker philosophy is essentially also a simple one they learned under Wayne Bennett, which was to work hard at training, compete hard on the field, and show your skill. Current Warriors and Queensland star Capewell is the epitome of that ethos. Another key reason Johnson insists the Walkers would make outstanding NRL coaches is their holistic approach to the club, not just the top 17. "In 2015 we only used 42 players in two grades and won the comp in both," he said. "You could go to Jets training and not know who was first or second grade because Ben and Shane invested their time and care into all 42, with 32 of them coming from the Ipswich corridor." The man who appointed Ben and Shane Walker in their successful re-imagining of rugby league as Ipswich coaches has urged NRL club officials to unleash the duo as mentors at the highest level. Several battling NRL clubs are set to make big calls on their coaches, the Gold Coast Titans one of them, and Ipswich Jets chairman Steve Johnson has some advice for their boards, owners and CEOs. "It is not brave and courageous to appoint Ben and Shane as NRL coaches. It is stupidity not to," Johnson told AAP. "They are proven winners and they have a style of play like the great coaches. The great coaches don't react to what other teams do. They might make amendments to how they do things, but they stay true to their style. "In modern rugby league, how many coaches have a style? A lot of them have looked in the mirror and copied each other. "Peter V'landys is after excitement. Well, Ben and Shane will deliver that and take it to another level. If you want this game to be a showpiece of brilliance, then bring on Ben and Shane." The Jets, who play in the Queensland statewide competition, will on Saturday celebrate in Ipswich the 10-year anniversary of their 2015 Queensland Cup and NRL State Championship title success under the Walkers. The club also won the BRL competition that year, and players will descend on North Ipswich Reserve to reminisce. The Walkers, former NRL players themselves, became known for the flair and innovation they brought to rugby league, but Johnson said it was time to bust myths about the so-called "risky" way they are alleged to coach. The duo had been coaching the lower grades at Burleigh when Johnson first spoke to them about joining the Jets. "They were perceived to be so radical that they were a danger to appoint. Some well-known rugby league people warned me against it, but I had one conversation with them and they impressed me with their 'Rain Man' knowledge of rugby league," Johnson recalled. "They knew it inside out and laid out their plan of how they would revolutionise the game with how they attacked. "They came to the Jets as assistants to Glenn Lazarus in 2010, and at that time we were playing the same football as everybody else." The Jets got the 2010 wooden spoon and Johnson interviewed them for the top job. "The first thing they said was that they wanted to re-sign the same playing squad that got the spoon," Johnson said. "I said to them when I gave them the job that footy games are not won 84-83 and that I wanted to see them show me their defence before unleashing their attack. "They went away and produced outstanding defence back-to-back-to-back and it lasted for the entire nine years they were here, along with their unique attack as well. "I won't go into too many of their secrets, but their attack was based on their defence and not the other way around. You can't play Jets style without great defence." In 2010 when the Jets got the spoon they scored 384 points and conceded 627, with a -243 points differential. In the Walkers' first season in charge the Jets scored 560 and conceded 386 for a +186 difference, a 429-point improvement, and made the finals. During their nine seasons as Jets coaches, the Walkers had a winning record of 56 per cent and made the finals six times, missed the finals on the other three occasions by one win (two points), and won the 2015 Queensland Cup and NRL State Championships. After the 2015 grand final, the Jets lost players to NRL clubs such as Kurt Capewell, Billy McConnachie, Josh Cleeland, Matt Parcell, Rod Griffin and Carlin Anderson in a sign of their great progress at Ipswich. The Walkers became known for adopting the "contract football" made famous by the great Toowoomba coach Duncan Thompson. It was essentially, as once explained by Shane, "to give the ball to someone in a better position". "Contract football was about you having 'a contract' with the bloke in your team to follow him forward, and if he could promote the ball to you he'd promote it," Shane said. To understand what that attacking style looks like in the NRL, look no further than Sydney Roosters half Sam Walker, the son of Ben, who has 14 try assists in his six games this year. In a Walker brothers-coached side, all the players from 1-17 can play that way within their own styles. Sam grew up at his father and uncle's feet at the Jets absorbing "contract football" by osmosis. "Everyone thinks that the Jets under Ben and Shane played unstructured football, and that is also rubbish," Johnson added. "Like Bill Belichick at the New England Patriots, the Jets had a plan for anything that might happen on a rugby league field, and we practised it "Ben and Shane are great disruptors. Some of these changes to modern rules suit them perfectly and they will exploit them like no other coaches have. "There was a system to why we had a 75 per cent recovery rate from short kick-offs and dropouts. "A club that has three fullbacks like the Titans, if you want coaches to make that work successfully at seven, six and one then it is Ben and Shane. "At the Jets we had 13 numbers on the field and they all had the skill-sets to do what was required at any time." The Walker philosophy is essentially also a simple one they learned under Wayne Bennett, which was to work hard at training, compete hard on the field, and show your skill. Current Warriors and Queensland star Capewell is the epitome of that ethos. Another key reason Johnson insists the Walkers would make outstanding NRL coaches is their holistic approach to the club, not just the top 17. "In 2015 we only used 42 players in two grades and won the comp in both," he said. "You could go to Jets training and not know who was first or second grade because Ben and Shane invested their time and care into all 42, with 32 of them coming from the Ipswich corridor."
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Bronco Ben walks like an Egyptian into NRL dream
Tough-as-teak Brisbane prop Ben Talty is the fragrance king of the NRL and fast asserting himself as a late bloomer rookie with a long career ahead of him. The 26-year-old former North Sydney Bears captain has been a barnstormer off the bench for the Broncos in their late season surge and off the field he is kicking goals galore. Talty has a Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In cahoots with best mate and fellow Broncos prop Fletcher Baker, he is co-founder of Nefertum, a luxury fragrance brand that blends pure Egyptian oils with Australian craftsmanship. The name pays homage to Nefertiti, the famous queen of ancient Egypt. "Fletcher and I decided we wanted to go to Egypt one year but we didn't have the idea of going and setting up a fragrance business," Talty grinned. "My mother told me to go and try out an oil shop, and we did that at a couple of shops over there. "We kept in touch with a good friend of ours over there, an awesome fella, and he's our supplier. He sends it over here and we just check it and sell it." What former Broncos hardmen like Peter Ryan, Tonie Carroll and Shane Webcke would make of it is anyone's guess, but you can bet your bottom dollar they would be in admiration of Talty's displays after getting his late shot at the NRL and vindicating coach Michael Maguire's faith in him. Talty, a Muswellbrook Rams junior, has scored three tries in his five NRL games this year after signing with Brisbane mid-season and brings punch and thrust every time he comes on. "It's something I thought that would never come true," Talty said. "I was working away at North Sydney. You play footy for so long and you get to a certain age and you start to question whether it's all going to work out. "I'm just fortunate enough that Madge (Maguire) and the rest of the staff and recruitment put a little bit of faith in me. "I grew up on a horse stud just out of Muswellbrook in the Hunter (Valley), so my parents had to always take me to training Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It was a four-hour round trip, so being able to repay them for this and be in this position and make them proud, it's just such an honour to do that." Talty is on a train-and-trial deal until the end of 2026. The Broncos could upgrade that at any stage. Perth Bears fans are already clamouring for Talty to be a foundation player in 2027 when they enter the NRL. "All I ever wanted to do was play first grade, and the Broncos made that come true so I'm quite content with where I am at currently," he said. "The Bears will always have a deep place in my heart because they helped build the foundation of where I am now. "I'm still a long way from where I want to be as well. It's a great start, but I'm looking further ahead." Talty was a Newcastle junior from the age of 15 so can't wait to take on the Knights away on Sunday. "They helped pave the way. It should be an unreal experience," he said. Tough-as-teak Brisbane prop Ben Talty is the fragrance king of the NRL and fast asserting himself as a late bloomer rookie with a long career ahead of him. The 26-year-old former North Sydney Bears captain has been a barnstormer off the bench for the Broncos in their late season surge and off the field he is kicking goals galore. Talty has a Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In cahoots with best mate and fellow Broncos prop Fletcher Baker, he is co-founder of Nefertum, a luxury fragrance brand that blends pure Egyptian oils with Australian craftsmanship. The name pays homage to Nefertiti, the famous queen of ancient Egypt. "Fletcher and I decided we wanted to go to Egypt one year but we didn't have the idea of going and setting up a fragrance business," Talty grinned. "My mother told me to go and try out an oil shop, and we did that at a couple of shops over there. "We kept in touch with a good friend of ours over there, an awesome fella, and he's our supplier. He sends it over here and we just check it and sell it." What former Broncos hardmen like Peter Ryan, Tonie Carroll and Shane Webcke would make of it is anyone's guess, but you can bet your bottom dollar they would be in admiration of Talty's displays after getting his late shot at the NRL and vindicating coach Michael Maguire's faith in him. Talty, a Muswellbrook Rams junior, has scored three tries in his five NRL games this year after signing with Brisbane mid-season and brings punch and thrust every time he comes on. "It's something I thought that would never come true," Talty said. "I was working away at North Sydney. You play footy for so long and you get to a certain age and you start to question whether it's all going to work out. "I'm just fortunate enough that Madge (Maguire) and the rest of the staff and recruitment put a little bit of faith in me. "I grew up on a horse stud just out of Muswellbrook in the Hunter (Valley), so my parents had to always take me to training Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It was a four-hour round trip, so being able to repay them for this and be in this position and make them proud, it's just such an honour to do that." Talty is on a train-and-trial deal until the end of 2026. The Broncos could upgrade that at any stage. Perth Bears fans are already clamouring for Talty to be a foundation player in 2027 when they enter the NRL. "All I ever wanted to do was play first grade, and the Broncos made that come true so I'm quite content with where I am at currently," he said. "The Bears will always have a deep place in my heart because they helped build the foundation of where I am now. "I'm still a long way from where I want to be as well. It's a great start, but I'm looking further ahead." Talty was a Newcastle junior from the age of 15 so can't wait to take on the Knights away on Sunday. "They helped pave the way. It should be an unreal experience," he said. Tough-as-teak Brisbane prop Ben Talty is the fragrance king of the NRL and fast asserting himself as a late bloomer rookie with a long career ahead of him. The 26-year-old former North Sydney Bears captain has been a barnstormer off the bench for the Broncos in their late season surge and off the field he is kicking goals galore. Talty has a Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In cahoots with best mate and fellow Broncos prop Fletcher Baker, he is co-founder of Nefertum, a luxury fragrance brand that blends pure Egyptian oils with Australian craftsmanship. The name pays homage to Nefertiti, the famous queen of ancient Egypt. "Fletcher and I decided we wanted to go to Egypt one year but we didn't have the idea of going and setting up a fragrance business," Talty grinned. "My mother told me to go and try out an oil shop, and we did that at a couple of shops over there. "We kept in touch with a good friend of ours over there, an awesome fella, and he's our supplier. He sends it over here and we just check it and sell it." What former Broncos hardmen like Peter Ryan, Tonie Carroll and Shane Webcke would make of it is anyone's guess, but you can bet your bottom dollar they would be in admiration of Talty's displays after getting his late shot at the NRL and vindicating coach Michael Maguire's faith in him. Talty, a Muswellbrook Rams junior, has scored three tries in his five NRL games this year after signing with Brisbane mid-season and brings punch and thrust every time he comes on. "It's something I thought that would never come true," Talty said. "I was working away at North Sydney. You play footy for so long and you get to a certain age and you start to question whether it's all going to work out. "I'm just fortunate enough that Madge (Maguire) and the rest of the staff and recruitment put a little bit of faith in me. "I grew up on a horse stud just out of Muswellbrook in the Hunter (Valley), so my parents had to always take me to training Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It was a four-hour round trip, so being able to repay them for this and be in this position and make them proud, it's just such an honour to do that." Talty is on a train-and-trial deal until the end of 2026. The Broncos could upgrade that at any stage. Perth Bears fans are already clamouring for Talty to be a foundation player in 2027 when they enter the NRL. "All I ever wanted to do was play first grade, and the Broncos made that come true so I'm quite content with where I am at currently," he said. "The Bears will always have a deep place in my heart because they helped build the foundation of where I am now. "I'm still a long way from where I want to be as well. It's a great start, but I'm looking further ahead." Talty was a Newcastle junior from the age of 15 so can't wait to take on the Knights away on Sunday. "They helped pave the way. It should be an unreal experience," he said.
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Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera's record AFL Deal sends a message to young Aboriginal players
The Kokatha and Narangga man turned down strong interest from Adelaide and Port Adelaide, giving the Saints a major boost both on and off the field. The landmark deal has drawn praise from AFL legend and Indigenous mentor Chris Johnson, who says it sends a powerful message to young Aboriginal footballers nationwide. '[It] sends a powerful message to young Aboriginal footballers across the country: hard work in state academies and AFL Indigenous programs can lead to elite-level careers - and the rewards that come with them.' The Wiradjuri and Gunditjmara man highlighted Wanganeen-Milera's exceptional skillset as a key factor in the contract. 'He's an elite player who thrives in confined spaces, delivers precise handballs and kicks, and constantly involves his teammates,' Johnson said. 'When he has a strong presence on the field, St Kilda usually wins.' The deal is not just a victory for St Kilda - it marks a significant milestone for Aboriginal representation in the AFL. Johnson said it could inspire more young Aboriginal talent to pursue the sport. 'Players like Nasiah give the next generation something to aim for. We can leverage their success to create real pathways to elite football,' he said.
