• Entry type: Organisation
  • Entry ID: AWE2685

Women’s National Basketball League

(From 1981 – )
  • Occupation Sporting Organisation

Summary

Elite women’s basketball competition in Australia is organised through the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL). Over the years the success of the Australian Opals basketball team has been vitally linked to the success of the WNBL. The WNBL has seen the development of famous Opals such as Robyn Maher, Michele Timms, Karen Dalton, Rachel Sporn, Shelley Sandie, Julie Nykiel, Lauren Jackson and Penny Taylor.

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