Locking in a steady run of pre-season form

By Rohan Aldous

Mar 20, 2022

Change of colours: Echuca United’s 2021 best-and-fairest winner, Matt Lias, was in the green and white on Saturday at Lockington for the first of two Echuca practice matches. They will play Eaglehawk at Victoria Park this weekend.

Echuca Football Club journeyed out to Lockington for its first competitive hit-out of the season.

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Echuca, the Goulburn Valley League minor premier, faced Ovens and Murray outfit Wangaratta Magpies in a hit-out between two strong clubs in their respective leagues.

The game featured the Murray Bombers’ star recruit Sam Reid in his first match donning the bottle green, while on the opposing team-sheet was former Collingwood player and Wangaratta coach Ben Reid.

This Saturday, March 26, Victoria Park will come alive for its first game of the season when Echuca hosts Bendigo Football Netball League club Eaglehawk.

It will be the Murray Bombers’ final practice match before the real deal; round one against Rochester on Saturday, April 9.