As the dust settles from the Tiwi Islands grand final on Sunday, Pumarali Thunder and Lightning coach Kevin Pilakui consoles his shattered team. "Be proud for who you are," he bellows at the ...

One Sunday each year thousands travel to the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin, for the local Australian Rules football grand final. It is played on Bathurst Island at the community of Wurrumiyanga ...

This is the football-mad, close-knit Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin ... winning 65-21. It was a grand final rematch, but nothing like the end of last year's inaugural women's season, when the ...

Young fans run on to the ground at the Tiwi Islands Football Grand Final.Credit: AFLNT Media/Alex Politis Parry The sign next to the Tiwi Islands ferry wharf spells out what lies beneath ...

The Tapalinga Superstars triumphed over the Muluwurri Magpies in the 2024 Tiwi Islands Football League grand final. Picture: Celina Whan / AFLNT Media The Magpies’ hopes were briefly lifted in ...

History was made as the Muluwurri Magpies beat the Tapalinga Superstars in the inaugural 2023 Tiwi Islands Football League women's grand final. Picture: Patch Clapp / AFLNT Media But the Magpies ...

who entered her shots from this season's Tiwi Islands Football League grand finals into the Footy Focus competition. "It's everything to them. "It's community pride, it's putting on that jumper, ...

Every March, it all comes together for the Tiwi Islands football grand final and art sale. As the only day of the year people can visit without a permit, the eclectic festival brings thousands of ...

THE MULUWURRI Magpies have cemented themselves in history, winning the inaugural Tiwi Islands Football League women's premiership by a solitary point on Sunday. Four goals from the Tapalinga ...

The Tiwi women’s grand final was a thriller coming down to just one point, capping off an incredible competition which has helped the women’s game grow tenfold on the Islands. The women’s ...