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‘The reason I took up coaching originally was to look after the kids from La Pa. I thought that they’d have a better opportunity of staying in the game if they had another Blackfella coaching, so that was definitely there.’ Gary Ella grew up on Bidgigal land and is a descendant of the Gandangara and Walbunja peoples. He is one of the greatest ruby union players in history having played for Randwick, the New South Wales Waratahs, and Australia. Gary coached for more than 30 years at community, representative and national levels with Randwick, the Waratahs, Leinster, and the Australian under 19s team. He has had a successful career working in Aboriginal Affairs, with the Sydney Olympic Games Organising Committee and, more recently, for Randwick Council as the Community Development Coordinator.
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Marlin, D., Apoifis, N., Bennie, A. (2020). Gary Ella—Rugby Union. In: Aboriginal Sports Coaches, Community, and Culture. Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australia and the World, vol 2. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8481-7_5
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