WNBL 2021/22: Early Ladder Look
AS is the case with the rest of the world’s sporting competitions, the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) has been suffering COVID related interruptions over the last few weeks. A shortage of players has caused a number of games to be shuffled around, with Round 6 entirely postponed. However, there has still been some serious […]
Lightning looking to hold top spot
THE sixth round of the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) is just around the corner, with fans of the competition eager to see what lies in store for the upcoming week. Last round saw sides such as the Capitals finish the year in style, while others found themselves with plenty of work to do moving […]
WNBL Round 4: Can the Fire finally ignite against Flyers?
THREE Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) clashes tip off in Round 4 of the competition over the next two days in what should be some fascinating action. We take a look at the clashes between the Sydney Uni Flames and Melbourne Boomers, UC Capitals and Bendigo Spirit, and Southside Flyers and Townsville Fire. Since their […]
Townsville out Fire the Flames to remain undefeated
THE Townsville Fire remain the only undefeated side so far this WNBL season, after they defeated the Sydney Uni Flames by 19 points, 75-56. In the first term, Townsville had the first shot and missed. But, a turnover from Sydney caused by a bad pass able to redeem that and get on the scoreboard. It […]
2021/22 WNBL Team of the Week: Round 1
IN this series each week, we take a look at the strongest performing players at each position to create the league’s Team of the Week. Over the most recent weekend, the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) returned, with two matches taking place over the span of two days. There were some stirring performances and entertaining […]
UC Capitals surge in second half comeback
IN an exciting, fast-paced and entertaining first round of WNBL in the books, the UC Capitals fought back strongly in the second half, defeating the Sydney Uni Flames by three points, 58-55. For the Flames, who have recruited some exciting talent and a new coach at the helm, Shane Heal and looking to push the […]
WNBL Team Watch: Sydney Uni Flames
WITH the 2021 WNBL season getting closer by the day, teams will begin to ramp up their preparation ahead of the race for the championship. The Sydney Uni Flames found themselves in an undesirable position at the conclusion of WNBL20. They were the best of the non-finalists but still four wins outside of making the […]
WNBL Season Review – Sydney Uni Flames
ONE of the biggest improvers following on from last season was without a doubt the Sydney Uni Flames, despite moving up just one spot in the WNBL standings after placing fifth overall in North Queensland with five victories in their 13 contests. Winning just one third of their outings in 2019/20 (seven wins, 14 losses), […]
2020 WNBL Awards recap
IT has been a big week of WNBL action with the finals announced and awards handed out at the conclusion of the home-and-away season. There were plenty of contenders given the number of impressive and consistent performers throughout a condensed season, however there could only be one MVP winner. After a strong showing with Adelaide […]
Draft Central: WNBL Team of the Year
WITH the WNBL home and away season done and dusted, Draft Central has compiled its own Team of the Year taking into consideration a host of elements such as consistency, scoring ability, rebounding prowess and so on. It is no surprise that top four teams such as Melbourne Boomers and Townsville Fire have a couple […]
