Players will have the opportunity to take part in trials and play for Southern Riverina representative teams, an opportunity previously held only by New South Wales-based clubs Moama and Northern United.
That opportunity, one GMC also holds with Northern Rivers, will now be open to the other 16 clubs in the league.
“We’ve got the opportunity with that because of Moama and Northern United,” GMC operations manager James Stokes said.
“We looked at it as an executive and agreed that it would provide more opportunities for our juniors to play more representative cricket.
“Moama has been quite successful at it over the last couple of years with Southern Riverina making a bit of a comeback.
“It’s all about giving kids an opportunity to play representative cricket.”
Stokes confirmed the move had the backing of all clubs, describing it as a “phenomenal” opportunity.
“The way we looked at it, now our kids will have more opportunities to play at that level in Victoria and New South Wales,” he said.
“It’s phenomenal what it opens up for our kids so we’re pretty excited about it.
“If we have 20 kids across the GMC involved in more representative cricket, then I think we’ve achieved what we wanted.”
The door has been left open for senior cricket as well, with an SRCC statement outlining “senior representative opportunities that exist within the NSW pathway”.
