For many isolated communities, bush footy is more a religion than a sport. Alpurrurulam, along the Northern Territory and Queensland border, is a long way from anything. But not even distance can keep the newly formed girl’s footy teams from playing.
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00:00They might not have fancy uniforms or equipment, but the Lake Nash Giants are already legends.
00:09They come to this dusty oval on the Northern Territory-Queensland border to train every
00:14week.
00:15It keeps us busy, keeps our girls busy, even our fellas.
00:21We don't normally look forward to things that's happening in the community, we focus on our
00:26footy.
00:27With footy being the boys' domain, the community's only girls' team formed last year.
00:32It was boring, didn't know what to do, had nothing to do, just got to watch the boys
00:40play all the time.
00:42Our parole room is so remote, it's only accessible by an unforgiving dirt road.
00:48A return journey to just about anywhere else can be up to 600 kilometres.
00:54The roads are pretty rough from here and it's a bit difficult on the fuel side, it depends
01:02on the price.
01:03But distance is no barrier for these AFL stars.
01:08Hurricane footy keeps them away from doing silly things, keep them active all the time.
01:13And the team has already made history, winning their first grand final.
01:18I hope we will win another grand final.
01:21It was their first win, they were so proud, they couldn't stop taking pictures of themselves
01:27with the trophy that they won.
01:29The Giants are looking to take on City Clubs next season, but without a sponsor, getting
01:34there will be challenging.
01:36Until then, the team will keep on training.
01:39Come on, I'm proud of you girls, keep going.
01:42When we have nothing to do, we kick balls outside.
01:46We all get together and we communicate.
01:52Whatever is really happening in the community, it doesn't matter when we get footy.