Bringing Aussie Rules to the kids of Indonesia

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated November 22 2015 - 1:18pm, first published 12:14pm
Students play Aussie Rules at an elementary school in Jakarta. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Students play Aussie Rules at an elementary school in Jakarta. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
For the past 10 years AFL Indonesia has been running free football clinics in schools and orphanages in Jakarta, Bogor, Bandung and Cileungsi. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
For the past 10 years AFL Indonesia has been running free football clinics in schools and orphanages in Jakarta, Bogor, Bandung and Cileungsi. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
They are outdoors a lot more than our kids . . . you should see the way they hammer each other," says Aussie expat Brenton Harris. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
They are outdoors a lot more than our kids . . . you should see the way they hammer each other," says Aussie expat Brenton Harris. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
The program fits neatly with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's new focus on sports diplomacy. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
The program fits neatly with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's new focus on sports diplomacy. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Equipment and facilities are the major challenge for keeping the game going in Indonesian schools. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Equipment and facilities are the major challenge for keeping the game going in Indonesian schools. Photo: Jefri Tarigan

Jakarta: Eleven-year-old Muhammad is playing a game at his East Jakarta school that he earnestly explains is called "puti" (rhymes with footy).

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