DARREN MONCRIEFF
Sunday 6 February 2012
VICTORIAN football club Fitzroy Stars will do its bit for racial harmony after accepting an invite to play in the Aussie Rules International's Harmony Cup next month.
The Stars, one of a handful of Indigenous-administered football clubs in Victoria, competes in the strong Northern Football League, based in Melbourne's northern suburbs.
Stars coach Les Bamblett, who played 48 games for Melbourne and Footscray in the 1980s, said the club was more than happy to be part of the Harmony Cup.
The football carnival is played between teams drawn from Melbourne's migrant communities. It will be the fifth time it has been held.
Basic criteria for playing is that a player must have been born in the country or have a parent or grandparent born in the country for which he is representing.
The Stars will use the majority of their reserves players because they would have had played their first pre-season match the day before the carnival.
"The Harmony Cup is a great concept and we're happy to support it," Bamblett said.
"What we need to work out is, how do we want to play, which side do we put in, given we are playing the day before."
The Harmony Cup is run by development body Aussie Rules International. This year's event will be held on Sunday, 18 March in Melbourne.
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Last Modified on 05/02/2012 18:43