Preview Box Hill Season 2024

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    • Now that we're on a second page, I'll repost the changes list so it can be a stickied post and delete the OP version.

    Updated 28th February
    Re-signingsInclusionsDepartures
    Confirmed
    • Kye Agosta
    • Callum Brown
    • Lachy Bryce
    • Ben Cavarra
    • Ben DeBolfo
    • Max Hall
    • Stu Horner
    • Ed Phillips
    • James Parsons
    • Cal Porter
    • Jed Rule
    • Mitch Sruk
    • Jaylon Thorpe
    		Confirmed by Box Hill
    • Seb Amaroso (Gippsland U18)
    • Heath Bidgood (Frankston YCW)
    • Noah Bourke (Eastern)
    • Tyler Brown (ex-Pies/Crows)
    • Toby Cossor (Myrtleford)
    • Zach Felsbourg (Gippsland)
    • Bailey Fry (Frankston YCW)
    • Lachie Guymer (Eastern)
    • Billy Hicks (Oakleigh U18)
    • Oliver Horlock (Eastern)
    • Jett Latchford (Ruckman from Ringwood)
    • Ryder Mantello (Northern Knights)
    • Andrew Mathieson (GWS VFL)
    • Remy Maclean (Eastern)
    • Jye Peacock (Eastern)
    • Nathan Philactides (Oakleigh U18)
    • Ethan Phillips (Port Melb) obviously now at HFC
    • Illiro Smit (Eastern)
    • Andreas Stefanakis (Old Haileybury U19)
    • Josh Tovey (Eastern U18)
    • Lane Ward (Gippsland u18)
    • Daniel Wood (Whitefriars OCFC)
    		Confirmed
    • Sahaf Ali (Delisted)
    • Jake Arundell (South Adelaide)
    • Hugh Beasley (retired)
    • Cody Bramble (delisted)
    • Liam Coghlan (Port Melbourne)
    • Will Elliott (Northern Bullants)
    • Fergus Greene (Sandhurst)
    • Damian Mascitti (retired)
    • Liam Serong (Coburg)
    • Joel Trudgeon (Coburg)
    • Tristen Waack (Williamstown)
    • Kai Windsor (Casey)
    • Luis D’Angelo (delisted)
    • Darcy Murr (delisted)
    • Max Walton (delisted)
    • Lachie Wynd (TBC)
     
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    • Afl's update on the list . Will cast through and see if there's any updates to the above sticked post - maybe Sam Nehme is the only one of top of my head.

    www.afl.com.au

    2024 Smithy's VFL List Update - February

    Take a look at how each club's list is shaping one month from the start of the 2024 Smithy's VFL season.
    www.afl.com.au www.afl.com.au

    COACH: Zane Littlejohn (second season – confirmed until 2024).

    STAYING: Box Hill Hawks: Callum Brown, Lachy Bryce, Ben Cavarra, Ben de Bolfo, Max Hall, Stu Horner, James Parsons, Ed Phillips, Cal Porter, Jed Rule, Jaylon Thorpe; Hawthorn: Karl Amon, Josh Bennetts, James Blanck, Luke Breust, Sam Butler, Will Day, Sam Frost, Denver Grainger-Barras, Blake Hardwick, Henry Hustwaite, Jarman Impey, Changkuoth Jiath, Mitch Lewis, Connor MacDonald, Bailey Macdonald, Cam Mackenzie, Finn Maginness, Lloyd Meek, Seamus Mitchell, Dylan Moore, Harry Morrison, Conor Nash, Jai Newcombe, Jack O’Sullivan, Max Ramsden, Ned Reeves, Jai Serong, Jack Scrimshaw, James Sicily, Cooper Stephens, Clay Tucker, Josh Ward, Josh Weddle, Chad Wingard, James Worpel.

    ARRIVING: Box Hill Hawks: Seb Amoroso (Drouin/Gippsland Power), Tyler Brown (Adelaide AFL), Toby Cossor (Myrtleford), Billy Hicks (Blackburn/Oakleigh Chargers), Sam Nehme (Norwood SANFL), Nathan Philactides (Blackburn/Oakleigh Chargers/Richmond VFL), Ethan Phillips (Port Melbourne), Josh Tovey (Park Orchards/Eastern Ranges), Lane Ward (Warragul/Gippsland Power); Hawthorn: Mabior Chol (Gold Coast AFL), Calsher Dear (Beaumaris/Sandringham Dragons), Massimo D’Ambrosio (Essendon AFL), Jack Ginnivan (Collingwood AFL), Jack Gunston (Brisbane Lions AFL), Will McCabe (Tanunda/Central District), Ethan Phillips (Port Melbourne/Box Hill Hawks), Bodie Ryan (Brighton/Glenelg), Nick Watson (East Ringwood/Eastern Ranges).

    DEPARTING: Box Hill Hawks: Sahaf Ali (delisted), Jake Arundell (South Adelaide), Hugh Beasley (retired), Cody Bramble (delisted), Liam Coghlan (Port Melbourne), Luis D’Angelo (delisted), Will Elliott (Northern Bullants), Ryan Maric (West Coast), Damian Mascitti (retired – Mt Eliza), Darcy Murr (delisted), Liam Serong (Coburg), Ethan Stanley (Fremantle), Joel Trudgeon (Coburg), Tristen Waack (Williamstown), Max Walton (delisted), Kai Windsor (Casey Demons), Lachie Wynd (TBC); Hawthorn: Lachie Bramble (Western Bulldogs), Tyler Brockman (West Coast AFL), Fergus Greene (delisted – Sandhurst), Emerson Jeka (Geelong AFL), Jacob Koschitzke (Richmond AFL), Ned Long (delisted – Collingwood VFL), Max Lynch (retired), Josh Morris (delisted – Woodville-West Torrens), Fionn O’Hara (delisted - County Westmeath), Brandon Ryan (Brisbane Lions AFL).

    TO BE CONFIRMED: Kye Agosta, Mitchell Sruk.
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    We've clearly announced them publicly on Instagram, so unsure why it doesn't filter down to the afl.com.au articles.

    Agosta has been in the HFC intraclubs and Sruk's still on the BHH training social media, so genuinely unsure.
     
    Got done by six goals by the Doggies. 6.14 to 13.9

    Squad including assumedly tryout players

     
    I posted this on Saturday.
    Bennett, Dear, Meek, Serong and Tucker lined up for the BHH. Busslinger, Clarke, D’Arcy, Macrae, Baker, Poulter, Bedendo, Scott, Jones and Keath for Doggies.
    We kicked with a difficult 3 to 4 goal wind in the first quarter. Scores 2.3.15 dogs to 2.4.16 BHH; 5.6.30 to 3.7.25; 6.7.43 to 4.14.38; 13.9.87 to 6.14.56. 10 AFL listed players to 5 was always going to impact the last quarter. DeBolfo and Thorpe played the first half and Porter 3/4.
    Bennett took some good marks getting in front to the drop of the ball and applied some strong pressure. More quality than quantity.
    Dear took some very good marks with an impressive leap and clean hands. He never gives in when the ball is in his vicinity and showed some good awareness. More quality than quantity as per Josh but I see a potentially big upside.
    Meek competed strongly in the ruck but was overshadowed by D’Arcy who was the difference between the two teams. He took some strong marks but needs to do more around the ground.
    Serong was defensively good with some strong spoils and intercepts. He reads the play and positions himself well. Showed leadership in a young defence.
    DeBolfo had a very good half in his first game post ACL with some strong spoils and marking. He’s a good key defender prospect.
    Tucker showed some good signs with instinctive quick handballs to advantage. Limited impact but early days for a young ruckman.

    A little more, James Parsons first game back post ACL was encouraging. He kicked two good goals. There were mostly new players so it’s too early to for me to make any informed comments.
    Kye Agosta and Mitch Sruk were doing rehab running prior to the game. Mitch has a rare foot related issue which is being monitored closely and disappointingly could possibly be long term. I have no knowledge about Kye.
     
    houdinihuddo said:
    I posted this on Saturday.
    Bennett, Dear, Meek, Serong and Tucker lined up for the BHH. Busslinger, Clarke, D’Arcy, Macrae, Baker, Poulter, Bedendo, Scott, Jones and Keath for Doggies.
    We kicked with a difficult 3 to 4 goal wind in the first quarter. Scores 2.3.15 dogs to 2.4.16 BHH; 5.6.30 to 3.7.25; 6.7.43 to 4.14.38; 13.9.87 to 6.14.56. 10 AFL listed players to 5 was always going to impact the last quarter. DeBolfo and Thorpe played the first half and Porter 3/4.
    Bennett took some good marks getting in front to the drop of the ball and applied some strong pressure. More quality than quantity.
    Dear took some very good marks with an impressive leap and clean hands. He never gives in when the ball is in his vicinity and showed some good awareness. More quality than quantity as per Josh but I see a potentially big upside.
    Meek competed strongly in the ruck but was overshadowed by D’Arcy who was the difference between the two teams. He took some strong marks but needs to do more around the ground.
    Serong was defensively good with some strong spoils and intercepts. He reads the play and positions himself well. Showed leadership in a young defence.
    DeBolfo had a very good half in his first game post ACL with some strong spoils and marking. He’s a good key defender prospect.
    Tucker showed some good signs with instinctive quick handballs to advantage. Limited impact but early days for a young ruckman.

    A little more, James Parsons first game back post ACL was encouraging. He kicked two good goals. There were mostly new players so it’s too early to for me to make any informed comments.
    Kye Agosta and Mitch Sruk were doing rehab running prior to the game. Mitch has a rare foot related issue which is being monitored closely and disappointingly could possibly be long term. I have no knowledge about Kye.fo
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    Thank you for your comprehensive run down. Fantastic to read that Serong is improving and DeBolfo & Parsons had a reasonable hit out. Go Stangers!
     
    I couldn’t be prouder of the way the young BHH played against the Tigs side which include 10 AFL listed players. Clarke, Coulthard, Greene, Hayes-Brown, Lefrau, McAuliffe, Miller, Ralphsmith, Smith and Trezise. The start of the game was brought forward to 10:00am because of the heat. Possibly a two goals advantage which favoured the Tigs in the first and third quarters and us in the second and last quarters.
    Scores 1.4.10 (Tigs) to 2.0.12; 4.7.31 to 6.3.39; 11.9.75 to 7.5.47; 14.9.93 to 11.5.71.
    Some really good running and ball resulted in our 6 first half goals. We kicked the first goal in the third quarter to lead by 14 points, the Tigs kicked the next before we had a bad set shot miss from around 25 metres. The Tigs then kicked nine unanswered goals the second from a very soft free kick. After the Tigs kicked the first two goals in the last quarter we kicked the next three and looked a slight chance before a charity free kick ended any momentum and our chances.
    The leadership of Cal Porter, Stu Horner, Tyler Brown, Max Hall and James Parsons was good. The only injury was to Gippsland Power’s Jehi [Jye 😁] Esler in the first half which was disappointing. Parsons, Rule and Thorpe were rested at 3/4 time. Following on from last week, Ben DeBolfo played the full game and was really impressive with a great goal in the last quarter when he won the ball in our back 50 metres, ran hard linking with three teammates behind launching from just outside 50 metres.
    Cal Brown was rested, Ben Cavarra will miss around four weeks due to a hamstring injury, Mitch Sruk was in a moon boot this week so probably listed as indefinite and Kye Agosta had a toe issue and hopes to be available next week.
     
    houdinihuddo said:
    Ben Cavarra will miss around four weeks due to a hamstring injury
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    That's terrible news for him. Only just coming back after an ACL.
    Great to hear that DeBolfo did well though. I still reckon he'll be a very handy pick up.
     
    Nothing super new in the below for those following the BHH socials and the practice squads, but anyway


    Oh and btw this was the squad for the third practice match, as per HH's post above
     
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    Was anybody able to go to the game?
     
    libbylou said:
    Was anybody able to go to the game?
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    No, but the Essendon AFL site has a report that doesn't mention Box Hill except for this, a wonderful 10 goal final quarter.

    Despite the margin being a slender three points at the final break, the Hawks ran out the contest better in hot conditions, outscoring the Dons by 10 goals to three in the final 30 minutes.

    www.essendonfc.com.au

    VFL match report: Hawks outlast Bombers in final practice game

    Box Hill finish stronger at the NEC Hangar.
    www.essendonfc.com.au www.essendonfc.com.au

    ESSENDON 3.3 5.5 10.11 13.12 (90)
    BOX HILL 4.3 7.7 11.8 21.10 (136)
     
    stemline said:
    Goals

    Stephanakis 6
    Dear 4
    Hicks 3
    Meek 2
    Ramsden 2
    Amaroso 1
    Morrison 1
    Rule 1
    Tovey 1

    I notice Josh Bennetts wasn't in the final team.
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    Great by Dear! Who is Stephanakis!? Seems like a boom recruit!
     
    Stefanakis played school fóoty with one of the Dear boys at St. Bede's. He was a gun junior and was awarded best player in the ACC competition. He played at Old Haileybury U/19s and finished playing seniors. He spent last year training at Collingwood before arriving with BHH.
    As a player he is strong, quick, great mark for his size and knows how to kick a goal. Can play mid as well.
     
    LuckyHawk said:
    Stefanakis played school fóoty with one of the Dear boys at St. Bede's. He was a gun junior and was awarded best player in the ACC competition. He played at Old Haileybury U/19s and finished playing seniors. He spent last year training at Collingwood before arriving with BHH.
    As a player he is strong, quick, great mark for his size and knows how to kick a goal. Can play mid as well.
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    Ahaa so he is the really quick player i saw training with the box hill boys exciting player
     
    LuckyHawk said:
    Stefanakis played school fóoty with one of the Dear boys at St. Bede's. He was a gun junior and was awarded best player in the ACC competition. He played at Old Haileybury U/19s and finished playing seniors. He spent last year training at Collingwood before arriving with BHH.
    As a player he is strong, quick, great mark for his size and knows how to kick a goal. Can play mid as well.
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    HawksILove said:
    DOB: 10 Dec 2004
    HEIGHT: 174cm
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    Stefanakis is to Box Hill what Watson is to Hawthorn?
     
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