Ask any Gold Coast Indigenous player, past or present, and they will tell you Jarrod Harbrow is undoubtedly a leader in the Indigenous space. 

His influence, knowledge and ability to initiate change paints a picture of a man with a deep love and respect of his heritage. 

Beyond his day-to-day work leading the five other current Indigenous players, Harbrow is a significant contributor to the club’s overall Indigenous strategy.

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The father of one also heads up the Jarrod Harbrow Leadership Academy (JHLA), which has been facilitated by the defender and the Club since its launch in 2015.

Ahead of the Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round, Harbrow reflected on the importance of taking the game of AFL to Alice Springs.

“I think it’s a pretty symbolic game in the red centre, it’s a really good place to play our Indigenous round,” he said. 

"It’s got a lot of cultural history in Alice Springs, it’ll be good to take our culture from the Gold Coast SUNS.”

On the 2017 Indigenous Guernsey, to be worn in the round ten match, Harbrow is represented by a totem that heralds from his homeland in far north Queensland.

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“My totem is the Yirriganydji jellyfish, commonly found up on the coastal waters of far north Queensland,” he told goldcoastfc.com.au.

“It’s more of an adopted totem into my family group, we represent ourselves and call ourselves the Yirriganydji group.”

Harbrow’s motivation on and off the field is to champion the Indigneous culture whilst creating an environment that encourages education and support.

“Everything’s just about celebrating the Indigenous culture and forever educating and supporting all the community work we do here at the SUNS.”