Touch Football Australia's Reconciliation Action Plan Panel

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