WNBL 2021/22 stats preview
THE year is flying by, which means the upcoming Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) season is approaching faster than ever. Each team will be ramping up their preparations, with plenty of improvements to be made for every side. With the clubs looking to amend the areas that hurt them in the most recent season. With […]
WNBL Team Watch: Melbourne Boomers
THE teams of the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) are edging closer and closer to the commencement of the 2021 season. Some sides will be setting high expectations for themselves following last season, and the Melbourne Boomers are one of these teams. They were a strong side throughout the home-and-away season in 2020, with their […]
WNBL20 Season Review – Southside Flyers
IT was nothing but heartbreak for Cheryl Chambers and her Southside Flyers at the start of 2020. But after an even harder year that saw a WNBL season like no other, the Flyers can feel nothing but pure elation after they overcame the Townsville Fire to finally be crowned WNBL champions following six weeks of […]
WNBL20 Season Review – Melbourne Boomers
FOR the third consecutive season the Melbourne Boomers have been knocked out of the finals without reaching the big dance, even though head coach Guy Molloy and his formidable side exhibited a ferocious brand of basketball all season long, proving to be one of the WNBL’s toughest opponents. Along with their preliminary final defeat to […]
WNBL20 Season Review – UC Capitals
HAVING ruled the WNBL from late-2018 to early-2020, many were disappointed not to see the third three-peat in league history fulfilled by the University of Canberra Capitals. A lot of those who actively follow the WNBL had a glimmer of hope that Paul Goriss and his side might do it again, but it just was […]
Heal drops 28 as Fire return to Grand Final
THIS season’s WNBL Grand Final will have a home-court advantage, after Townsville Fire squeezed out a three-point victory against the Melbourne Boomers in last night’s preliminary final, 65-62. The Fire have managed a complete flip from a season ago, going from wooden spoon recipients in 2019/20 to now facing the Southside Flyers tomorrow afternoon in […]
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), […]
WNBL Preliminary final: Townsville Fire v. Melbourne Boomers
IT is a do or die clash for the Melbourne Boomers and Townsville Fire as both sides aim to keep their grand final hopes alive with a win in the preliminary final. Melbourne is chasing its first premiership in over a decade while the Fire have enjoyed a rapid rise up the ladder and will […]
WNBL20 Season Review – Adelaide Lightning
SUFFICE to say, it was not the Adelaide Lightning’s season after finishing sixth at the conclusion of WNBL20, serving as the only team from earlier this year to not make the postseason this time around, finishing with a record of five wins and eight defeats. Preceding the first contest of their fixture, the Lightning were […]
Capitals’ reign comes to an end, Boomers advance to prelim
THE three-peat dream for the Canberra Capitals abruptly ended last night as a result of the Melbourne Boomers diligent work on the defensive end, outlasting the reigning premiers 78-68 in Townsville. The win means Melbourne are just one win away from a WNBL Grand Final opportunity. During the opening five minutes of the game, both […]
