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Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has today announced that he’ll be donning the red and black in this year’s 2018 Koori Knock Out. This comes after the Member For Warringah was given the nod by some of the powerbrokers in the selection committee for the Walgett Aboriginal Connection.
“Which way?!” Abbott shouted at our camera operator, while jogging off the training oval this afternoon.
“My neph Georgie [George Rose] reckons they need a bit pace.”
“Tryna make me play prop. Shame job naaa” he said before giggling and shadow boxing with NITV reporters.
The Annual New South Wales Aboriginal Rugby League Knockout is an event that involves teams representing, Communities and Families from all over the state of NSW. This significant event has been operating for 48 years. For our Aboriginal Communities of NSW, the Knockout is the biggest gathering of our people in the calendar year, attracting 106 Rugby League Teams, and over 22,000 spectators.
The Aboriginal Knockout will return to Dubbo this year after the Newcastle Yowies opted to take the tournament to Apex Oval.
The Yowies won this year’s edition of the time-honoured event, more commonly known as the Koori Knockout, but will play the tournament at Dubbo so that some of mob in places like Manly catch up with all their cousins in the mish.
This news has been very well received by the newly announced Indigenous Affairs Envoy to the Federal Government, Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott – who will be playing for the first time this year.
“I thought they were gammin when they said I’d be starting. I’m not even from Walgett” said Abbott, before poking his tongue out and winking at one of his new team mates who was practicing field goals behind the cameras.
“But I spent a lot of time campaigning out there with Barnaby during my half-term as the most powerful politician in Australia. So I’m basically mob”
At time of press, Tony Abbott was seen pretending to play didgeridoo on the corner post, while practicing his post-try celebration dance.
