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02/11/2026

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01/11/2026

Ebony Marinoff with the demo🫸🏉

31/10/2026

Hopefully this works 😌

30/10/2026

A win is a win 😅🥲

30/10/2026

Mazza taking us behind the lens 👀

29/10/2026

Am I mean? 🥲

28/10/2026

Spot the Adele reference 👀

27/10/2026

As happy as Ash D***s finishing kayaking the Congo Basin 😅

26/10/2026

How love of competition motivates Adele on her footy journey 🤝

WHEN childhood Brisbane fan Adele Van den Hoek lines up to play wheelchair football, she channels some of her favourite AFL players.

"When I play defence, I want to be like Brad and Chris (Scott) – the 'Bash Brothers'," Van den Hoek said.

"But in QClash this year, I was playing forward. So I was like, 'OK, I'm going to channel some Jono Brown and kick some goals. He's a massive, massive inspiration for me."

Van den Hoek's sister-in-law, Joanna Argaet, introduced her to wheelchair football, having captained Hawthorn to its premiership in 2023.

Wheelchair football is a mixed sport, meaning men and women play on the same team, allowing Van den Hoek and her husband Dan to both represented Queensland at the Toyota AFL Open earlier this month.

"I think the more women that play football, the better environment it will be, because I think the women make it a better place to play," Van den Hoek said.

"It's always challenging because it's a mixed sport, so there has to be that acceptance from male players, and the male players need to make the women feel welcome. Sometimes that female support isn't enough.

"And it's a non-contact sport, but we all know it's got some big hits, so sometimes that can be off-putting. But the women that we've got in the Queensland team, they play just as hard."

25/10/2026

Valid reaction tbh

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