Osborne this week announced the signing of former Tallangatta coach Sam Livingstone, who joins Leeton-Whitton's Brad Boots as off-season additions.

Livingstone quit Tallangatta earlier this month and was chased by a number of clubs before settling on Osborne.

The 29-year-old will be joined at Osborne by former Leeton-Whitton captain Brad Boots, who has joined the Hume League club after a couple of seasons back at the Crows.

Rava is happy with how his squad is coming together.

"I think we'll be in the mix again," Rava said.

"We've retained pretty much everyone so if we're willing to do the work than anything will be possible.

"Hopefully our depth will be a little bit better this year."

As well as picking up Livingstone and Boots, Osborne will welcome back Clancy Galvin, George Alexander and Andrew Clarke from injury.

"They're three blokes that will hopefully add a bit to us," he said.

Rava is hoping Osborne will be a lot more versatile next season.

Boots has played most of his football across half-forward and through the midfield, while Livingstone is an accomplished centre-half-back.

"I'm looking to add Bootsy to our forward line. Across half-forward as that lead up forward for us. That's probably where we'll use him most and he's versatile, which is good," he said.

“He adds experience too, which is what I was after. After he won the flag in 2017, we lost Andrew Johnston, Matty Clarke and Trent Haddrill, as well as Andrew Clarke doing his knee, so we lost a fair few senior guys so that 29-30 age is a good age for us.”

Rava also likes Livingstone’s versatility.

“He’s 193 centimetres and 92 kilograms. He’s played centre-half-back the last couple of years but he’s happy to play anywhere,” he said.

“Our backline has been really strong the last couple of years so a guy like Duncan McMaster, it allows us to do a bit more with him and mix things up, which is good.

“We’ll be a lot more versatile, if something’s not working we’ll be able to throw things around, which is good.”

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