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NPL

The National Premier League men’s season will start on February 8 and the women’s season on March 15. Season 2024 is set to launch with a bang, as South Melbourne host the Melbourne Knights on opening night. Altona Magic kicks off its season on February 10 at home against Heidelberg United.

WRFL

Josh Poulter is returning to Braybrook for next year’s Western Region Football League season. The half back played at Braybrook from 2016-2019 before spending time with Lalor in 2020 and 2021 and the past two seasons at Fitzroy. He joins Harley Cameron and Chase Wassell as new player signings. Cameron comes to the club from the Western Rams, while has been playing under-18s at Greenvale in the Essendon District Football League premier division competition. Both are expected to add to the Brookers forward line.

VTCA

St Andrew’s Footscray started its Victorian Turf Cricket Association T20 campaign with a loss against Sunshine Heights. Heights bowlers started well and were able to restrict St Andrew’s to just 100. Harsh Parmar took 2-15 off his four overs, while skipper Mohsin Abbas took 1-15.

Chasing 101, Heights got the winning runs in 11 overs, losing only two wickets, with an impressive opening partnership of 56 from Babur Nadeem and Abbas. It was one of only three matches to get action after heavy rain in the lead up to the matches.

Coates Talent League

Western Jets Lucca Grego has been named in the Vic Metro boys summer hub training squad. The squad contains 24 players and will take one in two high performance training camps over the summer months to further assist players in their preparation for the 2024 Coates Talent League season. The girls squads are set to be announced this week.

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