In February, 31 Richmond players and coaches travelled to Alice Springs to spend time in schools and communities as part of the Outback Tigers program, partnered with Dick Smith.

The visit coincided with Richmond’s AFL Community Camp and exhibition game against the Indigenous All Stars.

The Outback Tigers program aims to increase school attendance and reinforce the importance of living a healthy lifestyle.

Each of the players visited schools participating in the Outback Tigers program, some travelling up to 200km to the communities of Santa Teresa, Papunya, Ti Tree, Alcoota, Amoonguna, Areyonga and Ntaria.

Richmond’s Dan Jackson and Steve Morris also held a session at Centralian Middle School about ‘resilience’, to Alice Springs based REAL Program participants.

For more articles about Richmond’s time in Alice Springs, click here.

Reward for Outback Tigers participants

Four participants from the Outback Tigers program, based in Alice Springs, were rewarded with a weekend trip to Melbourne, to attend the Dreamtime at the ‘G game.

The students, from Bradshaw Primary School and Centralian High School, were rewarded with the weekend trip for demonstrating excellent school attendance.

Along with attending Dreamtime at the ‘G, the participants went to the Long Walk, played ten pin bowling and visited the Melbourne Aquarium.

Two of the participants also ran out with the Tigers just before the first bounce.