Box Hill Hawks news

From the Maribyrnong Leader
Reported by Mark Smith
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THE Footscray Bulldogs will kick off its 2015 VFL campaign this weekend with a rematch against last year’s grand final opponent the Box Hill Hawks.

The club will unfurl its 2014 VFL premiership flag ahead of the round 1 clash on Saturday, April 18 at Whitten Oval.

Bulldogs president Peter Gordon urged Bulldogs supporters to make it down to the game.

“We don’t unfurl a premiership flag at the Whitten Oval that often,” he said.

He said the day would include a host of children’s activities and was being marketed as a family event.

It will be the first of nine home matches at the ground this season.

The club’s decision to field a stand alone VFL side under the Footscray name for the first time since 1996 has proved a popular one with fans in the west.

From the Herald Sun
Reported by Paul Amy
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THE 2015 VFL season kicks off on Friday with Werribee hosting Geelong under lights. Leader sports editor Paul Amy rounds up each club’s ins and outs.

BOX HILL HAWKS

Coach: Marco Bello

Last year: runner-up to Footscray Bulldogs

In: Cadeyn Williams (Richmond), Jack Sandric (Hobart City), Lochie Adey, James Handley (Blackburn), Matthew Burt, Chris Jones, Liam Kidd, Matthew Traynor (Eastern Ranges), Billy Murphy, Sam Switkowski (Northern Knights), James Sullivan (Tatura), Patrick Dillon (Donvale), Xavier Dimasi (Assumption/Calder Cannons), Ben Fitzpatrick (Korumburra/Bena), Dalton Graham (Sandringham).

Out: Luke Andrews, Callan Burns, Corey Cassidy, Sam Cust, Jackson Eade, Tom Goodwin, Jake Kalanj, Tom Miles, Xavier Murphy, Matt Northe, Nick Papadopoulos, Kalem Post, Michael Thompson, Brandon Wood.

The verdict: the Hawks have lost top-line midfielders in Xavier Murphy and Luke Andrew as well as the emerging Brandon Wood. But they’ve picked up former Tiger Cadeyn Williams and have good young players coming through in support of senior men Sam Iles, David Mirra, Marc Lock and Liam Tobin. Premiers in 2013 and runners-up last year, there’s no reason to think there will be a slackening of standards.

Player watch: Mitch O’Donnell. He’s as hard as a coffin nail and he’ll be granted more opportunity after an excellent pre-season.

Celebrating season 2014 with the Casey Scorpions and A Positive Move

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Reported by Conor Ryan
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FANS knew they would get their money’s worth from Sunday’s match between Box Hill and Sandringham.

Three times in the last four years these meetings have been decided by less than a kick.

On Sunday at Box Hill City Oval, it wasn’t decided at all.

The Hawks and Zebras had to settle for a split decision after a roller-coaster fourth quarter ended with scores tied.

It was an up-and-down sort of game, as both sides used the wind to full advantage in the first half.

Sandringham kicked away to a 41-point lead with a seven goal first term, but were probably wasteful as the racked up 15 scoring shots for the quarter.

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From www.localfooty.com.au
Reported by Conor Ryan
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BOX Hill turned to one of its own to replace outgoing premiership coach Damian Carroll.

Marco Bello will guide the Hawks in 2014 after Carroll moved up the chain at Box Hill's AFL partner Hawthorn to become head coach of the club's development academy.

The reshuffle came in the immediate aftermath of Box Hill's Victorian Football League premiership win.

Bello said it was too good an opportunity to pass up.

"I'm very delighted to get it. It was a bit of a surprise in one way but I'm certainly looking forward to grabbing it with both hands," he said.

"Having been at Box Hill previously, and knowing the machinations of it, it's not a job they give away lightly."

From news.com.au
Reported by James Hunter-Smith
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FOR months, football pundits have been asking themselves: who can stop the VFL Cats?

After the grand final, the question has been answered: the Box Hill Hawks can.

And they did it in style, claiming their first senior VFL premiership since 2001 after downing the Cats by 21 points at Etihad Stadium.

Box Hill applied relentless pressure from the opening bounce to the final siren, matching - and regularly beating - Geelong all over the ground.

VFL Grand Final. Geelong v Box Hill

The Hawks concluded their historic season with eight-straight wins, snapping Geelong’s streak of 13 in the process.

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