It's been an incredibly busy off-season so far at clubland with signings being announced left, right, and centre!
The player transfer window is expected to open in February, so while none of these will be confirmed until then, the excitement for the 2024 season is already building.
If you're struggling to keep up with all the announcements, here's what we know so far with the breakdown from every club across the men's and women's competitions.
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Coaching Announcement: Aberfeldie recently announced Adam Marcon has stood down as head coach after accepting a full time position in the AFL coaching system. Clay Illman has been appointed interim coach to commence their pre-season. He come across with Marcon as an assistant with VFL and AFL experience, as confirmation on their coaching panel for 2024 is expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
New Signings: Brodie Newman, Matt Williamson, Sam Medland.
Summary: The club's announced three returning juniors as the only new signings so far with Newman (SANFL) and Williamson (WAFL) playing high-quality footy interstate. They've been able to retain a lot of their experience and core group with Sam Cattapan the biggest departure so far.
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Summary: Rob Green was announced as Premier Division Team of the Year Coach Rohan Hawker's successor with Steve Robinson heading their second side. Both have been involved in the coaching ranks at the club for some time.
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Coaching Announcement: Brent Taylor will be replacing Trent Rogers as head coach in 2024.
New Signings: Chris Nield, Cooper Janevski, John Roumeliotis, Jed Brereton, Matt Hanson, Ahmed Zahraman, Michael Edwards, Tom Aylett, John Delacoe.
Summary: Airport West have been incredibly busy announcing a lot of re-signings and new signings as they look to solidify their position in the top flight. The Eagles and Trent Rogers amicably split ways with the list being left in terrific shape for Brent Taylor to take over after spending a lot of time in pathways programs. His announcement was made early as well as their big announcement that Aaron Naughton would be around the club as a development coach. Among the new signings are a number of best 22 players with VFL experience.
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Summary: Premiership coach Marcus Barclay remains in charge as the Eagles step up into Division One, no player announcements have been made as yet.
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Coaching Announcement: Patrick Byrne will be back at the helm replacing Richard Little.
New Signings: Brody Watts, Caleb McPherson, Muharem Muja, Danko Bzenic, Connor Byrne, Tom Gleeson, Daniel Gervasoni, Anthony Curtis, Benjamin Cass, Jack Stratford, Lachlan O’Hara.
Summary: Patrick Byrne and the Heights wasted no time announcing a number of re-signings and new signings with former Coburg Districts playing coach Tom Gleeson an early announcement. Byrne's return has also brought back the likes of Connor Byrne, Danko Bzenic, and Caleb McPherson, the latter enjoying a great season in the WRFL. They've brought across some younger talent who they'll be hoping to retain as they look to remain in the top flight – including Sunbury Kangaroos' Brody Watts.
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Summary: Senior Women's football will return to the Heights, no official announcement has been made on a coach as yet but open training sessions have been slated for late November.
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Summary: The Bears have been quiet on the recruiting front so far and will be an interesting watch to see who they bring in with Cole Harvey entering his second season at the helm. He brought across a lot of youth in his first season, can he get some experience in to complement his developing list?
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Summary: Michael Davis will be replacing Jeff Stevens as head coach. No player announcements have been made as yet.
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Coaching Announcement: Charlie Denaro will be replacing Tom Gleeson as head coach in 2024.
New Signings: Rusi Komaitai, Harrison Harbrow, Madison Martin, Pasquale Curcio, Aythen Kyriazis, Tom Carland, Robert Kernick.
Summary: Coburg Districts have re-signed a lot of key players including some from their premiership-winning Under 18.5 side. A fresh start might be what the club needs to begin their tilt at another deep finals run after missing out in 2023 and Charlie Denaro has brought across some talented players, Hillside ruck Rusi Komaitai the latest among a strong list of recruits.
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Coaching Announcement: Gavan Wray-McCann will be replacing Ron McGill as head coach in 2024.
New Signing: Helena Katsios (playing assistant).
Summary: They've already announced some re-signings including the likes of Team of the Year stars Olivia Woods, Kaila Ducret, and Jacinta Brew, while Helena Katsios was announced to be a playing assistant coach to Wray-McCann in 2024.
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New Signings: James Vulic, Luke Scarpini, Jesse Davies, Matt Noden, Luke Reichelt, Nathan Reichelt, Tarkin Kunelius, Nathan Martin, Mitch Wilson.
Summary: It was a successful first season for Shane Jacobs and the Eagles who finished a couple of games out of finals. Bringing across some talent in his first season, the season they had has started to attract some talent around the Northern areas to build the depth of their squad. Eagles premiership player Jesse Davies has returned to the Nest with some other best 22 players also being introduced.
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New Signings: Alicia Whelan, Emily Barrett, Meg Renae, Cate McGarry, Shaylah Kendrick, Emily Williams.
Summary: Alicia Gorman will lead the resurgence of Senior Women's footy at Craigieburn. The Eagles have announced some new signings and shared a photo of their first pre-season session which looked to already have around 20 players training.
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Coaching Announcement: Deer Park club legend Jamie Madigan will be replacing Heath Scotland as head in coach in 2024.
New Signings: Mutaz El Nour, Anthony Daw, Jamieson House.
Summary: Deer Park have lost key pillars of their premiership side in Nash Holmes (Montmorency), Todd Elton (Murrumbeena), Lachlan Smart, and Tim Quick (both East Keilor) but will no doubt be looking to bolster their first appearance in EDFL Premier Division over the coming months. Mutaz El Nour is a returning junior which is encouraging as they continue to build their junior program – although it'll remain to be seen how much he'll play with VFL duties. Premiership Captain Spiros Amarantidis also signed a two-year deal to lead his side into the EDFL top flight with half of their premiership side already recommitting.
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Coaching Announcement: Pat Christofi and Ali Hamad will continue on in 2024.
New Signings: Robbie McComb, Nayef Hamad, Lachlan Smart, Tim Quick, Reuben William, Dean Roberts, Tyson Old, Hussein Kadour, Malik Elfakahani, Kamal Badra, Aliyy Elmaghraby, Mark Nicholls, Mitchell Havard, Izzy Moussa, Tom Silvagni.
Summary: If there's one thing East Keilor have lacked since their reintroduction to the top flight, it's been depth. That was never clearer than this year but as we enter December, my word it's fair to say they've made some huge strides in building their list size! Among the re-signings have been some top-level arrivals which will no doubt squeeze their points even tighter, but will bolster their top-end talent. If there was a record for the biggest list size in November, EK would make a great case! Ex-Bulldog Robbie McComb is their most recent signing who will likely be spending most, if not all of the season with Port Melbourne in the VFL.
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Coaching Announcement: Travis Bishop will be replacing Aaron Kite as head coach in 2024.
New Signings: Jack Barnes, Matthew Krul, Brandon Brancatisano, Sean Egan.
Summary: There are encouraging signs at East Sunbury with a lot of re-signings being announced despite the tough season, as well as some new arrivals early in the piece. Aaron Kite did a fantastic job building the list back up to get on the park but after initially committing as a player, he will head back to Glenroy. They've announced a few new signings, as they look to build the list to compete under new coach Travis Bishop.
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New Signings: Jennifer Stevenson, Sarah Costanzo, Maeghan Scholtz, Genaya Faulkner, Jacinta Lee.
Summary: Lisa Borg will lead a new East Sunbury Senior Women's program into 2024 with signings already happening!
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Coaching Announcement: Barry Prendergast will continue on in 2024 as announced late in the season.
New Signings: Dylan Laurie, Bayley Overend, Kelton Overend, James De Virgillio, Noah Weihrauch, Andre Jaycock, Michael Kiraly.
Summary: Essendon Doutta Stars finished the season on an encouraging note as they retained their spot in Premier Division. They've announced some quality new signings on top of a lot of core group re-signings, but the loss of Tom Wallis (North Heidelberg) will hurt the young list.
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Summary: No announcements as yet.
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Summary: No announcements as yet.
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New Signings: Aaron Kite, Ali Samie, Joseph Sophia, Joel McDonald, Michael Adams, Zain Yassin, Kenny Lam, Lachlan Woodham, Joseph Moio, Dominick Lo Presti.
Summary: Dean Young will continue on in 2024 and will no doubt benefit from a longer run up into the 2024 season. They'll drop down to a competitive Division Two and begin to rebuild their list. Player retention has been pretty good so far with some new signings that will bolster their best 22 including a club favourite Aaron Kite.
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Summary: Glenroy will kickstart their Senior Women's program and have announced Bill Emerson as head coach with some marquee signings in Jax Vella and Jess Ashcroft!
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New Signings: Dylan Watts, Baker Smith.
Summary: Most of Greenvale's announcements have been key re-signings so far with Dylan Watts (Tullamarine) and Baker Smith (Port Melbourne VFL) the only new signings. It was also announced Josh Porter will forego Werribee VFL duties and play full time with the Jets in 2024. With Greenvale pushing their case for finals footy under Darren Bewick, they'll be able to make a strong proposal to attract some talent in to take the next step.
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Summary: The two-time grand finalists have announced a number of re-signings with Troy Newton's Jets still a strong chance to take out the flag in 2024 should they retain their side and add a few pieces. With some other clubs in the north looking to introduce or re-introduce women's programs, it'll be interesting to see if they can retain some of their stars at Section Road with Chanel Caruso (Hillside) being one that's already signed elsewhere.
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Coaching Announcement: Angelo Lamanna will be replacing Brett Pitts as head coach in 2024.
New Signings: Jake Polizzi, Kieran Hummell, Brayden May, Jaiden Martin, Abudin Awo, Declan Drummond, Zach Greenwood, Stephen Siale, Tiger Curtis, Gerald Lynch, Liam Simic, Thomas Mahfoud, Christian Pisano, Jacob Houston, Ardon Bektash, Imran Noureddine, Brent Houston, Daniel Moro, Nick Mustafa, Zac Gillard, Luke Hannah, Sam Godden.
Summary: Brett Pitts has stood aside after a strong stint as head coach with Angelo Lamanna stepping in with the club announcing a smattering of new signings. Jake Polizzi has been their biggest one with there being no shortage of quality homegrown Hadfield players that have since departed, this looks to be a step in the right direction for the Hawks. Sam Godden brings some state-league experience and polish, while Rhys Gleisner has stepped into a playing-assistant role.
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Coaching Announcement: Chris Daley will be replacing Charlie Denaro as head coach in 2024.
New Signings: Robbie Castello, Habib Hosni, Jake Gatto.
Summary: Hillside certainly didn't rush in announcing Charlie Denaro's successor with senior assistant coach Chris Daley receiving the promotion. Mo Kaakour was named as an assistant coach in a great move for the Sharks. Robbie Castello was announced prior to that to be moving across to Shark Park as a playing assistant coach. It's been somewhat of a quiet off-season for the Sharks but we expect them to make some big moves in order to take the next step in 2024. Between Kaakour and Castello, it wouldn't be surprising if they were able to lure some high-end talent across.
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Coaching Announcement: Blaise Ferraro will be replacing Rob Davis as head coach in 2024.
New Signings: Brooke Kerrigan, Beejay Johnson, Emma Picone, Chanel Caruso.
Summary: The Sharks appointed co-women's football operations managers and have started their off-season strongly as they look to work back up the Premier Division ladder. They've retained majority of their best 24 already and have added some quality players to the mix.
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Summary: Keilor have been typically quiet in the recruiting space thus far but have lost leading goal kicker Matt Clark to Tyabb. Growth from within is usually their primary method but having lost a lot of experience heading into the 2023 season, it will be interesting to see how they look to replace Clark. Keeping in mind, this team did just complete one of the most dominant seasons the EDFL has ever seen.
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Summary: Brooke Surgeon will again be coaching the women's side with no player announcements made as yet.
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New Signings: Lindon Bektash, Cooper Bryant, Mitchell Meredith, Zachary Steinhoff-Pino.
Summary: The Devils have been busy re-signing a lot of their core group, but having lost Robbie Castello and narrowly avoiding relegation despite being largely competitive, they may need to make some moves to solidify their spot in Division One.
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New Signings: Alana Vidov, Caitlin Crameri, Marissa Baker, Carlie Chircop, Tahlia Reeves, Caprice Baillie, Brooke Baldock, Kylie Garth, Mia Tournas, Hayley McDonald.
Summary: Luke Baker was announced as head coach as with Harley Cameron recently announced as his assitant. Keilor Park have done well so far to build their Senior Women's program with a lot of signings already announced.
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New Signing: Lachie Plowman, Brodie Romensky, Will Young, James Kayrooz.
Summary: Maribyrnong Park brought Brodie Holland back into the fold and have landed possibly the biggest signing with ex-Carlton and GWS defender Lachie Plowman committing to the club along with ex-Adelaide Crow Will Young. Meanwhile, former TAC Cup Team of the Year and Marby junior Brodie Romensky returns to the club. It's been a patient recruiting drive but their top-end talent has no doubt already received a major boost.
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Summary: Milly Beardmore will be replacing Phil Poursanidis as Premier Division coach after coaching their second side for the last two years. No new signings as yet but they've re-signed Alex McBride-Loane and Team of the Year members Zoe Manning and Charlotte Rayner.
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New Signings: Luke Brock, Jai Anderson, Luke Denny, Jason Denny, Andrew Robinson, Harry Fry, Luke Brock, Anthony Accadia.
Summary: The Fog announced Ian Denny will continue on as coach as the club needed to get a bit more active this off-season to push themselves up the ladder and they've done exactly that bringing in some players who've experienced top-flight footy.
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Summary: Moonee Valley are yet to announce women's coaches as yet following the announcement that Dean Rioli will have to step away due to other commitments, as well as Division Two co-coaches Garry Noonan and Paul Wood.
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New Signings: Isaac Kako, Fabian Pennelli, Oliver Klemm, Riley Houston, Abdullah El-Rafei, Ben Tenace, Musa Hussain.
Summary: Northern Saints are establishing themselves as a genuine flag contender in 2024 after a strong resurgence under Tamer Abdallah in 2023. He will again lead the Saints who have been active this off-season retaining a lot of key players and announcing some strong signings. They've also attracted some homegrown junior players back which is a great sign for the club.
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New Signings: Paul Pascu, Liam Molloy, Oliver Aitken, Tom Lay, Josh Ksiazek, Joe Townsend-Booth, Jye Smith.
Summary: Premiership coach Todd Clark will lead Oak Park in Division One with a lot of key players already announced to have re-signed, with a number of new signings that will certainly go a long way to help them be competitive and stay up in Division One. There's a strong mix of experience and younger players in their list pre-Christmas.
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Coaching Announcement: Premiership co-coaches Nic Cook and Lessey Hodgkinson will be joined by Ashlee Atkins in 2024.
New Signing: Chiara Guarino.
Summary: A number of their premiership players have already re-signed as they prepare for their premiership defence, with Premier Division Team of the Year member Chiara Guarino (Strathmore) a great new signing.
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Coaching Announcement: Leigh Tudor will be replacing Digby Morrell as head coach in 2024.
New Signings: Tom Hofert, Ahmed Saad, Mo Yassine, Jake Moorhead, Jeremy Rodi, David Gennacarro,
Summary: Although they finished the regular season second and played in the prelim, the Panthers have gotten on the front foot in a big way to continue developing the squad to compete for a flag. Leigh Tudor is an incredibly experienced coach and was most recently coaching the Essendon VFL side. Ahmed Saad is their marquee signing and will also take on a youth development role at the club. Among some star new signings are a strong amount of re-signings from their best 22.
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Summary: No news on a new coach as yet.
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Coaching Announcement: Ross Terranova will be replacing Michael Farrelly as head coach in 2024. The Farrelly name will continue in the coaching ranks with Hayden set to step in as a playing assistant.
New Signings: Scott Poynter, Taylan Bozkurt, James Bird.
Summary: Roxy have been busy announcing a lot of key re-signings and although they've been a little quiet in the recruiting space, there's no doubt Ross Terranova will be able to attract some top talent.
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Coaching Announcement: Kevin Allan was announced as their new women's coach in 2024.
New Signings: Emily Prouse, Alexandra Curseri, Kashani Hoskins-Jacobs, Mackenzie Best, Dakota Liddy, Erica Linehan, Sienna Linehan, Jessica Ivory, Chloe McIntosh, Emily Val, Jameson Best, Summa Blackburn, Emma Poynter, Megan Allan, Natalie Tull-Boyle, Seda Filizfidan.
Summary: Roxburgh Park announced in late July that women's footy will return to Lakeside Oval in 2024 and have since announced Kevin Allan as head coach and enough signings to start a game!
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Coaching Announcement: Brad Fox will be replacing Arron Bray as head coach in 2024.
New Signings: James Fox, Ethan Fitzpatrick.
Summary: After making a prelim in their first senior finals campaign in the EDFL, it hasn't been the off-season Rupo would've liked. Dean Galea, Zak Saad, Shaun Stewart, Jackson Cardillo, Brent Swallow, Jacob Chahine, and Dylan Podolczak have departed Salesian College as well as coach Skip Bray. Incoming coach Brad Fox will have his work cut out for him to try and replace arguably their top players if they're any chance to emulate their heights of 2023.
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New Signings: Brandon Coletta, Alex Tsia, Jackson Volpato, Reece Tompkins, Tyler Bell.
Summary: Player retention at Kings Park has been very good so far, with Premier Division Team of the Year half back Brandon Coletta a huge signing for the Saints with fellow former Shark Jackson Volpato making a return to footy with the Saints. Alex Tsia, a young gun with Coates Talent League experience has also signed on as coach Zammy Muhtari will no doubt be keen to build on their first-round exit out of the finals.
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Coaching Announcement: Nick Ash will be replacing Marty Allison as head coach in 2024.
Summary: Marty Allison has been moved on after making the grand final in his first year at the helm with assistant coach Nick Ash being promoted. League leading goal kicker Tom Condon, brother Jack (Parkside), and captain Xavier Allison (Wangaratta Rovers) have departed, and although the Mores have the points propensity to bring in some top-end talent, their ethos of developing and promoting homegrown talent means they're not usually trigger happy with signings at this time of the year.
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Summary: Ron Sikora will continue on with the Mores as head coach in 2024. There are no new signings as yet, but it was announced that co-captains Clara Toperosa and Rebecca Said will continue on in 2024.
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New Signings: Tim Walsh, Thomas Eiszele, Mitch Johnston, Cooper Anson, Beau Vowles, Rocco Tripodi, Riley Eales, Andrew Siekai, Jake Olivieri, Kayne Murphy, Lachlan Muir, Mitch Collins, Brandon Smith.
Summary: Sunbury Kangaroos have been busy signing players up including all but two of their grand final side and 11 new players. Shanon Carroll has taken great strides so far to establish themselves as another flag contender this far out of the season. Rhys Magin has yet to be announced as being on board for 2024, securing his signature would make it an incredibly successful off-season for the Kangaroos – and we're only in November!
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Coaching Announcement: Chris Dunne will be replacing Joe Antonetti as head coach in 2024.
New Signings: Tylah Bell, Bronte Koutras, Kelsie Gill, Elisha Green, Teaghan Tweedly, Carly Blythe.
Summary: Their women's program has been equally busy so far this off-season as they look to build on a positive end to their season after dropping down into Division Two and have managed to bring some players back to the club!
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Coaching Announcement: Matt Tremellen will assuming the sole head coaching role with Jaimee-Lee Wilson electing to focus on playing 2024.
Summary: Sunbury Lions have been active announcing a number of re-signings and returns.
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New Signings: Shaun Ujcich, Connor Roach, Declan Wakefield, Vinnie Schiavello, Matty Brown, Ben Weightman.
Summary: Steve Burns will continue on in 2024 and with good player retention and a few new signings, will be in good shape to continue their push for promotion.
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New Signings: Jaime Wulf, Emma Villani, Hanna Mercado, Chloe Clark-Cain, Kaitlyn Portelli, Jorja Brink, Charlie Goodwin,
Summary: Joe Antonetti was announced as the inaugural coach of their women's program who are currently on a recruiting drive for players while also announcing a number of signings.
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New Signings: Brad Horgan, Nicholas Papakalodoukas, Michael Sikora, Dylan Birdo, Luke Rowland, David Stretton, Dillion Kane, Taj McCartney.
Summary: David Connell will continue on as head coach in 2024 after assuming the role mid-season. They've started strong with some new signings and retained majority of their core group so far. With new clubrooms expected to be ready by Round 1, Tulla will be hoping they can wear them in by working their way back up the ladder in 2024.
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Summary: No official announcement on a new coach with Peter Labbad stepping down from the role. Re-signings have been happening.
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Coaching Announcement: Daniel Barnes will be replacing Dale May as head coach in 2024.
New Signings: Muhammad Saad, Billy Abou Eid.
Summary: West Coburg have done well to retain a lot of top-line talent so far this off-season and will bring in Muhammad Saad who kicked 28 goals for Airport West in 2023 and Billy Abou Eid, both returning juniors.
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Coaching Announcement: Ash Flavel will continue on as head in 2024.
Summary: No new signings as yet but after some promising signs to round out the year, the club looks to be focusing on building from within and developing and retaining their homegrown talent as they move into Division Two.
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Summary: Gemma Wright and Nat Scott will again coach the Premier Division and Division Two sides respectively with a number of re-signings already taking place.
