LOCAL footballers have shone on the big stage in Shepparton over the last few days in the 73rd V/Line Cup carnival for boys and girls.

In the boys, Hamilton Kangaroos had Brodie Phillips, Zac Elliot and Hugh Fitzgerald represent the region, while Cooper Rentsch flew the flag for Penshurst, and in the girls, Amelia Thomas from Cavendish and Maddison Cotten who is a Hamilton local but played for Portland, also represented the Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels at the carnival.