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Premier League Pre Season Results

Do centrals or Eastern have a second import on the way?

Is Eian Davis back for South? Do they have a big import to go with him again?

Southern imports are very good and will be right up there as the best import tandem in the competition this year. Very athletic and work well with the rest of the Tigers roster.
Southern will be extremely hard to beat this year.

Sturts import Nate Garth can definitely go, but was carrying a slight injury at the weekend tournament in Waikerie. The Sabres had some of their studs missing but were still extremely impressive. The depth of their squad is quite remarkable considering they are all Sturt juniors!

Centrals have the same import as 2017 and he impressed with some new faces that coach Ricky Simpson has added for this season.

Eastern had only the one import at the tournament and he had only arrived in the country 48 hours prior. 6'9 Will Wise showed some great signs and will only get better as he settles in.

Could be one of the best seasons for our flagship competition!

Heard a few clubs might be looking at new imports after the weekend.

Are Southern saving up for Randle next year?

Just heard Tigers beat Sturt but Sturt followed that with a huge win.

Anyone got eyes on any of the new imports playing up there?

Any reports or results from Millicent or Waikerie?

Women certainly have imports but not all are great by any stretch and if your like Woodville two imports last year in a team that lacks depth means little.

Any results or reports from Millicent?

lot of womens imports as well , gonna be tough for those without

Nwelue was a beast at the Waikerie tournament last year! Would have averaged 6-7 dunks per game.

Southern look ok but have lost a lot from last season. Drmic, Linton, Nwelue & I’m not sure about Schenscher. That’s potentially 4 of their top 6.

Norwood will be competitive again. North with easily the best restricted duo in the league.

Who do West have to replac their imports? What will Forestville be like?

Looks good. Southern look strong again this year

Games start at 10am Saturday, the stadium is fully air-conditioned and the both NBL finals will be on the big screen TV in the courtside Bar area. Most teams will have their imports on debut, team lists located here: http://www.waiksport.com/uploads/7/9/1/9/79192692/rrr_program_2018.pdf
The officiating will be a three man crew.
Weekend packages still available from the Waikerie Hotel and Waikerie Holiday Park

SATURDAY
#1 10.00am Southern Tigers v Sturt Sabres
#2 11.15am Eastern Maverick v SA Country
#3 12.30pm SA Metro v Central Districts
#4 1.45pm Sturt Sabres v Riverland Raiders
#5 3.00pm Central Districts v Southern Tigers
#6 4.15pm SA Country v SA Metro
#7 5.30pm Central Districts v Eastern Mavericks
#8 6.45pm Sturt Sabres v SA Country
#9 7.30pm Riverland Raiders v Southern Tigers (B)
#10 8.00pm Eastern Mavericks v SA Metro
SUNDAY
#11 9.00am Central Districts v Sturt Sabres
#12 10.15am Southern Tigers v Eastern Mavericks
#13 11.30am SA Metro v SA Country
Championship Game - 12.45pm

Last game in reserves was tonight, lot of teams have been playing their imports the last few games. North suited up both tonight, Southern has had both (one nearly tore down the whole basket the other week), centrals have had one that's stayed there whole time, woodville suited up both a couple of times, west had one a couple of times I believe, not sure of rest.
Apologies to women, not sure who has had theirs playing.

A very interesting article I found on the Euroleague website.

http://www.euroleague.net/features/voices/2010-2011/vladimir-stankovic/i/83379/5237/the-drazen-and-oscar-show

Would love to see any of the games mentioned here or any others from these teams in this era. Any links highly appreciated!