Koori Knockout 2022

The Koori Knockout has turned into something much more important than a sports carnival as it celebrates 50 years of bringing First Nations people together.

“My son will come along and be part of the big Knockout with us” Sampson said. “The main thing is the jerseys that people wear,” Briggs said. “It was a real thrill for the whole family and community,” he said. “But in 2018, we won our first round game and in 2019 we went to the top eight of the 64 teams. “The first six years, we’d get beaten in the first game,” he said. I remember George Rose grabbing me in the first scrum and slinging me around in my first game.”

It all began when a group of Indigenous footy players decided there should be greater representation of First Nations people in rugby league.

We all get together, we catch up, and obviously share in the passion we have for rugby league," NRL Pathways Manager and Anaiwan man Dean Widders said. so it is something that we hold dear to our hearts, that's something we're really proud of." "We just sat down and had a few little yarns … "It is all about the football of course but it is also about reunion, bringing mob together — we want to capture that and keep it for people to look at in the future and understand why it is such an important event." I'm not gonna miss it," he said. Mr Briggs, a curator and librarian at the State Library of NSW, has worked for the past two years with the community, families and the founding members to capture the history, pride and excitement of the event in a new exhibition.

Up to 40-thousand players and spectators are in the Shoalhaven today for the 50th Koori Knockout. Bomaderry Sports Complex - 111 Cambewarra Rd, Bomaderry is ...

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