Past Adam Kerinaiua (1992)

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Footyinfo

Full name: Adam Kerinaiua
Born: June 17, 1974
Teams: Brisbane Bears 1992
Height: 178cm
Weight: 72kg
Debut: Brisbane Bears vs Adelaide Round 21, Carrara, 9 August 1992

Wikipedia

Adam Kerinaiua (born 17 June 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Kerinaiua, a Tiwi Islander, was recruited from North Darwin in the NTFL. He played three of the final four rounds of the 1992 AFL season, aged just 18. In all three games he didn't find much of the ball but kicked a goal against Geelong.

He was a member of the Indigenous All-Stars team which defeated Collingwood in an exhibition match in 1994.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kerinaiua#cite_note-2

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Youngest Bears Players

Michael Voss       Rd 18, 1992 v Fitzroy at Princes Park   17 years, 11 days
Matthew Ah Mat     Rd 21, 1991 v Essendon at MCG           17 years, 44 days
Justin Leppitsch   Rd 1, 1993 v Nth Melb at MCG            17 years, 177 days
Marcus Ashcroft    Rd 9, 1989 v North Melb at MCG          17 years, 243 days
Daniel Bradshaw    Rd 18 v Richmond, Optus Oval            17 years, 257 days
Nigel Lappin       Rd 3, 1994 v Fitzroy at Western Oval    17 years, 292 days
Nathan Chapman     Rd 1, 1993 v North Melb at MCG          17 years, 320 days
Chris Scott        Rd 1, 1994 v Sydney at Gabba            17 years 328 days
Ray Windsor        Rd 15, 1990 v Fitzroy at Carrara        17 years, 338 days
[U]Adam Kerinaiua[/U]     Rd 21, 1992 v Adelaide, Carrara         18 years, 24 days
Jason Akermanis    Rd 4, 1995 v Carlton, Gabba             18 years, 58 days
Corey Bell         Rd 10, 1991 v Richmond, Carrara         18 years, 122 days
Nigel Palfreyman   Rd 1, 1992 v Carlton, Carrara           18 years, 171 days
Trent Bartlett     Rd 14, 1995 v Geelong, Kardinia Park    18 years, 224 days
Troy Johnson       Rd 1, 1996 v Footscray, Gabba           18 years, 248 days
Darryl White       Rd 1, 1992 v Carlton, Carrara           18 years, 283 days
Steven Lawrence    Rd 3, 1995 v Sydney, Gabba              18 years, 332 days
Ashley Green       Rd 3, 1992 v Fitzroy, Carrara           18 years, 364 days
Steve McLuckie     Rd 2, 1992 v Collingwood, Victoria Pk   19 years, 44 days
Lachlan Sim        Rd 2, 1989 v Sydney, Carrara            19 years, 137 days
Brent Green        Rd 20, 1995 v Richmond, Gabba           19 years, 144 days
Fabian Francis     Rd 2, 1993 v Richmond, MCG              19 years, 160 days
Ben Robbins        Rd 12, 1996 v Melbourne, Gabba          19 years 178 days
Matthew Clarke     Rd 1, 1993 v Nth Melb, MCG              19 years, 190 days
Shaun Hart         Rd 1, 1990 v Richmond, Carrara          19 years, 318 days

 

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Final Bears side at Carrara

B:     Shane Hamilton     Matthew Kennedy     Matthew Campbell   
HB:    John Gastev        Martin Leslie       Ashley Green     
C:     Michael Voss       Danny Noonan        Marcus Ashcroft     
HF:    Scott McIvor       Roger Merrett (c)   Darryl White   
F:     Richard Champion   John Hutton         Nigel Palfreyman   
R:     Matt Rendell       Craig Potter        David Bain   
INT:   [U]Adam Kerinaiua[/U]     Brendon Retzlaff

 

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Aboriginal All Stars vs Collingwood (1994)

BACK ROW (L-R): Adam Kerinaiua, Shane Cable, Warren Campbell, Jason Cockatoo, Michael Ratumah, Shane Tongerie, Derek Kickett, Dennis Dunn, Matthew Ah Mat
MIDDLE ROW (L-R): Gilbert McAdam, Russell Jeffrey, Darryl White, Jason Jones, Clinton Wolfe, Joe Smith, Wayne Hogan, Chris Lewis
FRONT ROW (L-R): Willie Rioli, Fabian Francis, Michael McLean (captain), Maurice Rioli (coach), Troy Ugle, David Skuta, Dale Kickett, Jamie Lawson

1st     2nd     3rd     4th     Pts
3.4     6.7     11.8    13.10   88
3.3     4.6     7.7     10.8    68

 

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Michael Voss

Yet Whitey could so easily have been lost to the AFL like Adam Kerinaiua. Adam Who? He was a Northern Territory player I saw at the 1992 Teal Cup and he was unbelievable. It was a pity he only played three games with the Bears before deciding he preferred turtle-fishing on Bathurst Island.

Kerinaiua was one who got away. There have been hundreds of others and that's football's loss. I'm all for whatever the AFL and the AFL Players Association can do to encourage more Aborigines to have a real crack at our game because without them, we are worse off.

 

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Robert Walls

It became obvious that the backgrounds of the boys could be very different. Some grew up in the suburbs of Darwin; others - such as teenager Adam Kerinaiua, who played three games for the Bears in 1992 - came from the bush. Adam grew up as a hunter-provider on Bathurst Island. At the end the '92 season, he returned home. My only form of communication with him was via the priest who lived on the island. He would tell me when I phoned that Adam was hunting his way around the island and that it would be three or four days before he would show up.

 

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Robert Walls

I am sure I saw Adam Kerinaiua play for South Fremantle reserves. I made a mental note of his name and was surprised he didn't go further. I recall him as being an incredible talent.

 

[John]

This why roster watch is the most important part of big footy for me. I watched the Bears and like to think that I was aware of, or at least can remember, most of the players over the years. My memory is not what it was and I need nowadays to look at a pic or read something other to be reminded but I just do not have a memory of Adam . Adam would only 40 next year. I would love to know what he does now.

 

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This why roster watch is the most important part of big footy for me. I watched the Bears and like to think that I was aware of, or at least can remember, most of the players over the years. My memory is not what it was and I need nowadays to look at a pic or read something other to be reminded but I just do not have a memory of Adam . Adam would only 40 next year. I would love to know what he does now.

A little bit of interwebbing shows that Adam is involved with his home community and has played a role in bringing legal action in relation to their traditional rights.

I think I recall that when he came to South Freo it was with three Tiwi players, one of whom might have been a Rioli. Souths have a very strong history with NT / Tiwi footballers.

 

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I know Adam Kerinaiua quite well as he is heavily involved with the football club I play for in Darwin. He and his wife are living in Darwin and not on the Islands anymore. I coach his son Adam Jnr in the U12s competition and he is an amazing young talent. He's one of the younger kids in the team and can still play next year but he is currently on 97 goals playing up forward and in the ruck. There's been a few articles in the Northern Territory News about him, see below.