A 10-year-old from Aintree was named as the fifth Team NAB AFL Auskick recruit of the year, invited to attend the AFL Grand Final with a teammate of her choice.
Aintree Auskicker Allira Gattellaro was selected as a Round 9 AFL Auskick recruit, selected to attend this year’s grand final and invite a guest teammate of her choice.
Allira chose her younger brother Raff as her teammate, with Raff as keen about football as his sister.
Allira and Raff will join their fellow team recruits at the MCG for an AFL Grand Final experience, where they will take centre stage and present the winning team with premiership medallions.
To register for the competition, Auskickers were encouraged to submit a video online, with Auskick coaches Nick Daicos and Katie Brennan looking for players who show teamwork, dedication, and passion.
Allira was one of 11 selected, with winners announced during an AFL match broadcast.
She has been playing Auskick for three years and is the only girl in her Under 10s football team with the Aintree Giants, where she was awarded ‘Player of the Week’ in her first game this season.
She was so keen to practise her football skills in the off-season, that she made her own handball and kicking targets at home to practise every day after school.
