Rachael Flanagan

Rachael McCully (née Flanagan; born 5 April 1982) is one of Australia's most accomplished female basketballers. During a decorated WNBL career, McCully played for the Adelaide Lightning, Dandenong Rangers and Townsville Fire, earning the WNBL's Robyn Maher Defensive Player of Year award in 2009/2010 and 2010/2011. She played her 324th and final WNBL game in the 2014/15 WNBL Grand Final as she led the Townsville Fire to their inaugural championship. McCully was also a member of the Australia women's national basketball team, being named in the team for the first time in 2010 and narrowly missing out on selection for the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women.

Personal Flanagan was born on 5 April 1982 She has a certificate IV in Fitness and is a personal trainer. She had "severe swelling of the patellar tendon" Of the break, she said: "It's a lot. I feel like I'm 55 (years old) sometimes, especially during warm-ups, but it was a great break and my body really appreciated it. I'm a bit more refreshed this time after playing eight seasons straight through WNBL and ABA, so I'm very refreshed and really looking forward to that first game."

WNBL Flanagan played for the Adelaide Lightning in the 2000/2001 season and stayed with the team until the end of the 2003/2004 season. She played as a point guard for the team. In an October 2009 game against the AIS, she scored 19 points in a game her team won 97–62. In the 2010/2011 season, she played in all regular season games, 22 total. For the season, she had an average of 14.3 points and 4.9 assists per game, which was her best performance to date in the league. She earned the WNBL's Robyn Maher Defensive Player of Year for the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 seasons. In November 2010, she played in a game against the Australian Institute of Sport that her team won 95–55. Before a crowd of 478, she scored 24 points, had 5 rebounds and 3 assists. At the end of the season, she assisted the head coach in player recruitment. She re-signed with the team for another season on 22 March 2012. In a February 2011 game victory for the Dandenong Rangers over Townsville Fire with a score of 70–54, she scored 18 points while forcing 8 turnovers.

National team Flanagan was named in the senior national team for the first time in 2010. She participated in a national team training camp in June 2011. She played 16 games with the senior national team in 2011 as a member of the team that played in the Chinese hosted Women's 4 Nations Tournament. In the first game against China, Australia won 73–67. She participated in her first training camp with the team in March 2012. The training camp had five sessions over the course of 48 hours. She survived the first cut of players down to 17.

Flanagan also represented Australia at the 2005 World University Games where her team took home a bronze medal.