FAST FACTS
COACH: HARLEY TAYLOR-LLOYD, 2023 FINISH: RUNNER UP (16-3) 2023 BEST-AND-FAIREST: TOM BARNES 2023 LEADING GOAL-KICKER: WILLIAM DALTON (45) HOME GROUND: NAGAMBIE RECREATION RESERVE NICKNAME: LAKERS
PLAYER CHANGES
INS: Ben Tarran (Seymour), Brodie Asquith (Euroa)
OUTS: Trent Lavery (Woodend), Blake Lavery (Woodend), Tom Barnes (injury), Will Dalton (injury)
The 2023 grand finalists will be hoping to go one better in 2024.
Nagambie stalwart Harvey Taylor-Lloyd has stepped up to the main job at the Lakers and sure to his team fresh for the new season.
“Everyone’s starting to just hit their straps now,” Taylor-Lloyd said.
“Plenty of boys are starting to do the extras and making the effort to really get into the structure.
“The ins we’ve brought in are mainly local players returning, so that side of it just brings us more knowledge and more experience.
Despite losing a number of key players over the off-season, Taylor-Lloyd is confident his team will be as competitive as they were last season.
“We’ve lost the two Lavery boys in the new year,” he said.
“Trent won the best in fairest in 2022 and then came runners-up last year, and Blake has been a dynamic small forward for us. So they’re two huge outs.
“We’re probably looking like topping up and going again; we’ve definitely got the talent."