Jack McVeigh Rewarded With All-NBL Second Team Honour

Jack McVeigh has been recognised among the league’s elite, earning All-NBL Second Team honours at the 2026 Andrew Gaze MVP Awards on Monday night.

McVeigh was a dominant force for the Taipans, averaging 21.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists while shooting 49.9 per cent from the field, 36.5 per cent from three and 87.5 per cent from the free throw line this season.

It marks the second time McVeigh has been named in the All-NBL Second Team, after previously earning selection at the end of the 2023-24 season with the Tasmania JackJumpers.

All-NBL First Team

Bryce Cotton (Adelaide 36ers) - 54 votes
Kendric Davis (Sydney Kings)  - 52 votes
Nathan Sobey (South East Melbourne Phoenix)  - 52 votes
Kristian Doolittle (Perth Wildcats) - 51 votes
John Brown III (South East Melbourne Phoenix) - 36 votes

All-NBL Second Team

Jack McVeigh (Cairns Taipans)  - 31 votes
Parker Jackson-Cartwright (New Zealand Breakers)  - 30 votes
Xavier Cooks (Sydney Kings)  - 30 votes
Bryce Hamilton (Tasmania JackJumpers) - 28 votes
Zylan Cheatham (Adelaide 36ers)  – 23 votes

The honour caps a huge finish to the season for the Boomers representative, who was also named the Taipans’ Club MVP and Members’ Choice MVP at last week’s 2025-26 season awards after a standout first campaign in orange.

The marquee man is also set to remain in Cairns, with the club and McVeigh both agreeing to the mutual option on his contract for a second season.

McVeigh initially joined the Taipans on a two-year agreement featuring a second-year mutual option, arriving in Far North Queensland after a season in the NBA with the Houston Rockets and G League affiliate Rio Grande Valley Vipers.