Box Hill and Port Melbourne have finished all square in one of the great games of this – or any – VFL season. Trading blows for two scintillating hours, the Hawks and Borough waged a war of attrition that left the fans in attendance and watching on television speechless, breathless and in unanimous agreement that this was…
WHERE: North Port Oval, Port Melbourne WHEN: Saturday, 2:10pm TV & RADIO: Channel 7 (live), 3WBC LAST FIVE MEETINGS: Round 12, 2016: Port Melbourne 10.11 (71) defeated Box Hill 7.13 (55) at North Port Melbourne Round 8, 2015: Box Hill 17.13 (115) defeated Port Melbourne 8.12 (60) at Box Hill City Oval Qualifying Final, 2014:…
They don’t come much bigger than this. Third host first. 2:10pm Saturday. Live on Channel 7. It’s a potential preview of what we might see come September this Saturday at North Port Oval, with both sides blazing a trail at the top of the table. Having lost their first match of the season and relinquished…
Each week is an opportunity for our fledgling Women’s team. Each opportunity is a chance to build, to evolve and improve. Last week the ladies were spirited in defeat, turning in their best performance of the season to date in the loss to St. Kilda on the back of slick ball movement and a growing understanding…
As their teammates enjoyed a well-deserved week off, three Box Hill Hawks had the honour of representing the VFL in Saturday’s showdown with the WAFL. Midfielder Andrew Moore was joined by forwards Chris Jones and Sam Switkowski in trading brown and gold for the Big V, with all making their state debuts. Despite the WAFL…
Following last week’s competition wide bye, our Women return to action in a home match against the formidable St.Kilda Sharks. The match kicks off at 11AM Saturday morning and coach Patrick Hill is looking forward to welcoming the Sharks to Box Hill City Oval. “St. Kilda are a very physical team and to beat them we’ll…
It’ll be forty years this October since a Victorian representative team travelled across the Nullarbor to face a similarly assembled West Australian squad in the first “State of Origin” clash. The match was the brainchild of Subiaco Football Club’s marketing manager, Leon Larkin, who was frustrated that the nature – and rules – of selection…
Box Hill produced a performance that’ll live long in the memory on Saturday, reversing a 33-point deficit to topple a fired up Collingwood at the Magpies’ Holden Centre. The win secured the Club it’s sixth win from six starts and sent the Hawks into outright first on the VFL ladder. With skipper David Mirra and…
There’s opportunity and exposure aplenty in this week’s Senior side, with a number of spots up for grabs for those prepared to take their opportunity. Notable additions to the squad include well-performed Vic Development league players Billy Murphy, Xavier Dimasi and Zach Monkhorst, who all impressed last week and could make their first appearances for the…
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…