Southside Melbourne Flyers
Australian basketball team
The Southside Melbourne Flyers are an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne, Victoria. The Flyers compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play their home games at the State Basketball Centre. For sponsorship purposes, they are known as the Jayco Southside Melbourne Flyers.
The team was founded as the Dandenong Rangers in 1992. In 2019, the team was rebranded as the Southside Flyers. In 2025, the team rebranded to the Southside Melbourne Flyers.
History
The Dandenong Rangers made their debut in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in the 1992 season after Dandenong Basketball Association (DBA) obtained a WNBL license from the Nunawading Spectres. The Rangers went on to finish as runners-up in their first season, losing 58–54 in the grand final to the Perth Breakers. In the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons, the Rangers won back-to-back WNBL championships. They finished as runners-up in 2005–06.
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