Following tomorrow night’s game at Domain Stadium, Eagles fans will be hoping to celebrate a win over the Hawks. But everyone in attendance across the AFL will be celebrating more than wins this weekend.

Round 19 is the AFL’s Multicultural Round, which celebrates the contribution multicultural communities have made to the game’s history and the many wonderful cultures who all share a common passion for footy.

Star ruckman and Multicultural Ambassador Nic Naitanui, who is of Fijian decent, says it’s a round for everyone to be involved.

“We’re celebrating diversity in the game,” he said.

“It’s to show how multicultural the game already is, but also to celebrate the diversity of the game and get a lot of kids at the grassroots level involved.

“To see it celebrated on the big stage I guess just adds to that spectacle and hopefully inspires a few more kids from diverse backgrounds to get involved in footy.”

A total of 99 players are from a multicultural background (i.e. having at least one parent born overseas) among the 811 AFL listed players for 2015.

Along with Naitanui, the West Coast Eagles currently have three other multicultural players on their list in Irishman Paddy Brophy, Jack Darling (whose father was born in South Africa) and Brant Colledge, who was born in France.