Review Round 11, 2023: Box Hill Hawks v Williamstown, 3 June 2023, 2.05pm @ BHCO

[Dixie Flatline]

The Hawks have a home game against Williamstown on Saturday, and will look to carry on their good form to open the season. The Hawks have enjoyed a strong start to 2023, having won seven games and lost one from their eight games played so far. But they will face a stern test, with the Seagulls also enjoying a good start to season 2023, with six wins and two losses from their eight games played so far. The Seagulls generally don't seem to score freely, but they have had a fairly stingy defence so far (except for their most recent loss, where they were defeated by 93 points by Werribee), so the Hawks may have to work a little harder for their goals than usual.

The Hawks easily accounted for Essendon at The Hangar last weekend, with Box Hill enjoying strong contributions from Ned Long, Cooper Stephens, the now-departed Ethan Stanely and the now-departed Ryan Maric in front of goals. Long starred for Box Hill, having 38 disposals and kicking three goals in a performance that would have put him firmly in the frame for a potential call-up to Hawthorn. It was also encouraging signs from Cooper Stephens, who is looking to find his feet at his new club, having crossed over from Geelong during the 2022 trade period.

The Hawks have named a 28-man squad for the game against Williamstown, with 14 AFL-listed and nine VFL-listed players, with five players held over as emergencies. Into the squad come Josh Ward, Jack O'Sullivan, Stu Horner and Mitch Sruk, who will serve as the 23rd man.

Ins: J. Ward, J. O’Sullivan, S. Horner, M. Sruk

Outs: R. Maric (drafted – West Coast), E. Stanley (drafted – Fremantle), B. Macdonald (AFL), J. Scrimshaw (AFL)

Squad: 1. H Morrison, 21. C Stephens, 24. D Grainger-Barrass, 25. J Ward, 26. F Greene, 27. N Long, 29. J Serong, 32. F Maginness, 34. F O’Hara, 35. J Morris, 38. M Ramsden, 41. J Bennetts, 43. J O’Sullivan, 44. H Hustwaite, 50. D Mascitti, 53. H Beasley, 55. C Porter, 60. E Phillips, 61. M Hall, 62. S Horner, 66. C Brown, 75. D Tucker, 80. M Sruk (23rd man)

Emergencies: 54. J Trudgeon, 58. L Serong, 63. L Wind, 67. D Murr, 74. L Coghlan

 

[tommyk72]

Thanks for sharing. So our two new MSD additions won't be playing this round. Hopefully next week!

 

[streetspirit]

Tucker's playing, wore 75 last week too. Just named as D Tucker in the team list for some reason.

 

[Roger Rogerson]

Wingard not named

 

[streetspirit]

Wingard not named

Mini pre-season with the bye next week?

 

[stemline]

Was looking forward to Brandon Ryan playing... injured?

 

[streetspirit]

Still suspended isn’t he from that strike playing for the bullants, right? One more week?

 

[Alite]

Still suspended isn’t he from that strike playing for the bullants, right? One more week?

Yes, 1 more week. From the Age… Wednessary the 17/05/23: Northern Bullants forward-ruck Brandon Ryan – the 200-centimetre cousin of Fremantle’s Luke – may have played his last game for the VFL club after copping a three-match striking ban out of the weekend.

The AFL’s mid-season rookie draft will be held on May 31, after round 11, and Ryan is considered as good as certain to be selected, with almost half the league’s clubs showing interest.
The late-blooming 25-year-old could have accepted a two-match suspension with an early guilty plea, but unsuccessfully challenged it at the VFL Tribunal on Tuesday evening and copped a three-game penalty.
Behind-the-goals vision showed Ryan swinging his arm back in retaliation and connecting with Coburg’s Trent Warren, who received a free kick from the incident but was not injured and played the match out.
Bullants coach Brodie Holland, who played 155 games for Fremantle and Collingwood, said Ryan had almost certainly played his last game, certainly for this season, with his side, given the mid-season draft interest in him.
“It’s disappointing because he’s never been reported or suspended, and is very quiet by nature and not aggressive in any shape or form,” Holland told Money Talks of the ban.

Holland believes Ryan, who he recruited from Maribyrnong Park, warrants being the first player taken in the mid-season draft – and he would be “stunned” if he wasn’t on an AFL club list for the second half of the year.
“He’s mobile for a player of his size, and I’ve seen him pick the ball up off his ankles a couple of times,” he said.
“I’ve even seen him, a bit Jeremy Cameron-style, wheel around and hit targets from 50 metres. He’s a unique player, and in the modern game where clubs are looking for taller players with longer levers – he could be that type of player.”

 

[Easy Slips Catch]

Long is in Adelaide as emergency.

 

[MadDawg]

Was looking forward to Brandon Ryan playing... injured?

I believe this is the final game he has to sit out from his 3 game suspension.

 

[caseman2]

With ex-Hawks Cousins and Walker missing through injury - send Maginnes to our old favorite, Harry Jones!!!

 

[bigconornash]

Josh Morris

35

Josh Morris

Age

22

Ht

186cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

6.3

2star

K

3.7

1star

HB

2.7

2star

M

1.3

2star

T

2.0

4star

MG

81.0

1star

D

6.3

1star

K

3.7

1star

HB

2.7

2star

M

1.3

1star

T

2.0

3star

MG

81.0

1star

D

6.3

2star

K

3.7

2star

HB

2.7

3star

M

1.3

2star

T

2.0

4star

MG

81.0

2star

playing forward. Kicked a nice goal.

 

[theiaofseed]

Bennetts is class

 

[theiaofseed]

Ward taking the piss atm, will be a welcomed inclusion next week.

 

[IdiotBox]

Looks like this game is shot as well....

 

[Ram-Man]

Williamstown the better team today.

 

[Dewnior]

Could only manage 3 behinds in the last qtr

 

[KermitJagger]

What can ya do. MSD took 2 of our best, injuries took a couple more and Long was the travelling emergency. The side was gutted a bit.

 

[Mojo]

Bennetts is class

The 2022 draft will go down as one of our best ever: MacKenzie, Weddle, Hustwaite, O'Sullivan, Macdonald, Bennetts.

 

[Roger Rogerson]

The 2022 draft will go down as one of our best ever: MacKenzie, Weddle, Hustwaite, O'Sullivan, Macdonald, Bennetts.

It's amazing it's only a matter of time until Jack and Josh debut. Jack should this season Josh maybe next year but a player.

 

[Crankyhawk]

The 2022 draft will go down as one of our best ever: MacKenzie, Weddle, Hustwaite, O'Sullivan, Macdonald, Bennetts.

D+ though

 

[naysayer]

Didn't watch the game, looked like some decent performances on the stats sheet from Stephens, Morrison, DGB in particular. Anyone care to elaborate on what they saw?

 

[moginie]

It's amazing it's only a matter of time until Jack and Josh debut. Jack should this season Josh maybe next year but a player.

Given our lack of a small pressure forward, either would be an asset. I like them both.

 

[NICE1]

Is anyone else having issues streaming the replay via the AFL website?

 

[Easy Slips Catch]

Morrison was on a wing, he drifted down back and pretty much got the footy at will. He's done this often and well in the VFL. Harry doesn't add much speed to the footy. City Oval is now a slow track. All day BHH struggled to break the Willi defensive lines. Harry was our BOG but it wasn't an impactful game.

Stephens is building. He still burns the footy too much but he seemed to kick more and tried to run with the footy rather than immediately offloading it. He's very much a clearance player, he looks to have some outside space but doesn't use it as much as he could.

DGB was strong early. Our defensive unit looked disorganized all day so hard to say who was playing poorly. In the last they took way too many contested marks. DGB is not standing out. He did seem to try and rebound more which inflated his stats and that is not a bad thing.