Box Hill Hawks news

From The Examiner
Reported by Terry Morris
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THE Box Hill Hawks have baulked at a $15,000 transfer fee being demanded for former Burnie coach Justin Plapp.
Plapp has joined Box Hill as a development coach and is hoping to continue his playing career in the VFL.

But he maintains the transfer fee being sought by Burnie is excessive and his playing future with Box Hill remains up in the air.

From The Age
Reported by Brent Diamond
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THE Western Bulldogs have another potential back-up option for valuable defender Brian Lake after giving former Hawthorn rookie Lukas Markovic a second chance in the national draft.

The former Box Hill co-captain was the first of only two VFL players taken in the draft (selection No. 63). The other was 20-year-old Sandringham defender Will Johnson, selected by AFL partner, St Kilda, at No. 77.

From the Sunday Age
Reported by Brent Diamond
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FORMER Collingwood-listed Sam Iles kicked a goal two seconds before the final siren for Box Hill Hawks to end Coburg Tigers’ season by five points in a dramatic finish at ABD Group Stadium yesterday.

Iles snapped the goal to sink the Tigers 14.16 (100) to 14.11 (95).

From the Sunday Age
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HAWTHORN midfielder Clinton Young suffered a minor setback in his recovery from a groin injury during the week and failed to play for Box Hill in yesterday's 49-point loss to Port Melbourne at TEAC Oval.

But in better news for the Hawks, the coaching hierarchy faces a ruck dilemma with Brent Renouf amassing another 32 hit-outs.

Ben McGlynn was missing from the Box Hill line-up after earning a recall to the Hawthorn AFL side last week. MARK FRECKER. s43wh60

BOX Hill Hawks coach Brendon Bolton expressed concerns about another slow start after his team lost its VFL clash to Collingwood by 56 points at Princes Park on Saturday.

The Hawks kicked just one goal in the opening quarter, to trail by 36 points at quarter-time, and they were never able to bridge the gap.

Without midfielder Ben McGlynn, who was recalled to the Hawthorn line-up, the Hawks lost 18.16 (124) to 11.2 (68).

“The last couple of games we started a little slow and it’s an area we’ve got to focus on for this week for sure,” Bolton said.

“I thought a lot of our intensity was low and we had a low tackle count.