NRL boots hit the ground to help prevent Indigenous youth suicide | Lorena Allam

The Newcastle Knights are leading the charge to build awareness of an ‘unspeakable tragedy’ When the Newcastle Knights run onto the field against the Sydney Roosters on Friday night as part of the NRL’s Indigenous round, see if you can get a good look at their boots.Every pair is hand-painted with Aboriginal designs, personalised to represent the country where each of the players come from, “whether they are saltwater [coastal] or freshwater [inland] people”, according to one of the project’s originators, Mark Watson. Related: AFL club bosses to watch Adam Goodes documentary Continue readingread full article

Source: TheGuardian

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