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Shayne Hope

Legends demand AFL action on falling Indigenous numbers

Indigenous performers and Richmond and Essendon players get an early taste of the MCG. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

Indigenous champions Michael Long and Stephen Michael have called on the AFL industry to do more to promote and support First Nations talent amid a sharp decline in numbers at the top level.

A record total of 87 Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander players were on AFL club lists in 2020, but that number has fallen each year since.

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