The Hoppers travelled to Tungamah on Saturday to take on the Murray League battlers and proved too sharp for their opponents, 19.8 (122) to 10.5 (65).

It was Coolamon's second consecutive pre-season victory after downing East Wagga-Kooringal at Kindra Park a week earlier.

Collingullie-Glenfield Park kicked off their pre-season trials with a close loss to Gungahlin in Canberra.

There was little between the two teams throughout the contest but the under-strength Demons fell just short in the end, losing 10.9 (69) to 9.7 (61).

Nick Perryman was best for Collingullie-GP, while Jason Ainsworth and John Buchanan both impressed in their first games for their new club.

Narrandera were brave in defeat against AFL Canberra powerhouse Ainslie.

The Eagles went down narrowly, 13.10 (88) to 10.7 (67) at Narrandera Sportsground.

Narrandera found themselves down by five goals at the first break but fought back to win the second and third quarters.

Turvey Park opened their account with a three-goal win over Charles Sturt University in a three-quarter game on Saturday.

Leeton-Whitton took on Rand-Walbundrie-Walla and while no score was kept, there was little between the two teams.

Mangoplah-Cookardinia United-Eastlakes went down to North Albury at Mangoplah Sportsground on Thursday night.

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