Django Distracts Pirates

Coming off a month long holiday break the Pirates were lacking both the fitness and the skill to keep pace with Ed Pfohl, Chris Colosimo and Russ Koehne from STJ. That said, the Pirates did show greater offensive awareness and that they were capable of going one-on-one with their opponents. Turnovers and unforced errors characterised Read More …

Captain Colosimo

STJ Captain Chris Colosimo led his team to victory Tuesday night against the Pirates who were again without stars Ben Roberts and Taylor Sneddon. Keeping pace with STJ for the first half, the Pirates would have been happy with their efforts but a lacklustre second half that lacked focus, urgency and skill killed any chance Read More …

Heightened Security for Pirates

A security guard for the Australian Institute of Sport sparked an international incident on Tuesday when they misheard a conversation between team mates of a local basketball team leading to one of the Pirates being taken into witness protection by the FBI at an undisclosed location. The conversation referred to a team in the CPL Read More …

Hell Hath No Fury Like Grilled Fish

For the first time since their arrival in the CPL, the Pirates looked to be in a fight they could win. Then they found out that they were against the fightingest squad in the fightingest team in the third fightingest league in the competition. Trading basket for basket in the first quarter, the Pirates had Read More …

Game Blouses

While most of Canberra was fixated on the impending release of the federal budget, those with better priorities were either courtside at the Australian Institute of Sport or watching live on the Box Network as a demoralised Pirates outfit crashed hard Tuesday night, failing to fully respect their opponents and ultimately paying a high price Read More …