In preparation for the upcoming football, netball and winter sports season, The Standard is offering a special deal for digital subscribers.

Sign up now to get 20 per cent off an annual digital subscription. This subscription gets you access to unrivalled coverage of the Hampden Football Netball League and Warrnambool and District Football Netball League plus other local competitions.

Our journalists Justine McCullagh-Beasy, Sean Hardeman, Angus McCubbing and Brian Allen and photographers Christine Ansorge, Morgan Hancock and Anthony Brady will be there covering the news, views and matches, giving you all the details - when and where you want it. And we'll be providing special access to the inside news you can't get anywhere else.

In addition, if you subscribe we'll send you exclusive newsletters to preview and analyse all the news with the netball-specific The Pivot on Wednesdays and football-specific Final Siren on Sundays.

Sport is the lifeblood of our communities - and communities matter.

Sign up now by following this link https://www.standard.net.au/winter-sports-promo/