{"id":58405,"date":"2021-04-02T11:43:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T11:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=58405"},"modified":"2021-04-02T11:43:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T11:43:03","slug":"australia-a-force-to-watch-out-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/australia-a-force-to-watch-out-for\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTRALIA: A FORCE TO WATCH OUT FOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><strong>Volleyroos looking at return to former glory days in 2021 VNL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the first two editions of the FIVB Volleyball Nations League Australia may not have had the success they enjoyed previously in the FIVB Volleyball World League, but they remain a force to reckon with. They ranked 13th in the VNL in both 2018 and 2019. They had previously gone as high as 5th in the 2014 World League.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Luke Perry &amp; Australia&#039;s Best VNL Moments!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wi0DDHrG968?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Most, if not all, of Australia&#8217;s players will have spent the club season in Europe, honing their skill ahead of returning to the Volleyroos. Look out for the likes of libero Luke Perry who has picked up two Bundesliga titles in Germany with Berlin Recycling Volleys and spent the latest season in France with Tours VB.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58407\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/b.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/b.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/b-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/b-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/b-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/b-600x338.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Watch Australia&#8217;s matches in the 2018 and 2019 editions of the VNL on Volleyball TV <a href=\"https:\/\/welcome.volleyballworld.tv\/\">https:\/\/welcome.volleyballworld.tv\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volleyroos looking at return to former glory days in 2021 VNL In the first two editions of the FIVB Volleyball Nations League Australia may not have had the success they&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":58406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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