Basketball Australia U18 Nationals, Kevin Coombs Cup live stream: Melbourne Tigers sending seven players north (U18 & Kevin Coombs Nationals)

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The production line at the Melbourne Tigers is showing no signs of slowing down.

One of Australia’s proudest basketball clubs, previously home to names including Andrew Gaze and Josh Giddey, the country’s future stars are still coming through the Tigers system.

At the upcoming Basketball Australia Under-18 Championships in Brisbane, which will be live streamed on Kommunity TV, the Tigers will have six players involved in the Victorian teams.

Harrison Beauchamp, Jack Whitbourn, Keyaan Bongso will play in the Vic Metro men’s competition, while Bonnie Autupuna, Edie Clarke, Isabella Stewart and Isobelle Weightman will represent the Tigers in the women’s competition.

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The Tigers manager of representative teams Chris Brooking said seven players from the club featuring is “proof” of the Tigers’ superb program.

And according to Brooking, those young athletes are a product of not only their own hard work but the system in which they have grown from.

Melbourne Tigers girls Alice Magnanini, Isabella Stewart, Isobelle Wightman, Edie Clarke, Josie Agnew and Bonnie Autupuna have been named in Victoria's Metro side for the U18 National Championships.

“I think it’s proof of our development program,” he said.

“We start at Tiny Tigers at age five and six and take them through to rep basketball.

“I think the proof in the pudding is that we get them to play in the highest age group of interstate basketball.

“It’s proof we’re doing pretty well but it’s also a good reward for the players who commit to many years of development to get to that stage.”

Brooking further praised the accomplishments of the six set to play in the tournament while encouraging them to continue to work towards the steeper challenge ahead.

“These kids have done far more than turn up to a game or a training session,” he said.

“They do extra sessions, they do early morning sessions, they’re involved in state development programs, the workload is massive, they work early in the morning until late at night.

“I am very proud of them because it is a reward for hard work and the other thing is where they go from here.

Josh Giddey (second from left) and his Melbourne Tigers under-18 team mates in 2019.

“Hopefully their journey isn’t over; we play in NBL1, we have got players who go to WNBL,

NBL and we have had Josh Giddey, who is a product of our program playing for OKC (NBA).

“Obviously it is a steep period, but we tell all our athletes that there is a pathway and if you work hard, you can get there.

“Having the juniors making the state team, and Victoria is still the basketball state, it’s very exciting.”