VFL Semi Final: Box Hill v Port Melb Sun 13 Sept 1.10pm

[rdhopkins2]

Semi Final

Box Hill Hawks
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v
Port Melbourne
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Sunday 13th September
@ TEAC Oval, Williamstown Rd, Port Melbourne
Seniors start 1:10pm (Broadcast Live on ABC)

The game will once again be broadcast on 3WBC 94.1FM and live on ABC TV.
Note the 1.10pm start time for the TV too.

Calling all Box Hill fans to turn up in numbers to help cheer on the Box Hill boys against the home side Port Melbourne. Make noise, wear your brown and gold, wave your flags, take your kids and quite frankly give 'em hell :D

Adults $15
Concession $10
Kids <15 free

Get there early for parking if you're driving.
Otherwise take the light rail (tram 109) to North Port. This tram leaves from Box Hill to Port Melborune via Spencer St.

[rdhopkins2]

Development Side
Vs North Ballarat Preliminary Final
starts 10:20am

so get there early and see 2 games for the price of 1!

Go Box Hill!

[carntheroos4eva]

Go Box Hill! Kill the Borough.

[rdhopkins2]

Go Box Hill! Kill the Borough.

Within the rules of the game Suz, within the spirit of the game ;)
Our support shall act likewise :)

[carntheroos4eva]

Within the rules of the game Suz, within the spirit of the game ;)
Our support shall act likewise :)
Yeah of course, Russ. :thumbsu:

[grizzlym]

RD, I took the kids down yesterday and had an absolute ball.

Truly a great day. And fantastic to see all of those characters too.

Me thinks it'd be good place to pick up 'unwanted goods'!

I'm going to wear a carnation this week so you blokes know who I am.

[rdhopkins2]

^^
Excellent post. Glad you had a sensational time. Look forward to seeing you (and plenty more people) on Sunday when we "Cook A Borough". *groans* @ own joke :D

[halfback dasher]

RD, I took the kids down yesterday and had an absolute ball.

Truly a great day. And fantastic to see all of those characters too.

Me thinks it'd be good place to pick up 'unwanted goods'!

I'm going to wear a carnation this week so you blokes know who I am.
Yer...head'n down as well...hay Grizz...what age are ya kids cos i have a 3 and 5yr olds that i would take if there was enough there for them to do...??RD much there for the tin lids to do.....?? Jumping castle or what ever...?

[The BIG X]

^^
Excellent post. Glad you had a sensational time. Look forward to seeing you (and plenty more people) on Sunday when we "Cook A Borough". *groans* @ own joke :D


I laughed Rus:thumbsu:

[CrowdedHouse]

I'm really looking forward to the day.

Should have a real VFA feel about it :)

It was nice to see some flags going behind the goals, let's hope we can get some more (maybe even streamers like Geelong did?) at TEAC Oval on Sunday.


Pete @ 3WBC

[grizzlym]

Yer...head'n down as well...hay Grizz...what age are ya kids cos i have a 3 and 5yr olds that i would take if there was enough there for them to do...??RD much there for the tin lids to do.....?? Jumping castle or what ever...?

My devil spawn are 5 and 16 months. There wasn't a jumping castle or anything but there was plenty enough to keep 'em busy. It was like going to the old suburban grounds, but less people.

Nice little grass hills behind the goals, quaint grandstands, no restricted areas, enough junk food doled out by old-time tuck shop grannies and, much to my son's delight, you can go out on the ground between quarters.

It's got real character, something the AFL lacks these days. The footy was good too.

Plus, it's educational: my son learned a heap of new words more commonly heard on merchant ships.

[halfback dasher]

Just reading INSIDE footy and Phil's piece on the up 'ncom'n game....he hope's for a large crowd which got me think'k...RD should we post a little something on the main board to make all aware that we are play'n for a real crack at a VFL FLAG start'n this week....??:)

[rdhopkins2]

I was thinking we should probably do that. Good to have someone thinking likewise. I'll start one and the mods can always delete if need be.

[houdinihuddo]

Port Melbourne vs. Box Hill Hawks – 1st Semi Final (ABC TV)
Sunday 13th September
TEAC Oval at 1:10 PM

Port Melbourne
B
Nixon
Dalton
S. Brewer
HB
McGrath
Baird
Pleming
C
Hassett
Dillon
Batsanis
HF
Cain
Bonaddio
Robbins
F
Pinwill
Smith
O'Farrell
R
Fanning
Dwyer
McMahon
Int
Schultz
Suckling
Sengstock

Neville
McLaren


Raymond
Pitt

Box Hill Hawks
B
Savage
Morton
Milne
HB
Kenna
Suckling
Kiel
C
Breust
Yze
Lisle
HF
Peterson
Muston
Iles
F
Markovic
Bello
Williams
R
Pedersen
Walsh
Curnow
Int
Cross
Smith
Smithwick

Neil
Fagan
George

Gibson
McQueen-Miscamble

In: Peterson, Kenna, Smith, Smithwick Out: Nil
Named in reserves: Peterson, Smith, Smithwick, Fagan, Cross. I think it is likely Joel Cross will play in the firsts.

[houdinihuddo]

Sorry about the format showing the firsts teams. It looked fine before I posted it. No doubt this will finish up going the same way.
Box Hill Hawks vs. North Ballarat – 1st Preliminary Final (Reserve Grade)
Sunday 13th September
TEAC Oval at 10:20 AM
Box Hill Hawks
B
Ben Kennedy
Smith
Fagan
HB
Smithwick
Hugh Sandilands
Kitchin
C
Marcius
Van Unen
Cross
HF
Dell Aquilla
Walker
McGuinness
F
Conyers
Hoegel
Renton
R
Carl Peterson
Purcell
Cunningham
Int
Tomkins
Carey
Coyle

Nye
Furey
Parker

Hogan
Bull
North Ballarat
B
Dickinson
Niblett
Murnane
HB
McHugh
Caldow
Hall
C
Chester
A. George
C. Benjamin
HF
Linke
Beardsell
Bell
F
T. George
Raworth
Micallef
R
Orvis
W. Benjamin
Peters
Int
Brayshaw
Struth
McKenzie

Limb
Gubbins
B. Edwards

Monteith

[RustyHawk]

Matt Suckling vs Matt Suckling - always a good match up.

Interesting to see Fanning back in as first ruck. Spent some time during the season in the 2's....seems to be back in favor with the coach.

[The BIG X]

Matt Suckling vs Matt Suckling - always a good match up.

Interesting to see Fanning back in as first ruck. Spent some time during the season in the 2's....seems to be back in favor with the coach.


Lets hope they go to their correct change rooms.

Remember HFC rang the wrong guy

[jiphoc]

Had to feel sorry for the wrong Matt then. Still, had a quiet laugh when I found out about that.

[Mitchell Madness]

think Hawthorn/BHH is banking on a grand final birth. we can play more Hawthorn listed players at the moment, hwoever, its strictly 12/10 in the grand final.

Collingwood look set to make it, but at the moment using every available player. splitting them up in the final would cause chaos, whilst BHH/Hawthorn will have an outfit theyve been using for about 2 months

[Simon_Nesbit]

Selection #5, Hawthorn.

Bucky: err....Luke Franklin, player # 4223.....no wait...

;)

I always wondered how we got Lukey Brennan....we just slept through the first 3 picks and thought we were getting Jared.

[halfback dasher]

think Hawthorn/BHH is banking on a grand final birth. we can play more Hawthorn listed players at the moment, hwoever, its strictly 12/10 in the grand final.

Collingwood look set to make it, but at the moment using every available player. splitting them up in the final would cause chaos, whilst BHH/Hawthorn will have an outfit theyve been using for about 2 months
OH wise man makes plenty sence......;)

[madhawkboy]

Matt Suckling vs Matt Suckling - always a good match up.

Haha, hope they match up on each other.

"Suckling get the ball, and straight away get tackled by Suckling. Free kick to Suckling" :p

[gollytas]

Hi, does anyone know of a live video stream of this game, PM me if you don't want to post it on here. Cheers!!

[Simon_Nesbit]

BRUEST!! BH - 26 Port 14

Box Hill playing well on top - except for Brewer (Port) on the far wing, and Walsh in the ruck, we're playing all over the top of them.

Suckling has been fantastic, best on ground coming out from half back.

on ABC (#195) on pay.

[gollytas]

BRUEST!! BH - 26 Port 14

Box Hill playing well on top - except for Brewer (Port) on the far wing, and Walsh in the ruck, we're playing all over the top of them.

Suckling has been fantastic, best on ground coming out from half back.

on ABC (#195) on pay.


I don't have Austar!!

[Simon_Nesbit]

Pimwell kicks a helicopter to tie it up. 26-26.

Batsanis puts Port in front 26-32.

We've been playing all over them, but 3-4 times in a row we've been caught out by their players running forwards of the ball.

Since Yze went back and Lisle went forwards we've struggled.

[Simon_Nesbit]

enjoy Gardening Australia then. ;)

[AC for PM]

I'm in Tassie stuck at work so streaming from http://www.3wbc.org.au/ if anyone else is in a similar boat - C'mon Hawks

[Simon_Nesbit]

M&M turnover in defensive 50m. 7th free in a row to Port. Without replays it's hard to see what any of them are for - but they've all been paid by Gleeson (#8).

It was there, Muston slipped and turned away from ball whilst wrestling with his man.. Port 38-26.


Muston just made a HUGE leap to spoil (got 1m above M&M who was also jumping).

Qtr time -
Port 6.3.39
BHH 4.2.26

[hawkstars]

HAWK seniors need to watch the vfl to learn how to kick at goal.

[hawks_time]

At quarter time
Port 6.3 39
Box Hill 4.2 26
Port kicked 4 unanswered goals towards the end of the quarter to go from being 2 goals down to 2 goals up, worrying signs for Box Hill.

[Simon_Nesbit]

Intersetingly, I50s are 16-8 Port's way. By my count we had six of the first 8, so a huge turnaround.

Walsh/Pedersen getting spanked in the ruck, as is Gibson on the wing. Otherwise we've had the ascendency, Port killing us on turnovers as they aren't working back defensively - quite a few occassions we've been streaming forward with the ball, only to fumble and the turnover finding 4-5 loose Port players.

[gollytas]

enjoy Gardening Australia then. ;)

Yeah and holding out for the hobart hockey grand final starting in 10 mins!!

[Simon_Nesbit]

BB - Skills (turnovers) and not working hard enough in transition.

GA - Very methodical, happy with the effort and defensive.

2nd Qtr - hot HTB for Port, then the exact same didn't give us the free, but Yze snapped anyway.

[Simon_Nesbit]

Walsh gets his first tap, but straight to pimwall, who just boots forward blindly.

Walsh his second, Suckling huge boot off balance down the wing.

Port fell over and Walsh fell over him, giving away the free. Batsanis with a long ball to Bonadaio (sp?) who's too quick for M&M, OOF from tight angle.

[Simon_Nesbit]

Walsh misses an uncontested mark in d50, then gives a soft in-the-back free on Bonaddio. Same angle, 15m closer, kicks the goal.

45 v 32

[Simon_Nesbit]

Walsh jumps early, Port ruck easy takeaway - but turns over. Hawks run into trouble on near wing, Port run forward, Markovic good spoil, then Milne tries to step oncoming tackler and fails. Pimwell kicks the goal.

51 v 32.

[Simon_Nesbit]

6 of last 7 goals, four from free kicks (another with advantage).

Morton clearly beats his opponent on the wing, works inside to ? - long kick to Williams, drops the mark - finally we get a free. It wasn't any more than the previous half dozen ignored though.

Lisle from 40m, slight angle, straight through.

51 v 38.

[Simon_Nesbit]

Walsh to Muston, great tap - Muston scrubs kick, contest at HF.

Port run away with it, Walsh floating back takes a good mark. Lisle good work on the wing to Yze. Hands to morton who chips over a player, Pedersen strong mark 35m out tight angle. Got high.

Straight through - great kick.

51 v 44.

[Simon_Nesbit]

Fanning clear tap, but Iles intercepts, spears it to Lisle who takes a great mark on the lead.

50m out directly in front, very high kick (too close to man on mark), starts right, finishes right.

51 v 45.

[Dragz]

Walsh - great contested mark. If only he had the rucking ability of Paul Salmon!

[Simon_Nesbit]

WALSH! Great makr, hawks work forward to contest, turnover, Port run out, turnover. Box Hill massive numbers. Morton again chips in to George who takes very good mark. Hands back, Morton forced onto left, contest on goal line, Muston/Pedersen nearly get it, tackled over goal line. rushed point.

Suckling great mark running with the flight.

Lots of contest on the wing/hff. mercificully calls for a ballup.

3 minutes of fighting for the ball. Great stuff. BHH so much harder at the contest.

[Brother Noompsi]

Morton really needs to fix up his kicking, his floating high drop punts are going to kill someone one day.

[Simon_Nesbit]

McGrath GREAT tackle on Pedersen, but considering what they've let go a little hot. Markovic does well in defence.

gibson to George, Stangs everwhere. Pedersen in space, poor handball but gets it back. Muston held out by two players, but for some reason no free.

Markovic good spoil, contest on wing, ball up. Phew.

[Simon_Nesbit]

Marovic very good on the left, Williams fumbles again.

6 times he's been thereabouts, 3 dropped marks, and 2 fumbles.

[Fletch - Tas]

How are you viewing the game Simon?

[Simon_Nesbit]

Long kicks from Port, two good marks, Batsnais crumbs the contest, his kick drops wide.

Suckling goes "short" to Yze 65m out from the kick out. Long down wing. Brust beats tackles, but poor kick.

Muston great pressure to force OOF, Williams from 45.

[Simon_Nesbit]

Channel #195 on Austar/Foxtel.

Savage great kick from outside 50m for goal after a great contest from Kiel. All tied up.

52 apiece.

[bryan_1981]

Playing a lot better in the 2nd qtr, not getting murdered in the clearances anymore.. Walsh is playing better atm :thumbsu:
Pretty good game too :)
Awful kick by Willo, turnover though GOAL to Savage from outside 50 :D
scores level 52 a piece
Edit : Iles limps off :( looks like day over
point to PM lead by 1 53-52

[Simon_Nesbit]

Fantastic tackle by Curnow.

Isles knee/leg injury - looks ankle/calf to me. carried off.

[hawks_time]

Iles, who has been on fire this quarter, is being helped off the ground with injury.
Confusing game, it's exciting back and forth footy but a lot of it is because of bad foot skills and lots of turnovers.

[Simon_Nesbit]

Curnow to Kiel to George long kicks around the line - George fumbles, and port come back in but Waslh takes the contested mark. Long to Savage who creates time but misses his target. Port long to square, Walsh tocuhed on the line.

Stangs fiddling about at HB, but Cross good long kick to Yze - who sits it on Kiel's head. Good contest, but Savage gives away free for in the back. Markovic good tackle, Goerge turns it over AGAIN. Port in clear, Neil good spoil out of position, Suckling kicks over his shoulder to gain 30m.

Suckling good handball, Milne a poor one, but Hawks a lucky free.

Savage good long kick to Yze, chips to Curnow but too far, oob on near wing/hff.

MARKOVIC!!! Great mark over two opponents.

George turns it over again, M&M great tackle, but then dives into Bonaddio's back. Port on far HFF Markovic and Walsh spoil each other in the goal-square, but Gibson managed to 'fumble' it over the line.

Markovic another defensive intercept, George long to Milne, to ? who spots up the only port player in a 30m radius.

Port waltz forward unpressured but miss the shot from 45 directly in front.

56 v 52 at half-time.

[Brother Noompsi]

Marcovic.....get him on the Hawthorn senior list ASAP. Can we still rookie list him?

[bryan_1981]

15 turnovers by Box Hill up until half time :o not good.
Both teams looked very tired just before half time with a few errr under 10s like errors :p

[LuvMyHawks]

Nothing has changed as far as umpires go!! Once again we get dudded by them..PM 16 - H9...

[Simon_Nesbit]

Except for that period late in the first (7-0) to PM - they've been barely noticeable, just paid a couple of soft ones (think we've got the better of the soft ones to be honest).

[Rudi Gilham]

How many free kicks has Adrian Bonnadio got? Fair dinkum they look after him don't they?

Like Suckling's game.

[noosa hawk mad]

Cheers for the updates Simon it's like being there champ tried 195 channel BUT NO coverage bloody HELL!

[bryan_1981]

Iles hamstring day over :(
Baird from PM out for day with some issues, cancels out the Iles injury

[James Buchanan]

My TV reception has gone shocking. Does anyone know of a radio stream for the game?

[HolyRioli]

Thanks for the updates Simon. :thumbsu:

Anyone have an idea how the development squad fared?

[Simon_Nesbit]

Back now. Yze kicked a goal from a tight angle after a great long kick from Suckling.

Then suckling broke through 50m with a great long kick for goal. Unfortunately it was the "Other" one.

68-59

[Simon_Nesbit]

williams kicks up and under to put Muston into space, who kicks 65m to Yze unmarked 15m out slight angle.

68-65

[hawks_time]

Great kick by Muston.

[Simon_Nesbit]

Ressies were "well in front" at half time. Presume they won, but don't know.



#11 from box hill VERY soft. Lisle good hands to Yze in space, who fluffed the kick badly.

68-66

[Simon_Nesbit]

It's ON!

Not really, but potential for it.

#28 late hit on Curnow (Matt Smith). Muston into protest. Adds to his Rainbow Warrior moniker with the torn jumper.

[Simon_Nesbit]

68-72

Port spread well from the contest, good pass to Dwyer 50m on the boundary. Didn't even look to pass off, top of sqaure, Pitt marks unimpeded. Pedersen didn't get there to spoil. Snaps the goal.

74-72

[Simon_Nesbit]

Pedersen 3rd man to yze, good hb to space, George runs on and kicks from 50m, just misses.

Good kickout, dBello spoils the next one over Batsanis., Bruest great contested work, then spots up Walsh at FF.

74-78

[Simon_Nesbit]

Those eyes are HUGE! :D

[moistie]

I haven't seen much of them this season, but Box Hill sure do play an exciting brand of footy. And they're ahead mid way through the third quarter.

[Simon_Nesbit]

Pedersen rucking from 5 m away, taking a full runup as if he's 3rd man up.

Port clear, but Muston intercepts, runs 15 m and kicks to Lisle, who misjudges the depth - kick went 50+ Lisle ran in, then it went over his head.

Yze's always popular with the opposition players

[hawks_time]

Great goal by Savage.

[Simon_Nesbit]

Bruest clever tap on, Morton quick hands, and Savage off a step from 52 "and went BANG!"

74-85

[Simon_Nesbit]

Pedersen dominating the ruck hitouts now, but port are running around the outside and going forward. Fanning strong mark back on after a rest. Will go back into ruck now, as Bonaddio getting spanked.

Bello to Walsh - 65m kick!, contested mark. Nice.

Markovic beats 2, gives it to Bello, on to Milne, then Lisle, Yze off the right foot OOB next to behind post.

Port working hard from defence, but turning it over accross hff.

Milne good spot, to ?, to Williams from 55, misses right.

[Simon_Nesbit]

Brewer looks good, but bello tackle should have been a hawks free, not paid and Bonaddio stands still long enough for everyone to fall over, and he shins a goal.

80-85

[Simon_Nesbit]

Port running hard from behind, finding players in space. Shot from 55. Very close to man on mark, Walsh spoils OOB.

Bello HtB, directly in front.

Neville from 30m, directly in front

87-86

[Simon_Nesbit]

Lisle got a woeful bounce, but recovered with a great tackle for HtB. Somehow not paid, we go forwards anyway, but cannot find a player, suckling misses from right hand boundary.

Another missed free to Box, M&M great diving mark at full stretch. Kicks to 2 Port players, who then kick it out of bounds in front of an unmarked PM player.

Markovic to Suckling. 55 to Goerge in the middle, wide to Cross, who kicks to a 4-on-1. Savage goes to crumb, realises he's the only one there.

Gang tackle at 50m.

Interesting free against Muston - ran through ruck contest.

Terrible play from Box, Port easiest of goals from goal square.

93-87.

[Simon_Nesbit]

Pedersen soccers from centrebounce, Gibson picks up and kicks from 50m for a goal.

93-93.

[Mitchell Madness]

it happens 50 times per game (player running accross where the umpire is going to bounce) and only now they pay it.

dodgey call, dodgey dodgey call

[hawks_time]

How was that not holding the ball!? Worst non-call ever!

[Mitchell Madness]

the last 5 mins of umpiring has been terrible

[Simon_Nesbit]

Dwyer's getting 100s of touches this quarter.

Suckling HtB from Williams - wasn't paid despite him running 10m before being caught.

We got it anyway, and were running clear, but Batsanis easily beats Pedersen as he misjudged the kick.

Then gave away 50m for abuse.

LONG quarter. 35:30!

[Simon_Nesbit]

Last 5 minutes of 1st (7-0 PM), and last 5 minutes of 3rd (?) both very biased. Then again, #8 was in charge in 1st (and has paid probably 75% of all frees), and #4 in charge in 3rd (and has only paid 2-3 frees all day).

So it's as much us not playing to the umpiring interpretations than anything else. #8 is red hot on Htb and ItB, #4 not paying anything.

[Juza]

Disgraceful Umpiring.

[Juza]

Just showed free kicks, 21 - 10

we have 4 frees after qtr time.

Really dissapointing, hope non of these blokes get finals.

[Mitchell Madness]

for those not able to see it...

5 mins (about) to go. Muston walks "over" where the umpire is to bounce. instead of the umpire yelling "get back" like they always do, pays free to port.
Result - port goal (indirect)

Tackle on wing. player drops ball on ground and scoops ball up to oncoming player. Result - no free, play on.

Port player runs 20+ metres without a bounce. Result - not called, play on.

Port player after running 20+m without a bounce is tackle. No Call.

Same port player is tackled a second time. Result - Ball up.


Pathetic.



3/4time frees. Port 21-BHH 10

[bryan_1981]

pretty good game of football. Both teams look tired some errr questionable umpiring decisions, how that wasnt holding the ball to williams in ports forward line is beyond me!!!!
Cmon Boxers!!!!!!!!!

[Mitchell Madness]

soft in the back call.

Port Goal

[hawk3R_4lyfe]

quick goal to walsh. 1 point behind

[Dragz]

Yza has turned the ball over a bajillion times today, generally under little pressure too :/

[Simon_Nesbit]

Port by 7 points. Getting the 'rub of the orange'.

#8 is in their forward line.

Box hill chipping around, Muston running forward hard, then Yze, Walsh taken high. Soft.

#24 is the other umpire, haven't seen him until now.

Yze and Muston running from BP to HF...Walsh helicopters a goal from 40m.

100-99

[Mitchell Madness]

walsh goals.

100-99 ports way

[Simon_Nesbit]

Great contested work. #4 is in control in the middle, so there won't be any frees. A pity, as plenty of holding off the b all tackling, etc. Could have been 8 frees to us so far, not one paid.

[Simon_Nesbit]

#4 still won't pay a free, that should have been against us.

2 point lead to Port. 8 minutes gone.

[Mitchell Madness]

push in the back on BHH (heavier then one paid to port at start of the quarter) and no free. ball up.

[Simon_Nesbit]

Kiel working well, running hard. Bruest great strong mark directly in front of goal in front of Fanning, and a 50m penalty for ??

Mustangs by 4.

[Mitchell Madness]

bruest gets 50 because fanning is a douche :)

goal. BHH up by 4 pts 101-105

[hawks_time]

Getting the 'rub of the orange'.
:D:thumbsu:

[Simon_Nesbit]

Throat hit from Fanning on Williams was the 50m.

10 minutes gone.

Port bomb it forward, scramble and Bonaddio gives it off to Dwyer who kicks the goal.

PM by 2

[Mitchell Madness]

mpire gives port an atternity to get the ball out. comes free and goal.


I am getting sick of this umpiring. pay it one way not the other