Hoops

Opals v Canada

It is not set up as a normal comp. In a bid to reduce the number of blowouts the organisers put top 4 teams in Pool A and bottom 4 in Pool B. Bottom two teams in Pool B are eliminated and top two teams play bottom two teams from Pool A in the "quarter finals" while the top two teams from Pool A go straight through to semis.

How can Australia be playing New Zealand in the Semi Final when they both finish top of their respected pools?

Mitchell was our best player at the Olympics, she's still our best option at PG, no way Griffin gets picked over her if it's an either or situation

Whitcomb didn’t make this side, why would you think she would make another, if they don’t take Griffin as their ne naturalised player they would take Mitchel over whitcomb blindfolded,
And to the poster who suggested Mitchel was a liability on defence you have obviously never watched her play

Mitchell pretty good .. but Griffin wow , very very good .. I'd pick Cambage first then Griffin second...

Not at all

Isn't Mitchell a liability on defense?

Which naturalised player do you take when all 3 players become available?

PG - Mitchell's position
Mansfield
Ebzery
Hurst
Lavey
Clydesdale

SG - Whitcombs position
Ohea
Blicavs(Cumming)
Snell
Seekamp
Wallace

PF - Griffins position
Smith
Blicavs
Bishop
George
Garbin

"If you only give players time when the game is well and truly won, you won't know how well they perform in a must win situation"


Every game has been a bloodbath so I don't see how that applies

what do you mean? we did play all 12 and have done every game. even 12th player has got at least 10 min every game which is great

Didn't really notice her at this game , but Cambage 17mins were pretty good and Griffin impressive.

well 11 of the Opals are class acts anyway

Showed all the game against england , enjoyed it . Opals class act.

You guys can watch the full game on the app or channel 7 website live or full game replays for $19.99

sorry but the standard of games isnt worth $1.99

$20 IS A RIP OFF. ALL SHOULD BE FREE AND PAID FOR USING ADVERTISING.

You guys can watch the full game on the app or channel 7 website live or full game replays for $19.99

On this I caint say very much ... was enjoying the first quarter and a half when channel seven turned out to be c...s , sayen that the opals were way too good for canada and went to air rifles or something....
Wonder what we'll see tonite.....

why do coaches continue to take injured players into teams to begin with,not sure Ohea was inured or not before ,this is just a general observation,you see it all the time in national teams,do they hope for a miraculous recovery or do they just not want to bother giving anyone else a go,its not just in basketballl either,the prime example this games was Sally Pearson,all so she could carry a torch ...really this is where you need to question the integrity of the selection process

I'd be interested to hear her philosophy about it too.
On the one hand she'd be keen to get to know the strengths, weaknesses & tendencies of the players that are most likely to be in our "real" 12. On the other hand she probably also wants to assess the newer players like Seekamp & Magbegor to see if they're likely to stick.
In this tournament the opposition is pretty bad, so the fringe players would get better competition in the training sessions than they do in these blowouts, so maybe Sandy figures this is more just a chemistry exercise.
O'Hea started but played < 15 min and didn't look hampered. It does seem totally unnecessary to risk her so I can only assume that the injury was overstated and Jenna was keen to play. I mean this is the biggest event on Australia's sporting calendar you know! ;)

good question. its terrible.

Canada team taking the piss just here for a holiday I reckon. Hamblin jacking up 3 pointers wtf

Canadas C side.
Practise before the WC...

Quite a few quality players missing...

Fields
Langlois
Nurse
Hill
Scott
Carleton
Plouffe
Plouffe
Ekunwe
Achonwa
Ayim
Fogg
Bulgak
Alexander
Grant-Allen