Women at serious risk of with the COE injuries ruling many out. Have heard there are possibly fractures or stress fractures of various types found in 5 of the 12 women in Canberra.

Wow.. Crazy!
How is that possible?
Lifting too much?

I think there's a real chance our u18s men's team won't qualify.

Based on what exactly, your less than knowledgeable opinion?

Based on availability.

Team hasn't even been selected, camp is on the weekend. How is the NZ team looking?

Boys
Joshua Aitcheson (Basketball Otago), Jack Ansell (Canterbury Basketball Association), Samson Aruwa (Basketball Auckland), Samuel Aruwa (Basketball Auckland), Quinn Clinton (Canterbury Basketball Association), Max Darling (Nelson Basketball Association), Matthew Dukes (Basketball Otago), Daniel Fotu (North Harbour Basketball), Michael Gardner (Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc.), Toby Gillooly (Canterbury Basketball Association), Sione Kuli Helu (Wellington Basketball Association), Brandon James (North Harbour Basketball), Corey Le'aupepe (Wellington Basketball Association), Isaac Letoa (North Harbour Basketball), Jordan Lindbom (Nelson Basketball Association), Hamish McDonald (Waikato Basketball Council), Callum McRae (Palmerston North Basketball Association), Angus McWilliam (Canterbury Basketball Association), Thane O'Leary (New Plymouth Basketball Association), Emmerson Potts-Broughton (New Plymouth Basketball Association), Taane Samuel (Wellington Basketball Association), Liam Thornton (North Harbour Basketball), Kaeleb Tyner-Wenman (Wellington Basketball Association), Sioeli Vaiangina (Counties-Manukau Basketball Association), Samuel Waardenburg (North Harbour Basketball), Tai Wynyard (Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc.)


Girls
Tiarna Clarke (North Harbour Basketball), McKenna Dale (USA), Aliyah Dunn (Southland Basketball Association), Darci Finnigan (Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc.), Jayden Fuiava (Australia), Kendell Heremaia (Waikato Basketball Council), Alyssa Hirawani (Waikato Basketball Council), Joellen Hughson-How (New Plymouth Basketball Association), Zara Jillings (North Harbour Basketball), Charlisse Leger-Walker (Waikato Basketball Council), Esra McGoldrick (Canterbury Basketball Associaton), Stirling Walker-Pitman (Waikato Basketball Council), Bayley Ransfield (New Plymouth Basketball Association), Tera Reed (North Harbour Basketball), Nicole Ruske (Basketball Otago), Charlotte Whittaker (North Canterbury Basketball Association)

Tai Wynyard is at Kentucky isn't he?

So, like Froling, McDowell-White, Gak, Cherry and Magnay wouldn't he be unavailable for Oceania?

His on the list so I assume he wants to play.

If he could play then so could Isaac Humphreys, I doubt the coach at Kentucky would be too happy about it just before his season starts?

Anyone got squad going into camp this weekend?

both squads of 15 were posted online

Link?

I can't seem to find the team list posted anywhere online. If someone could post one, that'd be great.

Will be tough without the US based players to progress and the team will need to be at their best but I still think we have enough depth to get past the kiwis

Squads for Fiji

Adam Lulka
Andrew Ferguson
Angus Glover
Ben Carter
Grant Anticevice
Isaac White
Jacob Rigoni
Kyle Zunic
Lat Mayen
Makuach Maluach
Matt Kenyon
Patrick Lancaster
Sam Froling
Samuel Short
Thomas Pupavac
Tom Fullarton
Murmur Maker
Brent Hank

and

Chelsea Brook
Latina Aokusa
Chloe Bibby
Monique Andriulo
Lara McSpadden
Eli Magbegor
Kiera Rowe
Sam Simons
Chantel Horvat
Cassidy Gould
Morgan Yaeger
Benn Ogier
Jasmine Simmons
Monique Conti
Chloe Molloy
Maddison Rocchi
Abby Cubillo
Jaz Shelley

Hope they can qualify!

I think they only take 10 each for oceanias?
I'd take...

Glover/White
Kenyon/Short
Fullarton/Mayen
Maker/Maluach
Froling/Hank

Losing is a real possibility for the men's...

Rocci/Conti
Yaegar/Molloy
Horvat/Simmons
Bibby/Rowe
Magbegor/Aokuso

Shelley, Simons, Gould all born 00 so can still make future u19 and maybe next years world's if we qualify. yaegar must be coming from USA to play?
Looks like no maley..

They take 12 to Oceania, always have!

Nah not always. Only last year did they take 12, before that it was 10.

Add zunic and pupavac to the list and Shelley and mcspadden.

That is not the squad going to camp.
Nice try.

Men that is

Not aware of Maley playing a competitive game this year, haven't heard anything to suggest she will come back.

Did she choose a different sport or something?

I agree..
Shelley is better than Molloy but not yaegar just yet.
Yaegar has really come on last couple of years since last u17s.
Shelley is still so young though.

Shelley is ahead of Molloy, Cubillo and especially Rocci.

Unfortunate Cochrane is injured - would have been a definite. Pizzey would have been a big chance also but not available through injuries.

Are Horvat, Simmons and Magbegor going to be fit?

Cubillo is a completely different player to Rocci & Molloy.

Is this weekend the selection camp and have BA posted the squads yet?

The 2016 Emus Selection Camp Squad:

Adam Lulka NSW

Andrew Ferguson WA/CoE

Angus Glover NSW/CoE

Ben Carter SA

Grant Anticevic NSW

Isaac White SA

Jacob Rigoni SA

Kyle Zunic NSW/CoE

Gabe Hadley Vic

Lat Mayen SA/CoE

Makuach Maluach NSW

Matt Kenyon NSW/CoE

Patrick Lancaster NSW

Samson Froling QLD/CoE

Samuel Short Vic

Thomas Pupavac Vic

Tom Fullarton QLD/CoE

Brent Hank SA



The 2016 Jayco Gems Selection Camp Squad:

Abby Cubillo NT/CoE

Jaz Shelley Vic/CoE

Maddison Rocci Vic/CoE

Chloe Molloy Vic

Monique Conti Vic

Jasmine Simmons NSW/CoE

Genna Ogier Vic

Morgan Yaeger SA

Cassidy Gould Vic

Chantel Horvat Vic/CoE

Sam Simons SA/CoE

Kiera Rowe Vic/CoE

Ezi Magbebgor Vic/CoE

Lara McSpadden NSW/CoE

Monique Andriuolo Vic

Chloe Bibby Vic

Zitina Aokusa QLD/CoE

Chelsea Brook SA

So the world squad will be pretty much be...

5'5 Conti 99
5'6 Rocci 98 or 5'8 Molloy 98
5'9 Yaegar 98
5'9 Shelley 00
5'11 Simmons 99
6'0 Rowe 99
6'1 Horvat 98
6'1 Bibby 98
6'3 Pizzey 99 or 6'4 Mcspadden 99
6'3 Aokuso 98
6'4 Magbegor 99
6'5 Cochrane 00

Anyone else a chance of making the squad?
No one sees any 01 players scraping in?

That looks like a reasonably strong team to me.

The more '98 born players the better, but those younger girls are very talented and you can only pick from who is available, let's face it. Australia always presents a strong squad and these are no exception.

another medal for junior women is expected when you compare us to the other world teams who played there qualifiers already.

Qualified 2017 u19 women

Italy(host nation)

Europe(5)
France
Spain
Russia
Latvia
Hungary

Americas(4)
USA
Canada
Brazil
Puerto Rico

Asia(3)
Japan, China, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Thailand or India

Africa(2)
Mali
Egypt

Oceania(1)
Australia or New Zealand

July 2017
Event Location Beginning

FIBA U19 Men's World Championship Cairo (EGY) 01. Jul 2017

FIBA U19 Women's World Championship Udine and Cividale del Friuli (ITA) 22. Jul 2017

So the world squad will be pretty much be...

5'5 Conti 99
5'6 Rocci 98 or 5'8 Molloy 98
5'9 Yaegar 98
5'9 Shelley 00
5'11 Simmons 99
6'0 Rowe 99
6'1 Horvat 98
6'1 Bibby 98
6'3 Pizzey 99 or 6'4 Mcspadden 99
6'3 Aokuso 98
6'4 Magbegor 99
6'5 Cochrane 00

Anyone else a chance of making the squad?
No one sees any 01 players scraping in?

That looks about right -not sure about Rowe but she keeps getting selected.

Can't see any 01 players being a remote chance - u16 nationals crop looked very weak as a group this year.

Rowe is a great defender. We need that.

She looks like she is trying very hard

USA, France, Russia and Spain will all be very tough.

Russia did not have Vadeeva playing in the qualifiers.

Let's hope not - otherwise we will be barracking for NZ at worlds

I don't think 01 will be the core.

Probably battling it out for next u19s and for 01s also u17s.
Locks*?

2000
G
Shelley*
Andrews
Goodchild*
Gould*
F
Dangelo*
Simons*
Puli
P
Motuga
Green
George
Bourne
Nankervis
Rees
Cochrane*

2001
G
Ellis
Heal*
Tear poa
Levy
Palmer*
Vidmar
Babic
F
Ogier
Heard
Nnopu
Fowler
P
Jefferson
Hollingsworth
Anstey
Locandro

Early days... More will shine over next couple years.

Me thinks...

Glover/White
Kenyon/Short/Hadley
Fullarton/Rigoni
Maker/Mayen/Maluach
Froling/Hank

Assuming we qualify, do you think we'll see the US based players come into the squad for the World Championships? Or will coaches stick with these squads?

The tournament is mid next year so it won't interfere with college.

To enter squad?
6'5 McDowell white
6'10 Kiir
6'11 Froling
6'11 Gak
7'0 Humphries

Doesn't leave a lot of room in the big department. 1 of s.froling or m.maker to miss out potentially.

White, Kenyon can pinch hit at PG as CGs.

Mayen can play SG or SF

Maluach can play PF or SF

Glover/White
Kenyon/Mayen
Fullarton/Rigoni
Froling/Pupavac/Maluach
Carter/Hank/Maker

I think this might be next years squad:

McDowell-white/white
Fullarton/Kenyon/Glover
Mayen/Maluach
Froling/Maker/Kiir
Gak/Humphries

This age group appears very deep and flushed with talent in all areas, guards, forwards and centres. If the US based players are also available Caporn will have some hard decisions to make. There are plenty of big players at the AIS/CoE to choose from, so as usual it comes down to who is fit and available as these tournaments get closer. Both men and women look good to me, they are very young but I can see them both doing very well at this level.

Age makes more of an impact in the men's than women's I think, so yes the more 1998 born players the better. Got to have strong bodies and those two are strong for sure. Add some versatility to those two with another couple of big players who can spread the floor and you have a good start. Once again, comes down to availability I guess, Kentucky and SMU may want them back in July!

I can't imagine Humphries playing worlds in July. Froling more likely but I still doubt that SMU will let him go. Maybe some of the boys in mid-high major schools will have a better chance of being allowed to play

Why wouldn't they play?
It's not during college basketball season.

He won't enter draft until he finishes his 4 years.
He's a second rounder at best.

Does anyone know how Gould got an invite to try out for the Oceania team? Couldn't get a run for Vic Metro at Nationals this year and did very little when given an opportunity.

Yet Goodchild and Mclean from the winning world championship team don't get invited?

I'm guessing this is another example of basketball connect the dots - or Snakes & Ladders.

maybe something to do with her performances for Altona? Who knows.
But you are right... All very similar players and should have all got a shot.

For who? In what?

No clue. I'm guessing...

Simons, Gould, goodchild are all 00 so will still get a chance next time.

99 Mclean as Sg ahead of Shelley(00), yaegar(98) Simmons(99). Doubt it.
At sf? Doesn't beat out horvat, bibby or Rowe.

Thought Elkaz would have gotten a look in.

Is there another camp before team selections are named?

Girl's team was named yesterday.

Cool, who are the 12 Gems?

Teams have not been announced yet. Nothing on BA's web page.

The one above guessed the girl's team

"guessed"

as already published here last week

This may be a silly question, but why don't they start the playing numbers from 1-12?

Ant news about men?

The Australian Jayco Under-19 Gems for the 2016 Oceania Qualifiers:
Playing # Name State Club School
11 Chloe Bibby VIC Dandenong Rangers Rowville Secondary College
15 Monique Conti VIC Melbourne Boomers Maribyrnong Secondary College
6 Abby Cubillo NT Tracy Village T Birds / CoE Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen
7 Chantel Horvat VIC Geelong Supercats / CoE Radford College, Bruce
13 Ezi Magbegor VIC Coburg Giants / CoE Lake Ginnindera, Belconnen
8 Maddison Rocci VIC Geelong Supercats / CoE Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen
12 Lara McSpadden NSW Sydney Uni Flames / CoE Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen
14 Zitina Aokuso QLD South West Metro Pirates / CoE Runcorn State HS (Graduated)
9 Kiera Rowe VIC Bulleen Boomers / CoE Radford College, Bruce
4 Jazmin Shelley VIC Southern Peninsula / CoE Canberra High, Canberra
5 Jasmine Simmons NSW Mildura Heat / CoE Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen
10 Samantha Simons SA Forestville Eagles / CoE Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen

Head Coach - Paul Goriss

Assistant Coaches – Alan McAughtry/Dee Butler

Physiotherapist – Jessica Thornton

Doctor – Dr Maja Markovic

Manager – Michele Menso

Starting 5?
Rocci
Simmons
Horvat
Bibby
Magbegor

Conti
Shelley
Simons
Rowe
Aokuso

Cubillo
Mcspadden

https://www.fiba.com/downloads/Rules/2014/Official_Basketball_Rules_2014_Y.pdf

4.3.2.
Each team member shall wear a shirt numbered on the front and back with plain numbers, of a s
olid colour contrasting with the colour of the shirt.

The numbers shall be clearly visible and:

• Those on the back shall be at least 20 cm high
Those on the front shall be at least 10 cm high
• The numbers shall be at least 2 cm wide
• Teams shall use numbers 0 and 00 and from 1 to 99
• Players on the same team shall not wear the same number
•Any advertising or logo shall be at least 5 cm away from the numbers

It appears FIBA is okay with 1-12, maybe BA and the people at the AIS need to get with the times?

Zzzzzzzzzzz

Kirsten Veal is new women's Coe coach.
A good pick IMO.

So, a new head of vic metro development and a new Dandenong rangers assistant is up for grabs?

Just watched nz u19 squad warmup. Dont look that flash at the moment.
Should qualify with ease.

Did glover make final squad?

Still no squad announcement for the blokes?

Nz have a real strong squad. Australia might not qualify.

Heard Simmons is also unavailable now adding to Cochrane and Pizzey being ruled out with injuries. If NZ women were ever to qualify this must be a big chance for them.

I'm guessing ogier will be her replacement then from those who were in camp.

The boys are in trouble with the Cameron brothers now in the squad.
Also, clinton, waardenburg, etc.

Have either of the NZ or AUS men's teams been announced?

Latest squads.

Junior Tall Ferns Squad for Hoop Nation Tournament

Tiarna Clarke (North Harbour), Aliyah Dunn (Southland), Jayden Fuiava (Queensland, Australia), Kendell Heremaia (Waikato), Alyssa Hirawani (Waikato), Joellen How (Taranaki), Zara Jillings (North Harbour), Charlisse Leger-Walker (Waikato), Esra McGoldrick (Canterbury), Bayley Ransfield (Taranaki), Nicole Ruske (Otago), Stirling Walker-Pitman (Waikato), Charlotte Whittaker (Canterbury).

Junior Tall Blacks Squad for Hoop Nation Tournament

Josh Aitcheson (Otago), Flynn Cameron (Australia), Tobias Cameron (Australia), Quinn Clinton (Canterbury), Taki Fahrensohn (Waitakere West), Dan Fotu (North Harbour), Corey Le'aupepe (Wellington), Isaac Letoa (North Harbour), Hamish McDonald (Waikato), Callum McRae (Palmerston North), Angus McWilliam (Canterbury), Taane Samuel (Wellington), Sam Waardenburg (North Harbour)

The Aussie men might not qualify with a nz lineup of

Clinton
Cameron
Cameron
Waardenburg
McRae

^Anon for those in Aus who know little about them, can you give us heights and position, maybe some bio?

Emus will be tall and talented, so what will the Tall Blacks have to combat them with?

When is the Aussie men's team announced? Can't find it announced on any web-site as yet.

Pretty much can guarantee glover and Kenyon are in the squad.

I reckon...

Glover/white
Kenyon/short/Hadley
Fullarton/mayen
Maker/maluach
Froling/hank/pupavac

Junior Tall Ferns

Tiarna Clarke (North Harbour)
McKenna Dale (Connecticut, USA)
Aliyah Dunn (Southland)
Jayden Fuiava (QLD, Australia)
Kendell Heremaia (Waikato)
Alyssa Hirawani (Waikato)
Zara Jillings (North Harbour)
Charlisse Leger-Walker (Waikato)
Esra McGoldrick (Canterbury)
Tera Reed (North Harbour)
Nicole Ruske (Otago)
Charlotte Whittaker (North Canterbury)

A good squad. Will be competitive.

Only 9 days to go and still no squad announcement for the men's squad?

Less than a week to go and still no mens list.

Are they waiting for nz to post there squad first or something?

Junior Tall Blacks - Final 12 (Name | Age | Position | Height | Association):

Joshua Aitcheson |18 | Forward | 194cm | Basketball Otago
Flynn Cameron | 16 | Guard | 190cm | Gold Coast Basketball, Australia
Tobias Cameron | 17 | Guard | 193cm | Gold Coast Basketball, Australia
Quinn Clinton | 17 | Guard | 190cm | Canterbury Basketball Association
Takiula Fahrensohn | 17 | Guard | 198cm | Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc.
Daniel Fotu | 17 | Forward | 205cm | North Harbour Basketball
Isaac Letoa | 18 | Guard | 183cm | North Harbour Basketball
Hamish McDonald | 17 | Guard | 185cm | Waikato Basketball Council
Callum McRae | 17 | Centre | 212cm | Palmerston North Basketball Association
Samson Aruwa | 17 | Forward | 192cm | Basketball Auckland
Taane Samuel | 17 | Forward | 198cm | Wellington Basketball Association
Samuel Waardenburg | 17 | Forward | 208cm | North Harbour Basketball

Who will be the starting 5 for women?

Rocci
Shelley
Horvat
Bibby
Magbegor

Conti
Simons
Simmons
Rowe
Aokuso

Cubillo
Mcspadden

Not sure that is the girls side going.

If Simmons was fit she would start ahead of Rocci obviously and most likely Shelley, but she is on the injury list with Cochrane & Pizzey. So perhaps Conti or even Cubillo, but certainly not Rocci starting.

Boys team will be in trouble against NZ in the final, and if ever the NZ women can win this would be their best chance.

considering they have not had any training as a team, so would imagine those at the CofE will be starting to begin with, and the teams they will get to play other than NZ will be their training games in reality, the Aussie women usually thrash these Oceanic teams till they get to NZ, and this years NZ team looks to be a very good one, so will be interesting to see just how it plays out.

If Simmons was fit she would start over Rocci?

Rocci is a pg and Simmons is primarily a sf. not interchangeable..

I thought Molloy was a good pg. is she injured also?

Don't believe the family social media campaigns. Molloy not selected and have a look at how these girls were played when Goriss coached them at the COE - should give you a view on how he rates them.

He has to choose them. They go to the Coe.
If pizzey was available do you think bibby would have made it?

Someone said Maley doesn't play anymore.

Simmons supposed injury means we need a sf.

Ogier is a small forward
Molloy is a pg

Who gets booted when Yaegar, Cochrane and maybe pizzey are available?

Do any of the young development girls in the wnbl get a look in? Or those who are freshman in college?

Ogier is in for Simmons at Oceania.

I hear Maley is back training to prepare for college next year - great for her.

What colleges are interested in Maley?

Not a whole lot of difference in the height department...
Not like last time anyway.

Australia
5'3 Cubillo
5'5 Conti
5'6 Rocci
5'9 Shelley
6'0 Simons
6'0 Ogier
6'0 Rowe
6'1 Horvat
6'1 Bibby
6'3 Aokuso
6'4 Mcspadden
6'4 Magbegor

New Zealand
5'6 Clarke
5'7 Hirawani
5'9 Leger walker
5'9 Ruske
5'9 Fuiava
5'11 Heremaia
5'11 Jillings
6'0 Reed
6'0 Dale
6'2 Whittaker
6'3 Mcgoldrick
6'3 Dunn

So you have to make space for worlds mid next year...
Simmons, Yaegar, Maley, Cochrane and maybe Molloy.
Hate to be a selector. Who the hell stays and who goes?

A tenacious rebounder Maley...
The other parts of her game though, can she compete with simons shooting? Rowe as a tenacious defender? Simmons the engine room, glue girl?

I don't think they will take all 3. Add Horvat and bibby also.

Bibby just verbally committed to Mississippi state ranked currently number 6 in the nation.
Also, Horvat to ucla ranked 10, Molloy to vcu, Yaegar currently at Oregon.

Yes, and Maley has some big schools to choose from despite a year out of the game:

And can you imagine the opportunity open to the girls that won the World Champs this year? Expect to see a lot of Aussie girls heading to the big dance in the future:

Magbegor, Simmons and Conti will definitely get offers from big schools.

The rest of the u17 side, not sure. Mid majors.

If all fit an healthy, IMO world squad should be...

Pg Molloy
Pg Conti
Cg Yaegar
Cg Shelley
Sg/sf Simmons
Sg/sf Horvat
Cf Rowe
Cf Maley
Cf Bibby
C Aokuso
C Magbegor
C Cochrane

Each to their own of course.

This could be a very strong starting 5 for nz.

Pg Leger-Walker
Sg Ruske
Sf Fuiava
Pf Whittaker
C Dunn

The Australian Emus have completed their final camp and named the team of 12 that will compete at the FIBA Oceania Championships in Fiji next week.

The winner of the qualifying tournament will book their place at the Under-19 FIBA World Championships next year which will be held in Egypt from July 1-9.

Five members of the Emus team are Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence (CoE) athletes with Lat Nai joining Angus Glover who is the only member of the side from the 2015 Under-19 World Championships.

"It's just a great opportunity to put on the green and gold," said Glover.

“I wear those colours with pride every time and everyone is focused on the job at hand. To get back and play on the world stage like in 2015 will be amazing and I feel very confident in our team to do something special.”

The other three CoE members, Kyle Zunic, Samson Froling and Tom Fullarton, experienced international competition this year at the Under-17 World Championships in Spain.

Having played eight games with the Brisbane Bullets in the NBL, Matthew Kenyon will put his season on hold momentarily as he heads overseas while participants at this year’s Athlete Development Camp in Makuach Maluach, Jacob Rigoni and Samuel Short will also compete for the Emus.

Rounding out the team are two SA Metro team mates in Ben Carter and Isaac White as well as Gabriel Hadley.

“I am very excited about this group and proud of the commitment and effort they have shown already,” said Emus head coach Adam Caporn.

“Every individual is clearly invested and passionate about upholding the ideals upon which great Australian teams have been built.”

“We have been preparing the team intensely, and we are ready to represent Australia proudly in this tournament,” concurred Timothy Mallon, Emus assistant coach.

“We have a great emphasis on team work, defensive intensity, unity and a desire to do our very best for every minute of the game.”

The Emus campaign will tip-off against Tahiti on Monday, December 5 with the full schedule for both the Emus and Gems teams available here.

The Australian Under-19 Emus for the 2016 Oceania Qualifiers:
Surname Name DOB State
Carter Ben 18/09/1999 SA Metro
Froling Samson 10/02/2000 QLD North / CoE
Fullarton Tom 23/02/1999 QLD South / CoE
Glover Angus 8/09/1998 NSW Country / CoE
Hadley Gabriel 16/01/1998 VIC Metro
Kenyon Matthew 8/02/1998 NSW Country / Brisbane Bullets
Maluach Makuach 4/05/1998 NSW Country
Nai Lat 16/08/1998 SA Metro / CoE
Rigoni Jacob 10/12/1998 SA Metro
Short Samuel 11/02/1998 VIC Metro
White Isaac 22/06/1998 SA Metro
Zunic Kyle 4/03/1999 NSW Country / CoE

The Australian Jayco Under-19 Gems for the 2016 Oceania Qualifiers:
Playing # Name State Club School
11 Chloe Bibby VIC Dandenong Rangers Rowville Secondary College
15 Monique Conti VIC Melbourne Boomers Maribyrnong Secondary College
6 Abby Cubillo NT Tracy Village T Birds / CoE Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen
7 Chantel Horvat VIC Geelong Supercats / CoE Radford College, Bruce
13 Ezi Magbegor VIC Coburg Giants / CoE Lake Ginnindera, Belconnen
8 Maddison Rocci VIC Geelong Supercats / CoE Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen
12 Lara McSpadden NSW Sydney Uni Flames / CoE Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen
14 Zitina Aokuso QLD South West Metro Pirates / CoE Runcorn State HS (Graduated)
9 Kiera Rowe VIC Bulleen Boomers / CoE Radford College, Bruce
4 Jazmin Shelley VIC Southern Peninsula / CoE Canberra High, Canberra
5 Jasmine Simmons NSW Mildura Heat / CoE Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen
10 Samantha Simons SA Forestville Eagles / CoE Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen

Emu's Men are very young, hope that doesn't go against them! Talent is there but one or two suspect calls that could hurt us against NZ. I like the Gems team very much and any age difference doesn't hurt in the women as much as it could the men.

Goo luck to both our Aussie teams!

Where is our height in the men going to come from once Froling sits down? Kiwis have a 7 foot giant, going to kill us!

Caporn likes to go small it seems.
Similar to u19 worlds.

I would have liked to see seebohm coaching over goriss.

Is cubillo a better pg than Rocci or Molloy?

Sam Short listed as coming from Vic Metro is wrong, he is as country as apple pie.

Caporn loves small ball. Only 2 bigs in froling and Carter.
Same as last u19s when he only took hunter and gak.

Looking to beat NZ men with shooting, lots of shooting in this team. Bigs are there to defend and run sets to open up drives and shooting out wide. If NZ has a chance it will have to hurt AUS inside, but they will also have to shoot well too.

Yes

The GEMS are super talented everywhere, no obvious weaknesses and they should romp it in.

I disagree with the gems having no weakness.
Ogler has a different game to Simmons.
I don't see a great facilitator on this gems team. Imo, Molloy should be starting with Conti as backup. Rocci or Shelley playing 3rd string pg.
Not a great perimeter shoooting team. (Bibby and Horvat probably playing closer to the basket) Conti, and simons the only real consistent outside threat.
Magbegor is facing more physical players, (Whittaker, Dunn etc) different to those she faced in u17s. These players will try to go through her, not around her. Could get into foul trouble early.

Nz have a much better lineup than previous years. bigger, faster, lots more experience. Won't be a whitewash...

leger walker, Ruske, fuiava, Whittaker, and Dunn is a very strong lineup.

They just have to win next Saturday, then hopefully they can get Simmons, Cochrane and Maley back to compete at worlds.

And Yaegar, and Molloy...

And who will make way for those 5?

6'1 f Maley has signed with Adelaide lightning for the rest of the 2016/2017 season.
Currently averaging 20 points/24 rebounds a game in the ASC.
Visited San Diego, Oregon and TCU.

Also, Keep an eye on ..
99 6'2 f Isabelle Parker (28 points/17.5 rebounds a game) (signed to pacific)
99 5'9 g Briana Babic (28.5 points a game)

Great to see Maley back playing competitively, will be really interesting to see how she goes in the WNBL.

Gonna be interesting to see who stays and who goes from the gems in 6 months time.

Current squad.
Cubillo
Conti
Rocci
Shelley
Simons
Rowe
Ogier
Horvat
Bibby
Mcspadden
Aokuso
Magbegor

Injured/Camp/Overseas
Molloy
Yaegar
Simmons
Maley
Pizzey
Cochrane

Plus more invites I'm sure...

Are both teams going to make it through?

Could go either way in both games, will be interesting today.

Gems at 2:00pm
Emus at 5:00pm

Sorry don't know what they call the Kiwi reams at this age group?

Junior tall ferns/tall blacks

Luuuc, who comes out and who goes in come July?

The gems weren't that much bigger than nz on the frontline.

Reed 6'1
Dale 6'2
Mcgoldrick 6'2
Whittaker 6'3
Dunn 6'3

Rowe 6'0
Bibby 6'1
Aokuso 6'3
Mcspadden 6'4
Magbegor 6'4

Beating NZ who can't even compete when they send a team to Aussie Nationals hardly makes the Gems a gold medal prospect.

the nz team they field at nationals isn't always made up with the best they have at the time.
A lot of girls are not available.

Some are overseas like Reed.

No heart...

How come no white?

That ranga is useless

Caporn has to go.
The guy just doesn't make great decisions.

Glover trying to play hero ball.

Clinton becomes the hero.

Sucks..
We could have fielded a strong team next year.

Weird lineups for Aus. Made no sense.

Congrats to nz.
They will add Wynyard to there team next year.

We try to win with small ball, again and it doesn't work so we have only ourselves to blame.