This Saturday from 2pm at RF Miles Reserve, our VFL Women’s side will take to the field for the last time in 2017. In their inaugural voyage in VFLW, the Box Hill Hawks’ performances have exceeded all pre-season predictions. A young team made up of local footballers and the lowest number of AFLW players of…

Before he can put his season up and reflect on a season in which he and his side have risen above a litany of challenges, curve balls and growing pains, Box Hill VFL Women’s coach Patrick Hill faces the Seaford Tigerettes in the final match of the home and away season. Hill coached his group…

Eighteen minutes into the third quarter of Box Hill’s Round 12 clash with Diamond Creek, Julia Crockett-Grills slotted a superb goal on the run from thirty metres out deep in the forward pocket. It was a significant goal in a significant match. The Hawks came within seven points of pulling off a massive boilover against…

Box Hill proved their superb outing against Diamond Creek was no fluke as they made top-four bound Melbourne Uni sweat out a hard-fought Round 13 victory at Box Hill City Oval. Despite missing several key experienced players, the Hawks were just four points behind the third-placed Mugars at half time. However, their efforts were steadily…

The Box Hill Hawks are maintaining their growth right up to the end of their inaugural VFL Women’s season. The Hawks went down to Diamond Creek by just seven points in Round 12, setting a record high score. Box Hill’s dogged four-quarter performance put not just Diamond Creek on notice but all of their opponents….

Week by week, our VFL Women’s side finds ways of confounding expectations. A team widely predicted to struggle to compete has notched up two wins and come desperately close on more than one occasion. With their inaugural season coming towards its pointy end, many pundits were concerned that the youngest VFLW side would burn out…

Box Hill fell just short of second-placed Diamond Creek by seven points in one of the most entertaining, high-scoring matches of the VFLW season. In a coming-of-age performance, the Hawks twice fought back from a four-goal deficit as their score of 8.3 (51) set a new record for their highest match tally. After fading in…

Our VFL Women’s side has had their fair share of hard lessons in their maiden season. They have spent the week leading up to their Round 12 clash with Diamond Creek absorbing their latest learning curve after their missed opportunity against Geelong. The Hawks came up against their traditional rivals in conditions marred by a…

The Hawks were left licking their wounds in Round 7 against Diamond Creek after the then ladder-leaders stormed home to a big win in the last quarter in what had been a hard-fought contest. We’re only five matches down the road but the Box Hill team that will play this Sunday at Plenty War Memorial…

You won’t find Lauren Costello’s name in the upper reaches of Box Hill’s VFL Women’s possession winners. She’s yet to kick a goal in 2017 and she’s not a highlight reel specky machine. Yet the wiry defender has come to embody her team’s determination to succeed. Costello is the player who will commit herself to…