THE teams are in and the time for talking is done.
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The Hampden league coaches picked their round one sides on Thursday night ahead of round one tomorrow.
There are plenty of mouth-watering games on offer. Who will get the points?
Hype surrounded North Warrnambool Eagles in the off-season and it welcomes Portland to Bushfield.
Two finalists from last year, Port Fairy and South Warrnambool, go head-to-head at Gardens Oval, and Warrnambool will unveil gun recruit Darren Ewing against Cobden at Reid Oval.
Reigning premier Koroit travels to Melville Oval to face Hamilton Kangaroos and grand finalist Camperdown plays Terang Mortlake.
The Magpies, including Brendan Richardson, Will Rowbottom and Matt Field pictured above, are hoping the Magpies can fly in 2019.
But nine other clubs are thinking the same.
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Justine McCullagh-Beasy