page_title: Rhys Vague
section_title: SBL, SEABL and NZNBL (2013–2019)
hierarchical_section_title: Rhys Vague / Basketball career / SBL, SEABL and NZNBL (2013–2019)
caption_attribution_description: English: Rhys Vague with the Stirling Senators
context_page_description: Rhys Anthony Vague in an Australian professional basketball player for the Kagawa Five Arrows of the Japanese B.League. He made his debut for his hometown Perth Wildcats in the NBL as a development player in 2014. After four seasons as a development player, he was elevated to a fully contracted player in 2018. In his six seasons with the Wildcats, he was a part of four championship teams in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020. Vague also made a name for himself in the State Basketball League, playing for the Cockburn Cougars, East Perth Eagles and Stirling Senators, earning the SBL's Most Improved Player in 2015.
context_section_description: Vague made his SBL debut for the Cockburn Cougars in 2013 at the age of 17. He appeared in two games in his first season. He continued on with the Cougars in 2014 and averaged 3.7 points and 2.8 rebounds in 16 games. He also had a three-game stint with the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence in the SEABL midway through the year.
  Vague joined the East Perth Eagles for the 2015 SBL season. In 22 games, he averaged 18.2 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. He was subsequently named the SBL's Most Improved Player. He re-joined the Eagles in 2016 and appeared in all 26 games, averaging 19.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.
  Vague joined the Stirling Senators for the 2017 SBL season. In 28 games, he averaged 18.0 points, 8.29 rebounds and 3.18 assists per game.
  Vague moved east in 2018 to play for the Dandenong Rangers in the SEABL. In his debut for the Rangers, he scored a season-high 33 points. In 19 games, he averaged 15.8 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.
  On 5 March 2019, Vague signed with the Nelson Giants for the 2019 New Zealand NBL season. In his debut for the Giants on 13 April 2019, Vague scored 21 points in a 93–78 season-opening win over the Taranaki Mountainairs. On 7 June, he scored 26 points in a 102–81 win over the Super City Rangers. He appeared in all 18 games for the Giants, averaging 16.8 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.
caption: Vague with the Senators in March 2017
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