Is this an April fools post?

great signing - after a season in the wnba her game will have improved dramatically.

will be interesting who they sign as their bigs

I hope its for real, if it is then i have found myself a new team to follow!

Hell of a first 3 signings. Between Allen, Phillips & Jarry, putting up points against SEQ is not going to be easy!

No April Fool's joke!

That is a pretty talented core to build a new team around.

between this team and townsville..... trophy staying in qld

Some more on the signings:

Phillips, Jarry, Allen; Opals draw together in Queensland

Not really getting cleaned out Jarry hasn't played for two years.

Absolute disgrace to allow a new franchise to come in and have an open cheque book on a competitive league. Let the spending continue!!

And people had the gall to complain about Rangers, lol they are all as bad as each other, give every team the same amount and then you will see who really can attract the good players, guy Molloy will not be impressed giving Allen her chances and this is how she repays him.
Oh well no loyalty where the almighty dollar rules

Jarry might have said she was released but the word is she wasn't. Just because someone was paying her contract doesn't mean she was officially released. broken rules facilitated by the WNBL management so I doubt they will be fined. What a surprise!

Sad to see Rebecca Allen is going as she was a well liked and important player for the Boomers. Read the ASC review released yesterday and one of the recommendations was to put in a salary cap and suspect it is for this very reason. Allowing clubs with so much more money than others to pillage clubs that develop young talent but can't afford to pay large sums is not developing a sustainable WNBL.

The AFL saved the competition by ensuring equality in payment structures so why is it we can't learn something from a very successful sport. While Adelaide has withdrawn and seems like Bendigo are struggling financially, it is irresponsible for the WNBL to not manage the competition for the good of the WHOLE competition. Let's hope Paul Maley hits the ground running and makes some changes.

#523420 - what do you reckon they have been doing for the past number of years! They have been developing young talent. I think the club has arguably the youngest roster in the league. And if you are referring to Bulleen juniors, don't forget it is MELBOURNE BOOMERS.

I just feel sorry for her having to go from NY to Brisveagas!

Yeah, no worries.

So Rebecca Allen and Rebecca Cole werent end of benchers for Tom Maher?

Not a bad job to make one a DPOY and Opal within a 6 month season and make the other a quality WNBL player, game winner and Opal squad player within 2 seasons.

Not to mention rounding out Tess Madgen's game from 'just a gung ho scorer' to a player capable of playing in the WNBA and WNBL All star 5.

Remember Olivia Thompson? The player that Chris Lucas couldn't find 1 second of court time for a year ago? Well she became a credible starter in a team that went on the cusp of finals.

How many other boomers in the past 2 seasons would get a game on anyone else's roster? And they made finals one season and almost did in the 2nd year too - all from their development of what they had the resources to afford.

If you don't think the Boomers develop players, you need to get a clue mate

I'd have to agree. Boomers are a tremendous program, hampered only by not having as much money to throw around as some others. They do this crazy thing financially calling living within their means, rather than getting involved in the salary arms race.

Guy is still the best coach in the league IMO, so I'm optimistic that despite losing some players to bigger $$ elsewhere, there will be plenty of others happy to fill the vacant roster spots.

They will be bench players from other wnbl teams that never get a run. Look at Clydesdale, she would never have got the chance had McLeod not been injured and look what that has brought for her. Lots of players sitting at the end of benches just waiting to actually get the chance to run decent minutes, you just never know what gem you could uncover.

How many goes foes the NBL require with a BRISBANE team, they have failed miserably time after time. Total waste of money throwing it back at bullets or whatever they want to call them

Add Amy Lewis to the impressive list of players signed at SEQ.

That's not a good sign for the Lightning either

To anon 415,

Jarry found out about her injury before wnbl season and they therefore terminated her contract so she could take the season off and had no pressure to come back. That's why she wasn't apart of the team like she was the season before where she was contracted and attended all games on the bench. So yes, she was officially released.