Bendigo FL discussion 2026

[onekickwonder]

Shocked any club would be interested in him. Whilst still young and immature, he’s lucky he didn’t end up in the courts.

What’d he do

 

[Mad Jack]

Looks like Eaglehawk are well and truly leading the recruiting race this season warm favourite to go back to back at this stage

Everyone else playing for 2nd place

 

[Trent from barwon Heads]

Everyone else playing for 2nd place

Didn't we say that last year about sandhurst, footy's a funny game sometimes

 

[Doona2]

Looks like Eaglehawk are well and truly leading the recruiting race this season

Surely per capita Broadford are.

 

[Blues1977]

Shocked any club would be interested in him. Whilst still young and immature, he’s lucky he didn’t end up in the courts.

Intrigued here. What occurred?

 

[MortlockWatcher]

If you scroll through the 2024 thread during October, you'll definitely find out.

 

[Truck]

Intrigued here. What occurred?

Only going off hearsay but it came from 3-4 different sources.
Lots of the chatter about it was taken down from here around the time of the incident.
But "allegedly" had a photo that he probably shouldn't have had.. and then was bright enough to "allegedly" share it in a space that he certainly shouldn't have.

 

[Jack Doolan]

Lot of mud being thrown at a young bloke here I hope people are certain of their facts before trashing his good name

 

[Jack Doolan]

Surely per capita Broadford are.

Leading the volume race but I’d have the half dozen or so Eaglehawk have announced as being a higher net quality than all of Broadford’s.

 

[broomstickgav]

Max Cahoon has resigned at Sea Lake, this might stir the pot? Shermaa

 

[Trent from barwon Heads]

Lot of mud being thrown at a young bloke here I hope people are certain of their facts before trashing his good name

The proof will be when south play square

 

[Aucklander]

2026 thread

 

[Earthmover]

Lot of mud being thrown at a young bloke here I hope people are certain of their facts before trashing his good name

Comfortable I’ve got all my ducks in a row.

 

[TheClouds]

Lot of mud being thrown at a young bloke here I hope people are certain of their facts before trashing his good name

Well, the mud should stick, the facts a very true..... As a father, I would not want that to happen to my daughter.

 

[Back in my Day]

Max Cahoon has resigned at Sea Lake, this might stir the pot? Shermaa

Very nice offer he couldn't refuse. Paddock for him keep what you make from it....

 

[Trent from barwon Heads]

Nothing from sandhurst on the recruiting front, looks like they lost another player going to qld too.

 

[Quarry Hill]

The proof will be when south play square

Why South?

 

[Quarry Hill]

Max Cahoon has resigned at Sea Lake, this might stir the pot? Shermaa

Confused broomstick- how does this relate to the Bendigo League?

 

[Truck]

Confused broomstick- how does this relate to the Bendigo League?

He was linked to Strath with McKenzie.

 

[Jack Doolan]

Been sitting on this for a while so as not to compromise the individuals identity but have a bit of inside word on the salary caps

Gisborne players been getting tapped from all over the place as you can imagine and the couple I am in close contact with have had multiple clubs reaching out with offers from within the Bendigo league other bush leagues and some metro ones

One of these guys is a gun player in bush footy by anyone’s measure and the offers he has had come in are unbelievable and when you look at the leagues and salary cap they range from about 30% through to as much as 55% of the total salary caps for those teams

His mate is a good senior player and has also had good offers but nowhere near as much but when you put the few clubs who have come to both of them together you get a spend of 45% to 70% of the total salary caps

One of those clubs is a Bendigo league club and a good one and although those offers were on the lower end the percentage of salary cap on just two recruits is such that there is no possibility they are operating under the cap or even anywhere close to it

I always take these things with a grain of salt when written on here but now have first hand knowledge the so called salary caps are being demolished all over the state

The only small rider is I don’t know exactly how the caps work and what counts and what doesn’t but I’m assuming every cent a club pays goes in there whether it is a sign on match payment or travel money

 

[Quarry Hill]

Been sitting on this for a while so as not to compromise the individuals identity but have a bit of inside word on the salary caps

Gisborne players been getting tapped from all over the place as you can imagine and the couple I am in close contact with have had multiple clubs reaching out with offers from within the Bendigo league other bush leagues and some metro ones

One of these guys is a gun player in bush footy by anyone’s measure and the offers he has had come in are unbelievable and when you look at the leagues and salary cap they range from about 30% through to as much as 55% of the total salary caps for those teams

His mate is a good senior player and has also had good offers but nowhere near as much but when you put the few clubs who have come to both of them together you get a spend of 45% to 70% of the total salary caps

One of those clubs is a Bendigo league club and a good one and although those offers were on the lower end the percentage of salary cap on just two recruits is such that there is no possibility they are operating under the cap or even anywhere close to it

I always take these things with a grain of salt when written on here but now have first hand knowledge the so called salary caps are being demolished all over the state

The only small rider is I don’t know exactly how the caps work and what counts and what doesn’t but I’m assuming every cent a club pays goes in there whether it is a sign on match payment or travel money

Jack your comments are pretty consistent with guys like Ringo.

I'd be interested to know the thoughts of the same players as to what Gisborne intend to do in the 2026 season. (Play in Bendigo, sit it out or ????).

What can you tell us?

 

[Jack Doolan]

Jack your comments are pretty consistent with guys like Ringo.

I'd be interested to know the thoughts of the same players as to what Gisborne intend to do in the 2026 season. (Play in Bendigo, sit it out or ????).

What can you tell us?

Those guys I think would rather play in Bendigo but I suspect that’s largely because their netballer girlfriends would much rather play in Bendigo
Having said that they all voted to move so I suspect they don’t care either way
As for next year it feels like the expectation is it will be Bendigo but there’s a definite lack of enthusiasm because the feeling seems to be it will be a treading water season
The footballer and netballer at my place are talking about heading to Europe for a good chunk of the season if they stay in Bendigo but would play the whole year in Ballarat

 

[Quarry Hill]

Those guys I think would rather play in Bendigo but I suspect that’s largely because their netballer girlfriends would much rather play in Bendigo
Having said that they all voted to move so I suspect they don’t care either way
As for next year it feels like the expectation is it will be Bendigo but there’s a definite lack of enthusiasm because the feeling seems to be it will be a treading water season
The footballer and netballer at my place are talking about heading to Europe for a good chunk of the season if they stay in Bendigo but would play the whole year in Ballarat

Do you think Gisborne may stand out the 2026 season?

 

[Jack Doolan]

Do you think Gisborne may stand out the 2026 season?

I don’t hear too much in the off season but it’s certainly something the players have been told is on the table
As I said previously my feeling is a more moderate committee will step in and they will play in Bendigo and then the whole things happens again next year

 

[Trent from barwon Heads]

Been sitting on this for a while so as not to compromise the individuals identity but have a bit of inside word on the salary caps

Gisborne players been getting tapped from all over the place as you can imagine and the couple I am in close contact with have had multiple clubs reaching out with offers from within the Bendigo league other bush leagues and some metro ones

One of these guys is a gun player in bush footy by anyone’s measure and the offers he has had come in are unbelievable and when you look at the leagues and salary cap they range from about 30% through to as much as 55% of the total salary caps for those teams

His mate is a good senior player and has also had good offers but nowhere near as much but when you put the few clubs who have come to both of them together you get a spend of 45% to 70% of the total salary caps

One of those clubs is a Bendigo league club and a good one and although those offers were on the lower end the percentage of salary cap on just two recruits is such that there is no possibility they are operating under the cap or even anywhere close to it

I always take these things with a grain of salt when written on here but now have first hand knowledge the so called salary caps are being demolished all over the state

The only small rider is I don’t know exactly how the caps work and what counts and what doesn’t but I’m assuming every cent a club pays goes in there whether it is a sign on match payment or travel money

So what you're saying jack is bernacki, blake or mckenna are being offered 40k-60k by bendigo clubs as well as other clubs id assume in the edfl or travelling.

Im not sure tardew was on even that coin last year.

Metro clubs yes to 40k, mallee clubs yes and maybe o&m but very few clubs can pay that for players.