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  •   Home > News > Sports > Basketball

    Former Tall Black and Breaker Kirk Penney's preparing to return to the national basketball league, four years after retirement

    Former Tall Black and Breaker Kirk Penney's preparing to return to the national basketball league, four years after retirement


    The 41-year-old has signed with the Auckland Tuatara as injury cover.

    Coach Aaron Young says Penney's never lost his drive to compete.



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     16 Nov: The Breakers have been out-muscled 88-75 by the Wildcats in their ANBL basketball clash in Perth
     15 Nov: The Breakers are hunting back-to-back wins for the first time this Aussie basketball season as they take on the Wildcats in Perth tonight
     15 Nov: The South East Melbourne Phoenix have moved to second on the NBL basketball ladder, after a 101-90 victory over the bottom-of-the-table Cairns Taipans
     12 Nov: Breakers guard Reuben Te Rangi's admitting their ANBL basketball woes are starting to leave a mental imprint on the team
     10 Nov: A swathe of size and experience is returning to the Tall Blacks for their looming Basketball World Cup qualification series against Australia
     07 Nov: Breakers guard Izaiah Brockington has relished the challenge of defending against five-time NBL MVP Bryce Cotton in the 83-79 defeat to the Adelaide 36ers at Christchurch
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