terrible team for a friendly, should be blooding alot more young prospects.

Opals

Reid/Rocci/Ellis
Borlase/Sowah
Woods/Puoch
Blicavs/Sharp/Fowler
Scherf/Froling


Should be adding more young prospects too.
No real backup c or pfs.

Don't understand this should be blooding younger players.
Why?
The world champs, Olympic spots are now or will be made up of NBA/WNBA or Euro based players.
What have any of the younger players done to date that matches the dedication and hours that some of these vet NBL players have put in. Does age disqualify them from finally getting to represent your country?

Cooks back in vogue already! Talk about getting flogged with a lettuce leaf.

"Nothing to see here"...

I take my hat off to Blachfield & his longevity but i'd have a younger gun in this. Great to see Foxy get rewarded for all his hard work!!

I think you should either want to showcase the best possible Boomers team available, or you should aim for development. This team doesnt achieve much of either. Of course I dont expect NBA guys involved but there are a whole range of players who could be on this team and arent. So with that in mind they should've skewed younger. Promising to see a few guys like Austin Rapp, Jacob Furphy and Harry Wessels on the team. But this is another throw away, Australia F squad.

Your 100% right know all. But I don't see how anyone can justify Leaupepe or Pepper. They’ve played for two minutes and been here overnight. Still, I don’t know who has made themselves unavailable.

With all due respect this feels utterly pointless.

ME (he/kangaroo) put it perfectly.

I also believe strongly that if you play under the Boomers' name, there ought to be some relevance. ATM, the only relevance is accidental.

Good to see so much support (on here) on this subject/thread.

Cooks should be sitting out if they did the right thing by suspending for his drug matter but no lets look after him.

I agree with you both, RobT and retired. Even just fielding a team of 'juniors' plus a maximum of two experienced players should be enough to win consistently.

By all means rehabilitate Cooks and all that, but make sure he’s given a significant punishment period first

Pretty bad form allowing Cooks to play unless Hungry Jacks stepped in and thought they'd try a new campaign, instead of cheeseburgers, fans get a free Coke if opposition miss free throws.
And Leaupepe is a decent selection, had a good rookie season, if he gains a consistent 3 point shot can see him at least making some Boomers camps even though making the proper team would be slim. Great rebounder for his height and hustles after everything. Provides a different set of skills than most that get a go.

A possible Boomers depth chart -

Leaupepe / Wessels / Bowen
Cooks / Rapp
Glover / Blanchfield
Vasiljevic / Pepper / Furphy
Foxwell / Norton

Compared to the possible Tall Blacks roster:

Smith-Milner / TBC (Timmins?) / Halafionua
TBC (Harris?) / TBC (Davison?)
Te Rangi / Darling / Brown
Cameron / TBC (Le'afa?)
Ili / Britt

Talent swings the Boomers' direction, but we've always said that in these matchups.

Good thinking, but I'd only want Leaupepe and Bowen to play at the 4 (where there are already 3 names).

Sorry, should have said first that I don't see Blanchfield as quick enough to play as a 3 internationally, so he’d have to be a 4