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Years ago

Opals Squad Named

The Opals squad has now been announced on the BA website...

Jayco Opals 2010 Squad

Suzy Batkovic-Brown (Sydney Uni Flames, WNBL)
Tully Bevilaqua (Indiana Fever, WNBA)
Abby Bishop (Canberra Capitals, WNBL)
Elizabeth Cambage (Bulleen Boomers, WNBL)
Rohanee Cox (Townsville Fire, WNBL)
Rachael Flanagan (Townsville Fire, WNBL)
Hollie Grima (Frisco Sika Brno, Czech Republic)
Kristi Harrower (Bendigo Spirit, WNBL)
Natalie Hurst (Canberra Capitals, WNBL)
Lauren Jackson (Seattle Storm, WNBA)/Canberra Capitals, WNBL)
Kathleen MacLeod (Reze Nantes Basket 44, France)
Jenna O'Hea (Bulleen Boomers, WNBL)
Elyse Penaluna (Bulleen Boomers, WNBL)
Erin Phillips (Connecticut, WNBA/Lotos Gydnia, Poland)
Alicia Poto (Dynamo-GUVD Novosibirsk, Russia)
Samantha Richards (KSSSE AZS-PWSZ Gorzow, Poland)
Jennifer Screen (Basket Parma, Italy)
Deanna Smith (Sydney Uni Flames, WNBL)
Belinda Snell (San Antonio, WNBA/Ros Casares, Spain)
Laura Summerton (Basket Parma, Italy)
Penny Taylor (Phoenix Mercury, WNBA/Fenerbahce, Turkey)
Marianna Tolo (Canberra Capitals, WNBL)
Carly Wilson (Canberra Capitals, WNBL)
Hanna Zavecz (Bulleen Boomers, WNBL)

Staff
Head Coach: Carrie Graf
Assistant Coach: Peter Buckle
Assistant Coach: Michele Timms
Assistant Coach: Phil Brown
Physiotherapist: Rachel McAlister
Physiotherapist: Graeme Backen
Manager: Renae Maycock

Link: http://linky.com.au/nf161

Anyone missing? Any surprises?

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Camel 31  
Years ago

Cayla Francis - Adelaide Lightning . ?

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filthy mexican  
Years ago

Jess Foley (Adelaide Lightning)

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.  
Years ago

all roads lead to canberra my friend.

prepare for wnbl backwater here

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.  
Years ago

flannagan, smith, hirst, poto, wilson - all over foley is wrong.

jess' experience alone at duke puts here miles ahead of them.

cayla has some comp - but deserves a spot ahead of tolo and penaluna

timms = boomers in
graf = caps in

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Foley needs to get her head back in the game if she wants to make an opals squad. She was all over the place last season. Francis will get there. She is still only very young

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Astor  
Years ago

Cayla ahead of Tolo? Are you nuts?!

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TR  
Years ago

Your kidding yourself if you'd chose Cayla over Tolo.

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George  
Years ago

The spots for the Talls is going to be a great battle:

Shoe ins:

Jacko, Batkovic,

then a list of guns fighting it out:

Elizabeth Cambage (Bulleen Boomers, WNBL)
Hollie Grima (Frisco Sika Brno, Czech Republic)
Elyse Penaluna (Bulleen Boomers, WNBL)
Laura Summerton (Basket Parma, Italy)
Marianna Tolo (Canberra Capitals, WNBL)


Cambage gets the nod for me - with Summerton getting the nod at one of the 4 spots.

Amazing that Grima/Summerton are technically the shorties of that bunch.

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TR  
Years ago

Cambage also gets the nod from me, problem is I have zero idea how Summerton and Grima are travelling overseas.

Tolo gets the nod if they decide they need another 'big' defensive stopper.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

What about Emma Randall?

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George  
Years ago

No idea how the Opals Coaching staff get to track how the overseas contingent are going.

I guess you take a look at players numbers, their teammates / opposition, then initially lean toward the 6 or 7 that are 50/50 shots and pray to god that the scrimages go the same way.

I think the opals have got all spots covered, they really need a few role players (not everyone can be a super-star). Possibly a tall 2-guard is (and always has been) the Opals biggest hole. Maybe O'Hea? Would definitely hold her own in D.

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hama  
Years ago

Ridiculous that Francis isn't in there.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

O'Hea would be a shoe in after her brilliant performance this past WNBL season, along with Cambage.

Would be great to see if Nat Hurst got a go but she is so small and has great gaurds to compete with which is going to make job hard!

Francis and Foley are no where near this group, Francis will be in the future probably but not at the current state our bigs are at.

Screen and Richards should not be there, Summerton will not make the team.

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