It has been a hot and cold start to the season. Cold against Mordi Brae back in round 2, followed by hot performances against Bentleigh and East Sandringham. What would it be today? Following the lead of the AFL, Hampton Rovers Juniors recognised … [Read more...] about Under 10 Blue vs East Malvern (R5)
Latest Match Reports 2019
Under 14 Div 1 vs East Malvern (R5)
Making Cecil ‘Captain for the Day’ was the best move I have made coaching in a long time; his game was from the very top shelf in every way. Before I go on, a big shout out to our Captain, Archie who plays D1 U14 interleague on Wednesday night … [Read more...] about Under 14 Div 1 vs East Malvern (R5)
Under 14 Girls Div 4 vs East Malvern (R5)
Luck is sometimes all you need in a game of football – sometimes it goes your way, sometimes it doesn’t. this week for the U14 it didn’t go our way, but the girls can hold their heads high after putting in a four quarter effort of tough and … [Read more...] about Under 14 Girls Div 4 vs East Malvern (R5)
Under 10 Girls Yellow vs East Brighton (R5)
The sun was shining brightly for our return to ‘The Home of Football’, Boss James Reserve. The girls had been moved to the experienced division following the completion of the grading games and we knew before showing up on Sunday that more stern … [Read more...] about Under 10 Girls Yellow vs East Brighton (R5)
Under 12 Girls Div 2 (Davis) vs East Malvern (R5)
The morning started with the sun shining and Super Coach Kabes rocked up with his on the go coffee reciting his words of wisdom to the girls. The Moss’ arrived fashionably late due to elite AFL preparation at home, whilst umpire Razor Ray (Killey) … [Read more...] about Under 12 Girls Div 2 (Davis) vs East Malvern (R5)
Under 13 Div 2 vs St Kilda City (R5)
We were greeted by a howling cross wind for our round 5 away game against St Kilda City at Wattie Watson Oval. Our pre-game centred around better decision making and taking more advantage of our opportunities. We knew the opposition would come at us … [Read more...] about Under 13 Div 2 vs St Kilda City (R5)
Under 9 Blue vs East Malvern (R5)
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)
