RED, black and yellow feature in specially designed jerseys for the Group 16 Indigenous rugby league dream team.
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Wandarma, the Aboriginal drug and alcohol service is sponsoring the team and was excited by the colourful shirts.
Team members met with the players last week for a special jersey presentation ahead of this week’s representative match.
Last year the game attracted big crowds and tremendous support when it was held in Batemans Bay.
The dream team is made up of Group 16’s most prolific Indigenous players and will take on the All Stars under lights in Bega on Saturday.
Group 16 will also host its first full contact women’s game as a curtain-raiser to the round.
Support for the Indigenous v All Stars match has been growing and a number of high profile figures from Country Rugby League (CRL) are expected to be in attendance.
CRL president John Anderson, CEO Terry Quinn and operations manager Bert Lowrie have all thorwn their support behind the match, as well as the women’s contest, and will be in attendance on the night.
The Indigenous and All Stars teams played trial games in Batemans Bay over the weekend as preparation for Saturday.
The night will also feature exhibition games and the FSC under 18s rep team will take on the Gunghalin Bulls as a trial game with matches starting from 2.45pm.
