\n AFL legend Kevin Sheedy can’t wait for Dreamtime at Maali.\n <\/p>\n
AFL legend and pioneer of the Dreamtime game, Kevin Sheedy, has lauded the launch of Dreamtime at Maali.<\/p>\n
It was announced on Wednesday that Richmond and Essendon football clubs will write a new chapter in the history of the Dreamtime game, joining with Tourism Western Australia and the AFL to establish Dreamtime at Maali as part of a new two-year partnership.<\/p>\n
The inaugural Dreamtime at Maali will be hosted by Essendon and played in Perth next year on the Sunday of NAIDOC Week, July 4, creating a new platform to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, community and contribution to Australian football.<\/p>\n
Sheedy, who is a three-time Richmond premiership player and four-time Essendon premiership coach, believes the expansion of the significant occasion is a positive step.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s great because it’s a great educational tool about the Aboriginal people’s history of Australia and this has been a great learning procedure through football and through the AFL,” Sheedy said on SEN.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s a great idea and a great option and I think both clubs should be congratulated…I think it’s so important that we keep working at these sort of games.”<\/p>\n