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AIS/CoE teams to play in 2014 SEABL

I think you will find a few amongst them that have already had a year or two playing in the SEABL comp. and I dare say nearly all would have been playing in local seniour mens/womens comps for a few years as well, so they will know what to expect.

We loved playing the AIS, and now we can talk about playing against Bogut,Mills,Delly.

Anon 446496 -No incentive for them to play? Well I would like to think that the best young talent the country has to offer would go out to compete and to win every single game they play, whether finals are achievable or not. In a sense it could be a good thing for them to learn to flat out compete simply to win when there is no other prize on the line apart from getting the W on the day.

There seems to be a few whiners that SEABL clubs didn't get a vote. I say BOO BLOODY HOO. Your either scared of getting beat by 16-18 year olds or your a sour puss. This move will benefit the CoE kids immensely by playing against bigger, stronger bodies with experience on a semi regular basis. It will benefit the SEABL clubs with game attendances and you would think that it would most likely give the SEABL clubs the opportunity to tweak their games, because lets face it, the SEABL clubs should beat the CoE teams, so they can use that time to mix combos, try new looks at both ends of the floor and give some different guys more minutes.

Thanks Kye!!

I think the issue has been that kids attending good schools in other states have questioned the wisdom of dropping out and into a public school in Canberra. Particularly those with the view of getting into the US college system where a lower SAT score can limit your options.

So many reasons why this is something which should have been considered long ago, however now it is going to return, great! Looking forward to watching our up and coming juniors, also adds that extra bit of interest to the SEABL competition IMO...

Clarke Ran an outstanding program!!

Stacker was moved on,well not moved on he knew his time was up so he moved on.
Lazy!!
Ian Slacker they called him.

I also think this is a great move.
If you have the chance, get along and watch some of these games and see the talent coming through. Some of these kids are awesome...

Overseas trips are 100% vital to the COE athletes. They need to develop and learn what it takes to be an international athlete and just playing SEABL isn't going to do that. We are not going to win medals on the world stage without our athletes understanding all of the ins and outs of travel, tournament style play, foreign countries, quick recovery etc.

Entering back into SEABL is a fantastic step forwards and will definitely assist the athletes development but it is most certainly in conjunction with overseas tours.