FOR the first time at Meringur Football Netball Club, a woman will join the football coaching ranks.

Kelsey Laubsch, 17, can't wait to share her knowledge and help the women's Kangaroos squad grow as an assistant coach alongside long-term coach Mick Brown.

For a teenager, the former Bendigo Pioneer has already endured her fair share of concussions, most recently in April in an incident she said ...