6 March 2026<\/p>\n
The official build-up to\u00a0AFL Gather Round gets underway\u00a0on Tuesday, March 10 when the\u00a0AFL Gather Round\u00a0Community Footy Roadshow\u00a0kicks\u00a0off\u00a0at the Ceduna Blues Football Club.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The AFL Premiership Cup, the AFLW Premiership Cup, the SANFL Thomas Seymour Hill Trophy and the SANFL Women\u2019s League Premiership Cup\u00a0will be travelling\u00a0to over 30\u00a0regional towns in South Australia covering more than\u00a05000 kilometres\u00a0along the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This is the fourth year that the SANFL and AFL have\u00a0worked together to\u00a0bring the iconic Premiership\u00a0trophies\u00a0to country areas\u00a0to celebrate our great\u00a0game.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The\u00a0three-week long\u00a0Community\u00a0Footy Roadshow\u00a0features family-friendly activities for\u00a0local communities\u00a0including NAB AFL Auskick and NAB AFL Superkick clinics, Footy Forums and Come and Try days. Over two\u00a0thousand Sherrin footballs will be handed out along the way.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Following\u00a0three days\u00a0in Ceduna, the\u00a0Community\u00a0Footy Roadshow\u00a0travels through\u00a0Whyalla,\u00a0Port Pirie,\u00a0Crytal Brook,\u00a0Two Wells,\u00a0Virginia, Balaklava, Port Wakefield,\u00a0the Riverland,\u00a0Adelaide Hills,\u00a0the\u00a0Murray Mallee\u00a0region,\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0South-East,\u00a0finishing in Mount Gambier on Good Friday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
SANFL Executive General Manager Football Matt Duldig\u00a0says this is\u00a0the\u00a0biggest instalment yet of the Footy Roadshow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGrassroots football is at the heart of our great game, and we are looking forward to the Community\u00a0Footy\u00a0Roadshow reaching more people than ever before and bringing a slice of Gather Round to country South Australia,\u201d said Duldig.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlong with\u00a0showcasing\u00a0the Premiership Cups, our team will hold AFL Auskick clinics\u00a0and Footy Forums\u00a0at schools and footy clubs along the way which is\u00a0a great opportunity\u00a0to bring local communities together, and to connect with the heartbeat of our clubs \u2013 the coaches,\u00a0umpires\u00a0and volunteers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFootball participation in SA soared to a record high of 70,618\u00a0players last year and SANFL is working hard to\u00a0keep driving those numbers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u00a0know how important strong, sustainable\u00a0footy\u00a0clubs are to regional communities,\u00a0and we\u00a0hope the Community Roadshow\u00a0provides\u00a0unforgettable moments for South Aussie\u2019s in the build-up to Gather Round,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"6 March 2026 The official build-up to\u00a0AFL Gather Round gets underway\u00a0on Tuesday, March 10 when the\u00a0AFL Gather Round\u00a0Community…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-522602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}