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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

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in both Australia and South Africa. They toured

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, 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

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. 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

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. Other tours include Papua New Guinea (2009), Tonga (2010) and Fiji (2011) to compete against the underage Oceania and Pacific Islands teams.

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(head coach) and Chris Johnson (assistant coach) were also part of the team in 2010. In 2017

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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.

Alumni

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Callum Ah Chee Callum Ah Chee (born 9 October 1997) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Ah Chee was born in Derby, Western Australia, Australia. His mother is Indigenous A ...

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Willie Rioli William Rioli (known as Junior Rioli since August 2022 and Willie Rioli beforehand) (born 4 June 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having in ...

Leroy Jetta Leroy Jetta (born 6 July 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who last played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League. An outstanding junior, Jetta was twice named in the Under 18 All-Australian Team as well as bein ...

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Peter Yagmoor Peter Yagmoor (born 20 October 1993) is a former Australian rules football player. Early life Yagmoor was born and raised in Cairns, his Lebanese and Indigenous Australian father moved there from Melbourne where he met his mother. He played h ...

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International and Tour Matches

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References

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History

Alumni

International and Tour Matches

See also

References