Finally, after months of pre-season and five practice matches premiership points are finally on the line.
Box Hill travel to Williamstown on Sunday afternoon with a view to start 2018 in the best possible fashion against the always impressive Seagulls.
Whilst youthful, Box Hill’s line-up boasts no fewer than seventeen AFL listed Hawks, four of whom – James Worpel, Harrison Jones, Jackson Ross and Dylan Moore – may make their VFL debuts.
Read: Hawks add seven to Round 3 squad
Notably for the Hawks, Kieran Lovell and James Cousins will be charged with leading the on-ball brigade.
In the absence of Box Hill forward Chris Jones, who has been sidelined through injury, Mitch Lewis will look to build on a positive pre-season form line out of centre half forward – whilst Irishman Conor Nash has been named at full forward with a view to developing that side of his game.
Will Hams is expected to skipper the side in the absence of Andrew Moore, who will miss the opening three matches of the campaign through suspension.
New: Harrison Jones, James Worpel, Jackson Ross, Dylan Moore, Liam Mackie (Box Hill)
ROUND 1 team
Williamstown v Box Hill
Burbank Oval, Williamstown
Sunday 8 April, 2pm
| B | 42. T Miles | 34. K Heatherley | 10. W Hams |
| HB | 50. D Willsmore | 32. D Mirra* | 44. C Glass* |
| C | 41. O Hanrahan | 46. J Cousins | 40. H Jones |
| HF | 38. J Worpel | 39. M Lewis | 51. B Whitecross |
| F | 37. J Ross | 45. C Nash | 36. D Moore |
| R | 56. M Pittonet* | 60. K Lovell | 52. J O’Rourke* |
| Int | 8. V Adduci | 21. L Walker | 4. M O’Donnell |
| 7. A Brolic | 3. B Murphy | 13. N Evans | |
| 11. B Kilpatrick | 1. L Mackie | ||
| 23rd | 17. T Maloney | ||
*Players included in AFL extended squad
Images courtesy of Kadek Thatcher photography
