Deadly Choices and NRL commit to creating community All Stars
Deadly Choices Ambassadors, Shaylee Bent and Olivia Kernick are passionate about encouraging their mob to get their 715 Health Checks.
Shaylee headed to Community Controlled Health Services (CCHS) across New South Wales earlier this month to help spread the Deadly Choices key messages.
“We met the community, told them about the health checks and how much they make a difference,” Bent said.
“We give them an incentive to do it, we supply the health centres with the T-shirts and help connect them with mob to get their health check and as an incentive they get a shirt.
It was a good week getting out in the community and encouraging mob to make healthier decisions and keep up on their health.”
Shaylee has played a vital role in spreading Deadly Choices’ key messages that were created to educate and empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to make healthy choices.
Deadly Choices is now Australia’s most successful community-focused preventative health program.
Our ambassadors
Other Deadly Choices Ambassadors, including former NRL players Tyrone Roberts and Edrick Lee were joined Shaylee, Olivia, young community members and Deadly Choices Program Officers to showcase the brand new 2025 All Stars shirts.
Olivia, the 2024 NRLW Dally M Player of the Year is using her newfound platform as a vehicle to empower community to eat nutritious food, be physically active, quit smoking or vaping and connect with their clinic for a 715 Health Check.
In 2024, Deadly Choices expanded into CCHSs across NSW, Victoria, ACT and Tasmania, with an additional 10 Community Controlled Health Services added to the Deadly Choices footprint.
An attempt at expansion
The expansion allows for health services to further support their communities’ health outcomes by providing Deadly Choices incentives to clients who compete their health check.
“The Deadly Choices and NRL partnership is a great example of a health sports initiative making a real difference for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community,” said Commercial Operations Director for Deadly Choices, Dallas Leon.
“In 2024 the NRL All Stars and Deadly Choices co-branded health check shirt was one of the most popular shirt options of the year. More than 10,400 shirts were distributed through participating services to community members who completed a 715 Health Check, demonstrating the success of the partnership in supporting our community members in accessing primary health care services.
Beautiful designs
There are over 80 unique shirts, created in collaboration with a range of NRL, AFL and Super Netball clubs, as well as Boomers legend Patty Mills, Professional Bull Riders Australia and Tennis Australia. Along with the 2025 All Stars shirt.
And in 2025, Deadly Choices will be bringing 30 community members from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and ACT to Sydney to watch the Indigenous All Stars take on the Māori All Stars at CommBank Stadium on February 15.
“Sport is and has always been an equaliser and motivation for all of community achieving and doing better, the All Stars game in particular portrays what individuals can achieve through hard work,” said Bulgarr Ngaru Medical Aboriginal Corporation CEO, Scott Monaghan. “The All Stars game shows as a nation collectively we can make a difference saying we are deadly, strong and healthy.
“The national expansion of Deadly Choices has significantly contributed to community requesting a 715 Health Check to be healthy and deadly just like their champion playing in this year’s All Stars game.”
To go in the draw to win tickets, flights and accommodation, pick up a Deadly Choices All Stars shirts at a participating Community Controlled Health Service when you get your 715 Health Check.
