Rovers 9-8-62 Defeated Waverley Park Hawks 3-1-19 Back at the Boss James, the Div 5 soldiers went head to head against a strong Waverley Hawks team, who beat us last time we met. Again, a day low on numbers, we needed the boys to step up and … [Read more...] about Under 14 Div 5 v Waverley Park Hawks (R9)
Under 14 Div 1 v East Brighton Vamps (R8)
Rovers 3-8-26 defeated by East Brighton Vampires 5-8-38 Cold and undermanned as we turned up at Hurlingham Reserve. Real keen to beat Vamps as we hadn’t done this in 2 years, with several OS catching sun we knew we needed to be at our best to … [Read more...] about Under 14 Div 1 v East Brighton Vamps (R8)
Under 14 Div 5 v Murrumbeena (R8)
Rovers True Grit The Rovers Div 5 team faced a gruelling challenge on a foggy and muddy Sunday game at Kangaroo Road. The hardest part wasn't the weather, but was the low numbers that we had to compete against a tall and full sided Murrumbeena … [Read more...] about Under 14 Div 5 v Murrumbeena (R8)
Under 14 Div 1 v Mordi Brae (R9)
With the Sun-lovers still away, drinking free cocktails and reminding me all about it with photo evidence at every opportunity we went into the Round 9 game against Mordi Brea knowing it might come down to the last 30 seconds of the game. I was very … [Read more...] about Under 14 Div 1 v Mordi Brae (R9)
Under 8 Violet v East Brighton Vamps (R9)
After the arctic conditions of last week, it was a bit of a luxury to play at Hurlingham Park with a later start time and patches of sunshine. It looked like the U8s Violet boys all enjoyed a bit of a sleep-in, because they hit the ground running … [Read more...] about Under 8 Violet v East Brighton Vamps (R9)
Under 9 Yellow v Oakleigh (R9)
Well there was no sight of ‘end of term-itus’ as we played against Oakleigh at home. We had strong legs, a lot of enthusiasm and goals in every quarter from our team. The boys (Hannah is on holidays at the moment) ran out strong, supported by some … [Read more...] about Under 9 Yellow v Oakleigh (R9)
Under 8 Green vs Murrumbeena (R9)
It was another cold, fresh morning with the boys arriving early and keen to start. Johnny and Harrison K were the captains for the day and the got off to a fine start kicking their preferred way for the 1st quarter; assisted with a slight wind in our … [Read more...] about Under 8 Green vs Murrumbeena (R9)
Under 9 Blue vs Oakleigh (R8)
BY ROHAN BARDWELL Sheeds sat pensively on the couch. He’d just received a dreaded text message. His right-hand man – Dimma, the brains behind the champion coaching duo – was unavailable to be by his side for the big match against Oakleigh at the … [Read more...] about Under 9 Blue vs Oakleigh (R8)
Under 14 Girls Div 2 vs South Melbourne (R8)
UNDER 14 GIRLS VIOLET v SOUTH MELBOURNE (R8) JUNE 23, 2019 Looking out at the mud patch that is the Castlefield oval, those South Melbourne girls were optimistic in their bright white and red stripes. Tall and talented, they had us going from the … [Read more...] about Under 14 Girls Div 2 vs South Melbourne (R8)
Under 9 Yellow vs East Malvern (R8)
It was a very early start for the Rovers on a very cold and foggy Sunday morning. As the Rovers commenced their warm-up exercises the fog began to lift, but for some of the parents who attended the Rovers 90th Birthday celebration the fog would take … [Read more...] about Under 9 Yellow vs East Malvern (R8)
