for 1977, but could not agree on how to assemble a national team and raise the funds and as such never sent a team. In 1994, Bernie Quinlan visited as the financially struggling Fitzroy Football Club to help secure a AUD$1.25 million dollar loan from Nauru Insurance to secure its future. With the collapse of Fitzroy in 1996, the club defaulted on its loan, however after the merger with the Brisbane Lions, Fitzroy's debt to Nauru was paid in full and it was able to come out of voluntary administration. Early in the 2000s, the Economy of Nauru (once one of the richest in the world) collapsed, it slipped from developed to developing nation status and Australia began providing aid. The Australian Aid Program has been funding football in Nauru while the AFL Commission assumed the role of world governing body in 2005 and funds other nations, it has provided no funding for the game in Nauru. In 2006 games in the NAFA final Series was stopped by the Minister for Sports after thugs, hooligans and bullies violated rules of NAFA. In 2009, after a 3 year hiatus, a restructured league with a national draft was implemented to break down the fierce traditional rivalries that had resulted in increasing violence. New clubs participating in the competition are BOE Lions, Ace Magpies and Anibare Dockers. The Australian Sports Foundation through AusAID began funding the reintroduction of rugby in Nauru in 2011, however grants from Australia to AFL Nauru would not arrive until 2017 with funding aimed at helping a Nauruan break into the AFL. In 2011, Nauru Chief representative Yoshi Harris became the first Nauruan to be listed with an AFL club when he joined the GWS Giants, while he played matches in the club's reserves squad and the AFL Sydney competition he did not debut at senior level. The first women's match was held in 2015. Members of the Adelaide Crows AFLW team visited in March 2019. In 2019 the league was once again restructured to its original state to include original popular clubs. Due to a massive outbreak during the COVID-19 pandemic between April and June 2022 with over 40% of the island contracting COVID new restrictions were put in place and the Digicel Cup was halted indefinitely. Notable players Although no players have yet to play senior matches in the AFL, several notable people, particularly Presidents of Nauru