WNBL Defensive Player Of The Year Award
The WNBL Defensive Player of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) award given since the 1990 WNBL season to the best defensive player throughout the regular season. Since 2000, the award has been known as the Robyn Maher Defensive Player of the Year (commonly known as the Maher Medal). Emily McInerny has won the award nine times, while Tully Bevilaqua has won it on four occasions.''McInerny earns ninth WNBL Defensive Player of the Year award''
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Winners

Multi-time winners

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Women's National Basketball League
The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is the pre-eminent professional women's basketball league in Australia. It is currently composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the women's counterpart to the National Basketball League (NBL). Several WNBL teams have NBL counterparts. The Adelaide Lightning, Melbourne Boomers, Perth Lynx, Southside Flyers and Sydney Uni Flames are the current WNBL teams sharing a market with an NBL team (the Townsville Fire and University of Canberra Capitals shared a market with the Townsville Crocodiles and Canberra Cannons respectively, before both NBL clubs became defunct). The current league champions are the Melbourne Boomers, who won their second title in 2022. History Founding of the WNBL In August 1980, West Adelaide Bearcat Coach Ted Powell, after an encouraging exchange of letters with St Kilda'Coach Bill Palmer called a meeting at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel in Adelaide. In attendance were Ted, North Adelai ...
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1997 WNBL Season
The 1997 WNBL season was the 17th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of nine teams contested the league. Regular season Ladder Finals Season awards Statistical leaders References {{DEFAULTSORT:WNBL 1997 1997 in Australian basketball Aus basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

2004–05 WNBL Season
The 2004–05 WNBL season was the 25th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 8 teams contested the league. Broadcast rights were held by free-to-air network ABC. ABC broadcast one game a week, at 1:00 p.m. at every standard time in Australia. Molten provided equipment including the official game ball, with Hoop2Hoop supplying team apparel. Team standings Finals Season award winners Statistics leaders External links *https://web.archive.org/web/20141227122005/http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/12284_BASKAUST_WNBL_MEDIA_GUIDE_2014-15_BACK.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:WNBL 2003-04 2004–05 in Australian basketball Aus basketball basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

2003–04 WNBL Season
The 2003–04 WNBL season was the 24th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 8 teams contested the league. Broadcast rights were held by free-to-air network ABC. ABC broadcast one game a week, at 1:00PM at every standard time in Australia. Molten provided equipment including the official game ball, with Hoop2Hoop supplying team apparel. Team standings Finals Season award winners Statistics leaders References # https://web.archive.org/web/20141227122005/http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/12284_BASKAUST_WNBL_MEDIA_GUIDE_2014-15_BACK.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:WNBL 2003-04 2003–04 in Australian basketball Aus basketball basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

Townsville Fire
The Townsville Fire are an Australian professional female basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). They are the only female professional sporting team of any discipline in the northern half of Australia. The team was established in 2001 by Townsville Basketball Inc. In 2014, James Cook University became the team's principal partner and naming rights sponsor. Following the 2010/11 season, the Fire were seemingly doomed, folding under the weight of financial pressures before an 11th hour resurrection. Prior to the 2011/12 season, the team became a not-for-profit, community owned entity. The Fire reached four straight WNBL Grand Finals between 2012/13 and 2015/16, winning back-to-back championships in 2015 and 2016. Their victory in March 2015 was the city's maiden national premiership. The Fire returned to the WNBL Grand Final in 2017/18 and won their third title in four years. Season-by-season records Players Current roster ...
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Natalie Porter
Natalie Porter (born 16 December 1980) is an Australian basketball player who played for the Australian national team and became an Olympic medalist. In her home country, she has played for four different top-level teams including the Dandenong Rangers, Townsville Fire, Sydney Uni Flames and Canberra Capitals. In 2000, she was drafted by the Women's National Basketball Association. She has also played basketball in Italy. She has been a member of the Australia women's national basketball team (the Opals), and won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as a member of the team. Personal life Natalie Porter was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 16 December 1980. She is tall. Basketball WNBL Porter started playing basketball when she was five years old. In 1996, she was at the Australian Institute of Sport as a basketball scholarship holder. In 1997, Porter joined the Dandenong Rangers, a team in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). In 2003, she moved to the ...
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The 2002–03 WNBL season was the 23rd season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 8 teams contested the league. Team standings Finals Season award winners Statistics leaders References # https://web.archive.org/web/20141227122005/http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/12284_BASKAUST_WNBL_MEDIA_GUIDE_2014-15_BACK.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:WNBL 2002-03 2002–03 in Australian basketball Aus basketball basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

2001–02 WNBL Season
The 2001–02 WNBL season was the 22nd season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 8 teams contested the league. Team standings Finals Season award winners Statistics leaders References # https://web.archive.org/web/20141227122005/http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/12284_BASKAUST_WNBL_MEDIA_GUIDE_2014-15_BACK.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:WNBL 2001-02 2001–02 in Australian basketball Aus basketball basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

Dandenong Rangers
The Dandenong Rangers were an Australian professional women's basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League ( WNBL). 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. History Historically, they have been one of the more successful franchises in league history, regularly making the playoffs, but have struggled over recent years to make the grand final, falling short in earlier stages. The Rangers appeared in the Grand Final six times, winning the championship in 2004 and 2005 both against Sydney, and then again in 2012 against Bulleen. The Rangers fell short in the Grand Final in 1992, 2006 and 2017 against Perth, Canberra & Sydney respectively. They are strong rivals with the cross-town Melbourne Boomers. On 31 July 2019, it was announced the Rangers would undergo ...
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1999–2000 WNBL Season
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1998–99 WNBL Season
The 1998–99 WNBL season was the 19th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 8 teams contested the league. Team standings Finals Season award winners Statistics leaders References # https://web.archive.org/web/20141227122005/http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/12284_BASKAUST_WNBL_MEDIA_GUIDE_2014-15_BACK.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:WNBL 1998-99 1998–99 in Australian basketball Aus basketball basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...