Both Richmond Football Club and the Western Bulldogs have confirmed their players will take to the ground in indigenous jerseys this weekend in a show of solidarity for embattled Sydney player Adam Goodes.

The Tigers will wear the jersey, which is traditionally reserved for the “Dreamtime Round” earlier in the year, as they battle it out with Hawthorn at the MCG on Friday night.

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick said the football community was tired of the booing consistently levelled at Goodes in recent rounds.

“We have all had enough, and I’m pleased our club will make an important statement on Friday night,” Hardwick said of the upcoming game.

Australian of the Year Goodes addresses fans during the indigenous round this year. Photo: AAP

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Hardwick, who played against Goodes during his time at Essendon and Port Adelaide, said the move was a tribute to the great footballer.

“He has given our game extraordinary service,” he said.

Hardwick also encouraged Tigers fans to don their indigenous jerseys in the display of support.

“We want to support Adam Goodes, who has been a wonderful ambassador for our game and his people. The vast majority of football fans acknowledge and respect that fact.”

The Bulldogs has followed Richmond’s lead, and will wear their dreamtime jerseys against Essendon.

“The Western Bulldogs have taken a strong stand against all forms of abuse or actions which disparage people or negatively impact their enjoyment of footy,” said a club statement.

“The Western Bulldogs will wear the club’s Indigenous guernsey this weekend with pride – as a statement of the Club’s values and in support of Adam Goodes and his family.”

Support for Goodes has not been limited to the AFL community, with players from rival code the NRL also planning to make a statement during games this weekend.

Richmond players before their round 9 dreamtime match this year. Photo: AAP

North Queensland co-captain and indigenous player Jonathan Thurston has vowed to perform a celebratory indigenous dance in the same manner Goodes and Leroy Jetta have in recent rounds.

“I’ll show my respect for Adam, indigenous athletes and all the indigenous people with a little move on the weekend if I’m lucky enough to score,” he told News Ltd.

Meanwhile, the mother of the 13-year-old girl who Goodes singled out during a match in the indigenous round earlier this year for calling him an “ape” that Goodes still owes her daughter an apology.

The mother said she believed the incident was the reason the footballer has been booed ever since, although she said people should stop booing.

“It’s all stemmed from what he did to Julia,” the mother told Fairfax Media.

“If he hadn’t have done it he wouldn’t be having the problems he’d be having now.

“He probably should apologise because maybe he should have picked his target a little bit better.

“She’d only turned 13 five days beforehand. She was technically still 12. She had no idea what she was saying.”