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Bendigo Spirit v Townsville Fire

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WHEN: Sunday 19 October, 2025
TIME: 12.30pm AEDT
WHERE: Red Energy Arena, Bendigo
TICKETS: Available for purchase via Ticketek

Bendigo Spirit is looking to become back-to-back WNBL champions, 11 years after the club achieved the feat.

Their mission starts when they take on fellow 2024-25 Grand Finalists, Townsville Fire, at home on Sunday, where the club will proudly unveil their Championship banner in front of an adoring home crowd before tip-off.

However co-captain, Marianna Tolo, admits it will be hard without 2024 League MVP Sami Whitcomb, the WNBA's most improved player Veronica Burton, and Kelly Wilson (pregnant).

"It's hard. Every player is different, and you can't expect that someone's going to do the same thing as someone else," Tolo told AAP.

"While we have lost, we've gained a lot in Izzy Borlase, Kelsey Rees, and Olivia Pollerd, some girls who have come back from college, which is a really tough experience."