Five Gold Coast Rollers players to watch in 2019 Queensland Basketball League

With round one of the QBL season all wrapped up, the Gold Coast Bulletin takes a look at five Rollers players to watch in 2019.

With round one of the QBL season all wrapped up, the Bulletin takes a look at five Rollers players to watch in 2019.

The 2019 Cross Promotions Gold Coast Rollers. Left to right: TJ Diop, Jesse Lomax, Jarryd Eustace, Harry Kerr, Anthony Petrie, Jaze Morris, Nathan Ruprecht, Spencer Parker, Jaydan Tom, Rhys Martin, Thalo Green, LJ Rose, Christian Salecich. Picture supplied.

Jacqueline Luna-Castro

Castro comes to the Gold Coast from Greece where she’s been placing for Esperides in the Greek league. She’s brought a lot of size and versatility to a reasonably small Rollers line up and leads the scoring two games in.

Spencer Parker

The American import earnt player of the game honours in the Rollers round one win against the Spartans with 31 points, six rebounds and two assists. He built magnificently on his other round one game where he scored 14 points, five rebounds and three assists. Coach Conlon labelled his imports the “best in the league,” and they’re quickly proving why.

Spencer Parker has already made an impact.

Siarn Woods

Rollers coach Cassie Dover predicted pre-season that Woods would play off the bench this year with the Rollers building a deep roster. Woods has quickly put that talk to bed, playing 62 minutes across the opening two games and scoring 21 points. Her aggressive game has been on display early, recording three fouls in the season opener and four in the second game.

Siarn Woods has proven she’s no bench player early in 2019.

Rhys Martin

The veteran did a lot of grunt work early to get the Rollers an early lead. The former NBL Illawarra Hawk showed his class and finished with 20 points, six rebounds and five assists.

Rhys Martin continues to impress for thr Rollers. Photo by Richard Gosling

Susannah Walmsley

The 29-year-old comes to the Gold Coast from the WNBL after playing 44 matches for the Sydney Uni Flames across the past two seasons. Her experience showed and she impressed with her ability to get points on the board.

The 2019 Cross Promotions Gold Coast Rollers. Left to right: Holly Irwin (21), Sarah Glazebrook (10), Siarn Woods (5), Christine Obermeier (4), Sarah Ambrose (3), Courtney Peate (8), Jackie Luna-Castro (24), Susannah Walmsley (2), Carleigh Patrick (13). Picture supplied.