INS: Valo Valoia (Shepparton Swans), Michael Mummery (Murray Magpies), Kian Wise (Nathalia), Joe Lindrea (Barooga)
OUTS: Tim Kelly (Shepparton)
2024 was a year which saw the optimism around Rumbalara football amplify multiple times over.
Three drought-breaking victories after going winless through the 2023 campaign were obvious bright spots, but there were individuals shining in their own right with club best-and-fairest Kydan Atkinson placing fourth in the league’s vote count.
With Kane and Jamie Atkinson now sharing the coach’s hat in succeeding Jono Henderson, there are good feelings as the project continues.
“The main concentration over the off-season was to keep the current list, and we had a really young side,” Kane said.
“Developing the players we had and retaining everyone was key.
“It’s been really beneficial having everyone local to get good numbers on the track.”
The building blocks are there, evidenced by highly encouraging outings against heavily favoured sides like Moama last year.
“We’ll try to progress on last year’s performance, where we were really competitive for three quarters and in the game with a lot of those teams,” Kane said.
“We fell away late in games against those quality sides with that inexperience, but we’re training pretty hard over pre-season to match them.
“Our aim is developing players and not veering away from what we want to achieve.
“We want to be pushing for finals this year.”
