Southside Melbourne Flyers
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Oct 21, 2026
Brayden HeslehurstHOST
Moving on to our next player we're going to shine a light on in this Triple Threat Tournament's Rising Star segment.
Brayden HeslehurstHOST
You mentioned the Southside Flyers early in the show.
Brayden HeslehurstHOST
Now, they've got a really young team.
Brayden HeslehurstHOST
Sammy Mack knew he was going to step into, you know, a bit of a build with that team and a young team and everything, but they've got some exciting talents.
TubesHOST
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Adam BesterGUEST
State Basketball Centre in Melbourne, the Southside Melbourne Flyers.
Adam BesterGUEST
So they play at the same arena as the South East Melbourne Phoenix do for their Ignite Cup games.
TubesHOST
Right, right.
Noah KendallHOST
Maybe a little bit of a chance at revenge at the, uh, start of the new season.
Noah KendallHOST
Some of the other games, the, uh, Southside Melbourne Flyers are taking on the Sydney Flames tomorrow.
Noah KendallHOST
The other Saturday game, the Capitals up against the Bendigo Spirit.
Noah KendallHOST
Uh, the Bendigo, they'll be without Izzy Bourlais 'cause she's over in, uh, the WNBA at the moment playing in that championship series.
Simon PetersHOST
Okay.
Simon PetersHOST
Southside Flyers.
Simon PetersHOST
Now another almost brand-new team.
Simon PetersHOST
I think they have one returning player from, uh, from last year, and she didn't play last year, and that of course is Carley Ernst, so she'll be back with the Flyers this season.
Brad RosenHOST
We are so excited to be able to bring this to you.
Brad RosenHOST
Obviously there's some fantastic teams that we're gonna be talking about, Adelaide, Bendigo, Caps, meaning Canberra, Geelong, Perth, Southside, Sydney Flames, Townsville Flyer, and the Tasmania Jewels.
Brad RosenHOST
We love it.
Boti NagyHOST
Yeah.
Brad RosenHOST
Um, so where, where do you think with them?
Boti NagyHOST
I, I think they, they will be hovering around about the fifth, you know, putting a challenge on for the four.
Boti NagyHOST
See, for, for the four, I, you know, you can't really go past Townsville, Bendigo, Sydney, and then I kind of, I kinda like Southside depending on, on how Sam McKinnon goes in his first year as a WNBL coach.
Brad RosenHOST
Okay.
MalHOST
What drama of the previous season, off-season, pre-season drama has intrigued you? Um, you know, will you be tuning in for, are we talking like injury returning kind of drama? Is it new coach, um, sorts of things? You know, where are we in new franchises, franchise rebuilds? What, what's, what's, what's really got your attention, uh, this, uh, as we head into this season when it comes to the drama?
Jacinta GovindGUEST
Now, I may cause drama by thinking that this is drama, uh, but something that probably stuck out to me, and I know for a fact it stuck out to other people, was some of the phrasing that the new coach for the Southside Flyers, Sam McKinnon, used in a press conference in preparation for the season and his new team.
Jacinta GovindGUEST
So as we know, the Flyers have gone through complete overhaul.
Jacinta GovindGUEST
They've lost some of their key players from last season in Rocci, Bourne, George.
Jacinta GovindGUEST
But it's a complete revamp, and I think some of the, I think the message that Sam was aiming to get across in that press conference was that they are a young, emerging, brand new team.
Jacinta GovindGUEST
He's fostering a lot of local talent, maybe as an investment into the future of the program.
Jacinta GovindGUEST
But it ca- I think his words were more along the lines of, "We're not going to be making the finals." And I think that just dashed the hopes of a lot of longstanding Southside Flyers fans.
Jacinta GovindGUEST
You don't, you can't just come out and flat out say, "Yeah, we won't be good enough for finals, but what we're working on here is really exciting with a lot of emerging young talent." Like, just, I mean, imagine that being your coach saying, "Yeah, I don't think we're very good.
Kelsey BrowneHOST
But we did tease off the top of the bro- um, this, uh, podcast that there are so many international superstars coming in.
Kelsey BrowneHOST
You've mentioned Han Xu, but this match-up on Friday night sees the introduction of Rainey Siu for the Southside Flyers and Yang Shuyue for Sydney Flames.
Kelsey BrowneHOST
I am very excited about these two coming into the league.
Kelsey BrowneHOST
We obviously saw a taste of them at John Cain Arena when they came out, um, and played the Opals.
Alice KunekGUEST
So yeah, it's super exciting for our league, and I think that's gonna be a really great match-up.
Kelsey BrowneHOST
Okay, so first prediction, who wins this one? You've got Sydney going to the championship series.
Kelsey BrowneHOST
Do the Southside Flyers match up?
Damon LoweryGUEST
No.
Dwayne RussellHOST
You're not just... uh part of our program and thank you for being part of our program for the last couple of years but you're sponsoring quite a few sports
Brett McKayGUEST
yeah we we like to be out in the community we we think that every business has a obligation to the community um but more than that we we certainly like to focus around women's sports as well we don't think that the women's sports gets enough enough coverage um so in that we sponsor the one of the sponsors the mavericks the melbourne mavericks We also sponsor the Southside Flyers and the WNBL.
Brett McKayGUEST
The Tasmanian Jewels that have just entered the WNBL, their first home games the 15th of next month.
Brett McKayGUEST
So they're looking at a very impressive side and I'm very keen to see what they can do on the court as well.