Live stream: Watch exclusive gold medal ‘mini matches’ from BA Under-18 Club Championships

It was two of the biggest cats in the jungle who roared the loudest at the Under-18 Club Championships in Perth. RE-LIVE the best moments from both gold medal games in our EXCLUSIVE mini match REPLAYS.

Melbourne Tigers players celebrate on the sidelines during the Under-18 Club Championships. Picture: Michael Farnell

It was the biggest cats in the jungle who roared the loudest after a massive week of action at the ianugural Basketball Australia Under-18 Club Championships in Perth.

The indominatable Melbourne Tigers maintained their unbelievable record on the courts to clinch the girls title, while the Central District Lions from South Australia shocked the tournament to win the boys title.

The Tigers girls took their winning record to 49-straight wins, and their titles to four for the year, after defeating Western Australia side Perry Lakes Hawks in the final.

The Lions had to overcome the size, skill and undeniable fight of the Willetton Tigers, almost giving up a remarkable lead in the final quarter of a gold medal thriller.

But don’t just take our word for it, check out KommunityTV’s EXCLUSIVE ‘mini match’ extended highlights of both finals below.

While the gold medal matches saw the cream of the crop rise to the top, the Under-18 Club Championships was much more about the journey rather than the result.

KommunityTV was courtside for every single game of the tournament in Perth, you can find the links to those days below.

HOW TO WATCH

There are two main ways to watch the Under-18 National Club Championships in 2024.

KommunityTV will run every court’s live stream in an individual story on each day of the tournament. The links for those stories will appear above.

The replays from that court will then be added to the same story link at the end of each day’s play.

Alternatively you can head to www.kommunitytv.com.au when the tournament is on, and use the video player at the top of the site to watch all the action live and scroll through the most recent replays.

Make sure to check out the streaming schedule below to find out when your team is playing.

Only News Corp full digital subscribers will have exclusive access to watch the action.

LIVE STREAM SCHEDULE

WHICH CLUBS ARE IN ACTION?

WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR

The Under-18 Club Championships will prove to be the great unknown.

With the timing outside of school holidays, it’s yet to be seen which players will make the trek over the Wild West to compete for their club sides.

Western Australia has a strong presence in the tournament with a strong contingent of local clubs ready to take up the fight against their interstate rivals.

That includes the Rio Tinto Wildcats Academy in the boys tournament. The Academy squad is full of the best young talent in Western Australia including Charlie and Max Dimmock, Timothy Ibukunoluwa and towering 225cm viral giant Jongkuch Mach.

The boys tournament also features perennial Victorian heavyweights Dandenong Rangers and Knox Raiders as well as clubs from the ACT, Tasmania and South Australia.

Melbourne Tigers have had a big presence in the Victoria Metro junior representative ranks in recent years.

In the girls draw it will be the Victorian contingent aiming to make the biggest splash in Perth.

The Victorian teams will include proud junior nurseries Melbourne Tigers and Sandringham Sabres who both have strong women’s programs from the juniors right through to the NBL1 South.

They will come up against an impressively stacked Canberra line-up as well as NSW contenders Hills Hornets and Norths Bears, the latter crowned Division 2 champions in the Warartah Junior Metro League this year.

In terms of home grown talents, Joondalup Wolves, Rockingham Flames, Warwick Senators, Perry Lakes Hawks, Lakeside Lightning, Cockburn Cougars and Binar will fly the flag for Western Australia.