The Flying Boomerangs are the underage Indigenous AustralianAustralian rules football 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.
The team is named after the aboriginal hunting tool, the boomerang. 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 Australian Football League.
Other tours include Papua New Guinea (2009), Tonga (2010) and Fiji (2011) to compete against the underage Oceania and Pacific Islands teams. Andrew Mcleod (head coach) and Chris Johnson (assistant coach) were also part of the team in 2010. In 2017 Barry Lawrence 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.
Notable matches and tours
Matches
Year
Date
Opponent
Result
Stadium
Captain (vice-captain)
Coach
Best
Crowd
Notes/References
2017
December
New Zealand Academy
Flying Boomerangs 26.9 (165) def New Zealand Academy 3.2 (20)