Richmond’s re-structured pathway program, the Richmond Academy, has amalgamated its Next Generation Academy (NGA) programming with its father-son, father-daughter pathways.
The streamlined program will provide the highest quality player development in the AFL.
Through the Richmond Academy, the Club is leaving no stone unturned for potential father-son and father-daughter players to reach the elite level, assisting with their development by amplifying the work of their current local or school football teams.
Richmond continues to build on the connection the Korin Gamadji Institute (KGI) has created with regional Victorian Aboriginal communities with its NGA Program.
Following the launch of the Next Generation AFL Club Academies in early 2016, Richmond has focused its Academy engagement and talent identification to the Goulburn Murray, Bendigo, Sunraysia, and North Central areas of Victoria.
The region includes AFL Central, Central Murray, Goulburn Murray, North East Border, Sunraysia and Wimmera Mallee – the Murray Bushrangers and Bendigo Pioneers catchments.
The Richmond Academy will introduce the game of Australian Rules to both boys and girls, aged 5-18 years, who are from Indigenous and multicultural backgrounds, and provide pathways for coaches, umpires, and administrators.
The AFL is currently reviewing NGA zones and it could change at the end of 2025.
