SOME of the region's top soccer players have earned selection in a variety of First Nations indigenous representative teams.
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Northern Nations FC's Tom Mathews, Deegan Hunter, Keifer Dotti, Kane Wright, Shane Smith, Kaiden Powell, Jaxon Bullen, Lewis and Mark Archibald have been selected to compete in the national sides.
Gomeroi Maliyan-Go's Jermal Ibrahim-Haas and Jacinta Thornton will also take the national stage in New Zealand early next year.
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Also representing Gomeroi Maliyan-Go, will be Violet Nicholson, who was selected in the under-14 Mariya squad.
All 12 players will compete in both the men's and women's First Nation teams against the New Zealand Maoris in next year's Clash of Cultures Trans Tasman Cup.
Tamworth will be well represented in the squads, as Nicholson [Tamworth FC] and Thornton [North Companions] both regularly play in Northern Inland Football's weekly competitions.
The group's selections come after impressive performances at the National Indigenous Football Championships held in Nowra during October.
Billy Jupp
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
