OVO Australian Waterpolo League kicks off this weekend
Published Fri 02 Feb 2018
The new look OVO Australian Waterpolo League is back for it’s 29th year in 2018, as 11 teams from around the country get ready to battle it out in the country’s premier water polo competition.
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The first round, the Cole Miller round, will hold special meaning for water polo community as it will remember former Brisbane Barracudas player Cole. The young aspiring water polo player tragically lost his life as the victim of one punch assault. All clubs will honour the Cole Miller round retiring the number 10 cap - Cole’s cap number.
OVO Mobile have come on board as the naming rights partner of the Australian Waterpolo League and will be streaming a feature game every weekend across OVO Play, with OVO customers able to watch all the action data free.
The opening round on OVO Play will be the Western Derby with the Fremantle Mariners/Marlins at home to cross town rivals UWA Torpedoes.
WATCH – OVO Play.
Women’s: 18:00 (WA) 21:00 (AEDT)
Men’s: 20:00 (WA) 23:00 (AEDT)
After finishing second place in the 2017 final, the Marlins will be one’s to watch, with new Head Coach Bridgette Ireland at the helm.
“Our preparation has been good, we have had a reshuffle of the senior players as we don’t have the Olympians in the squad this year (such as Zoe Arancini and Glencora McGhie),” said Team Manager Ebony Brown.
“The younger players have had to step up, and they have made a really good leadership group given this opportunity.
“Bridgette is a new coach for the team, which is great in regards to team dynamics. An inductee of the swimming hall of fame and a gold medal Olympian, the team are really playing off this well.
“We have had the transition of the two Olympians from the squad and last year we also had an import player in centre forward. We do not have an import with us this year in this position, so we have worked on the outer attacking players to gain our advantage as oppose to the centre forward approach that was taken in previous years,” she said.