SOUTH Mildura will tackle reigning premiers Irymple on Friday in the opening game of the long-awaited 2021 SFNL season.

Newly elected Bulldogs club president Kevin Burke said the Good Friday event provided an opportunity to show the league the way forward after last year's cancelled season.

"We want to show if we can do the right thing and manage such a large event, (other clubs) can too with sm...