My son had only played two seasons for St Mary’s Greensborough, five years earlier. I don’t know how they even got our new address but they took the time to send him a care package
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Footy clubs, and the AFL specifically, have a lot to answer for in terms of sexism. I’ve been a part of them for a lot of my life and have been disappointed by their behaviours more than once.
When we lived in Melbourne many years ago, my son played a couple of seasons for St Mary’s Greensborough. Unfortunately for him, I secured a job in central Queensland and moved the family north.