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( WNBL). The club is based in Dandenong, Melbourne, Victoria. The team was founded as the Dandenong Rangers, however before the

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began the team was rebranded to the Southside Flyers, adopting a new logo, colour scheme and nickname. The team also transitioned owners at this time. Historically, they have been one of the more successful franchises in league history, regularly making the playoffs, but have struggled over the past two years to make the grand final, falling short in the preliminary final stage. They are strong rivals with the cross-town

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. The franchise has been home to notable players such as

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, Penny Taylor, Jessica Bibby,

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, Jenna O'Hea,

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and

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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

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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. At this time the team, previously owned by the Dandenong Basketball Association, was purchased by Gerry Ryan, the owner of the team's long-time major sponsor Jayco Australia. The Dandenong Rangers was founded before the date stated, the original stadium was at the old Dandenong markets before the Dandenong basketball complex was built, the rangers has been the representative team for the area since the 1980s the team competed in the state representative league before being adopted into the WNBL

Season-by-season records

Source
Dandenong Rangers

Players

Current roster

Former players

* Jessica Bibby * Stephanie Blicavs *

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* Leilani Mitchell * Jenna O'Hea * Laia Palau *

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* Cappie Pondexter *

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* Mercedes Russell * Penny Taylor *

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* Louella Tomlinson * Carly Wilson

References

External links

Official WNBL website

Official WNBL club website
{{Melbourne Sports Teams Basketball teams in Melbourne Women's National Basketball League teams Basketball teams established in 1992 1992 establishments in Australia Sport in the City of Greater Dandenong