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JOINED LEAGUE: 1894 NICKNAME: BOMBERS GROUND: KYABRAM RECREATION RESERVE COACHES: COREY CARVER AND KAINE HERBERT PRESIDENT: JOHN GUINAN PREMIERSHIPS: 1919, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1948, 1950, 1958, 1975, 1996, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019 MORRISON MEDALLISTS: J. COOPER (1958, 1961), C. STEWART (1963), R. CLAY (1964), P. GITTOS (1987), B. GUGLIOTTI (1993), M. MATTINGLY (2019) 2024 FINISH: FIFTH (10-9) 2024 BEST-AND-FAIREST: LIAM OGDEN 2024 LEADING GOAL-KICKER: ANTHONY DEPASQUALE (73)
PLAYER CHANGES
INS: Tom Holman, Jack Russell, Jack Sheldon (Moama), Coby McCarthy (Mooroopna), Angus Scoble Mitch Gugliotti, Billy McLay (Tongala), Zac Cerrone, Sam Vick (Lancaster), Jarryd Pertzel (Kerang)
OUTS: Anthony Depasquale (Werribee), Brad Mangan (Gisborne), Marcus Khoo (Southport), Bailey Tome, Jackson Griffiths
Kyabram’s second year non playing coach Corey Carver is going be bitterly disappointed if his Bombers don’t go deeper into the finals than they did last year.
In 2024 the Bombers lost their elimination final to Mooroopna and the early exit from the flag race has Carver hungry for a better showing this September.
Of course that means firstly qualifying to play finals, something Carver is confident his charges can and will do.
This confidence is based on the new players coming into the Kyabram side rather than departing it and the expected improvement from an impressive crop of talented younger players.
Star Queensland recruits from last season Bailey Tome, Marcus Khoo and Jackson Griffiths have left the club along with goalkicking forwards Anthony Depasquale and Brad Mangan.
But the ins are arguably at least equal to the outs.
Skipper and GVL representative ruckman Zac Norris will return after missing all of last season.
GVL 2019 Morrison Medallist Mick Mattingly hopes to get a full season in after only two brief appearances last season.
Key utility Tom Holman has returned after a stellar 2024 season with Moama in the Murray Football League where he won his club’s best and fairest award.
And he has a 2024 Moama teammate and league equal best and fairest winner in Jack Russell also joining him from the Murray League club.
Another proven player at GVL level and also a former Murray League medallist with Tongala in Coby McCarthy who has also returned to the Bombers hangar where he played his junior football.
Then there is also Mitch Gugliotti and Billy McLay also returning from Tongala and Lancaster’s Zac Cerrone and Sam Vick are having a crack and adding to the team’s growing depth.
Carver is also looking and expecting some of the younger players in Bohden Learmonth, Miller Griffiths, Mitch Dodos, Angus Scoble, returning from Tongala, Nic Jephson, Archie Watt, Tyler Norman and Will Burnett to continue their improvement and keep the pressure on for places in the senior side - a scenario any coach would want.
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