The Box Hill Hawks celebrated the 2023 VFL and VFLW seasons at Thursday night’s Col Austen Trophy, with Cal Brown and Jordan Mifsud taking out the top honours. In all, there were 20 awards handed out on the night shared among 17 very worthy winners. Cal Brown capped a sensational debut season at Box Hill…
Star Box Hill midfielder Jordan Mifsud has been crowned the 2023 VFLW Club Champion, making it her second top gong in as many years. The 26-year-old won the award on 68 votes, 10 ahead of fellow midfielder Grace McRae and 19 ahead of emerging defender Matilda Van Berkel. Mifsud also won the VFLW Lambert-Pearce Medal…
The Box Hill Hawks have had two inclusions in the Smithy’s 2023 VFL Team of the Year. The selected duo include VFL-listed star, Callum Brown and Hawthorn-listed big man Brandon Ryan. Brown had an outstanding first year in the brown and gold, playing 21 of a possible 22 regular season games, earning himself a spot…
Box Hill ball magnets Jordan Mifsud and Akayla Peterson have tied for the VFLW Lambert-Pearce Medal at the VFL & VFLW Awards on Monday night, along with Geelong’s Charlotte Simpson. Mifsud polled votes in eight matches which was the most of any player in the competition. Peterson received votes in six matches which included polling…
“The hardest game of the year to win,” or so the saying goes (don’t ask me for attribution, its just an old footy phrase – besides, this isn’t an academic paper), and this week the Hawks and Suns renew acquaintances with a Grand Final berth at stake. Who: Gold Coast SunsWhere: Heritage Bank Stadium (Gold…
Zane Littlejohn and his match committee have named an unchanged line-up for Saturday’s Preliminary Final, with the same 23 which won the Hawks a place in the penultimate game of the season tasked with earning a berth in next weekend’s Grand Final. Naturally, Tristan Waack retains his place as the Hawks’ 23rd man, while… Truthfully,…
Even if you won’t be at the event, you can still make an offer on an item – Send your highest bid to emilyf@boxhillhawks.com.au before Wednesday September 27, 5pm. Silent Auction Items: 1 – Indigenous Guernsey Design Framed Print Box Hill Hawks 2023 Indigenous Guernsey Design Framed Print. Designed by Indigenous artist Alkina Wilkinson.STARTING BID…
The Box Hill Hawks have recorded their first finals victory since the 2018 Grand Final, defeating the in form and dangerous Footscray by 20-points at Box Hill City Oval. Despite being briefly headed in the third term, the Hawks booked a Preliminary Final date with Gold Coast by winning three of the four quarters on…
The Hawks and Bulldogs kick-off the second week of VFL Finals with an early start at Box Hill City Oval. Keep on reading for a tale of the tape! Who: FootscrayWhere: Box Hill City OvalWhen: Saturday 9 SeptemberFirst bounce: 11:30am A Little Bit of History In a somewhat pleasing and opportunistic twist, I covered this…
The Box Hill Hawks have made three changes ahead of Saturday’s crunch Semi-Final against Footscray, re-calling youngster Tristen Waack and the injured duo of Josh Bennetts and Stu Horner. Bennetts had played every game of the Hawks’ 2023 campaign up until last weekend’s Elimination Final defeat at Werribee, while Horner, the Club’s longest serving active…
