Nick Barrow

Position: Forward

Height: 205cm

Born: 17 February, 1992

Junior Association: Counties Manukau

High School: St Kentigern College

Highest Representative Honour – Junior Tall Blacks (2011)

Previous NBL clubs – Auckland Pirates (2011 and 2012), Waikato Pistons (2013 and 2014), Super City Rangers (2015-2019), Franklin Bulls (2020), Auckland Huskies (2021), Auckland Tuatara (2022-present)

2025 will be his 13th season in the Sal’s NBL having played 203 NBL Games. 

Played 20 games for the Tuatara in 2024 averaging 3 points and 2.5 rebounds per game.

Also played all 20 Rapid League games – scored a season best 10 points against Nelson Giants.

Barrow won an NBL Championship with the Auckland Pirates in 2012 and is one of a handful of Tuatara players to be on the teams that were beaten finalists in three consecutive Grand Finals (2022, 2023 and 2024).

Scored a career high 17 points against the Bulls in 2021.

Selected for the NZ Police team in 2019 that attended the Australasian Police Basketball Tournament in Canberra where he was named to the All-Star Five.

He was on the Counties Manukau team that won the U23 National Championship title in 2014 playing alongside Derone Raukawa and Shea Ili.

Matthew Dalton

Position: Forward

Height: 198cm

Born: 

Junior Association: North Harbour

High School: Rosmini College

Previous NBL Clubs – Rookie

A Year 13 student at Rosmini College. Played on the Rosmini team that placed third at the 2024 New Zealand AA Secondary Schools National Championships.

Led the North Harbour scoring at the 2024 U18 National Championships averaging 17.3ppg.

Sister Tayla Dalton is a Tall Fern and in her final collegiate year at Gonzaga University.

Brother Charlie is a former Tuatara player – currently on a basketball scholarship at the University of Concordia, Irvine.

Dan Fotu

Position: Forward

Height: 201cm

Born: 24 July, 1999

Junior Association: North Harbour

High School: Rangitoto College

Highest Representative Honour – Tall Blacks (debuted 2018)

Previous NBL Clubs – Auckland Tuatara (2022), Franklin Bulls (2023), Nelson Giants (2024)

Played 19 games for Nelson Giants in the 2024 season averaging 18.8 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.

Has played 40 NBL games with a career high 31 points scored against the Saints in 2023 while playing for the Bulls.

Played for Gifu Swoops in the Japanese 3rd Division in the 2024-25 season.

Fotu played the 2022-23 and 2023-24 Australian NBL seasons with the New Zealand Breakers. 

In 2022 the Fotu family completed a unique record – Dan, Isaac and sister Ella each played for the senior national teams. Dan played for the Tall Blacks in both of the Asia Cup Qualifying games in February – he scored and international best 14 points against Chinese Taipei.

Following high school played NCAA Division I at Saint Mary’s College California. He played 126 games for the Gaels in a 4-year career scoring 728 points – 12th all-time for points scored by a Kiwi in Men’s NCAA Division I basketball (brother Isaac is 11th with 785 points). 

A member of the Rangitoto College team that won back-to back Schick Secondary Schools National Championships in 2015 and 2016.

Was a member of the Gold medal winning Junior Tall Blacks team at the 2016 FIBA U18 Oceania Championships in Fiji.

Will "Davo" Hickey

Position: Guard

Height: 194cm

Born: 18 January, 1999 in Sydney

High School: 

Previous NBL Clubs – Rookie

Hickey has played the last three ANBL seasons with the Illawarra Hawks, the regular season champions in 2024-25.

 He also played a season each with Melbourne United and South East Melbourne Phoenix as a Development Player.

Played in NBL1 in 2024 for Albury Wodonga – averaged 22 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists per game.

KC Ioane

Position: Wing

Height: 192cm

Born: 2007

Junior Association: Hutt Valley

High School: St Pat’s Silverstream and Dilworth School

Previous NBL Clubs – Rookie

A Year 13 at Dilworth School in 2025.

A Junior Tall Blacks trialist in 2025.

Bart Jackowski

Position: Forward

Height: 195cm

Born:

Junior Association: North Harbour

High School: Rosmini College

Previous NBL Clubs – Rookie

Played for 3rd placed finishers Rosmini College at the 2024 AA Secondary Schools National Championships. Named to the All-Star Five after averaging 16 points per game for the bronze medalists.

Played on the North Harbour bronze medal winning team at the 2024 U20 National Championships – averaged 8.7 points per game. 

Graduated from Rosmini College in 2024.

Noa Latu

Position: Forward

Height: 190cm

Born: 2 October, 2002

Junior Association: Counties Manukau

High School: Pakuranga College – graduated 2020

Previous NBL Clubs – Auckland Tuatara (2024)

Yet to make his NBL debut but played 3 Rapid League games in 2024.

Played for Samoa at the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands.

Older brother Tevita Latu plays rugby for Northland Taniwha.

Josh Leger

Position: Forward

Height: 203cm

Born: 21 March, 2001

Junior Association: Auckland/Counties Manukau

High School: Mt Albert Grammar School

Previous NBL Clubs – Nelson Giants (2020-21), Franklin Bulls (2022), Manawatu Jets (2023), Auckland Tuatara (2024)

Played 13 games for the Tuatara in 2024  averaging 1.2 points and 1 rebound per game – also made 17 Rapid League appearances with a highest score of 16 points against Nelson Giants.

Has played 70 NBL games prior to the 2025 season.

Scored a career high 14 points for the Bulls against the Auckland Huskies in 2020

Averaged 18.2ppg and named to the All-Star Five at the 2024 Tertiary National Championships playing for AUT.

He is a cousin of Tall Ferns Krystal and Charlisse Leger-Walker.

Rob Loe

Position: Centre

Height: 211cm

Born: 5 August, 1991

Junior Association: North Harbour

High School: Westlake Boys HS

Highest Representative Honour – Tall Blacks (debut 2009)

Previous NBL Clubs – Wellington Saints (2019), Auckland Tuatara (2022 – present)

Named both the Defensive Player of the Year and Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre (Stan Hill Trophy) in ‘24 NBL.

Became the first Tuatara player to make 50 appearances for the club in the Round 7 game against the Jets and the first Tuatara to score 1,000 points in Round 9 against the Giants.

Scored a season high 33 points against the Rams in Round 3 of NBL ‘24.

Amongst  a handful of Tuatara players to be on the teams that were beaten finalists in three consecutive Grand Finals (2022, 2023 and 2024).

Has played over 150 Australian NBL games.

Made his Tall Blacks debut in 2009 and went on to cement his place as the starting centre at both the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain and the 2019 event in China. Averaged 11.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game in China where he also scored at 52% (12/23) from beyond the arc.

Was a member of the bronze medal winning team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games averaging 9.4ppg and 5.0rpg. Announced his international retirement in 2023 after 90 Tall Blacks appearances.

Despite being the youngest member of the team he was the leading scorer (averaging 18.8ppg) for New Zealand at the 2009 FIBA U19 World Cup in Auckland. 

Spent four years at St Louis University playing 133 games for the Billikens – until overtaken by Tobias Cameron in February 2023 it was the most Men’s NCAA D1 games played by a Kiwi. It remains the record for a 4 year career given Cameron played 5 years.

Chris McIntosh

Position: Guard

Height: 184cm

Born: 10 November, 1994

Junior Association: Hibiscus Coast

High School: Kingsway School

Highest Representative Honour – 3×3 Tall Blacks (2023)

Previous NBL Clubs – Franklin Bulls (2020), Auckland Huskies (2021), Auckland Tuatara (2022 – present)

Played 11 games for the Tuatara in 2023 – scored a season best 9 points against the Nuggets.

Also played 13 Rapid League games – scored a season high 11 points against Southland Sharks.

Prior to the 2025 season had played 72 NBL games – scored a career best 16 points against the Saints in 2022.

Amongst  a handful of Tuatara players to be on the teams that were beaten finalists in three consecutive Grand Finals (2022, 2023 and 2024).

Was a member of the 3×3 Tall Blacks team that defeated Australia to win the inaugural Trans-Tasman Cup in Invercargill in 2023.

Debuted for the 3×3 Tall Blacks at the 2023 FIBA Asia Cup in Singapore in March where the team were bronze medallists.

Having attended Kingsway School he played his early representative basketball for Hibiscus Coast before switching to North Harbour where he won an U23 National Championship title in 2016.

Charles Pride

Position: Guard

Height: 193cm

Born: 22 September, 1999 in Syracuse

High School: Liverpool High School, New York

Previous NBL Clubs – Rookie

Playing for the Tuatara is Pride’s first experience playing outside the USA.

Played a couple of games for Charlotte Hornets in 2024 NBA Summer League.

Made 148 NCAA Division I appearances. Played 4 years at Bryant University, scoring over 1,500 points, and a fifth year at St Bonaventure (2023-24) where in 30 games he averaged 10.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.

Noah Rasmussen

Position: Guard/Forward

Height: 195cm

Born: 23 December, 2006

Junior Association: North Harbour

High School: Westlake Boys High School

Previous NBL Clubs – Rookie

Graduated from Westlake Boys High School in 2024 – led the team in scoring in the 2024 high school season.

Played on the North Harbour bronze medal winning team at the 2024 U20 National Championships – averaged 8.7 points per game. 

Graduated from Rosmini College in 2024.

Cooper Te Ratana

Position: Forward

Height: 196cm

Born: 

Junior Association: Waitakere West Auckland

High School: Saint Kentigern College

Previous NBL Clubs – Rookie

A Year 12 student at St Kentigern College.

Averaged 18.8 points per game for St Kentigern at the 2024 Secondary Schools National Championships.

Played for Waitakere West Auckland, the 4th place finishers, at the 2024 U18 National Championships.

Younger brother of Hunter Te Ratana who was a member of the New Zealand team that finished 4th at the 2024 FIBA U17 World Cup in Turkey.

Buay Tuach

Position: Swingman

Height: 198cm

Born: 20 January, 1995 in Ethiopia

High School: South High School, Omaha, Nebraska

Previous NBL Clubs – Rookie

Joins the Tuatara after most recently playing for Ikaroi Trikalon in the Greek League.

Played 2 years at Junior College followed by 2 years at Loyola Marymount University where in his senior year (2016-17) he averaged 11.5 points and 4 rebounds per game.

Played for Westchester Knicks in the 2018 NBA G League and has subsequently played in Australia, England and Greece.

Played three seasons for Southwest Slammers in NBL1 West.

Gus Dallow

Position: Guard

Height: 183cm

Born: 2 May, 2007

Junior Association: North Harbour

High School: St Peter’s College 

Previous NBL Clubs – Rookie

Year 13 student at St Peter’s College in Auckland.

Made his NBL debut against Taranaki Airs in Round 2 of NBL ‘25.

Played for the New Zealand team that finished fourth at the 2024 FIBA U17 World Cup in Turkey.

 Sister Florence Dallow is on an NCAA Division I basketball scholarship at the University of Portland.

Tom Vodanovich

Position: Forward

Height: 201cm

Born: 28 July, 1994

Junior Association: Wellington

High School: St Pat’s Town, Wellington

Highest Representative Honour: Tall Blacks – debut 2018

Previous NBL clubs – Southland Sharks (2018-19), Manawatu Jets (2020), Auckland Huskies (2021), Wellington Saints (2021-2023), Auckland Tuatara (2024)

Played 15 games for the Tuatara in 2024 averaging 19.2ppg. Has played 114 NBL games prior to the start of the 2025 season. 

Named NZNBL MVP in the 2020 Showdown when he averaged 21.9 points and 10.4 rebounds per game as he carried the Manawatu Jets to the Sal’s NBL Grand Final – scored a career high 43 points against Franklin Bulls.

An NBL Championship winner with the Southland Sharks in 2018. 

Holds the unique record of appearing in three consecutive Australian NBL Grand Finals for three different teams. A winner with the Sydney Kings in 2022 and the Tasmanian Jack Jumpers in 2024 –  a runner-up with the BNZ Breakers in 2023.

Played for Southeast Melbourne Tigers in the 2024-25. Played 30 games for the beaten semi-finalists.

Played both games for the Tall Blacks at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Greece in July 2024 – scored 11 points in the 90-86 win against Croatia.

Played NCAA Division I at James Madison University in Virginia where he played 120 games for the Dukes (2013-17).

Dylan Wilkie

Position: Guard

Height: 198cm

Born: 16 October, 2001

Junior Association: North Harbour

High School: Westlake Boys High School

Previous NBL Clubs – Franklin Bulls (2021)

Played 7 games for the Bulls in 2021 and scored a season high 11 points against the Hawks.

Played for Albury Wodonga in NBL1 in 2023 and for Shepparton Gators in the Australian Big V League in 2024 where he averaged 12.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.

Played alongside Sam Mennenga, Taine Murray and Jayden Boucher on the North Harbour team that won the 2019 U19 National Championships.

Chris Wyllie

Position: Guard

Height: 183cm

Born: 17 May, 2006

Junior Association: North Harbour

High School: Rosmini College

Previous NBL Clubs – Rookie

Played for New Zealand Select at the 2024 BLIA Cup in Taiwan.

Played for 3rd placed finishers Rosmini College at the 2024 AA Secondary Schools National Championships – averaged 16 points per game.

Played on the North Harbour bronze medal winning team at the 2024 U20 National Championships – averaged 8.7 points per game. 

A triplet – three brothers all played for Rosmini College before graduating in 2024.

Josh Wyllie

Position: Guard

Height: 183cm

Born: 17 May, 2006

Junior Association: North Harbour

High School: Rosmini College

Previous NBL Clubs – Auckland Tuatara (2024)

Played 5 games for the Tuatara – scored his only  2 points against Taranaki Airs in Round 15 of the 2024 season.

Also played 7 Rapid League games – highest score 6 points against Franklin Bulls.

Played for New Zealand Select at the 2024 BLIA Cup in Taiwan.

Played for the New Zealand team that won a silver medal at the 2023 FIBA U17 Oceania Championships in Papua New Guinea.

Played on the North Harbour bronze medal winning team at the 2024 U20 National Championships – averaged 8.7 points per game. 

Played for 3rd placed finishers Rosmini College at the 2024 AA Secondary Schools National Championships – averaged 14.5ppg.

A triplet – three brothers all played for Rosmini College before graduating in 2024.

U17 Oceania Championships in Papua New Guinea.

Won the 2023 3×3 Secondary Schools National Championship playing alongside brother Chris and Zion Anderson (Whai Development player).

A triplet – three brothers all play for Rosmini College.

Cam Gliddon (Head Coach)

Sione Maama (Ass. Coach)

Delwyn Whale (Manager)