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Nirranda will host Russells Creek at Deakin University's The Pond in round three.

The game is on Saturday, April 20.

It forms part of the Warrnambool and District Football Netball League's draw which was ticked off at its annual general meeting on December 6.

Nirranda hosted Dennington at The Pond in 2023.

Blues joint president Lauren Parsons said clubs needed to "be flexible and try different things" in a changing sporting landscape.

"Being a country club, the majority of our players come from in town or Allansford way," she said.

"Our junior numbers in football have been a little bit on the low side the last few years so we thought we needed to do something to try and entice those kids to come to Nirranda and came up with the plan and agreement to coincide with Deakin and utilise their facilities because they're not getting used for a specific club as such.

"In 2023 it really did wonders for our under 18 footy side, that is probably the one (side) that benefitted the most so we thought we'd definitely work on the same agreement as what we did last year."

Parsons said the Nirranda versus Dennington match at Deakin University this year "had a really decent crowd".

The Blues - reigning premiers in both senior football and A grade netball - also hold training sessions and practice matches at the venue for both senior and junior grades "just to spice things up a little bit".

"It's just to break it up and give everyone a rest from travelling all the time," Parsons said.

"It worked well this year and I imagine it will be the same next year."

The Warrnambool and District league will launch its season with its traditional Good Friday game between Merrivale and Old Collegians on March 29.

It is an earlier than usual start given where Easter falls next year.

Round one will kick off a week later on Saturday, April 6.

There will be a mid-season league-wide bye on June 8 for the King's Birthday long weekend.

The finals series is locked in from August 17 with the grand final scheduled for September 7.

Good Friday, March 29

Merrivale v Old Collegians

Round one, April 6

Merrivale v Nirranda

Dennington v Russells Creek

Kolora-Noorat v South Rovers

Timboon Demons v Allansford

Panmure v Old Collegians

Round two, April 13

Old Collegians v Timboon Demons

Allansford v Kolora-Noorat

South Rovers v Dennington

Russells Creek v Merrivale

Nirranda v Panmure

Round three, April 20

Merrivale v South Rovers

Dennington v Allansford

Kolora-Noorat v Old Collegians

Timboon Demons v Panmure

Nirranda v Russells Creek (at Deakin University)

Round four, April 27

Allansford v Merrivale

Old Collegians v Dennington

Panmure v Kolora-Noorat

South Rovers v Russells Creek

Nirranda v Timboon Demons

Round five, May 4

Dennington v Panmure

Kolora-Noorat v Timboon Demons

South Rovers v Nirranda

Russells Creek v Allansford

Merrivale, Old Collegians byes

Round six, May 11

Panmure v Merrivale

Timboon Demons v Dennington

Nirranda v Kolora-Noorat

Allansford v South Rovers

Old Collegians v Russells Creek

Round seven, May 18

Merrivale v Timboon Demons

Dennington v Kolora-Noorat

Allansford v Nirranda

South Rovers v Old Collegians

Russells Creek v Panmure

Round eight, May 25

Dennington v Nirranda

Kolora-Noorat v Merrivale

Timboon Demons v Russells Creek

Panmure v South Rovers

Old Collegians v Allansford

Round nine, June 1

Merrivale v Dennington

Russells Creek v Kolora-Noorat

South Rovers v Timboon Demons

Allansford v Panmure

Nirranda v OId Collegians

June 8, bye

Round 10, June 15

Nirranda v Merrivale

Russells Creek v Dennington

South Rovers v Kolora-Noorat

Allansford v Timboon Demons

Old Collegians v Panmure

Round 11, June 22

Timboon Demons v Old Collegians

Kolora-Noorat v Allansford

Dennington v South Rovers

Merrivale v Russells Creek

Panmure v Nirranda

Round 12, June 29

South Rovers v Merrivale

Allansford v Dennington

Old Collegians v Kolora-Noorat

Panmure v Timboon Demons

Russells Creek v Nirranda

Round 13, July 6

Merrivale v Allansford

Dennington v Old Collegians

Kolora-Noorat v Panmure

Russells Creek v South Rovers

Timboon Demons v Nirranda

Round 14, July 13

Old Collegians v Merrivale

Panmure v Dennington

Timboon Demons v Kolora-Noorat

Nirranda v South Rovers

Allansford v Russells Creek

Round 15, July 20

Merrivale v Panmure

Dennington v Timboon Demons

Kolora-Noorat v Nirranda

South Rovers v Allansford

Russells Creek v Old Collegians

Round 16, July 27

Timboon Demons v Merrivale

Kolora-Noorat v Dennington

Nirranda v Allansford

Old Collegians v South Rovers

Panmure v Russells Creek

Round 17, August 3

Nirranda v Dennington

Merrivale v Kolora-Noorat

Russells Creek v Timboon Demons

South Rovers v Panmure

Allansford v Old Collegians

Round 18, August 10

Dennington v Merrivale

Kolora-Noorat v Russells Creek

Timboon Demons v South Rovers

Panmure v Allansford

Old Collegians v Nirranda

Qualifying final, August 17

Elimination final, August 18

Second semi-final, August 24

First semi-final, August 25

Preliminary final, August 31

Grand final, September 7