After carving out an international career as a cyclist, Emma Mackie has pulled on the brown and gold to bring her experience as an elite athlete to the inaugural Box Hill VFL Women’s team. Over eight years, Mackie raced for Australia internationally in Europe and the US, competing in world championships, sprint classics and Grand…
Whoever it was that remarked, “the best defence is a good offence” rather missed the point. There’s a flippancy to that philosophy. It’s a quote that endures in the minds of those who believe the glory is at the other end of the field, salivating at the prospect of all-action, gung-ho attack carried out with…
Andrew Moore has joined Sam Switkowski in the VFL representative side’s 27-man squad to face a similarly assembled WAFL outfit. An initial 40-man squad had already been announced, with one further cut to come in order to finalise the 23-man team that will take the field at North Port Oval on May 27. The match,…
November, 2016. Box Hill has just become the 10th VFL Women’s team after assuming the licence of the relegated Knox Falcons. Coach Patrick Hill faces an uphill battle before the season starts in May, just seven months off. He needs to assemble, unite and train a team from scratch. Assessing the strengths of the players…
Box Hill are still looking for their first win in VFL Women’s after being caught on the wrong end of a rampaging solo effort from Alyssa Mifsud in their 67-point Round 2 loss to the VU Western Spurs. Playing in front of their first Box Hill City Oval home crowd as part of the Mother’s…
In arguably the Club’s best win of the season to date, Box Hill have staged a remarkable fightback to outlast Richmond in Sunday’s VFL seniors showdown at Box Hill City Oval. During a dominant second and third terms, the Tigers seized the initiative and looked like running away with the contest, before the unbeaten Hawks…
Having made their historic debut last weekend at Geelong’s Simonds Stadium our women will close out another history making day at Box Hill City Oval, bringing down the curtain on a first-ever triple header at home. Yet more history is in the offing, as they search for their opening win against a well-credentialed VU Western Spurs….
Our men’s squads welcome a pair of Tigers to Box Hill City Oval this Sunday, with the senior side taking on Richmond and our young guns tackling Werribee. Having sung the song in the visitor’s dressing rooms of Footscray, Williamstown and Geelong, the seniors return to Box Hill City Oval flying high. They sit in…
New to Box Hill City Oval in the off-season and back on the park following a stint on the sidelines, former Richmond and Port Adelaide midfielder Andrew Moore brings an impressive resume and outstanding skillset to a team out to prove 2016 was the exception, not the rule. Strong in the contest, able to read…
Box Hill’s VFL Women’s history-making first match has been soured with a defeat at the hands of fellow competition entrants Geelong. The Hawks fought all day but were outclassed by the Cats, who made first use of the space of Simonds Stadium and extended their lead at every break en route to a 56-point win….
