The Eagles will again have a contingent of their squad travelling from Canberra this season, should it go ahead.

Savage revealed that former Wagga Tigers forward Rob Tuohey will be one of those travelling players, after signing with the Eagles for the upcoming season.

Tuohey was a mentor to new Narrandera coach Jordan Hedington back when he was captain of Ainslie and was keen to return to the Riverina League and help out at the Eagles.

Tuohey kicked 34 goals from 10 games in Tigers' premiership year of 2016, before struggling with an ankle injury in his second season at the club.

He has shelved retirement plans to join Narrandera and Savage is happy to have him on board.

"He mentored Jordan at Ainslie when Jordan coached and started coming through the seniors at Ainslie," Savage said.

"When he was captain at Ainslie, he was Jordan's mentor so he thought he'd come along. He knew it would be a challenge and he's up for it. He's virtually just coming for the travelling, and wanting to help Jordan out, which is great.

"He'd been offered a few gigs around the place but I think he wanted to try one or two more years of playing before it was all over. It will be good to have around him the club."

Tuohey joins Thomas Flight and Zac Derksen as new signings at Narrandera.

The Eagles are confident most of their existing Canberra contingent will be back for another season and are hopeful of moving up the ladder.

But there is still much conjecture about what a 2020 season will look like, with the AFL already recommending a 50 per cent reduction in salary caps to leagues across the country. They recommend further reductions on a pro rata basis after that.

Savage believes any decisions made will have some effect on the Eagles', like all clubs, but he plans to have the conversation with paid players when everything is in concrete.

"We'll have to chat to most of them. Until you know the full impact of what's happening, how are you going to talk to them?" he said.

"I haven't had the conversation with any of our paid players and won't until we find out what's going on. Our paid players and what we spend is pretty minimal in most of the leagues at the moment, but then again, you've still got to do it.

"Reading into the salary cap, a 50 per cent reduction now and then another 50 per cent if there is a reduction in games. That takes us well back. Realistically, you'd have a couple of paid players and that's it."

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