Flying Boomerangs facts for kids

The Flying Boomerangs are the underage Indigenous Australian Australian rules football team for men (the underage women's team is known as the Woomeras). The team has played tests against junior teams from Papua New Guinea, South Africa, New Zealand and developing pacific nations.

History

In 2013, the Flying Boomerangs toured to play the South African national Australian rules football team in both Australia and South Africa. They toured Papua New Guinea, the first international team to defeat them in Australian rules football and also New Zealand winning both matches.

The team is named after the aboriginal hunting tool, the boomerang. The senior equivalent team is the Indigenous All-Stars.

Apart from representing Australia in international Australian Rules Football, the Flying Boomerangs team members have gone on to play in the Australian Football League.

Other tours include Papua New Guinea (2009), Tonga (2010) and Fiji (2011) to compete against the underage Oceania and Pacific Islands teams. Andrew Mcleod (head coach) and Chris Johnson (assistant coach) were also part of the team in 2010. In 2017 Barry Lawrence was named head coach and Harry Miller as assistant coach.

The Flying Boomerangs have been featured nationally in a documentary on ABC TV during their tour to South Africa.

Notable matches and tours

Matches

Year	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium	Captain (vice-captain)	Coach	Best	Crowd	Notes/References
2017	December	New Zealand Academy	Flying Boomerangs 26.9 (165) def New Zealand Academy 3.2 (20)	Outer Oval, North Harbour Stadium			Frank Szekely
2017	December	South Pacific All Stars		Albert Park (Suva) Fiji		Barry Lawrence
2013	December	New Zealand (U16)	Flying Boomerangs 16.23 (119) def New Zealand 2.3 (15)	Hutt Park Wellington, New Zealand
2013	February	South Pacific Nations	Flying Boomerangs 13.5 (83) def South Pacific 10.9 (69)	Blacktown International Sportspark
2013	January	South Africa	Flying Boomerangs 17.15 (117) def South Africa 4.8 (32)	Durban
2011				Fiji		Andrew Mcleod
2010				Tonga
2010		South Africa (Coastal Squad)	Flying Boomerangs 17.10 (112) def. South Africa (Coastal Squad)	Nyanga Cricket Ground, Cape Town
2010		South Africa (Inland Squad)	Flying Boomerangs 9.13 (67) def. South Africa (Inland Squad) 8.9 (57)	Mohadin Cricket Ground, Potchefstroom
2009		Central Highlands (Papua New Guinea)	Flying Boomerangs 7.10 (52) def. Central Highlands 2.2 (14)	University of Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea				8,000
2009		Papua New Guinea (U18)	Flying Boomerangs 9.11 (65) def. by Papua New Guinea (U18) 9.12 (66)	Lae, Papua New Guinea				2,500
2008		South Africa	Flying Boomerangs 11.10 (76) def. South Africa 8.9 (57)
2008		South Africa	Flying Boomerangs 19.9 (123) def. South Africa 2.11 (23)

Alumni

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  Curtly Hampton

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  Jarman Impey

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  Austin Wonaeamirri

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  Cameron Stokes

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  Nathan Krakouer

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  Steven May

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  Callum Ah Chee

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  Willie Rioli

See also

• Indigenous All-Stars