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These are the themes that first-grade centre Yuin Campbell, 22, went for when designing the Indigenous jersey for Indigenous Round on Sunday, July 15.
Campbell said he loved designing the jersey for the day.
“It’s one of the things I’ve always wanted to do for the club,” he said.
“At the start of the year, we decided we wanted to be like a family at the club, so I came up with a design to show community, strenght, and support withing the local area.
“I’m good mates with all these Narooma lads, and I’ve played first-grade with them for a few years now.
“I wanted to give something back through my Indigenous art to show them how much it means to be a unit, and a family.”
The Devils celebrated the day with a Welcome to Country and traditional dancing before the first-grade game.
Campbell said Indigenous Round was one of the biggest weekends on the calendar.
“It’s a big thing to all of us,” he said. “Every time we (Indigenous players) play in Indigenous Round, it’s about culture, and playing from where you come from.
“It’s like how we play when we play the Koori Knockouts. All of the Koori boys all back themselves to play in the game, because everyone down here loves footy.”
The Narooma club is made up of players from Bodalla to Cobargo, but they all come back to Narooma for their footy.
“A lot of the boys here are from Narooma, but they moved away,” Campbell said. “Some are in Bodalla, some are in Bermagui, but we all come together to play here.
“When the reserve-grade coach Damien put his hand up to coach, it brought all the boys back to Narooma to play. Some of us are lucky enough to play up in first grade.”