General News
4 April, 2025
Redbacks start with tough away trip
WEDDERBURN, which flew home to finish third in last season’s North Central football competition, has the toughest possible start to the new year. The Redbacks are travelling to Sea Lake Nandaly on Saturday, which is embarking on the quest for...
WEDDERBURN, which flew home to finish third in last season’s North Central football competition, has the toughest possible start to the new year.
The Redbacks are travelling to Sea Lake Nandaly on Saturday, which is embarking on the quest for a third-straight premiership.
Having lost two key players in ruckman Jordan Hargraves and key forward Tom Campbell, Wedderburn will have a significantly different lineup in 2025.
Coach Tom Metherell has brought in several tough, well-credentialled midfielders, and will rely on veteran Adam Postle and rookie Mark Robinson, who has a rugby background, to manage ruck duties.
Boort finished sixth last year and many have them marked for a rise this season, having recruited strongly from Melbourne’s north-west area.
Dale Cameron’s Magpies play a night match at St Arnaud, another team looking for improvement after just two wins last season.
Cameron bemoaned a stop-start fixture which sees just two rounds played before a week off for Easter, and then three matches before another break for hockey commitments.
New club Calder United, created by the merger of Nullawil and Wycheproof Narraport, begins its campaign against Donald, which has been decimated by player departures, with 19 of the 21 players who appeared in the elimination final last season having left.
- GARY WALSH