The AFL has renamed the competition’s annual Indigenous Round in honour of pioneering campaigner Sir Doug Nicholls.
AFL Chief Executive Gillon McLachlan explained on Tuesday the commission had chosen to rename the round in honour of Nicholls, after the proposal had been discussed at length by the AFL’s Indigenous Advisory Council.
Sir Doug Nicholls round will be played in round 10 of the 2016 premiership season, with the Gold Coast SUNS set to play West Coast at Domain Stadium on Sunday 29 May.
“Sir Doug Nicholls is the great untold story of Australian football, and he represented both the values of our game and epitomised the spirit of reconciliation,” Mr McLachlan said.
“He was a pioneering campaigner for reconciliation but his love for and commitment to Australian football was the glue that brought together all the other facets of his life.”
2016 Premiership Season Round 10
Friday May 27
Sydney Swans v North Melbourne at the SCG, 7.50pm
Saturday May 28
Brisbane Lions v Hawthorn at the Gabba, 1.45pm
Melbourne v Port Adelaide at TIO Traeger Park, 1.40pm
St Kilda v Fremantle at Etihad Stadium, 4.35pm
Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants at Adelaide Oval, 7.10pm
Essendon v Richmond at the MCG, 7.25pm
Sunday May 29
Carlton v Geelong Cats at Etihad Stadium, 1.10pm
West Coast v Gold Coast Suns at Domain Stadium, 2.40pm
Collingwood v Western Bulldogs at the MCG, 3.20pm
