The Wizards of AUS represent Australia in men's international roller derby. First formed in August 2013, the team was originally intended as a warm-up for the Men's Roller Derby World Cup (Birmingham, England 4 to 6 March 2014), in which they competed against the New Zealand Black Skates.
World Cup 2016
On 18 March 2016 the Wizards of AUS named their seventeen-man squad that would be travelling to Calgary in July 2016 to compete in the Men's Roller Derby World Cup. (skaters' league affiliations as of the time of the announcement)[1]
The Wizards of AUS is in the Blue group and are rostered to play pool games on Thursday 21 July and Friday 22rd.[2]
On the Thursday the Wizards of AUS will play Belgium at 9:00am, Netherlands at 2:00pm, and Puerto Rico 6:00pm. On the Friday they will play France at 3:00pm before moving onto the knockout stage.
The Wizards of AUS started the tournament in Blue Group in which they ranked First and drew Wales national men's roller derby team in the Semifinal.
Playoff game one - Australia 210 def Belgium 31
Playoff game two - Australia 342 def Netherlands 3
Playoff game three - Australia 309 def Puerto Rico 10
Playoff game Four- Australia 79 def France 70
Semifinal - Australia 359 def Wales national men's roller derby team 96
Quarter Final - United States 356 def Australia 89
3rd place playoff - Australia 243 def Canada 174
Australia finished the tournament in 3rd place.[3]
2016 World Cup Warm Up games
On 9 July 2016 the Wizards of AUS had a rematch with the Victorian Roller Derby League All Stars in Victoria (Australia). Victoria defeated the Wizards 199 to 164. The following skaters competed in the public game.
Try outs for the current team roster were held on 28 February and 7 March 2015, in Melbourne.[5] As of 13 March 2015, the 2015/2016 training team for the CalgaryMen's Roller Derby World Cup 2016 is: (skaters' league affiliations as of the time of the announcement)[6]
On 8 July 2013 the Roster was announced for the 17 August game against the New Zealand Black Skates in Sydney. (skaters' league affiliations as of the time of the announcement)[11]
