The second annual Deadly Cup Carnival delivered on its promise of being bigger and deadlier when the Indigenous initiative took place in Darwin last Sunday.
NRL NT supported the Cup, which staged seven rugby league matches in various male and female age groups and attracted about 2500 spectators to Territory Rugby League Stadium.
The brainchild of Deadly Enterprises director Shaun Tatipata, the Deadly Cup was organised to celebrate NAIDOC Week while promoting positive health and wellbeing in the community.
The weekend s success followed the inaugural Cup last November. We came up with the concept [because] we were looking to raise awareness and support for an Indigenous eye clinic that we were trying to set up, said Tatipata, a proud Wuthathi and Ngarrindjeri man with more than 20 years experience as an Aboriginal Health Worker.