Southside Flyers


The Southside Flyers are a professional women's basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League. The club is based in Dandenong, Melbourne, Victoria. The team was founded as the Dandenong Rangers, however before the 2019–20 WNBL season began the team was rebranded to the Southside Flyers, adopting a new logo, colour scheme and nickname.
Historically, they have been one of the more successful franchises in league history, regularly making the playoffs, but have struggled over the past 2 years to make the grand final, falling short in the preliminary final stage. They are strong rivals with the cross-town Melbourne Boomers. The franchise has been home to notable players such as Penny Taylor, Jessica Bibby, Emily McInerny, Jacinta Hamilton, Jenna O'Hea and Kathleen MacLeod.

History

Historically one of the better teams in the league, the Rangers have appeared in the Grand Final five times: winning in 2003–04 against the Sydney Uni Flames 65–53, 2004–05 also against the Flames 52–47 and 2011/12 against the Bulleen Boomers 94–70. They lost the 1992 Grand Final against the Perth Breakers 58–54 and in 2005–06 against the Canberra Capitals 68–55.
On 31 July 2019, it was announced the Rangers would undergo an entire rebrand to become Southside Flyers for the 2019–20 WNBL season. The Flyers will replace the classic bottle green and gold identity of the Rangers, with a colour scheme of aqua, navy blue, cyan blue and white expected to feature.

Season-by-season records

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Players

Current roster