General Bombers Talk AFLW 2023 & AFL 2024 Indigenous Guernsey Revealed

[Lore]

The girls played in this one tonight, but as with last season I expect the boys will have the same design for 2024 (red sash on black if it's not a clash jumper).

 

[Pweter]

Said to me wife during the game last night that I rated the guernsey. Simple but very effective

 

[ghostdog]

That jumper looks fresh.

 

[eth-dog]

Looks good

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Simple.

How hard is it to change the constitution?

 

[LB#16]

Why does the constitution apply to the men's team and not the club as a whole?

 

[Lore]

Why does the constitution apply to the men's team and not the club as a whole?

It does apply to the club as a whole, but for some reason the girls wear the clash way more often than necessary

 

[Lore]

And now it's official. And it was designed by Kirby Bentley!! Yay. Glad she's still having an impact at the club even if she's not on the coaching panel.

Introducing the AFLW Indigenous guernsey

The story behind the Bomber's AFLW Indigenous guernsey, ahead of Dreamtime.

www.essendonfc.com.au

The Essendon Football Club are proud to wear their AFLW Indigenous guernsey across rounds seven and eight, including in their Dreamtime clash with Richmond this Saturday.

Designed by former assistant coach and proud Noongar woman Kirby Bentley, the guernsey tells the Dreamtime story of Waugal, the spirit of the Noongar people and central to their beliefs and culture.

Noongar people believe that the Waugal dominates the earth and the sky and makes the koondarnangor (thunder), babanginy (lightning) and boroong (rain).

During the Nyitting, it created the fresh waterways such as the bilya/beelier (river), pinjar (swamps, lakes) and ngamma (waterhole).

The Darling Scarp represents the body of the Waugal, which created the curves and contours of the hills and gullies. As the Waugal slithered over the land, its track shaped the sand dunes, its body scoured out the course of the rivers, where it occasionally stopped for a rest, and created bays and lakes.

For Noongar people, this is hunting from the front, building a stronger connection with each other through the waters and the land.

Introducing the AFLW Indigenous guernsey

The story behind the Bomber's AFLW Indigenous guernsey, ahead of Dreamtime.

www.essendonfc.com.au