Touch Football Australia is working to close the gap for Indigenous participants
Touch Football has an Indigenous participation rate of around 7% and Touch Football Australia (TFA) is committed to supporting these participants in our sport and growing that participation rate even further.
Touch Football Australia's Reconciliation Action Plan Panel members cover a range of member types within our sport;
Phil Gyemore (Chair)
- Coach
- 82 Emu caps as a Player and Coach
- Coach of the Cowboys NRL Touch Premiership team
- Member of the ARL Indigenous Council
- Touch Football Academy and high school teacher
- Proud Waka Waka and Wangan man
Jodie Clarke
- Administrator and founder of Brothers Touch Association
- Brisbane Cobras player
- High School teacher
- Proudly born and raised on Worimi country
Mel Mitchell
- 11 Youth Emu caps as an Assistant Coach and Manager
- 9 NSW State of Origin caps as a player
- Indigenous All Stars Head Coach
- High School teacher and CHS Touch Head COach
- Proud Bundjalung Women
Marikki Watego
- Player
- 38 Opens Emu caps as a player, 1 as Captain
- 12 QLD State of Origin caps as a player
- Indigenous All Stars player since 2015
- Lawyer
- Proudly from the Mununjali clan of the Yugambeh people
