We were greeted with a beautiful crisp morning for our first real early game for the season against St Peters at Centenary Park. Our pre-game centred around better/smarter ball use & movement and more intensity and pressure across the ground. The … [Read more...] about Under 13 Div 2 v St Peter’s (R9)
President’s Report – Round 9
Sunday Funday I woke up early Sunday and the sun was shining, it looked like a great day for footy. That was until I stepped outside! Whilst the sun was blazing down on us it was still clearly a winters day in Melbourne. Despite the rain the day … [Read more...] about President’s Report – Round 9
Under 12 Div 6 v St Paul’s McKinnon (R9)
Hampton Rovers 5.3.33 defeated St Paul's McKinnon 0.1.1 The boys headed in to today full of confidence after a couple of good wins and some noticeable improvement. The game was set to be a tough battle with 2 (St Pauls) Vs 3 (Rovers) on the … [Read more...] about Under 12 Div 6 v St Paul’s McKinnon (R9)
Under 14 Div 5 v Waverley Park Hawks (R9)
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)
