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Brisbane gearing to blaze back into WNBL
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JUST in case you missed our recent early WNBL off-season deep dive, look out because the lack of a league presence in Brisbane is coming to a sudden halt. It looks very much that after Tasmania Jewels enter the league in 2026-27, a new Brisbane franchise will be next in 2027-28.
Jewel of a season? Best is yet to come
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WITH all the drama, theatre and tensions of the NBL Championship Series, it would be easy to overlook the fact the WNBL has been notoriously active in these early throes of its off-season, CEO Jennie Sager the first to bite the dust, Tasmania Jewels signing their inaugural player Nikki Parker, and two more coaching appointments.
Brad&Boti: Courting Courtney and the NBL crown
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YES it's April Fools Day and who better to guide you through just such an event than Brad Rosen and I at our Brad&Boti podcast, featuring all you need to know about the NBL Championship and a super interview with WNBL champion and Rachael Sporn Medallist Courtney Woods.
Brad&Boti: Opals to feast in Turkey, NBL down to 4
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THE NBL is on the threshold of its 2026 best-of-three semi finals, giving Brad&Boti podcast colleague Brad Rosen and I plenty to discuss, but before we even do, over in Turkey our Australian Opals are in action against Argentina, Japan, Hungary, Turkey and Canada.
Opals now out of the Woods in Turkey
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THERE is no shortage of players unlucky to be omitted from Sandy Brondello's Australia Opals team competing in the FIBA World Cup qualifiers in Turkey from Wednesday but perhaps none moreso than Courtney Woods. Hot off leading Townsville to the WNBL championship, Woods claimed the Rachael Sporn Medal en route!
Glacier-paced Lightning lead coach merry-go-round
SETTLE in for an off-season elite-level coaching roundabout with the NBL and WNBL, several changes in the wind and mystery surrounding why something as quick as Lightning is moving at such a glacier pace to confirm Aja Parham-Ammar has been reappointed for two seasons.
Brad&Boti: Fire up Townsville. Champs spark it 2-0
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TOWNSVILLE Fire has claimed its fifth WNBL Championship after winning one of the greatest games in WNBL history, and podcast colleague Brad Rosen and I revel in their success at this week's Brad&Boti episode, with commiserations to a gallant Perth but the better club won.
Aye Claudia, the Jewel in Tassie's crown
WNBL championship-winning coach Claudia Brassard is back as head coach of the new Tasmania Jewels club after beating out a rich field which included names such as Chambers, Molloy and Herbert, the Sydney Olympian bringing more than a decade's worth of coaching experience to the role.
So what? Sowah at wire for Lynx triple jinx
A MASSIVE offensive rebound and assist by Chantel Horvat followed by a match tying 3-point bomb from Miela Sowah forcing overtime, tonight underpinned Townsville's fifth WNBL championship success when it rocked the Lynx 108-105 in Perth in one of the all-time great Grand Finals.
Caught in the Woods, Perth loses its way
COURTNEY Woods' Grand Final Game 1 tour de force tonight in front of a sold-out Townsville Entertainment Centre crowd underpinned a quality home victory and has sent the Perth Lynx crashing back to the whiteboard figuring out what their Plan B is when the 3-point shooters falter.
