“At this stage we’ve had a very productive and in-depth meeting between our full BFNL board and Echuca’s full committee where we went through a whole range of topics, such as looking at the supply of umpires to all levels of our football, our league structure, club fees, junior pathways for both football and netball, the introduction of 15-under netball in 2026, inter-league and how we’re very passionate about it, our good relationship with the Bendigo Junior Football League, Bendigo Pioneers and Bendigo Strikers and Echuca in turn asked us a lot of questions.