It might be worth pointing out that a number of potential squad/team members are already at College or High School in the USA and wouldn't be available to attend this camp.
Agree, lets not be arrogant, the winner of Oceania earns the right to go to the worlds. There is no greater rivalry between Australia & New Zealand, especially from NZ's perspective. They'd be working overtime in an effort to beat Australia and go to the worlds.
Lets not get too far ahead of ourselves, Australia needs to win in Fiji first. Lose and forget going to the worlds, it's that simple.
As for players that would be in the team:
Agree on Simmons & Bolden.
Do not agree on McKay, Dufelmeier, Healy. Hard to see any of them making Oceania, let alone Worlds.
And, sorry to open up old wounds as it has been discussed before in several blogs, but in my opinion Deng Adel will not play in any Australian under age team. I am told he has two passports that show two different DOB's. Australia would be silly to risk selecting him.
As for Owies, great competitor, always give 110% & I'd rather him on my team than the oppositions, but he is the polar opposite to a pass first guard.
Dufelmeier is not a pass first guard either, probably closest thing to it is Woodfall in this age group, but he lacks in other areas of his all round game.
Wearne won't make it, couldn't crack a spot in the Vic Metro U20 team this year and came off the bench the year before for Vic Metro U18, where both Vasiljevic & Wilson as bottom agers were preferred and performed better.
Vasiljevic, Wilson & Krebs all shared PG duties for the CoE team in SEABL and all three are extremely capable 3 point shooters. Looked like Wilson did a fantastic job relieving Owies in the U17 worlds, especially at the business end of the tourny and at the business end of those important games.
Very surprised Noi is not in the main squad and only named as a reserve. Looked like he had an exceptional U17 Worlds.
Don't be surprised if big Jock Perry makes the team. Perhaps not for Oceania, but the Worlds if they get there.
If the powers at be know what's good for them, Will McDowell-White will make the U19 team. Same as Perry maybe not Oceania, but the Worlds.
Injuries aside, my 10 for Oceania from those listed as available with the exception of Krebs:
Humphries, Froling, Vague, McCarthy, Blagojevic, McVeigh, Krebs, Vasiljevic, Wilson, Krebs. Maybe White & Clarke for either Vague or McCarthy.
Because of limited preparation time the CoE players have a huge head start as Caporn has easy access to them.