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Cairns Taipans sign Mitch McCarron

Matty B as an 11th man would be better than any 3rd string import. Hope Taipans retain him.

Matty can only be back as 11th man now.I hope he gets that spot.

haha thanks Proud:)

I haven't heard anything about Matty B but I've been assuming he'll be back. He's still got plenty of life left in his legs.

I hope you get that wish King Podge.

Has there been any news on Matt Burston, is he wanted by anybody?

I'd tend to think that if Melb U have got Anderson, they might not bother with Jawai.

Dazz, The Taipans along with Melb Utd and Perth are all currently pursuing Jawai.

I can understand people wanting to see Big Nate "come home" to FNQ.
TBH, it would be great to see a home grown product playing for Cairns. And I'd think that for family reasons there may be a real chance of that happening.
But they should still pay him a decent salary, and I wonder if Cairns has the budget for that?

Proud, man i'd love the big unit to come back. Half of Cairns is either related to him or went to school with him. The only concern would be him continuing to improve his fitness - but if anyone can do that it's the guy that's been his mentor for years = A Fearne. It's a long way away, but the thought of Jawai holding up the Taipan's first championship trophy gives me goosebumps :)

I think we're heading in the right direction with the mix of youth, experience, athleticism and oldmanticism. Imports will be key though.

Interesting couple of months ahead of us!

@ King Podge, just wondering your perspective mate on whether you'd like Jawai up there or would you rather get two star imports because this roster seems very good so far.

Grand finalists two seasons ago and Wortho, McCarron and Weeks are better than Young, Bruce and Maynard/Sobey. I'd imagine the success of this team falls on the import point guard and whether or not he can run the team properly.

Super happy to get the chance to see this kid in our league but he won't be eligible for ROTY?

Bugger... gutted that the Kings missed out on him, I wonder who was chasing him? Having a connection with Gliddon and Wortho up there would help I guess and if Fearney has been keeping an eye on him and kept in communication, then a well deserved pick up...

Great to see him in the league...

What is McCarrons ceiling? I haven't seen much of him besides a couple of mixtaps on YouTube. Could he develop in a Chris Goulding like talent?

Hahahaha! ^^^

The Aussie marquee rule starting to take effect

Steal for the Snakes. Aussie talent in the league is rising like wildfire!

Cannot wait to see Mcbuckets light up the league!!

He was outstanding in Clark's system in Denver, he'll be just fine in the Taipan's system. Though we're probably not going to be running as much full court D as the Roadrunners do...

Great signing!

Was holding hope that he'd sign with Brisbane. Wonder if they even pursued him.

Solid player, but as MACDUB intimated, hopefully he can see success in Fearne's restrictive system.

Another very good Aussie signing for the league.

Hopefully Fearne's system doesn't limit/restrict his roof.

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