Johnny Furphy in Paris 2024 Squad

Johnny Furphy, the big 6 foot 9 (205cm) MSA Alumni, has been selected in the Australian Boomers training squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In early July, the 22-man squad will be reduced to 12 players who will then go onto represent Australia in Paris from July 26 to August 11.  Ten members from Australia’s 2020 bronze medal team at the Tokyo Olympics are also vying to make the 2024 final squad.

Furphy is a freshman at Kansas University and has been a star player for the team in his first year playing college basketball.  He started in 19 games for the season, with 18 of those being in the final 19 contests.  Furphy averaged 11.4 points and 6.1 rebounds in Big 12 play. He also led Kansas with 44 three-point field goals made in the season.

Before heading off to college, Johnny spent time at the Basketball centre of excellence at the Australian Institute of Sport which also included the NBA Global Academy.  Johnny has been touted as a first-round draft pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, by plenty of experts.

We wish Johnny all the best in the upcoming months and hope he makes it all the way to Paris later this year.

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Beach Volleyball

MSA Alumni Garang Anyang and his partner Justin Schumann were knocked out in the Quarter finals of Beach Pro Tour Futures at Coolangatta Beach.  Having had a number of 2 sets to love victories through Qualifying and their first 2 pool matches the combination went down 2-0 in the quarterfinal.

Football

MelindaJ Barbieri was subbed off in the final minute of Newcastle’s 3-2 win over the Melbourne Victory in the A-League women’s competition.

Naomi Chinnama was subbed on in the 90th minute for Melbourne City in their 3-0 win over Central Coast Mariners.  Annabel Martin was a starter for Central Coast and was yellow carded in the 44th minute.

Seb Pasquali and Matthew Grimaldi both started for Western United in their 2 all draw with Melbourne Victory

AFL

North Melbourne lost to the Fremantle dockers by 26 points.  Paul Curtis had 12 disposals, 3 marks and kicked 2 goals 2 for the Kangaroos.  Luke Ryan had a solid game with 23 disposals, 7 marks and 3 tackles.

Sydney defeated Essendon by 30 points at the SCG.  Peter Wright had a day to forget with 9 disposals, 4 marks and 2 goals.  Peter was also reported for a head high bumo and given 4 weeks at the tribunal.

Hawthorn went down to Melbourne at the MCG by 55 points.  Massimo D’Ambrosio had another good week for the Hawks with 23 disposals, 8 marks and 4 tackles.

The Western Bulldogs turned their game 1 form around defeating the Gold Coast Suns by 48 points in Ballarat.  For the Bulldogs, Buku Khamis kicked 1 goal 1 while having 10 disposals, 6 marks and a tackle.  Teammate Rhylee West had 12 disposals, 3 marks and 3 tackles.  For the Suns Touk Miller had 30 disposals, 1 mark, 10 tackles and 4 clearances.

Port Adelaide were too strong for Richmond at the MCG with by 30 points.  Zak Butters had 34 disposals, 7 marks and 7 clearances for the Power.

Basketball

Johnny Furphy made 2 from 7 three pointers and 3 from 12 two pointers in Kansas’s loss to Gonzaga in the round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament.

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It was another big week in sport for our MSA Alumni.  Here is how they went.

AFL

Carlton beat Richmond by 5 points.  Jordan Boyd for the Blues had 13 Disposals, 4 marks and 3 tackles.

Essendon defeated Hawthorn by 24 points.  Masimo D’Ambrosio played his first game for Hawthorn after being traded by the Bombers last year.  Masimo had 29 disposals, 4 marks and 2 tackles. Peter Wright kicked 2 goals and had 8 disposals for the Bombers also.

The GWS Giants defeated North Melbourne by 39 points.  Paul Curtis for the Kangaroos had 9 disposals and 3 marks kicking 2 goals 1.

Melbourne defeated the Western Bulldogs by 49 points at the MCG. Buku Khamis had 8 disposals, 2 marks and a tackle, meanwhile Rhylee West had 12 disposals, 6 marks and 3 tackles also for the Bulldogs.

The Gold Coast Suns defeated Adelaide by 6 points.  Touk Miller leading the way with 29 disposals, 2 marks and 9 tackles.

Port Adelaide defeated the West Coast Eagles by 50 points.  Zak Butters had a strong start to the for the Power with 27 disposals, 8 marks, 2 tackles and a goal while also posting 327 metres gained.

Fremantle defeated Brisbane by 23 points, Cam Rayner had 14 disposals, 3 marks and 5 tackles for Brisbane while Luke Ryan had 33 disposals, 10 marks and 1 tackle for the Dockers.

Congratulations to former students Dylan Landt and Jake Toa who played for the St Mary’s football team in Darwin on the weekend.  St Mary’s won the NTFL Grand Final against Southern Districts by 29 points winning their 33rd NTFL premiership.

Football

Connor Metcalfe played for FC St Pauli in their win over Numberg 2-0.  FC St Pauli remain on top of the Bundesliga 2 table by 5 points as they continue to look to be a promoted of the topflight Bundesliga competition next season.

MelindaJ Barbieri started for Newcastle in the A-league Women’s competition against Western United.  Newcastle winning the game 3-1 with MelindaJ playing a strong role in defence.

Annabel Martin started for the Central Coast Mariners in their 4-1 victory over Canberra

Seb Pasquali and Matt Grimaldi played for Western United in their 2 all draw against Melbourne Victory

Cycling

Lucas Plapp finished 6th overall in the Paris to Nice race 2 weeks ago.  Luke help the yellow jersey for a period of time during the race as the overall leader but fished the final stage 10th and a total of 3 minutes and 8 seconds off the winner Matteo Jorgenson.

Cricket

Kieran Elliott made 2 and 12 with the bat while taking 1/65 and 2/14 with the ball in Tasmania’s loss to South Australia.  Tasmania now play Western Australia in the Shield Final at the WACA.

NBL

Melbourne United defeated the Tasmanian Jack jumpers 104-81 in the first game of their best of 5 Championship series matches.  Zac Tripplet had minimal court time.