A new generation of future Opals is already making golden waves on the world stage. With Australia’s best teen ballers in action for the Sapphires and Gems, here’s why the future looks so bright.
Is Australian women’s basketball on the verge of another golden era?
The future of Australian women’s basketball is in great hands with a bevy of next-gen Opals taking over the world stage.
The Australian Sapphires qualified for the FIBA U17 World Cup by storming to a third consecutive U16 Asian Championship gold medal.
And a host of WNBL and Centre of Excellence starlets are attempting to emulate their younger counterparts as part of the Gems line-up at this week’s FIBA U19 World Cup.
After the 80-74 win over Japan, Sapphires coach Tom Garlepp said the professionalism and commitment to get better among the very elite at the age group had produced increasingly skilled athletes, which…