School Holidays Football Clinic

Box Hill’s unbeaten start to the VFLW season came to an end on Saturday, falling to North Melbourne by 34 points at Arden Street Oval. The contest was evenly poised at quarter time, with both sides locked at 2.1 apiece. Box Hill started brightly, matching North Melbourne’s intensity and applying early scoreboard pressure through goals…

In a thrilling match against Sandringham at Trevor Barker Beach Oval, the Box Hill Hawks came out on top, winning by 23 points to claim the Victoria Police VFL Blue Ribbon Cup. In the first quarter it looked as though Sandringham were on their way to a win, kicking the first two goals of 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…

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…

Hawthorn listed player Tim O’Brien said Saturday’s 37-point win against the Sandringham Zebras was a great way to start the season. “It’s obviously a good feeling. To turn that 150-point loss the other week into a 40-point win in two weeks is a pretty good effort by the boys. Whilst O’Brien had a successful day…

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…