The Canberra Capitals are poised to begin locking in the core of their championship roster with a pair of rising WNBL stars high on the agenda.
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Maddison Rocci and Keely Froling are in talks with Capitals officials about re-signing with the club as they set their sights on a third consecutive championship.
Coach Paul Goriss' entire roster is off contract and he will sit down with University of Canberra's director of sport Carrie Graf and club operations manager Dan Jackson next week to plot their path back to the summit.
Imports Kia Nurse and Olivia Epoupa are unlikely to return while co-captains Kelsey Griffin and Marianna Tolo are weighing up their future.
So the next few days are a chance to sit back and bask in the glory of back-to-back championships.
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Just as they did at Pialligo Estate on Friday - one of the few occasions Goriss will actually wear his championship ring.
Usually they sit at home in a cupboard. Anybody who knows him is well aware he isn't exactly the "flashy, in your face kind of guy".
But if only for a few hours over lunch, the Canberra coach slips the ring onto his right hand.
So too do the players, with some taking a chance to compare this season's prize to the one they earned little more than 12 months ago.
By now they have all found a ring that fits.
"There are small and large sizes, so there's been a bit of swapping going on. It's like buy, swap sell," Goriss said.
"They're different to last year's, so it's nice to see that difference between last year and this year.
"It brings different emotions because the first one was my first championship, we had the veteran group and it was really special in getting the Caps back to a championship.
"This one was special for different reasons in that we had a bunch of kids, we dealt with a lot of adversity.
"This one was a little sweeter knowing the hardship we had."
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The Capitals will hold a fan reception at the University of Canberra on Tuesday at 11am so supporters can farewell their heroes.
When Goriss gets a moment in between functions at wineries and Parliament House, he will sit back to watch the replay.
But the Capitals mentor will be skipping straight to the second half and watching his side mount a stirring comeback.
"I'm not watching the first half back at all," Goriss said.
"I don't want to see bad basketball, but to Southside's credit they played well. I'm really keen in the next day or two to definitely sit back and watch the second half.
"When you come to these functions, the one we had at Parliament House and this one at Pialligo Estate, you see everybody with their rings on and it really starts to sink in.
"You just see the happiness within the girls that all of their hard work over the past six months has paid off.
"At the time it didn't sink in because it was different to last year, when we had three games. We knew that game was the definitive final, and the winner was the champion.
"You knew going in this time there could always be the possibility of game three.
"Day by day it's starting to sink in, the reality of winning back-to-back."