the house of wellness 13 brisbane lions' emily bates has shared her personal story to make young people aware of the dangers of skin cancer lions afe "a lot of young people don't realise disease for the older generation.” bone university risbane lions premiership player emily bates never imagined her personal health battle would inspire strangers grow back and spread if not fully removed emily had another scare was quite a big one that was on my forehead and getting it cut out and healing it," she explains "i have to keep having those regular check-ups and i'm very lucky that the ones i've had aren't is different to a melanoma that can travel to other parts of the body more quickly and people have to undergo chemotherapy emily has shared her story through social media and been overwhelmed by the response particularly from young aussies in their 20s and 30s "it's blown me away" she says "i was getting lots of messages from people who'd say they went and got a skin check and they thank me because they wouldn't have thought to do it otherwise "i probably didn't realise the impact it would value in doing so because a lot of young people think it's a disease for the older generation "it's important to have conversations around what to look for and how to check your skin "i'm now an ambassador for skin cancer college content around awareness emily's influence has also encouraged many of her teammates to get their own skin checked her skin cancer scare has changed the way she prepares for everyday life and playing in the scorching queensland sun "i used to go out and walk the dog every "it's those little everyday habits you have to get realising you were going to spend an hour in the harmful so it's planning for that and always having all the areas that are really sensitive to me like my through the training session to my arms because i've sweated it all off and also wear a visor the lions clinched their inaugural premiership in season 2021 and are roaring at the prospect of going back to back "we know what it's going to take to do it again it will take a lot of work and taking our game really does add up as a team." emily explains "now we've tasted success we're hungry to do it again because we know what it takes but also what it feels like when you reach the highest of highs." the 'hunter" tag "we've always taken pride in being the hunters year after year we've been written off or people we've been one of the most successful teams in the history of the competition," emily says "we're very well aware teams will try to hunt can change aneen zreika is the first muslim to play aflw and knows she won't be the last the gws giants midfielder was and is now a key member of the team the 22-year-old didn't have visible female athlete role models when she was growing up and is proud to lead the way for the next generation i'm a very proud western sydney shes sherrin she says haneen zreika is proud to be a role model for every opportunity i get and i feel people who have helped and supported me and paved the way "because i've had this opportunity girls and diverse young women follow show them that it's ok for young girls to play sport "i want to pay it forward haneen's biggest fan has always been "mum grew up in a third world country opportunities i've had." haneen explains "i'm so lucky and blessed because ! didn't have a barrier where girls couldn't different things she didn't hold me back she didn't let people get in her ear and "mum had her own views and if i didn't the giants are yet to contest aflw finals and haneen wants to be part of the “because i've had this opportunity back to the next generation..." season club's first foray into the post home-and- away season action teammate and the best version of myself win a premiership at the giants and keep having fun," she says "i'm really big on being happy where be successful the 10-week home-and-away indigenous round • the conference system has been abolished - all teams are placed on the same ladder with the finals series in march this season is the first in which games are expected to be played in every state last season as a 14-club competition before hawthorn sydney swans join the league vo - exteoizoicw
