Archie Woodhill made his NBL debut with the Sydney Kings at 20 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
Sydney faced a major roster turnover after finishing runners-up to Perth in a Covid induced conclusion to the 2020 Grand Final. The team looked to recover from the loss of both All-NBL First Team forward Jae’Sean Tate and head coach Will Weaver, who both inked contracts with the NBA’s Houston Rockets while veterans Kevin Lisch, Andrew Bogut and Lucas Walker all retired. Kings assistant Adam Forde took up the reigns this season after being with the organisation since 2019 and replaced the outgoing talent with import Jarell Martin, Angus Glover (via Illawarra), and rookie Dejan Vasiljevic (via Miami University). During the preseason, Sydney lost promising forward Xavier Cooks to a foot injury and signed Tom Vodanovich (via New Zealand) as an injury replacement just before their opening game. The team’s injury woes continued when Angus Glover tore his ACL and would miss all but two games for the season.
As the season kicked off, the Kings looked to their young core to step up in the loss of key veterans and struggled early as a result. Losing three of their first four games, the team sat at the bottom of the ladder in seventh place. Mid-season, the league made the decisions to move all teams to Melbourne for a in-season tournament (NBL Cup) created to avoid COVID-related travel issues. It was here Sydney began to find some form, winning as many as they lost during the Cup (4-4) and then once the tournament was over, consecutive wins at home saw Sydney reach the top four by round 12.
Co-captain Casper Ware (17.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 4.4 assists) and Martin (17.9 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 1.0 assists) became the focal points on offence. Martin’s best game coming against New Zealand, where he finished with 29 points.
Dejan Vasiljevic (15.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.8 assists) and Jordan Hunter (9.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks) both became major parts of the King’s core rotation, Hunter finishing runner-up in the voting for the Most Improved Player award and Vasiljevic being selected as Rookie of the Year. Xavier Cooks (10.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.0 blocks) also showed what type of impact he could have during the King’s back end of the season win the league, producing a career high 19 points and 11 rebounds against the Hawks in Round 21.
The Kings’ limitations this season were primarily their perimeter shooting, where they were equal worst in three-point percentage (tied with Illawarra with 33.4%) and inability to win on the road, where they lost 50% of their games away from home. With four rounds to go, Sydney was firmly entrenched inside the top four but a stretch of five losses in seven games that included two by over 20 points ultimately saw them fall short. Sydney ended the season on a three-game winning streak but would finish in fifth place (19-17) and fail to qualify for the playoffs.
As a rookie, Woodhill would appear in 9 games for the Kings, scoring a total of 9 points. Woodhill would not be re-signed for the following season but did find himself back on the Kings roster for NBL23.
2022/23
After winning the championship, Sydney would lose its star import trio of Jaylen Adams, Jarrell Martin and Ian Clark to larger overseas deals and be forced to revamp their roster. With the improvement from Xavier Cooks, Dejan Vasiljevic and Angus Glover during the team’s’ title run, Sydney chose to build the team around its local talent and sign imports who could complement their Aussie core. Derrick Walton Jr was brought in to replace the scoring of Jaylen Adams while sharpshooting centre Tim Soares (via Europe) and former Defensive Player of the Year Justin Simon (via Illawarra) became the team’s new import trio. With Makur Maker (to Washington) headed to the NBA, Kouat Noi (via Cairns) was signed and the roster finalised with rookie Jackson Makoi.
Sydney started their quest for back-to-back titles defeating Illawarra, Brisbane and Melbourne to start the season (3-0). The twenty-point win over Melbourne (91-71) was particularly impressive, which included a second quarter where the Kings reeled off a 25-0 while holding United to just six points. The win streak saw Sydney notch up their 15th straight road win – a new NBL record, surpassing the mark set by Canberra’s back-to-back championship team of the mid-80s.
Sydney suffered its first season loss the following game, with the Cairns Taipans delivering a 83-78 upset. Cairns, who played without injured star Tahjere McCall, did everything right on the defensive end while shooting, the Kings shot themselves in the foot with just 14/25 from the foul stripe. Shannon Scott (16 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists) led Cairns in scoring in McCall’s absence, with DJ Hogg (15 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists) influential as well.
Sydney would collect another road win over Brisbane before suffering another home loss against Adelaide (92-88), who had just returned from beating the NBA’s Phoenix Suns in a preseason game.
Sydney had several chances to tie or take the lead in the final minute, but several missed shots and a game-saving defensive effort from Adelaide skipper Mitch McCarron secured the win for the visitors. 36ers import Craig Randall II (24 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists) would finish as the game’s high scorer.
During a match against New Zealand, Sydney survived a blistering last-quarter comeback from the Breakers to win the game (81-77) but lost Walton Jr to a ankle injury in the first half (he managed 12 points for the match in only 18 minutes) and a ankle injury to Cooks who would miss the next three weeks of games which included the Australian Boomers World Cup Qualifier game against Kazakhstan.
The Kings received a boost with Cooks returning from injury, albeit in a game where Cairns snapped Sydney’s road winning streak, ending it at 17 in a row. Keanu Pinder (30 points and 13 rebounds) delivered a career-high scoring effort in a Taipans comeback victory that had to be decided in overtime (94-88). Cooks (25 points and 10 rebounds) was to go after being sidelined and scored the first 6 points for the Kings before fouling out in the fourth quarter.
Sydney locked themselves firmly into the top spot with a 49-point beatdown of Brisbane (116-67). The Kings’ 49-point winning margin was the largest achieved during the 40-minute era, as well as being Sydney’s biggest win in franchise history over the Bullets with Cooks (20 points), Soares (20 points), and Walton Jr (18 points) putting the majority of points on the board.
While New Zealand and Cairns fought it out for second place (both finishing with 18 wins for the season), Sydney ended the season on top of the ladder (19-9) despite losing their last two games heading into the playoffs. Xavier Cooks (16.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists) was named NBL MVP, beating Perth’s Bryce Cotton and South East Melbourne’s Mitch Creek.
Woodhill appeared in only one game during the season and failed to score.
Sydney went on to defeat New Zealand in the Grand Final and win their first back-to-back titles since their 2003-2005 three-peat. Derrick Walton Jr (21 points and 6 assists), who was named the Championship Series MVP, and Xavier Cooks (19 points and 11 rebounds) had outstanding games for the Kings, while Brown Jr (22 points) came off the bench and finished as the Breaker’s high scorer in the King’s game five win (77-69).
Archie Woodhill currently plays for the Tasmania JackJumpers and has played 30 games in his NBL career. He has averaged 1.2 points, 1 rebounds, and 0.1 assists since entering the league in 2021.
CURRENT CONTRACT:
Tasmania JackJumpers – 2 Year Deal (2025-27)
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 25 | Tasmania | 14-19 (6) | 16 | 93.7 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 46% | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | 5 | 5 | 100% | 55% | 46% | 5 |
| 2024-25 | 24 | Tasmania | 13-16 (7) | 4 | 11.8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 67% | 1 | 1 | 100% | 3 | 4 | 75% | 76% | 0% | 5 |
| 2022-23 | 22 | Sydney | 19-9 (1) | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 |
| 2020-21 | 20 | Sydney | 19-17 (5) | 9 | 39.0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 44% | 0 | 2 | 0% | 1 | 1 | 100% | 47% | 0% | 5 | Totals | 30 | 147 | 38 | 31 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 29 | 48.3% | 1 | 3 | 33.3% | 9 | 10 | 90.0% | 57% | 50% | 5 |
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 25 | Tasmania | 14-19 (6) | 16 | 5.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 46% | 0.0 | 0.0 | #DIV/0! | 0.3 | 0.3 | 100% | 55% | 46% | 5 |
| 2024-25 | 24 | Tasmania | 13-16 (7) | 4 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 67% | 0.3 | 0.3 | 100% | 0.8 | 1.0 | 75% | 76% | 0% | 5 |
| 2022-23 | 22 | Sydney | 19-9 (1) | 1 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 |
| 2020-21 | 20 | Sydney | 19-17 (5) | 9 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 44% | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0% | 0.1 | 0.1 | 100% | 47% | 0% | 5 | Total | 30 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 48.3% | 0.0 | 33.3% | 0.0 | 0.1 | 90.0% | 57% | 50% | 5 |
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Woodhill joined the Inner West Bulls for the 2021 NBL1 East season and averaged 19.2 points and 7.0 rebounds across five games.
Woodhill joined the Sutherland Sharks for the 2022 NBL1 East season and averaged 13.5 points and 6.3 rebounds in 20 appearances. He helped Sutherland reach the NBL1 East Finals, although his season ended with injury before the finals series.
Woodhill joined the Sydney Comets for the 2023 NBL1 East season after signing with the club in December 2022. Playing for the Comets’ inaugural team, he averaged 15.1 points and 7.3 rebounds in 27 minutes a game, and one of his standout performances came in Round 16 when he produced 29 points, 12 rebounds and three steals.
Woodhill joined North West Thunder for the 2024 NBL1 South season. He played the 2024 NBL1 season with North West Thunder and averaged 11.4 points and 6.3 rebounds while appearing in all 22 games. During the same year he also helped lead Penguin Blues to the NWBU championship before stepping into the Thunder season.
In 2025, Woodhill returned for his second season with the North West Thunder in NBL1 South. In the season-opening Tasmanian derby against the Hobart Chargers, he contributed 13 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 assist before the game was cut short due to a power outage with less than two minutes remaining and the Chargers leading 85–84, with the match later ruled a "No Result". Later in the season, against Eltham on 17 May, he scored late to put North West in front 89–88 before the Thunder were edged 90–89, and he also posted 15 points and eight rebounds against Kilsyth during the early rounds.
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