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The stories of the four NRL participants in Part III are very similar to those of their AFL counterparts in Part II but with a few differences. The NRL participants all learned an Aboriginal approach to play through playing informal games from a young age in communities that were shaped by Aboriginal culture. From the ages of 12–14, they also had to transition from local cultures of footy to increasingly structured approaches as they moved towards and into professional rugby league. While the early learning up to around 12 years of age is very similar to the four AFL stories there were some differences in their transition towards and into professional sport.
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Butcher, T., and Judd, B. (2016) ‘The Aboriginal football ethic’, Griffith Review: Our Sporting Life, 53: 167–184.
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Light, R., Evans, J.R. (2018). Part III Discussion. In: Stories of Indigenous Success in Australian Sport. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66450-7_14
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