The crowd roared. 100,000 people at the MCG had just heard Dimma announced at half time as the Coach of the Year. For “Efficient Management of Wristbands”. This was a new initiative introduced by Gil MacLachlan, to recognise the coaches across the … [Read more...] about Under 9 Blue vs East Malvern (R5)
Under 14 Div 5 vs St Peters (R5)
Fired up after a great training on Wednesday and an opportunity to redeem themselves from last week’s loss, the mighty recently re-graded Division 5 Hampton Rovers hosted St Peters to a rematch from our big win the first time we met. Peter P stood up … [Read more...] about Under 14 Div 5 vs St Peters (R5)
Under 9 Purple vs East Brighton Vampires (R5)
With the grading phase over we entered the season proper on a crisp, sunny and blustery morning at Castlefield. Moving from Red to Purple, we are facing our toughest test as a group with some very powerful opposition teams looming in the coming … [Read more...] about Under 9 Purple vs East Brighton Vampires (R5)
Under 12 Div 1 vs East Brighton Vampires (R5)
This week saw us in the “twilight” fixture against East Brighton at their ground in Moorabbin West. This timeslot had us waiting around all day until 3.00pm until it was time to switch the heads into football mode. We were back to a full complement … [Read more...] about Under 12 Div 1 vs East Brighton Vampires (R5)
Under 9 Yellow vs East Brighton Vampires (R5)
A cold windy day greeted us at Hurlingham Park on Sunday morning, Coach Sam gave the team a pre-match razz-up for another great day, with the key messages: Chance for us to keep improving Share the ball Kick to space, and Most of all … [Read more...] about Under 9 Yellow vs East Brighton Vampires (R5)
Under 8 Green vs St Peters (R5)
Tom fulfilled the honour of reading the indigenous Welcome to Country and recognised the great indigenous people who have played football in all leagues and the AFL. The boys all listened intently and showed great respect and understanding of the … [Read more...] about Under 8 Green vs St Peters (R5)
Under 15 Div 3 vs Waverley Park Hawks (R5)
When the first person to arrive from the opposition was 6'3" things weren't off to a good start. The good news was he was by far the Waverley Hawks tallest player - and there were only 14 more. So on the massive expanses of Boss James it was going to … [Read more...] about Under 15 Div 3 vs Waverley Park Hawks (R5)
Under 15 Div 1 vs Mordi Brae (R5)
We travelled down Nepean Hwy to take on Mordi Brae at Parkdale. Our opposition have had a great start to their season in Div 1 so it was going to be a great test for our boys to see how the team would handle the speed and pressure of Division 1 … [Read more...] about Under 15 Div 1 vs Mordi Brae (R5)
Under 16 Div 3 vs Caulfield Bears (R5)
After a couple of challenging weeks, the lads had held their heads high and forged onwards and upwards. This week we had a new starter playing his first game of football, Toby W, and he didn’t disappoint getting plenty of the ball and scoring his … [Read more...] about Under 16 Div 3 vs Caulfield Bears (R5)
Under 8 Violet vs Mordi Brae (R5)
It was a surprisingly sunny Sunday morning, that greeted the Hampton Rovers Violet U8 Team, ready for their first game after grading. They were to play Mordi Brae, who were also unbeaten in the competition so far. It was the Rover’s first home game … [Read more...] about Under 8 Violet vs Mordi Brae (R5)
