PLAYING for your home town is the dream of any young boy or girl and that aspiration will become reality for a small town and its footballers.
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Many boys and girls of Mogo could only ever play touch football on the oval, but now the first steps have been taken for the ground to become the home of a new rugby league club.
The club will be called the Mogo Warriors and its players and committee are ready stamp to their authority after Group 16 accepted its proposal at the AGM in Bega on October 18.
Its first committee meeting was held on August 15 and initial president Les Wilson said the committee and potential players were rapt the idea had progressed so quickly and that it could come to fruition for next season.
“You can see smiles on everyone’s face, this is making rugby league history and it is unheard of,” Wilson said.
Mogo has to meet Group 16’s criteria and field at least three teams, including a first grade team, but the new club is ambitious and wants to field four grades.
The club’s home ground, Mogo Oval, is currently lacking facilities such as clubhouse with changing rooms and hot showers.
However, the Warriors have spoken with the Eurobodalla Shire Council about using Captain Oldrey Park, the home of the Broulee Dolphins Rugby Union Club, for its first season.
You can see smiles on everyone’s face, this is making rugby league history and it is unheard of.
- Mogo Warriors president Les Wilson
“We might play out at Broulee for the first season, but I’m getting goosebumps just thinking about running on the field at Mogo,” Joey Brierley said.
“We want a suitable facility for all which includes the disabled and elderly, just like any other ground.”
Brierley, like many people from Mogo, has played football for Batemans Bay or Moruya because “more or less, it’s the only place to play footy”.
The committee said the amateur club would not “poach” any players, but could envision players that hung up their boots “coming out of the woodwork”.
“I stopped playing for a few years and when I heard about this I jumped straight on,” Adam Nye.
Committee member Andrew Stewart said it will be pleasing for the Mogo community to watch their family members play for their home town.
“I’ve grown up here and to get the Mogo side going means a lot to me for these young blokes,” Stewart said.
