INS: Tom McCluskey (Shepparton East), Charlie Mellington (Shepparton), Sam Nash (overseas), Riley Scott (Tatura), Spencer Gillespie (Dookie United)
OUTS: Joel Shannon (Geelong district), Russell Eden (Rowley)
Thirty one years to get the work done. 18 weeks to do it again.
Congupna achieved a special and more than long-awaited feat in the 2024 Murray Football League, breaking a premiership drought spanning over three decades.
To do so, The Road utilised its big-name stars the likes of Kyle Mueller and Billy Cooper to overcome Finley in an epic decider, recommitting both those names among a raft of others shortly after the equally epic celebrations subsided.
It’s often said that staying atop the mountain is harder than getting there, though.
For coach Ben Bingham, however, there’s a feeling of less pressure than at this point heading into the 2024 campaign.
“The feeling was that, last year, we had a bit of weight on our shoulders after coming up just short the year before that,” Bingham said.
“We’re really pleased that we’ve kept probably 95 per cent of our senior list, but we picked up in a few areas we thought we needed and we’ve added some depth.
“It probably took until midway or three quarters through the year to really gel, so we’re already so far progressed in our style compared to this time last year.”
