North Wagga president Brendan Nilsen is convinced his club should have a crack at the AFL Riverina premier league, believing the new competition will best serve the Saints' long term future.
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Ultimately, the Farrer League outfit's nomination process will be determined by its members and players, with North Wagga intending to put it to the full club for a vote.
The Saints committee has confidence in its strong junior base and believes it's important for their sustainability.
"I think there are a big pros to it," Nilsen said.
"The big one for us is that every side gets to play (every week).
"In the Farrer League, we're bleeding kids because the under 17.5s comp is a mess. We've had kids go to other clubs because they want to play every week."
North Wagga was one of just three senior clubs to field three football grades this year (with Marrar and Northern Jets, while Coleambally and Barellan fielded a joint under 17.5 team).
"After merging the juniors and senior clubs a few years ago, we knew the review was coming so we've been preparing for it," Nilsen said.
"We're in a good spot. It's about the number of teams we've got and giving them games. Your members play so much rego, we want them to have value for money.
"If we've got all our sides, the biggest positive is we'd go up to a league where all our members are going to play all their games.
"The negative for us is that we're going to have to do that transitional period, to get up to speed... we might get belted around a bit but I think we'd be somewhere in the middle.
"At the end of the day we've got to look at our sustainability as a club. If we stay at the community league and clubs or teams drop off, where do our members and players go?"
Nilsen said North Wagga's committee won't push for the premier league without full support from within their community.
"That's our aim, as president and as part of the committee but we'll be making making everyone aware of the pros and cons and we'll have an official vote on whether to put together a submission, or not," Nilsen said.
"As fas as a club goes, committees need to have their players and members on board."
The club points to their progression of juniors not only into senior players but leaders. Nilsen said former North Wagga juniors are scattered through the club coaching roles, starting with senior coach Cayden Winter and assistant Ben Alexander.
East Wagga-Kooringal and Marrar are also interested in the premier league.
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