Richmond winger Maddie Shevlin is eagerly awaiting this Saturday’s Dreamtime in Darwin clash against Essendon as part of the AFLW’s Indigenous Round.
Shevlin described pulling on Richmond’s 2024 Dreamtime guernsey as “really exciting.”
“Maurice Rioli Jr designed ours. To be wearing the same jumper that our men’s program had this year, (and) to be playing in Darwin, the home of Indigenous football, it’s exciting,” Shevlin said.
Shevlin said her side was determined to bounce back on Saturday night following their 13-point loss to Melbourne in Week 8.
“We’re a competitive beast, and we want to win games of footy,” Shevlin said.
“We’ll be doing everything we can this week to make sure we’re back on the winners’ list,” she said.
The 27-year-old says the Tigers were well prepared to compete in Darwin's hot and humid conditions.
“We’ve known that this was coming up well before the start of our season,” Shevlin said.
“We’ve done a lot of heat acclimation our high-performance managers, and we trust them a lot and what they’ve put in place."
