How to watch & talking points: Brisbane v South East Melbourne

15 Oct 2026

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The Brisbane Bullets and South East Melbourne Phoenix will look to return to the winner's circle during Thursday's Round 5 clash.

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NBL.com.au

Brisbane Bullets v South East Melbourne Phoenix
Thursday, October 15, 7.30pm AEDT
Brisbane Entertainment Centre

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Rosters

Brisbane

Expected depth chart:
PG: Norton / Duach (DP) / Velička (IP) (out) / Neto (out)
SG: Mackinnon / Bruton (DP) / Murray (out)
SF: Hinton (IP) / McRae (DP) / McDaniel (out)
PF: Williams (IP) / Mayen / Rouhliadeff
C: Harrison / Holt / Woodhill (NRP)

South East Melbourne

Expected depth chart:
PG: Mays (IP) / Daniels (NS) / Davidson
SG: Sobey / Glover / Ryan (DP)
SF: Krebs / Foster
PF: Schwartz (IP) / Aliir / Goodrick (out)
C: Morin (IP) / Biggar (DP) / Hunter (out)

Missing in action

Brisbane

Sam McDaniel - Lower Leg - Round 10
Taine Murray - Lower Limb - Round 5-6
Arnas Velicka - Lower Limb - Round 11-12

South East Melbourne

Hunter Goodrick - Knee - TBC
Jordan Hunter - Personal reasons - TBC

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Talking points

Harrison watch

All eyes will be on Tyrell Harrison for the Bullets, with the Phoenix’s Jordan Hunter not playing in this game.

Harrison has started the season well, but that was with Arnas Velicka running the offence.

With no direct matchup for Brisbane’s marquee big man, expect Will Weaver to still direct a lot of their play through Harrison.

Phoenix backcourt building

Nathan Sobey and Skylar Mays have had solid starts to the season without yet hitting their stride.

Josh King will be hoping sooner rather than later that his two star guards can fire at the same time and help lead this team to some much-needed wins.

Sobey, who shrugged off a back injury to start the year, is still the focal point of their offence, and their backcourt relationship continues to strengthen.