Tightening up....this could be a classic!

bendigo's for the taking.

TV announcer keeps on about both teams having financial problems - well why are they paying imports if they have no money and using local talent ?

well done bendigo and townsville for getting that far.

well attended - great atmosphere - a credit to the womens game here.

thanks ABC for supporting our game over the season !

Are you not all tired of so many people coming on to this site and just being negative ? Nothing is never good enough ......

What is in the water in Adelaide these days ?

Completely misplaced criticism about the commentators - they have been there in one capacity or the other, all bar the ABC chap, knew their stuff and displayed it as they called the game, while they revealed their ability to empathise as they spoke with coaches and players at various times throughout the broadcast.

While sad for Townsville, well done Bendigo. Tremendous to see new teams at the end of the season.

I like most of the ABC commentators, Fletcher is a bit boring and predictable and Darren Boyd is pretty terrible at everything but the rest are great IMO.
Congrats to Bendigo, the best team all year.
Everyone who watches live wnbl games needs to try and drag along guests every week, hopefully some of these people will enjoy the game and become regulars and maybe even members of some clubs, we all need to keep trying to bring more attention to the league, its really sad we have teams struggling because we have the second best standard womens league in the world.

Bendigo just outplayed Townsville right from the word go!

Not a great game compared to the semi-finals & prelim finals but then GF don't always end up being that way.

The basketball gods shone brightly on Townsille to get to the GF but Bendigo definitely had the gods on their side in the GF hitting the shots that counted and getting the stops when needed.

Well done Bendigo the Spirit was with you!

The comment was more about the paradox of being cash strapped but gun imports - a first world problem!

It didn't work out too well for Tess but I put taht mostly down to bad luck.
If Bulleen had healthy point guards this past season then I do think that Tess would have been in a better situation to develop than if she had stayed with Bendigo.
Titles are great of course, but I think the ceiling is quite high for Tess so I applaud her for having development hihg on her priority list. She should be aiming for the Opals starting SG spot.

Not sure why Anon would say that Tess's development has not gone anywhere. I think she would have learned a tremendous amount this past season, and her confidence handling the ball will stand her in good stead going forward. Being thrown in the deep end is not pleasant and it's probably not ideal for the team but strictly from a personal development point of view there's no faster way to learn.

She was playing the 3 spot in Bendigo. There's no way she's a 3 internationally, so getting some serious ball handling into her is a good thing. She's going to need that ability if she's playing in the backcourt at the next level.

Tom & Timmsy will be gone but the Boomers could certainly do a lot worse than Gary Fox as a head coach, if he goes after the job.