Former Sydney champion Adam Goodes on set during the filming of the 'Old Style, COVID style' message

SYDNEY champion Adam Goodes plays a starring role alongside premiership teammate Michael O'Loughlin and renowned Australian rapper Senator Briggs in a fun take on an important COVID-19 message that has premiered on Wednesday night.

Making a rare appearance in the AFL spotlight following his retirement from the game in 2015, Goodes joins fellow Indigenous football stars like Andrew McLeod, Michael Walters, Tim Kelly and Bradley Hill in the advert 'Old Style, COVID style'.

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We're getting belted! Amazing COVID message with stunning twist

One of the greatest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander line-ups EVER assembled sends entertaining, and important, COVID-19 message

Premiered on Yokayi Footy, the two-minute clip talks about social distancing, isolation measures and dealing with the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic with clever football references weaved throughout.

Goodes, a 372-game AFL champion who won two Brownlow Medals and two premierships during his stellar playing career, plays a surprise starring role in joining O'Loughlin and Briggs to ram home the importance of social distancing within the community.

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Yokayi Footy: Amazing exclusive vision, AFL stars send spine-tingling message

An AFL trailblazer and some of the game's biggest names join Yokayi Footy for a Reconciliation Week special

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