Following the completion of the national league, the men's squad undertook a five-day training camp in conjunction with the Australian World University Games squad, the national born '89 squad and the NZ national team. 

All squad members, with the exception of overseas-based players Thomas Whalan and Grant Richardson were able to attend the camp, which proved to be good preparation for the tournament.

During the camp we were able to screen all squad players, and to investigate the fitness and health of the players as well as providing an assessment of their ability to withstand the upcoming rigours of the international season. 

Most players received a clean bill of health, although there were some concerns raised with lingering injuries to some, and in particular a shoulder injury to Johnno Cotterill, which was sustained while playing in Spain. In the interests of preservation and ongoing rehabilitation to assist in the complete recovery, the decision was made to modify Johnno's programme and rest him for the first round of games in Adelaide.
 
Both rounds of the World League saw comfortable victories in all games played. Despite the quality of the opposition, it provided a great opportunity to assess players' individual development and gauge where we were at in terms of our international preparation for the World League Finals and benchmark event being the World Championships in Rome. 

The games allowed for the trialing of a number of tactical game-plans; some which worked successfully; others which need development or refining.  Given the unavailability in particular of highly experienced senior players who match it for size and strength with the Europeans (Woods, Beadsworth, McGregor and Figlioli in particular), we have been forced to adopt a dynamic, mobile game incorporating driving in attack and a transitional mobile defence.

We did set some key performance indicators for the series of games which are detailed herewith:

Extra man — high intensity in attack, and to punish lazy defence and slow movers.
Aim — greater than 60% conversion
Extra Man defence — more mobility on legs and greater emphasis on blocking from top positions.
Aim — less than 40% conversion.
Attack: Shooting — all shots to be inside frame and either blocked or saved by GK, otherwise it's a goal.. Shot selection to be critically analysed. Aim 40-50% shot conversion as minimum. With an average of 30-40 shots this will mean 12-20 goals per game.
Defence: Communication!! Players to respond to attack and position of CF/CB, perimeter players. Channel shots to GK. Teams to score at less than 30%.
The statistical results of the games revealed the following: