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AJC U16 team lists

Logic would be our border is now shut. Cases of Covid19 should now start to reduce and we hopefully see in the next 2-3 months we have a control on this thing. That would get us to May, at which time 18s could then start to prepare for a July tournament. So the methodology is actually quite accurate in terms of if we were to have nationals this year, those dates above would seem to be the most likely.

I have it on good word from one of the vic metro coaches that nationals this year could end up like this with the virus still in effect:

18s - July (Townsville)
16s - October (Warwick)
14s - December (Casey)

Has that young bloke from Warrnambool chosen footy?

Vic
https://basketballvictoria.com.au/basketball-victoria-2020-under-16-teams-announced/

Injuries to some players?, somegood squads but not elite.

Qld sth women look stronger to me.

Im liking the potential of wa metro women and tassie boys.
Will be much better than previous years in this age bracket.

It would be very hard to pick the 10 qld sth girls, very deep.

I think in time there will be twice the amount of teams at the ajcs with each state taking both a top age and bottom age side whether they play in same groups or separate comp, much like southern cross.
Getting harder to pick a stand out 10.

Could easily get 2 quality teams from qld sth right now. Just as an example, just from that above list alone. A bottom age and top age.

Qld South

05
Cameron
Auton
Reupena
Kupa
Twidale
Donovan
Auton
Mcdowell-White
Diegamann
Nason
Byrne
Justus
Peacock
Billing
Petrie
Lind
Baker
McGrath
Anthony
Ross
Dalton
Hanson

06
Tahere
Smith
Davis
King
Apelu
Lane
Dart
Fuller
Barlow
Mackinnon
Schmitt
Booth

Vic list out tomorrow night.

What makes you think nsw m will beat qld sth?

When do the vic lists come out?

In the girls it is hard not to pick vic m for gold. The surprise of the tournament will be nsw metro. So i have vic m for gold, nsw m for silver, Qld S for bronze.

SA Metro Women actually have 4 returning from last years silver medal team. The experience of playing this tournament previously should be a big positive for the team.

Agree they don't have anyone that can get you 25+ any given game like in previous teams but may actually be a positive with multiple scoring options and ball movement.

SA Country Women have one star and other good role players but bench would be pretty thin.

Gold - Vic Metro, Silver - Queensland South with Vic Country and SA Metro to play for bronze.

SA Metro boys should do well again.

There’s a couple of sa metro women that have been up near the top in scoring for the development tournaments.
Add to that the 3 bottom age women from last year. I think they’ll do ok.

Don’t know much about sa country

Qld south women look very strong, anything less than making the final would be a disappointment.

Qld nth will do pretty well, a lot of players back from last year plus top scorer from development tourney.

Nsw m girls have some nice big prospects but don’t know much about the guard depth.

Nsw country have a few nice players, a really good c and cg

Anyone’s guess atm choosing vic m and c sides. Not alot of bigs but deep in 2-3-4 spots

Probably wa metro girls best team in sometime, will get better as they go through the age groups.
The bottom age pg looks to be aus rep calibre and 2 bottom age bigs with great potential.

Wa country still on a plateau.

Tas on the rise but maybe not this year but certainly the following couple.

Nt, Unknown

Act, not much progress since the Bourne sisters.

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