Keighran is on the move to the Blues from Golden Square where he has played 20 senior games and is a former Bendigo Pioneer who has also spent time with Geelong in the VFL.

"Zane missed quite a bit of footy this year after hurting his quad early in the season, but he'll be a good pick-up for us," Mount Pleasant co-coach Darren Walsh said.

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"We're hoping he'll be able to provide some good run for us through the midfield and off half-back and he has some really good skills.

"He has a strong background playing with the Pioneers and having been on Geelong's VFL list, as well as his senior experience with Golden Square."

Keighran joins the likes of co-coach Adam Baird (Golden Square), Travis Baird (Golden Square), Brayden Dorrington (Golden Square), Liam Collins (Kangaroo Flat), Billy Mahony (Kyneton and Maryborough), Daniel Davie (Kyneton), Bryce Hinneberg (Kyneton), Ben Weightman (Kyneton), Will Wallace (Strathfieldsaye), Zebb Murrell (Strathfieldsaye) and Chris Down (Sandhurst) as former BFNL players now at Mount Pleasant.

Another ex-BFNL player who Walsh is excited by the return of in 2022 is Luke Marchesi (Strathfieldsaye), who suffered a season-ending knee injury just two games into this year.

"Luke is going to be just like a recruit for us when he's ready to resume... I don't want to rush him back, though," Walsh said.

"He got himself the fittest he's been this year and then in round two he did his knee, which was obviously really disappointing.

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"We haven't seen the best of him yet at Mount Pleasant.

"He's a player who has a really good footy IQ in terms of reading the game and he has great skills... I can't wait for him to get back for us."

At this stage the only confirmed losses for the Blues are Rhys Deacon, Fraser Cole, Dale Young and Cameron Moore.

"We've done well in retraining the core of the group and we're really happy with the players we've brought in as well," Walsh said.

The Blues finished fifth this year.

ROUND 1:

White Hills 28.18 (186) def L'ville-Gunbower 5.10 (40)

Colbinabbin 17.14 (116) def Elmore 8.5 (53)

LBU 13.18 (96) def Heathcote 7.7 (49)

North Bendigo 11.10 (76) def Huntly 5.12 (42)

Mount Pleasant bye

ROUND 2:

LBU 19.9 (123) def Colbinabbin 4.4 (28)

Mount Pleasant 18.15 (123) def Elmore 12.9 (81)

North Bendigo 13.14 (92) def L'ville-Gunbower 9.13 (67)

Huntly 13.7 (85) def Heathcote 9.11 (65)

White Hills bye

ROUND 3:

Heathcote 21.15 (141) def L'ville-Gunbower 8.4 (52)

Colbinabbin 15.12 (102) def Huntly 5.7 (37)

White Hills 17.19 (121) def North Bendigo 9.10 (64)

LBU 15.16 (106) def Mount Pleasant 9.5 (59)

Elmore bye

ROUND 4:

LBU 31.8 (194) def Elmore 7.6 (48)

Colbinabbin 24.16 (160) def L'ville-Gunbower 2.4 (16)

White Hills 24.11 (155) def Heathcote 7.15 (57)

Huntly 13.12 (90) def Mount Pleasant 8.7 (55)

North Bendigo bye

ROUND 5:

White Hills 12.13 (85) def Colbinabbin 7.11 (53)

Mount Pleasant 16.18 (114) def L'ville-Gunbower 13.6 (84)

North Bendigo 13.12 (90) def Heathcote 11.13 (79)

Elmore 11.13 (79) def Huntly 11.12 (78)

LBU bye

ROUND 6:

White Hills 23.16 (154) def Mount Pleasant 8.12 (60)

Elmore 14.10 (94) def L'ville-Gunbower 5.14 (44)

LBU 12.12 (84) def Huntly 9.7 (61)

North Bendigo 9.10 (64) def Colbinabbin 8.10 (58)

Heathcote bye

ROUND 7:

LBU 22.16 (148) def L'ville-Gunbower 3.3 (21)

Colbinabbin 16.13 (109) def Heathcote 6.5 (41)

White Hills 17.13 (115) def Elmore 10.4 (64)

Mount Pleasant 12.16 (88) def North Bendigo 8.11 (59)

Huntly bye

ROUND 8:

LBU 25.17 (167) def White Hills 4.10 (34)

Huntly 18.12 (120) def L'ville-Gunbower 5.2 (32)

Mount Pleasant 23.10 (148) def Heathcote 13.10 (88)

North Bendigo 19.15 (129) def Elmore 13.5 (83)

Colbinabbin bye

ROUND 9:

LBU 13.12 (90) def North Bendigo 7.3 (45)

Colbinabbin 11.9 (75) def Mount Pleasant 10.2 (62)

White Hills 8.5 (53) def Huntly 6.11 (47)

Elmore 9.10 (64) def Heathcote 8.14 (62)

Leitchville-Gunbower bye

ROUND 10:

LBU 16.13 (109) def Mount Pleasant 4.8 (32)

Colbinabbin 13.13 (91) def Huntly 6.5 (41)

Heathcote 11.7 (73) def L'ville-Gunbower 7.8 (50)

North Bendigo 9.17 (71) def White Hills 9.10 (64)

Elmore bye

ROUND 11:

Colbinabbin 25.14 (164) def L'ville-Gunbower 2.5 (17)

LBU 16.13 (109) def Elmore 5.4 (34)

Mount Pleasant 16.10 (106) def Huntly 5.10 (40)

White Hills 8.17 (65) def Heathcote 5.10 (40)

North Bendigo bye

ROUND 12:

North Bendigo 24.14 (158) def Heathcote 6.7 (43)

Mount Pleasant 20.27 (147) def L'ville-Gunbower 6.7 (43)

Huntly 18.10 (118) def Elmore 7.14 (56)

Colbinabbin 13.16 (94) def White Hills 7.8 (50)

LBU bye

ROUND 13:

Round abandoned

ROUND 14:

Round abandoned

ROUND 15:

LBU 28.11 (179) def White Hills 6.9 (45)

North Bendigo 22.25 (157) def Elmore 3.10 (28)

Mount Pleasant 27.13 (175) def Heathcote 8.6 (54)

Huntly 16.17 (113) def L'ville-Gunbower 6.2 (38)

Colbinbbin bye

ROUND 16:

Round abandoned

ROUND 17:

LBU 25.14 (164) def Heathcote 0.7 (7)

Colbinabbin 23.16 (154) def Elmore 10.3 (63)

White Hills 17.16 (118) def L'ville-Gunbower 5.9 (39)

North Bendigo 16.12 (108) def Huntly 6.8 (44)

Mount Pleasant bye

ROUND 18:

Round abandoned

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