Coaches: Luke Styles and Nick McDonald

Captain: Kade Brown

Gains: Nathan Smith (Lavington), Blake Nikolic (Box Hill), Louis Bote (England), Ross Dixon (England), Zach Stuart (injured)

Losses: Luke Styles (knee)

Prospects: Albury look a good chance of breaking into the top six. Englishman Louis Bote was a real threat against North Albury in a practice match picking up several big-name Hoppers while Ross Dixon and Blake Nikolic will add strength to the batting. Alex Popko and Kade Brown will also right to go from the outset.

Coaches comment: "I'd be disappointed if we didn't improve," Styles said. "We have picked up some real quality and won't be coming from as far back this season."

Prediction: 7th

Last season: 5th

Coach: Michael Booth and David Farrell

Captain: Nat Sariman

Gains: Nil

Losses: Zac Simmonds (injured), Mick Russell (injured), Lee Tyrell

Prospects: Expect the Eagles to give players like Casey George, David Perkins and Kaiden Withers opportunities to develop into regular first-graders. Lachie McMillan was Belvoir's club champion last year and is another who looks set to develop.

Coaches comment: "We're looking to have a really exciting year with a few more young fellas pushing through," Sariman said. "It will be a year of development for us."

Prediction: 8th

Last season: 8th

Captain-coach: Dylan Weeding

Gains: Brett Davies (Lavington), Romario Greaves (West Indies), Coby and Liam Fitzsimmons (New City), Brent de Vries (Kiewa), Austin Shepherd (shoulder)

Losses: Nil

Leading run-scorer last season: Kris Milosta (557)

Prospects: The Crows were bitterly disappointed to miss the top-six last season and set about rectifying the situation by adding some experience. Brett Davies is a seasoned pro and will provide leadership and West Indian Romario Greaves provides X-factor. Coby Fitzsimmons has impressed since joining the club from New City and his brother, Liam, will play when free of commitments with Greenvale.

Coaches comment: "We hope to get back into the finals," Weeding said. "We under-performed last year and hopefully that experience holds us in good stead. We were really raw and Brett Davies and Brent de Vries are going to help us a lot in that regard."

Prediction: 6th

Last season: 2nd

Coach: Daryl Tuffey

Captain: Sam Harris

Gains: Chris Galvin (Sydney), Andrew Mackinlay (Holbrook)

Losses: Brett Davies (Lavington), Daryl Tuffey (retired), Jarryd Weeding (retired), David Tassell (injured)

Leading run-scorer last season: Sam O'Connor (638)

Leading wicket-taker last season: Ryan Brown (40)

Prospects: While the Panthers look weaker on paper, coach Daryl Tuffey has plenty of depth at his disposal which will keep the club near the top of the ladder. Sam Harris will captain the side for the seventh successive season.

Coaches comment: "A few players from last season won't be playing but we still have a lot of talent at the club and other players will get opportunities," Tuffey said.

Prediction: 2nd

Last season: 9th

Coach: Akki Murthy

Captain: Zac Barrenechea

Gains: Tarisai Musakanda (Zimbabwe)

Losses: Coby Fitzsimmons (New City), Saurabh Bandekar

Leading run-scorer last season: Saurabh Bandekar (843)

Prospects: With the Phoenix undergoing massive change, the club has turned to youth with 21-year-old Zac Barrenechea appointed captain and 17-year-old Aaron Green his deputy. Import Tarisai Musakanda has arrived on the Border after captaining the African under-21 Twenty20 side and will bat at number three.

President's comment: "It's a new era for the club," Chris Green said. "We have a lot of new players at the club and are excited about what's ahead."

Prediction: 9th

Last season: 1st

Coach: Tim Hartshorn

Captain: Ash Borella

Gains: Ryan Addison (England), Jake Burge (Gold Coast), Matt Bennerely (Phillip Island), Chris Taylor (Cobram)

Losses: Dan Kadaoui and Tim Hartshorn (retired)

Leading run-scorer last season: Ash Borella (611)

Prospects: While everyone was hunting Lavington last season, the Hoppers will be the team to beat in 2019-20. They have retained their premiership list and added some genuine quality. Ryan Addison is back from England while recruits Jake Burge and Matt Bennerely are strong all-rounders.

Captain's comment: "We're really happy to keep the side together and add a few here and there," Borella said. "It keeps the pressure on for spots."

Prediction: 1st

Last season: 3rd

Coach: James Kreutzberger

Captain: Matt Crawshaw

Gains: Luke Evans (England), Jack Heriot (New City)

Losses: Kieran Cowan (Newcastle), Kane Arendarcikas (knee)

Leading run-scorer last season: Angus Kilby (514)

Prospects: The Patties look well equipped to challenge. English recruit Luke Evans has been compared to bowling at a similar pace to Jarryd Hatton and is set to shake up opposition bats. Nick Brown will play more cricket this season after an interrupted 2018-19.

Coaches comment: "We are pretty keen to further our credentials after last year's strong finish," Kreutzberger said. "We weren't that far off making a grand final so hopefully we can continue to improve."

Prediction: 5th

Last season: 6th

Captain-coach: Matt Armstrong

Gains: Matthew Oswell (England), Ollie Willett and Fraser Ellis (City Colts), Shahib Malhotra (India), Grant Chessari (Ormond)

Losses: Jonty Thomas (knee)

Leading run-scorer last season: Sahib Malhotra (467)

Prospects: Besides North Albury, no one has recruited better than the Bushrangers. Malhotra returns after missing the second-half of last season and could do some real damage with Englishman Matthew Oswell.

Coaches comment: "We're happy with the players who have come into the side but you still have to put it all together," Armstrong said.

Prediction: 3rd

Last season: 4th

Coach: Jack Craig, Tom Johnson and Cameron Suidgeest

Captain: Tom Johnson

Gains: Josh Mills (Wagga)

Losses: Harris Lees (Melbourne)

Leading run-scorer last season: Jack Craig (795)

Prospects: Bowed out of the finals series in straight sets last season and will be looking to make amends. Any side which boasts players of the ilk of Robbie Jackson, Jack Craig, Byron Hales and Cam Suidgeest is going to be thereabouts.

Captain's comment: "We're looking forward to it," Johnson said. "We have some experience and some good young ones pushing through as well."

Prediction: 4th

Last season: 10th

Coach: Paul Johnson

Captain: Leigh Clarke

Gains: Zac Nicholl (Albury), Michael Bridges (Chiltern-Barnawartha), Tom Urbanavicius (Melbourne), Danny Brom (Tallangatta), Gus McLeod (Blackburn)

Losses: Steve Keene (Wagga)

Leading run-scorer last season: Jesse Griffiths (392)

Prospects: Can the Raiders climb off the bottom of the ladder? They failed to win a match last season but will fancy their chances with New City losing some of their best players.

Prediction: 10th