When you do the hard work you get to sing the song. Just as I thought the girls had developed as much as they could this season they stepped it up again. No matter who your opponents are, as a team, you still need to generate the effort to make … [Read more...] about Under 18 Girls vs East Brighton Vampires (R7)
Latest Match Reports 2018
Under 11 Purple vs Cheltenham (R7)
Away today to the Cheltenham JFC – a ground that turned out to be nearly as big as the mighty Boss James. Last week’s run was sure to benefit the boys as they adjust to the bigger grounds. It is a special day today for one of our boys – Ollie … [Read more...] about Under 11 Purple vs Cheltenham (R7)
Under 12 Girls Purple vs St Peters (R7)
At home for a second luxurious week in a row, on the hallowed turf of Boss James Reserve, the mighty Rovers squared off against St Peters of Bentleigh East. With both teams coming off narrow losses the scene was set for another epic encounter. The … [Read more...] about Under 12 Girls Purple vs St Peters (R7)
Under 8 Green vs East Brighton Vampires (R7)
It was great to be back at "the Boss" today after a couple of weeks on the road and again, Melbourne turned on a perfect day. The lads were a bit all over the place in the warm up, this could have been because the coach forgot the footballs so we had … [Read more...] about Under 8 Green vs East Brighton Vampires (R7)
Under 11 Orange vs St Kilda City (R6)
The returning injured duo of Nate W and Ryan P were our captains for the game against St Kilda City. It was a different team to what we played in a praccy match earlier in pre season. The 1st quarter saw the game very evenly matched. Each side … [Read more...] about Under 11 Orange vs St Kilda City (R6)
Under 9 Purple vs St Paul’s McKinnon (R6)
The power of the V After a strong showing against Ormond the previous week, could the Rovers go back-to-back against St Paul’s McKinnon? Cruz and Archie were missing, giving Fraser and Zac the opportunity of callups from U8s. Also joining the team … [Read more...] about Under 9 Purple vs St Paul’s McKinnon (R6)
Under 8 Green vs St Bedes Mentone (R6)
Another magnificent Melbourne morning...well, not quite, but despite the cold morning the boys arrived keen to take on St Bedes / Mentone and bounce back after last week. During the week, we had a good training session and started focussing on … [Read more...] about Under 8 Green vs St Bedes Mentone (R6)
Under 9 Yellow vs Oakleigh (R6)
Round 6 was played at Oakleigh and with 16 on each team and a good size ground, we were looking forward to some space for the boys to test their skills on. Captains Lachlan Curtis and Joe Whelan won the toss and kicked with the wind in the first … [Read more...] about Under 9 Yellow vs Oakleigh (R6)
Under 13 Div 1 vs Beaumaris (R6)
Rovers 3-4-22 Beauy 7-9-51 Goals: Teal (1), Bogue (1), Roberts (1) Summary The rovers were out the blocks with intent but we soon found ourselves under immense pressure defensively. With the big Beauy full forward up and about with several … [Read more...] about Under 13 Div 1 vs Beaumaris (R6)
Under 13 Div 4 vs East Malvern (R6)
Rovers 5.3.33 def by East Malvern 10.12.72 Goals: Jem.T (1), Josh.E (1), Lucas.C (1), Lucas.R (1), Mitch T (1) Summary Our second week in D4 looked to be a challenging one, with the Rovers up against an East Malvern team that had taken all … [Read more...] about Under 13 Div 4 vs East Malvern (R6)
