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Box Hill's last televised game for the season before the finals see the Hawks travel to Punt Road Oval to play the Tigers. The Hawks cling on to fourth spot, ahead of the Bulldogs by percentage, while the Tigers currently top the ladder, having won all five of its games played so far this season, so this will be a stern test of the Hawks' premiership credentials early in the season.
Obviously, as many will recall, the Hawks drew their last match with the Bulldogs as the MCG curtain raiser to the Hawthorn win over the Giants. Roughead kicked five goals in his first game for Box Hill since 2012, but it wasn't enough to earn him a recall to the Hawthorn lineup, so he'll play another game with Box Hill this weekend. Mathew Walker kicked two goals, while Glass, Schoenmakers, Pittonet, Andrew Moore and Ross were Box Hill's other goalkickers. The Hawks trailed at quarter time and at half-time, but kicked five goals to two in the third quarter to take an eight point lead into the final quarter. But some decision-making errors cost the Hawks a chance at winning the game and a draw was probably the fair result.
In the meantime, the Tigers enjoyed a percentage-boosting win over stand-alone team Frankston. The Tigers held a 10 point lead at quarter time, kicking 5.0.30 to 3.2.20, but blew the contest wide open in the second quarter, restricting the Dolphins to a point while kicking 6.3 themselves. The lead extended to 48 points at three-quarter time and then the Tigers kicked another six goals (to two) in the final quarter to record a 74 point win (19.10.124 to 7.8.50).
Plenty of Tigers players got amongst the goals for Richmond, with Naish kicking four, Chol three, Aarts, Coleman-Jones and Thompson two each, while Grewar, Morris, Mannagh, Street, Weller and Townsend chipped in with a goal each.
The Hawks, under rookie coach, Max Bailey, will need to be at the top of their game to hand the Tigers their first loss of the season in a game that could have some serious ramifications for the finals, even this early in the season.
RICHMOND v BOX HILL
Richmond
B: D. Coffield, H. Beasley, S. Morris
HB: D. Eggmolesse-Smith, B. Miller, O. Markov
C: P. Naish, R. Collier-Dawkins, F. Turner
HF: J. Aarts, C. Coleman-Jones, D. Butler
F: L. English, M. Chol, D. Rioli
Foll: I. Soldo, J. Townsend, M. Weller
I/C (from): J. Ballard, W. Coates, B. Credlin, J. Cusack, J. Fletcher, B. Grewar, S. Mannagh, L. Nelson, C. Riley, T. Silvestro, C. Thompson
23rd: L. Street
Ins: D. Butler, W. Coates, C. Riley, J. Cusack, L. English, L. Nelson, D. Rioli
Box Hill
B: C. Glass, K. Brand, C. Jiath
HB: S. Burgoyne, D. Mirra, T. Miles
C: D. Moore, H. Jones, H. Morrison
HF: O. Hanrahan, D. Minchington, C. Nash
F: J. Ross, J. Roughead, M. Walker
Foll: M. Pittonet, J. Cousins, D. Howe
I/C (from): C. Byrne, M. DeWit, W. Golds, D. Greaves, S. Horner, B. Kilpatrick, N. Lane, D. Mascitti, L. Meadows, A. Moore, N. Mullenger-McHugh, N. Reeves
23rd: M. Doreian
Ins: C. Nash, N. Lane, D. Moore, S. Burgoyne, J. Cousins, M. DeWit, S. Horner, D. Howe, M. Doreian, H. Morrison, N. Mullenger-McHugh
Outs: H. Burt, R. Schoenmakers, J. Koschitzke
Obviously, as many will recall, the Hawks drew their last match with the Bulldogs as the MCG curtain raiser to the Hawthorn win over the Giants. Roughead kicked five goals in his first game for Box Hill since 2012, but it wasn't enough to earn him a recall to the Hawthorn lineup, so he'll play another game with Box Hill this weekend. Mathew Walker kicked two goals, while Glass, Schoenmakers, Pittonet, Andrew Moore and Ross were Box Hill's other goalkickers. The Hawks trailed at quarter time and at half-time, but kicked five goals to two in the third quarter to take an eight point lead into the final quarter. But some decision-making errors cost the Hawks a chance at winning the game and a draw was probably the fair result.
In the meantime, the Tigers enjoyed a percentage-boosting win over stand-alone team Frankston. The Tigers held a 10 point lead at quarter time, kicking 5.0.30 to 3.2.20, but blew the contest wide open in the second quarter, restricting the Dolphins to a point while kicking 6.3 themselves. The lead extended to 48 points at three-quarter time and then the Tigers kicked another six goals (to two) in the final quarter to record a 74 point win (19.10.124 to 7.8.50).
Plenty of Tigers players got amongst the goals for Richmond, with Naish kicking four, Chol three, Aarts, Coleman-Jones and Thompson two each, while Grewar, Morris, Mannagh, Street, Weller and Townsend chipped in with a goal each.
The Hawks, under rookie coach, Max Bailey, will need to be at the top of their game to hand the Tigers their first loss of the season in a game that could have some serious ramifications for the finals, even this early in the season.
RICHMOND v BOX HILL
Richmond
B: D. Coffield, H. Beasley, S. Morris
HB: D. Eggmolesse-Smith, B. Miller, O. Markov
C: P. Naish, R. Collier-Dawkins, F. Turner
HF: J. Aarts, C. Coleman-Jones, D. Butler
F: L. English, M. Chol, D. Rioli
Foll: I. Soldo, J. Townsend, M. Weller
I/C (from): J. Ballard, W. Coates, B. Credlin, J. Cusack, J. Fletcher, B. Grewar, S. Mannagh, L. Nelson, C. Riley, T. Silvestro, C. Thompson
23rd: L. Street
Ins: D. Butler, W. Coates, C. Riley, J. Cusack, L. English, L. Nelson, D. Rioli
Box Hill
B: C. Glass, K. Brand, C. Jiath
HB: S. Burgoyne, D. Mirra, T. Miles
C: D. Moore, H. Jones, H. Morrison
HF: O. Hanrahan, D. Minchington, C. Nash
F: J. Ross, J. Roughead, M. Walker
Foll: M. Pittonet, J. Cousins, D. Howe
I/C (from): C. Byrne, M. DeWit, W. Golds, D. Greaves, S. Horner, B. Kilpatrick, N. Lane, D. Mascitti, L. Meadows, A. Moore, N. Mullenger-McHugh, N. Reeves
23rd: M. Doreian
Ins: C. Nash, N. Lane, D. Moore, S. Burgoyne, J. Cousins, M. DeWit, S. Horner, D. Howe, M. Doreian, H. Morrison, N. Mullenger-McHugh
Outs: H. Burt, R. Schoenmakers, J. Koschitzke
