Patrich Bolstad

Position: Forward

Height: 200cm

Born: 7 July, 1990

Junior Association: Waitakere West Auckland

High School: 

Previous NBL Clubs – Super City Rangers (2013-14)

Played 29 NBL games – scored a career high 19 points on 2 occasions.

Played for NZ at the FIBA 3×3 World Champs in Moscow in 2014.

Alex Robinson Jr

Position: Guard

Height: 185cm

Born: 20 May, 1995 in Fort Worth, Texas

High School: Timberview High School

Previous NBL clubs – Rookie

Most recently played in the 2025 Indian League for Hyderabad Falcons where he averaged 15 points, 6.5 rebounds and a league high 9.4 assists per game.

Played a total of 38 games in the NBA G League for Canton Charge,  Iowa Wolves, Salt Lake City Stars, Wisconsin Herd, Santa Cruz Warriors  and Long Island Nets.

Played the 2023 NBL1 season for Knox Raiders – averaged 17.1 points and 4.8 assists per game.

Began his collegiate career at Texas A&M and then spent three years at Texas Christian University. Averaged 12  points and 6.9 assists in his senior year (2018-19). Finished the season with 254 assists, the most ever at TCU in a single season.

Wore #25 at TCU, the number his mother Darla had also worn when she played at TCU in the 1980’s

Jaylen Gerrand

Position: Guard

Height: 183cm

Born: 30 June, 1996

Junior Association: Hibiscus Coast

High School: Westlake Boys HS

Highest Representative Honour – NZ U18 Men (2013)

Previous NBL Clubs – Southland Sharks (2022), Franklin Bulls (2021), Auckland Huskies (2020), Taranaki Mountain Airs (2017), Super City Rangers (2019)

Played  18 games for the Sharks in 2022 averaging 5.8ppg – Scored in double figures on nine occasions.

Has played 86 NBL games. Scored a career high 28 points against the Saints in 2022.

Gerrand played for Westlake Boys in three Secondary Schools National Championship Finals. In 2012 they beat Rosmini College, in 2013 named MVP at that Tournament after the victory against Rangitoto College. Also in the Tournament Team that year were Tohi Smith-Milner, Sam Timmins, Hyrum Harris,  Izayah Le’afa and his good mate Jack Salt. In 2014 they were defeated by Sam Timmins and Otago Boys High School.

Played at Umpqua Community College, Oregon for one year after high school.

Leon Henry

Position: Forward

Height: 2.00m

Born: 14 October, 1985

Junior Association: Auckland

High School: Mt Albert GS and Avondale College

Highest Representative Honour – Tall Blacks Debut: 2009 (Appearances 27)

Previous NBL Clubs – Harbour Heat (2004), Waitakere Rangers (2005-2006), Wellington Saints (2008-2011, 2016-2019 and 2021), Otago Nuggets (2012), Southland Sharks (2013-2014), Auckland Huskies (2020), Franklin Bulls (2022) Manawatu Jets (2023), 

Most recently played in the NBL for the Jets in 2023 when he made 1 appearance. Also played for Knox Raiders in NBL1 in 2023.

Averaged 9.0 points and 5.2 rebounds for the NBL Championship winning Wellington Saints in 2022. 

Henry has played over 200 NBL games and is a 7-time NBL championship winner.

Henry has also enjoyed success in the Australian NBL playing three seasons with the New Zealand Breakers followed by two seasons (2014-2016) with the Townsville Crocodiles.

Cooper Lepou

Position: Shooting Guard

Height: 183cm

Born: 20 September, 2008

Junior Association: Waikato

High School: St Kentigern College

NBL Clubs – Rookie 

A Year 13 student at St Kentigern College

Father Mason is a former NBL player.

He and wife Nina both won NZ Secondary Schools National Championships while at Church College.

Dante Matakatea

Position: Wing

Height: 194cm

Born: 14 March, 2005

Junior Association: Auckland

High School: Mt Albert Grammar School

Previous NBL clubs – Franklin Bulls (2024)

Played 1 game for the Bulls in 2024 against Manawatu Jets.

Also played 2 Rapid League games scoring a season best 5 points against Nelson Giants.

Played for the Mt Albert Grammar School team that in 2023 won the Auckland Secondary Schools title and finished 7that the Secondary Schools National Championships.

Played for the New Zealand U17 team at both the 2022 FIBA Asian Championship and the 2022 FIBA U17 World Cup in Spain – scored 19 points against Egypt.

Emmerson Potts-Broughton

Position: Guard

Height: 183cm

Born: 29 May, 1998

Junior Association: Wellington

High School: Mana College

NBL Clubs – Wellington Saints (2022)

Played 3 games for the Saints in 2022

Played two seasons with Whittlesea City Pacers (2017 and 2019) in the Big V League in Australia.

Played 30 games at Lee College (JUCO) in the 2017-18 collegiate season.

Francis Wineera-Mulvihill

Position: Guard

Height: 190cm

Born: 12 November, 1999

Junior Association: Porirua

High School: St Pat’s Town, Silverstream

Previous NBL Clubs – Taranaki (2020-21) Saints (2022-23)

Played 13 games for the Saints in 2023 averaging 2.6 points per game. 

Played a total of 61 NBL games .

Played NBL1 for Newcastle Falcons in 2024 – averaged 13.4ppg

In 2022-23 played for Griffith College in the Irish Super league.

He spent two years playing at Enderun College in the Philippines on a basketball scholarship. 

Father Frank and uncle Rick played for the Saints in the 1980’s.

Aaron Blessen

Position: Forward

Height: 193cm

Born: 11 January, 2002

Previous NBL clubs – Rookie

Most recently played in the 2025 Indian League for Mumbai Titans, alongside Liam Judd – averaged 5.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.

Previously played for Kochi Tigers.

Vaisakh Karimbingal Man

Position: Forward

Height: 190cm

Born: 19 July, 2002

Previous NBL clubs – Rookie

Played for the Indian National Team against Iran in the Asia Cup Qualifiers in February 2024.

Sejin Mathew

Position: Forward

Height: 196cm

Born: 16 January, 2000

Previous NBL clubs – Rookie

Most recently played in the 2025 Indian League for Chennai Heat averaging 4.6 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.

Previously played for Kochi Tigers.

Amarendra Nayak

Position: Forward

Height: 203cm

Born: 21 March, 2003

Previous NBL clubs – Rookie

Most recently played for Gujarat Stallions the 2025 Indian League Champions – averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds per game.

Played for the Indian National Team at the 2022 FIBA Asian Cup in Indonesia and the 2023 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. 

Riyanshu Negi

Position: Guard

Height: 191cm

Born: 19 April, 2002

Previous NBL clubs – Rookie

Most recently played in the 2025 Indian League for Hyderabad Falcons – averaged 6 points per game.

Jaideep Rathore

Position: Guard

Height: 184cm

Born: 4 June, 2005

Previous NBL clubs – Rookie

Most recently played in the 2025 Indian League for Chennai Heat where he averaged 9.8 points and 3.4 assists per game.

Previously played for the Dehli Dribblers.

Played for the Indian national team at the 2022 FIBA U16 Asian Championship in Qatar – averaged 16 points per game.

Kushal Singh

Position: Guard/Forward

Height: 195cm

Born: 3 July, 2005

Previous NBL clubs – Rookie

Most recently played in the 2025 Indian League for Hyderabad Falcons – averaged 15.3 points and 5.9 rebounds per game.

Played for the Indian National Team in the Asian Cup Qualifiers in 2023.

Averaged 15 points per game for the Indian team at the 2022 FIBA U18 Asian Championship in Tehran.

Lokendra Singh

Position: Guard

Height: 194cm

Born: 3 March, 2005

Previous NBL clubs – Rookie

Most recently played in the 2025 Indian League for Mumbai Titans, alongside Liam Judd, where he averaged 5.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.

Previously played for the Dehli Dribblers.

Played 4 games for the Indian National Team in FIBA Asia Cup Qualifying games in 2023. 

Played for India at the 2022 FIBA U16 Asian Championship in Qatar – averaged 17.7 points and 12.6 rebounds per game.

Tushal Singh

Position: Guard

Height: 185cm

Born: 1 December, 2001

Previous NBL clubs – Rookie

Most recently played for Gujarat Stallions the 2025 Indian League Champions – averaged 9.2 points per game.

Played for India at the 2018 U18 FIBA Asian Championship in Thailand

Brijesh Tiwari

Position: Guard

Height: 194cm

Born: 1 February, 2003

Previous NBL clubs – Rookie

Most recently played for Punjabi Warriors, the 2025 Indian League runners-up – averaged 5 points per game.