Jackson Trengove: Mooroopna signs former AFL player ahead of June 30 clearance deadline

The biggest name up for grabs before the June 30 clearance deadline has finally settled on where he will play. Find out where he has signed.

Jackson Trengove has joined Goulburn Valley league finals contender Mooroopna on the final day before clearances close for the season.

The former Western Bulldogs and Port Adelaide key position player departed Barooga earlier this month where he was in his first season as coach after joining the Murray league club as a player in 2021.

Jackson Trengove has signed with Goulburn Valley league club Mooroopna. Picture: Michael Klein

Trengove has played the last two matches for the Southern Mallee Giants in the Wimmera league, but was keen to stay in the Goulburn-Murray region on a more permanent basis.

He signed today with Mooroopna for the remainder of this season and 2023, and will play his first game for the club against Kyabram on July 9.

“I understand it is a young list but I have always enjoyed the mentoring side of helping young players and I will get the opportunity to do that at Mooroopna,” he said.

John Lamonet coaching Werribee in 2018 before heading for Mooroopna. Picture: Mark Wilson

Mooroopna is sitting third on the Goulburn Valley ladder behind Echuca and Euroa under coach John Lamont, who first joined the club in the role in 2020.

He previously coached Werribee in the VFL.

“Sometimes the harder you work the luckier you get and we as a club have been working very hard here on a number of fronts and now we are enjoying a little bit of luck,” Lamont said.

Trengove will join Mooroopna as a seven point player, but club president Bill Dowling said it had plenty of space available to accommodate the former AFL player.

“We played with 30 points last weekend,” Dowling said.

“We’ve got no issue with points whatsoever.”