Box Hill has announced its VFLW squad of 27 to take on Geelong at Simonds Stadium in this Saturday’s Round 1 clash. As the side prepares to make history by being the first , Box Hill Hawks General Manager Daniel Napoli says excitement around the group has reached a crescendo. “The girls began pre-season in…
Box Hill will take a strong and experienced team down the highway as it looks secure it’s fourth win in a row and, more importantly, four more premiership points this Saturday. The sixth placed Cats represent another challenging away engagement for the second placed Hawks, who in the first three rounds have traveled to Footscray…
For the first time in Box Hill’s 81-year history, a female team will take the field in 2017. The 48 players who will wear the brown and gold in the Box Hill Hawks Swisse Wellness VFL Women’s team have spent the last six months training and preparing for their own slice of history following the announcement…
Box Hill have maintained their perfect start to 2017 and moved to a share of top spot on the back of a stirring come from behind victory at Williamstown’s Burbank Oval. The Hawks scrambled manfully during a particularly challenging second quarter to keep their hopes alive, withstanding periods of sustained pressure and wearing the Seagulls’…
The Box Hill Hawks’ Senior and Development squads make the trip out to Williamstown this Sunday, with both looking to maintain perfect starts to the season and improve to three-and-zero. Williamstown were the victors the last time the two sides met and are always a challenge for visitors to Burbank Oval. The seventh placed Seagulls…
Footy is as much about patience and anticipation as it is ability. If you keep working both on and off the park your efforts will be rewarded and your opportunity will come. For young Hawk Billy Murphy, a product of Ivanhoe Grammar and the Northern Knights, that means finding himself on the cusp of adding…
Box Hill have moved to two and zero on the season following a stunning 66-point victory over Coburg at Box Hill City Oval. Just a few weeks removed from a pulsating draw at Piranha Park, the two sides met again on ANZAC weekend with the annual ANZAC Cup up for grabs. Whilst the teams couldn’t…
The teams are in for our Round Two encounters with Coburg, our first of the 2017 at Box Hill City Oval. The VFL senior side started it’s campaign brilliantly last week, besting reigning premier Footscray away from home. The side that welcomes the Lions contains a nice blend of youth and experience and will be…
At age twenty-one and after only two seasons on the list, David Mirra joined Box Hill’s leadership group. Twenty-four months later he was captain in his own right and only weeks ago he was voted to the post by his teammates for a fourth season. It’s an honour not lost on the 26-year-old. “One of…
The Box Hill Hawks played in the first ever competitive VFL match on Good Friday, defeating reigning premier Footscray by 2-points. However, the Hawks were not just playing for premiership points on the day, they were also playing their role for the Good Friday Appeal and the Royal Children’s Hospital. Lead emphatically by former Box…
