From www.localfooty.com.au
Reported by Sam Landsberger
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SEPTEMBER is more than four months away, but a winless Box Hill declared yesterday's VFL battle against Coburg a mini-final.
And it prevailed.
After a pair of losses the Hawks, led by Hawthorn-listed draftees Isaac Smith and Paul Puopolo, won every quarter on their way to an easy 21.22 (148) to 11.6 (72) victory at Box Hill City Oval.
Puopolo pocketed the medal for best afield and set up the win with some crafty playmaking in the first term, when he gathered 10 disposals.
Box Hill coach Damian Carroll moved the 23-year-old, who has been knocking on the AFL door every week, into the forward line in the final term in a further bid to impress Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson.
