Werribee Centrals have changed things up as they look to what’s ahead in the Western Football League women’s competition.
The Centurions enter the season as the defending champions for the first time after tasting premiership success last season.
Coach Jade De La Rue said they don’t treat this season any differently to how they had previously,
“It’s been pretty good,” she said. “The message in the pre-season has been that what happened last year means nothing now.
“We can not get too far ahead. Three to four years ago we were getting beaten by everyone with a fair chunk of the squad that we had last year.
“We worked hard to get to that position and we still have to do that. We are under no illusion.”
Jade De La Rue said there had been a few changes to the playing group that won last year’s grand final but the core had remained.
She said they had been able to add some recruits to strengthen the saud.
Off field, they’ve added another assistant coach and looked to change things up a bit.
“We’ve put a lot of effort into changing things,” she said. “Working on new plays and seeing each other grow as a group.
“There’s new rule changes this year including 16 aside on the field. We’re trying to work really hard around those changes.
“We had umpires at training trying to get on the front foot and get the most out it.
“It has been really run and exciting.”
The Centurions started their season with a big win against Point Cook Centrals in round one.
Jade De La Rue said they were able to move players around and try different combinations, which will open things up for them.
The Centurions are in the middle of two weeks off due to a bye and then the Easter break.
Jade De La Rue said while it was a different, it allowed everyone to recover from round one with a several sore and tired bodies.
The Centurions next match is against Wyndhamvale on April 25 underlights.
Tara Murray
