The AFL has stepped in to save an embattled Northern Territory club from a remote Aboriginal island community, helping to develop a plan to resurrect the club’s fortunes.
The bottom side in the league finally broke their drought with a win earlier this month, only to have its points stripped on Thursday because of an unpaid debt of more than $10,000 owed to the AFLNT.
The under-siege team was in doubt to play the final two rounds of the season last week as sponsors withdrew support.
AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan will establish a working group to fix the club’s financial dramas over the off-season and ensure its long term sustainability.
“Along with Michael Solomon, and his team at AFLNT, we are working with the people of the Tiwi I…
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