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Rugby league cultural exchange was about “more than football”

Nov 30 2024 Updated 2 hours ago

Dallas Reeves

4 min read

Traditional Aboriginal dancing was performed on the Friday evening, with players from both teams joining Dinawan Connections, in a very special ceremony in the at the cultural exchange between Greenacre Tigers and St John’s recently.

“More than football”.

That’s how former NRL first-grader Joe Williams described the recent Under-13s rugby league cultural exchange between the Greenacre Tigers from south-west Sydney and the local St John’s Club at Dubbo.

As well as the exchange, the two sides played an exhibition match on the Saturday at St John’s College. However, traditional Aboriginal dancing, community interactio...