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“What Lauren brings is a wealth of experience and the attitude that you need to be a winner, and maybe we didn’t have that before in Cambage. She [Lauren] can build a winning culture, and she’s proven that,” Timms told RSN on Wednesday.“This is a team that’s trying to find its way after the Cambage era and I think it’d be absolutely fantastic for these young kids to have Lauren Jackson on board, whether she makes the team or not.
“The World Cup in Australia wasn’t the motivation,” Jackson told SEN on Wednesday. “The age of my children and the medicinal cannabis trial allowed me to train again and since I have just been taking it day by day. It has just evolved to where we are today and it’s now like why not? At the Albury-Wodonga Bandits, she has been dedicated to getting her body back in shape to compete at the highest level.
“I think if she can keep it going, I mean, it’s definitely on track to be one of the greatest Australian sporting comebacks of all time,” he said.“It’s basically gone from 15 to 20 minutes on the court to training every day, in the gym every day with her trainers [and] now she trains all team trainings, all team sessions.Paps said that if you asked him back in November if she could get back to national level shape, he wouldn’t be sure. But now, he’s confident she’s “good to go”.