SANFL club Norwood are set to wear an Indigenous strip designed by one the club's talented women's players.

Redlegs women's star Tesharna Maher designed the jumper that will be worn by the club's men's team across the following two games.

Maher – originally from the Northern Territory – has spent the past couple of seasons with Norwood and won the club's best-and-fairest award after an impressive 2022 season.

She told Norwood's official website that it was an honour to design the club's First Nations jumper.

"I was approached by the club to design the guernsey, which was an exciting opportunity, and I got my family from the Northern Territory to help me design it," Maher told norwoodfc.com.au.

"It meant a lot to me and my family to design the guernsey.

"I'm a Western Aranda, Yankunytjatjara Pitjantjatjara, Yamaitji (father's side), Kokatha and Gurrinji (mother's side) woman," she said.

Maher was born in Darwin but has lived most of her life in Adelaide due to her father's footy commitments.

Despite living in South Australia, Maher still has a strong connection to the Northern Territory.

"I go back to the NT three or four times a year to connect back with my land, culture and family – I love to go back up to Darwin and Alice Springs, going out bush."

The jumper design incorporates the story of her journey from Darwin to Adelaide, the Norwood Football Club, and her totem – the Willie Wagtail.

"I come from a long line of cultural knowledge that was passed down from my grandmother's country – Ntaria (Hermannsburg). When we are born we are assigned an animal that depicts our spiritual knowledge to the country (Pmarra)," Maher said.

"As a child I showed and still do show significant resemblance to the Willie Wagtail, its movements and traits; showing these traits shows how powerful my culture is."

The bird is depicted on the front of the guernsey, which represents the beginning of Maher's journey.

"The two blue circles (on the back of the jumper) on the journey symbol represent the lands near the sea (Darwin and Adelaide). The red circle represents the desert (Alice Springs). The lines are my travels back and forth from each place."

The jumper was originally unveiled by the club in March and worn during the SANFLW's Round 4 clash.

The men's team will wear the jumper for the following two games against Sturt in Round 11 and Glenelg in Round 12.

Jackson Clark