Aussie Sharks head coach John Fox is utilising the break in the European leagues to gather his stars for a training camp with Greece and Romania as well as the Hungarian tournament.

“I want to gauge where the European-based guys are at. I think we made some good steps in Perth (against Serbia before Christmas) by getting guys to play different styles of defence and attack and I want the European members to be adaptable as well.

“From a coaching point of view I want to draw a line with the Europeans. They will be peaking and I want to see where we are at and what we might need to focus on before going back to Europe before the Olympics.”

The Sharks will play Olympics pre-qualified Hungary and Beijing hopefuls Canada and Germany ahead of the Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Oradea, Romania on March 2-9.

The short tour starts with training against Greece, also non-qualified for Beijing, from February 16 and finishes with a training camp with Romania in Oradea prior to the OGQT.

The team contains Italian-based stars Thomas Whalan and Pietro Figlioli, Croatian-based centre forward Ryan Moody and Spanish-based James Stanton, Nick O’Halloran, Sam McGregor and Johnno Cotterill.

Team: Goalkeepers: James Stanton (Navarra, Spain), Rafael Sterk (KFC Queensland Breakers). Centre backs: Richie Campbell (Barcelona, Spain), Sam McGregor (Alcorcon Arena, Spain), Anthony Martin (KFC Breakers), Rob Maitland (Mediterrani, Spain). Centre forwards:  Jamie Beadsworth (Fremantle Mariners), Ryan Moody (Posk Split, Croatia), Gavin Woods (Balmain Tigers). Drivers: Johnno Cotterill (Sant Andreu, Spain), Pietro Figlioli (Sori, Italy), Trent Franklin (Sydney University Lions), Nicholas O’Halloran (Mataro, Spain), Grant Richardson (Drummoyne Devils), Thomas Whalan (Savona, Italy — captain). Manager, Chris Harrison; head coach, John Fox; assistant coach, Simon Daley; referee, Michael Hart.