No SA teams will win the U14 boys. The country athletes of the Central District team (who won state champs and SA's best chance) will be shown up against the Vic teams.

What are the other SA teams like anaon?

Why not post about your own teams chances rather than being negative towards another?

Is it because you're from another sa team and that's all you can do is be negative?

Be tough for SA teams against zone defense to as they don't allow it in their comp.

As long as they can compete and have a go that's the main thing. Not all about winning otherwise half the teams wouldn't bother.

NSW teams dont play zone either, I dont think any NSW boys teams have too much of a chance either

169, I think we all know who 163 is!

Really? Who is #163?

Why prepare for the zone? If you're an u12 or u14 team from anywhere other than Victoria, you can't play it and you won't have to play against it at anything that matters. Maybe it means you finish 6th instead of 8th, but does anyone care about that distinction? Focus on being able to win your own competition, qualify for Nationals (which hasn't yet been decided for NSW teams), and don't worry if you get zoned out of a game or two at Classic. Most of the Vics looking towards Club Champs won't get too heavy on it in the half-court anyway.

Don't say that, they're in our pool hahaha

Big call, Bear, taking those two ahead of two sides that have gone undefeated in VJBL so far. Boring though it may be, I find it hard to see that GF being anything other than Hawthorn/Melbourne.

What about dandenong in 14's? Don't they have best player in that age group?

Also what about bulleen? Keilor? Nunawading? How strong are they?

238, Bulleen were Hawthorn's top challenger a couple of years ago, but their starting PG is now at Hawthorn. They are still very good, but there's no doubt it's had an impact.

The kid at Dandenong you're referring to is definitely the best scorer in the age group, but there are probably other players who have as much cumulative impact on the game. He is not, I would suggest, on par with the Illawarra guard who dropped 41 in the bronze medal game at Club Champs last year. That Dandenong group probably lack a bit of size, too. Handle their pressure and contain the scorer - both much easier said than done - and they can be got.

I haven't seen enough of Keilor and Nunawading to comment.

Bear, I like the dark-horse calls. I'd be surprised by either of them, but the Blackburn 18s have been together forever and are always competitive. I saw one of the Warrnambool guards at Southern Cross Challenge and he would hold his own with the very best in VJBL. We will have to wait until the weekend to see what's around him.

How do people rate Sturt and Centrals chances in u16 boys?

Bulleen favourites in u16 girls, not Dandenong.

What's the kid from dandenong like?
Position? Style of play?

Who will Ashke? And why?

No why though which is the interesting part.

Those Melbourne kids may not play due to being a few weeks or so from selection camp for the 17s world team

DV kid is not playing either so Blackburn, Melbourne and DV could be kind of close.

So funny how you make these predictions and some of the kids you are rating arn't even playing!

People need to remember there are more kids on the centrals u14 team apart from the country kids... Also a sapsassa kid and a SA metro kid. 7 out of their listed 10 players have played some sort of state representation this year. Centrals are the whole package.

Northern Suburbs made the U18 Girls final last year with 9 bottom age players - have since added two players that have represented Australia at U17 level. Surely if they bring their full squad they would have to be in contention?

Hills would have no chance in U18 Men. Not a bad team but given they are currently 4th in NSW Metro League & beaten soundly on the weekend by Penrith I don't give them a chance. No real height and a few players that were amazing in U14s but haven't lived up to the hype. Also lost two solid players in Jay Green to Penrith and Arran Bannatyne to Newcastle.

As for the centrals kids, stating they're country is irrelevant as all their development has come from centrals not country programs.

Given that the u14 Boys comp last year ended up with the 8 Victorian teams in the top 8, and the 8 interstate sides in the bottom 8, I think it's pretty obvious that being the best in SA doesn't automatically equate to a strong performance at Classic. Last year's Centrals group was good, too.

Centrals have been competitive. At nationals two years ago, beat tigers who finished second and last year beat hawks who finished third. So although won't win it have been able to be competitive.

Must be centrals quality coaching! Dumb and dumber?

Stop embarrassing yourself by slagging off

Nah it's ok must of been Phil Jackson that posted that!

Who has centrals will make top 4? No one, people are just slagging off.

Just let the boys play and hopefully they can be competitive. Not about winning.

Worry about your own team.

Once you stop woofing it up, I reckon people will stop slagging off/trolling you.

C'mon, it's Centrals. Let them woof while they can.

It's great to see them struttin a bit. While they got a couple little things to celebrate, let them. This is little Johnny's moment and if his parents want to let the world know then all power to them.

If you don't like it, don't read it.

That's the thing idiot, no one on here is saying centrals are the bees knees. It's pathetic people saying negative things about them

U16 girls teams should be competitive shouldn't they? The SA metro team just about comes from Sturt and Forestville only?

Still laughing...

Would put quite a bit of money on West Adelaide U18 boys finishing bottom 8, as they do every year.

There is no reason to think this will change this year.

They haven't won anything anywhere for a very long time and all the recruiting in the world won't change that.

But nice try.

Who's good from NSW in the 14 men's?

So Ashke, you were spot on