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2025 FORWARD PREVIEWS | Recently capped Philippines senior international Adelaide Wyrzynski leads a large cohort of Aussies at Tarleton State, with much of this group showcasing plenty of upside for the future.

2025 Midfielder Previews - College Matildas The collection of Aussie midfielders in NCAA Division I is perhaps the most intriguing of all position groups this year. Not only does reigning Rachael [...]

2025 MIDFIELDER PREVIEWS | Reigning College Matildas Player of the Year Abbey Burns (UAB) returns, whilst 2023/24 A-League Championship winner Margaux Chauvet (Purdue) is an obvious choice as one of the new signings to watch.

2025 Defender Previews - College Matildas Whilst defenders don’t always get the glamour of those putting the ball into the back of the net, there is no shortage of class among [...]

2025 DEFENDER PREVIEWS | Sophomore Erin Gordon (Harvard) will step up as a leader on the back line, whilst Teagan Douglas remains a pivotal member of the Bellarmine defence. Meanwhile, there are plenty of new names to learn for the upcoming campaign.

2025 Goalkeeper Previews - College Matildas The Australian goalkeeping cohort in NCAA Division I this season is stacked with players set to make major impacts for their respective programs. Maine’s Grace [...]

2025 GOALKEEPER PREVIEWS | Preseason All-Conference selection Grace Wilson (Maine) and former Sydney FC starter Jasmine Black (George Washington) are among a bevy of players to watch among this year's group of Aussie goalkeepers in NCAA Division I.

I have this serious problem whereby, whenever I pull out my old Waratah League finals programs, instead of actually looking for the info I need, I spend 20 minutes looking at old rosters asking "oh yeah, whatever happened to that player?" about people who averaged 2.3 points in Youth League.

thanks! It’s usually pretty good, and Manly + CoE are two teams right in my wheelhouse.

thank you sir!

This will be my third women's grand final in the first four years of the competition, which I think is a pretty good strike rate particularly considering I didn't apply one year. 🤣

A photo of me prior to commentating Davidson v USC Upstate women's basketball in 2023, accompanied by the quote, "As a NSW women's basketball tragic, calling an NBL1 East Grand Final is always a privilege. The league is stacked and there are intriguing storylines up and down the Top 8, making this game a must-watch regardless of which two teams are involved."

Since it's now "league account posting it on Insta" official, I can now tell everyone...

I've been selected as the play-by-play commentator for the NBL1 East women's grand final!

www.instagram.com/p/DNPcufpS9I...

sadly it’s a club-by-club thing in NBL1. Manly and Sutherland still do it. Comets don’t.

Smith was scary good going to the basket against Manly the other week (admittedly without Zoey Miller or Kim Hodge/Dickinson) in the absence of Russell, Dakic, and Fagan.

update: absolutely bloody worth it.

My neighbours had a 200-stacker, with the position of all 200 CDs written out on several sheets of paper.

At some point it surely becomes more trouble than it’s worth. And I say this as someone who owns approximately 500 CDs.

Dee Why?

more like Dee Why am I travelling up here in the rain for a game I could watch on a live stream?

wanted: league management software used by literally any state league that actually allows me to see a team's entire roster at once.

literally clicking through an entire fixture list for a team to find a player so I can go to their profile, not even knowing if they've played first grade this year.

No idea why a Tyrrell P34 is at Queensland Raceway and on track between Supercars sessions, but I am not complaining in the slightest.

(yes, I know she's been in NZ junior teams. but she's hardly cap-tied.)

MSIG Serenity Cup, and we don't even call up Serenity Thake from Little Rock.

what are we doing here?

Me wearing a K-State Basketball t-shirt at Kansas State’s road game against Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in 2023. Kansas State won.

“Lachy, why are you so excited for Serena Sundell?”

Why, indeed…

SERENA SUNDELL TO THE WNBL!

(Adelaide specifically, but just the fact I will get to see her play live again is what matters).

This signing got me shook like Brittany McPhee to Perth or Haley Jones to Geelong in past seasons.

this is not the kind of ULM MENTIONED that I am here for. 😢

I actually found the album this song is on at Red Eye Records a few months ago and bought it as quickly as I found it.

Eating rockmelon and listening to That Word by Rockmelons feat. Deni Hines, a song that should've been in the Hottest 100 of Australian songs.

The bloke sitting next to me at this game certainly has a lot of opinions about officiating for someone who threw the ball back to a ref running to the opposite corner of the court for an inbound.

amazingly, this is my first time at a Norths game since the Metro opened, and it's for Youth League of all things! Would've been unthinkable back in the old Waratah League days.

new station unlocked!

(entrance is literally across the road from the Bear Cave 🏀)

A Unity asset-man holds a Unity asset-tube of what appear to be Pringles, but are actually branded 'Pingas'.

absolutely losing it at the name of the fake Pringles brand name in this game I'm watching a playthrough of.

Sweet Caroline.

Caitie Jones #25 Marburg basketball jersey. 😎