Sydney Swans players Lewis Jetta and Tony Armstrong joined in the NAIDOC Day festivities on Friday when they attended the family and sports day at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence.

Hundreds of kids and their parents took part in the day as the community came together to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Swans defender Tony Armstrong said it was great to be part of the celebrations in Redfern.

“It’s really good to see all of the young kids here kicking the footy and celebrating Indigenous culture, it’s great,” Armstrong said.

Since joining the club at the end of last season, Armstrong, who grew up in Sydney barracking for the Swans, said he’s learned from two champions of the club how important it is to get out into the community.

“It’s awesome to be part of a club that’s got two once in a generation players (Adam Goodes and Michael O’Loughlin) that have come through at the same time,” Armstrong said.

“They’ve done great things for the community so if Jetts and I can do half of what they’ve done that would be amazing.”

These are thoughts echoed by Lewis Jetta.

“Micky O and Goodesy set a good standard by coming out to the community so that’s what me and Tony can do, just follow in their footsteps,” he said.

“We can have an impact on the young Indigenous kids in the community and try to get them on the right path.”

The Swans face Brisbane on Saturday afternoon at the SCG which Jetta believes is going to be a great contest between two sides vying for finals actions.

“The Lions are in good form, they’ve played some good footy in the last month, but we’ve just got to do what we do best on the field on game day,” Jetta said.

“Goodesy’s back up and running, he keeps telling me at training how excited he is to play some real good footy and get back to his best.”

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