NBL double-header to close out 2025
A NBL double-header tonight allows fans some basketball action before welcoming in the new year, with a pair of New Year’s Eve contests in the northern states. Illawarra Hawks host Tasmania JackJumpers up first from 5:30pm local time, before Cairns Taipans take on South East Melbourne Phoenix in Far North Queensland two hours later. The […]
Adelaide overwhelms Cairns in statement win
IN A TOP against bottom clash, Adelaide 36ers were always tipped to get the job done against Cairns Taipans on Christmas Eve, especially when the latter’s marquee player Jack McVeigh could not get going. In the end, McVeigh was limited to just nine points (4/14 from the field and 1/8 from three-point range) as the […]
Taipans looking to upset sizzling Sixers
IN A matchup that has no shortage of star power, the Cairns Taipans will travel to South Australia to take on the Adelaide 36ers in a National Basketball League (NBL) matchup to begin Round 14 on Christmas Eve. The two bookends of the standings will lock horns at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Wednesday night, […]
McVeigh’s career-best masterclass leads Taipans to win
A CAREER night from National Basketball League (NBL) superstar Jack McVeigh was the catalyst for the Cairns Taipans recording a terrific upset win over the New Zealand Breakers in Queensland on Friday night. The Taipans hosted the Breakers at the Cairns Convention Centre to start the weekend, although the bottom-placed home side came into the […]
JackJumpers grind out win over Taipans up north
ALTHOUGH they had to come from behind to get the job done, the Tasmania JackJumpers were able to overcome a strong start from the opposition and defeat the Cairns Taipans by 13 points in the National Basketball League (NBL) over the weekend. The Taipans hosted the JackJumpers at Cairns Convention Centre, fresh off their most […]
2025/26 NBL Midseason Review – Cairns Taipans
IT HAS not been the most easy going campaign in the National Basketball League (NBL) so far for the Cairns Taipans during the 2025/26 season, heading into the midseason break on the bottom of the ladder with nowhere to go but up. It was billed as a season of promise for the Taipans after the […]
McVeigh musters up masterclass despite loss
ALTHOUGH his Cairns Taipans fell six points short of the New Zealand Breakers in Round 10 of the National Basketball League (NBL) over the weekend, Jack McVeigh put together a magnificent offensive performance despite the result. McVeigh’s move up north from the Tasmania JackJumpers was one of the biggest storylines of the offseason, and although […]
Karim plays crucial role as Breakers beat Taipans
IT WAS another exciting performance from National Basketball League (NBL) Next Star Karim Lopez over the weekend, playing an important role as the New Zealand Breakers defeated the Cairns Taipans by six points. Lopez has been putting together another strong campaign as a Next Star, and has been a valued member of the Breakers’ starting […]
Cotton’s Sixers trump McVeigh’s Taipans in OT
IN ONE of the best games of the season to-date in the 2025/26 National Basketball League (NBL) season, the Adelaide 36ers snuck past the Cairns Taipans by four points in overtime, as stars Bryce Cotton and Jack McVeigh duelled in a thrilling affair. On paper, it was not shaping as a blockbuster matchup, given the […]
Phoenix pip Taipans despite late fightback
AS EXPECTED, the SEM Phoenix were able to travel north and get the job done over the Cairns Taipans at the Cairns Convention Centre in Friday night’s action in the National Basketball League (NBL), claiming an 11-point win. The visiting Phoenix entered the clash as favourites, having been one of the stronger performing teams to […]
