Echuca United Football Club
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Echuca United Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football
club based in the northern Victoria
n city of Echuca
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The club was formed in 1994 with the merger of the Echuca South and Echuca East Football Clubs and competed in the Northern and Echuca League until 1996. After the league disbanded the club joined the murray football league since that time.
After the league disbanded in 1996, the club joined the murray league. The club was forced to change their jumpers due to the Barooga Hawks(already in the murray league) having the same jumpers. Echuca United then became the Eagles and used the same jumper designs as the West Coast Eagles. At the beginning of the 2002 season the eagles purchased new jumpers with a new eagle design adopted.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club based in the northern Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
n city of Echuca
Echuca, Victoria
Echuca is a town located on the banks of the Murray River and Campaspe river in Victoria, Australia. The Border town Moama is on the northern side of the Murray river in New South Wales. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Shire of Campaspe...
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The club was formed in 1994 with the merger of the Echuca South and Echuca East Football Clubs and competed in the Northern and Echuca League until 1996. After the league disbanded the club joined the murray football league since that time.
Club history
The merger of Echuca East football club and Echuca South football club to become Echuca United football club in 1994. The club competed in the Northern and Echuca League as the hawks, wearing brown and gold vertical striped jumpers.After the league disbanded in 1996, the club joined the murray league. The club was forced to change their jumpers due to the Barooga Hawks(already in the murray league) having the same jumpers. Echuca United then became the Eagles and used the same jumper designs as the West Coast Eagles. At the beginning of the 2002 season the eagles purchased new jumpers with a new eagle design adopted.
Seniors
| seniors coach- Dayle Reyne reserves coach- Jason Leeman |
U17's
| co-coach- Cameron McMullan co-coach- Jarrad Nuttall |