There has only been something like 14 indigenous wallabies since 1788 (thanks for the year Andrew). Shows that historically it's a pretty piss poor representation. More needs to be done to get indigenous kids playing rugby professionally
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Cant really add anymore to the thread than that.
Like i said initially. Anything that respectfully highlights our indigenous heritage for an international audience is absolutely OK by me.
Personally I wouldn't lose any sleep if it was made permanent and then possibly changed to drawings from a different geographical location annually. But that's just me; probably a bit too progressive for the ARU.
I think it livens up the jersey, without taking away from it still being a gold wallaby jersey - on some of the forwards there is a lot of gold(yellow if you read the roar) and it's nice to see it changed up
from wiki's list of indigenous Austrlian Sportspeople.
the differential between Union and some of the other sports is staggering when you look at it in a list
Kurtley Beale
Nathan Blacklock
Shannon Walker
Burnum Burnum
Matt Hodgson
Gary Ella[4][5]
Glen Ella[4][6]
Mark Ella[4][7]
Anthony Fainga'a
Saia Fainga'a
Colby Fainga'a
Frank Ivory
Milton Thaiday
Andrew Walker
Jim Williams
Will Chambers
Lloyd McDermott - He was the first Indigenous player to represent Australia.[8]
Timana Tahu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...le#Rugby_Union
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Speaking of Mungos; I know Wikipedia is not a reliable resource. And I know he's low profile and all, but how could they omit GIGSY's favourite Mungo - Wendell. ;)
Jim Williams was a number 8 - I think he scored a try for the Australia A vs British and Irish Lions At Gosford. But I had a few by then.
Speaking of merchandise, here's a rather strange Western Force training shirt I have purchased off eBay to be an obscure part of my collection. It is not listed as being part of any of the official training or supporters range, so I can only assume it was a rejected prototype, and I can't blame them for rejecting it, in the design sense.
Hopefully we'll be staying in competition, otherwise I'm calling it my "Force going down in flames" shirt... :S
http://i.imgur.com/aI3Lyhn.jpg