The Indigenous All Stars will celebrate the journey of First Nations Australians when they run on to CommBank Stadium next month in a specially designed jersey.
The players from the men's and women's teams will wear a jumper created by Aboriginal artist Elaine Chambers-Hegarty.
The proud Koa-Kuku Yalanji woman has previously designed Indigenous Round jerseys for the Broncos and Sharks but she said the opportunity to work on the uniforms of the All Stars teams allowed her to celebrate First Nations culture across the entire country.
"I had done a few Indigenous Round jerseys before," Chambers-Hegarty told jetwinvip.com. "I had done the Broncos jersey, then I did the Sharks Indigenous Round jersey, and I thought the All Stars is the one I want so I thought I'd enter [the competition] and I won.
"All Stars means a lot to me and to all our mob, and everyone gets behind it. It's one of the main rugby league games we all follow."
Chambers-Hegarty is an award-winning Queensland artist who has pursued her passion for art from a young age, inspired by her family to tell the stories of First Nations Australians.
The 2025 Indigenous All Stars jumper is predominantly blue and green, representing the land, while the orange and yellows reflect the sun and sunrise and sunset.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait artefacts and musical instruments represent Indigenous ceremonies and are a nod to the cultural events that take place throughout All Stars week and prior to the games.
The drawings of an emu, turtle and snake represent the people of the land and the sea.
The jersey also features multiple gathering circles, highlighting the journey of First Nations Australians through history and the journey made by Indigenous Australians from their Country to the lands of the Baramadagal people of the Dharug nation for the All Stars game.
Sharks and Jillaroos hooker Quincy Dodd, a proud Dharug woman, is set to make her seventh Indigenous All Stars appearance and said she was excited to be playing on home soil.
"I feel like All Stars just gets better and better each year, and for me I am still going through my journey of who I am and learning all these stories and cultural connections," Dodd said.
"If I get selected I am lucky that I will get to play on my land - Dharug land - and I have met some of the Aunties now and connecting with them actually means a lot more than the game to be honest.
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"I think it is very special that I get to do that on my land, as well."
Chambers-Hegarty said the gathering circles on the jersey also represent the personal journeys of the players involved in the match, with All Stars camp helping players connect with their Indigenous heritage.
"The orange gathering circle is the pathways from community to community and leading towards each other," she said.
"I thought I'd do their journey travelling from circle to circle, community to community and throughout the areas they go to. All our mob enjoy that. it's why they all come together for the footy.
"There's also an added journey for some of the players as well. A lot know a lot about their family and a lot don't so after reading a lot about them it's their journey as well and it represents them."
