MERBEIN have signed dual Ballarat Football Netball League premiership player and interleague star Daniel Tung as their playing coach for the coming SFNL season.

Tung, who has moved to Mildura for work, will co-coach alongside experienced local coach Paddy Irwin in a major coup for the Magpies.

The former East Point midfielder has already hit the track with his new teammates and said he was impre...