2026 VFL Season Round 9: Williamstown v Box Hill
This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 2026 between Williamstown and Box Hill during round nine of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League.
Williamstown hosted Box Hill at DSV Stadium.
Stuart Horner captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Justin Plapp and the visitors were coached by David Mirra.
Williamstown (11.23.89) were defeated by Box Hill (14.10.94).
Match Details
Season:
2026 VFL Season
Round:
Round 9
Teams:
Williamstown
v
Box Hill
Date:
Friday 22 May 2026
Time:
7:05 PM
Venue:
DSV Stadium
Match Results
Outcome:
Williamstown
def. by
Box Hill
Score:
11.23.89 - 14.10.94
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamstown | 1 | . | 5 | 5 | . | 11 | 8 | . | 15 | 11 | . | 23 | 11 | . | 23 | (89) |
| Box Hill | 3 | . | 3 | 8 | . | 4 | 12 | . | 9 | 14 | . | 10 | 14 | . | 10 | (94) |
| Margin | BOXH by 10 | BOXH by 11 | BOXH by 18 | BOXH by 5 | BOXH by 5 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 27:24 | 32:21 | 31:55 | 32:37 | 2:04:17 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Williamstown) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Box Hill) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Williamstown
Captain: unknownCoach: Justin Plapp
Box Hill
Captain: Stuart HornerCoach: David Mirra
Player Statistics
Williamstown
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 10 | Colenso, Nathan | WL | ? | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Dawson, Kallan | WR | ? | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | D'Intinosante, Josh | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ? | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Fitzgerald, Joel | CHB | ? | 0 | 4 | 39 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 8 | ? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 24 | Fry, Tom | CHF | ? | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Greiser, Jake | FPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 6 | Hall-Kahan, Hugo | HBFL | ? | 0 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | Hamilton, Josh | RO | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ? | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Hollier, Matt | FB | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Hollow, Damon | C | ? | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 35 | Huxtable, Josh | HFFR | ? | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Kennedy, Ben | RR | ? | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | McHale, Jack | BPL | ? | 2 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ? | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Minton-Connell, Harry | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ? | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 49 | Mirkov, Alex | INT | ? | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 4 | ? | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Moloney, Diesel | BPR | ? | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Ollington, Heath | HFFL | ? | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ? | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | Parks, Luke | RU | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | Pendergast, Ned | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Philpot, Max | FF | ? | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Preuss, Braydon | HBFR | ? | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 6 | ? | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 | Seivers, Angus | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Willis, Conor | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 11 | 23 | 340 | 195 | 145 | 65 | 51 | 62 | 40 | 0+ | 26 | 23 | 36 | 63 | |||
Box Hill
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Anderson, Cody | RO | ? | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 58 | Bianco, Trent | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | Butler, Sam | CHF | ? | 0 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ? | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 34 | Dalton, Jack | RR | ? | 1 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Day, Will | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ? | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Dear, Calsher | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 53 | Declase, Kye | CHB | ? | 1 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 76 | Farrer, Tom | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ? | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | Greeves, Ollie | HFFR | ? | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ? | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 | Hill, Matt | HFFL | ? | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Horner, Stuart (c) | HBFL | ? | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 44 | Hustwaite, Henry | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | ? | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | Kellar, Will | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 31 | LeRay, Matthew | WR | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 60 | Lukic, Alex | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | McCabe, Will | FPL | ? | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 50 | McLaughlin, Brodie | FPR | ? | 7 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | Morrison, Harry | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ? | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| 21 | Mraz, Noah | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 39 | Perez, Flynn | BPL | ? | 1 | 0 | 35 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 |
| 29 | Schubert, Aidan | FF | ? | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ? | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 63 | Sofronidis, Sam | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Uhr-Henry, Jaime | RU | ? | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | ? | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushed | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 14 | 10 | 386 | 229 | 157 | 85 | 13 | 67 | 29 | 0+ | 23 | 26 | 51 | 50 | |||
Legend
ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Williamstown | Coach: Justin Plapp | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
| 39 | F. Perez | 21 | N. Mraz | 44 | H. Hustwaite | 22 | L. Parks | 30 | J. D'Intinosante | ||||||
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19 | M. Philpot | 18 | J. Greiser | 23 | B. Kennedy | 4 | H. Minton-Connell | ||||||
| FORWARD | 21 | J. Hamilton | 49 | A. Mirkov | |||||||||||
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32 | N. Pendergast | |||||||||||
| 62 | S. Horner (c) | 53 | K. Declase | 78 | W. Kellar |
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45 | A. Seivers | ||||||
| 35 | J. Huxtable | 24 | T. Fry | 15 | H. Ollington |
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26 | C. Willis | ||||||
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| 13 | K. Dawson | 12 | D. Hollow | 10 | N. Colenso | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 43 | J. Uhr-Henry | 58 | T. Bianco | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 34 | J. Dalton | 12 | W. Day | |||||||||||
| 41 | M. Hill | 30 | S. Butler | 35 | O. Greeves | 32 | C. Anderson | 13 | C. Dear | ||||||
| 11 | B. Preuss | 8 | J. Fitzgerald | 6 | H. Hall-Kahan |
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76 | T. Farrer | ||||||
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60 | A. Lukic | |||||||||||
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1 | H. Morrison | |||||||||||
| 27 | W. McCabe | 29 | A. Schubert | 50 | B. McLaughlin |
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| 9 | D. Moloney | 3 | M. Hollier | 1 | J. McHale |
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| Box Hill | Coach: David Mirra | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | WILL | Braydon Preuss behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.0.0 | 01:27 |
| WILL | Braydon Preuss behind | 0.2.2 | - | 0.0.0 | 02:41 | |
| WILL | Joel Fitzgerald behind | 0.3.3 | - | 0.0.0 | 04:00 | |
| WILL | Jack McHale goal | 1.3.9 | - | 0.0.0 | 04:51 | |
| BOXH | Ollie Greeves goal | 1.3.9 | - | 1.0.6 | 07:56 | |
| BOXH | Brodie McLaughlin behind | 1.3.9 | - | 1.1.7 | 10:40 | |
| BOXH | Ollie Greeves behind | 1.3.9 | - | 1.2.8 | 12:54 | |
| WILL | Diesel Moloney behind | 1.4.10 | - | 1.2.8 | 15:57 | |
| BOXH | Flynn Perez goal | 1.4.10 | - | 2.2.14 | 18:00 | |
| WILL | Damon Hollow behind | 1.5.11 | - | 2.2.14 | 20:48 | |
| BOXH | Aidan Schubert behind | 1.5.11 | - | 2.3.15 | 22:38 | |
| BOXH | Jaime Uhr-Henry goal | 1.5.11 | - | 3.3.21 | 25:37 | |
| Q2 | BOXH | Will McCabe goal | 1.5.11 | - | 4.3.27 | 03:11 |
| WILL | Damon Hollow goal | 2.5.17 | - | 4.3.27 | 06:25 | |
| WILL | Ben Kennedy behind | 2.6.18 | - | 4.3.27 | 10:24 | |
| BOXH | Jack Dalton goal | 2.6.18 | - | 5.3.33 | 11:04 | |
| WILL | Jack McHale goal | 3.6.24 | - | 5.3.33 | 13:16 | |
| WILL | Tom Fry behind | 3.7.25 | - | 5.3.33 | 16:02 | |
| BOXH | Matt Hill behind | 3.7.25 | - | 5.4.34 | 16:40 | |
| WILL | Joel Fitzgerald behind | 3.8.26 | - | 5.4.34 | 17:55 | |
| WILL | Ben Kennedy behind | 3.9.27 | - | 5.4.34 | 19:09 | |
| BOXH | Brodie McLaughlin goal | 3.9.27 | - | 6.4.40 | 22:27 | |
| WILL | Joel Fitzgerald behind | 3.10.28 | - | 6.4.40 | 23:33 | |
| BOXH | Brodie McLaughlin goal | 3.10.28 | - | 7.4.46 | 24:30 | |
| WILL | Harry Minton-Connell goal | 4.10.34 | - | 7.4.46 | 27:27 | |
| WILL | Rushed behind | 4.11.35 | - | 7.4.46 | 28:57 | |
| WILL | Alex Mirkov goal | 5.11.41 | - | 7.4.46 | 30:10 | |
| BOXH | Kye Declase goal | 5.11.41 | - | 8.4.52 | 32:13 | |
| Q3 | WILL | Nathan Colenso behind | 5.12.42 | - | 8.4.52 | 00:18 |
| WILL | Heath Ollington behind | 5.13.43 | - | 8.4.52 | 00:56 | |
| BOXH | Cody Anderson behind | 5.13.43 | - | 8.5.53 | 01:36 | |
| BOXH | Brodie McLaughlin goal | 5.13.43 | - | 9.5.59 | 04:30 | |
| BOXH | Brodie McLaughlin behind | 5.13.43 | - | 9.6.60 | 07:49 | |
| BOXH | Brodie McLaughlin goal | 5.13.43 | - | 10.6.66 | 08:38 | |
| BOXH | Will McCabe behind | 5.13.43 | - | 10.7.67 | 10:46 | |
| WILL | Diesel Moloney goal | 6.13.49 | - | 10.7.67 | 11:41 | |
| BOXH | Brodie McLaughlin goal | 6.13.49 | - | 11.7.73 | 13:21 | |
| WILL | Josh Huxtable goal | 7.13.55 | - | 11.7.73 | 14:59 | |
| WILL | Rushed behind | 7.14.56 | - | 11.7.73 | 16:38 | |
| BOXH | Kye Declase behind | 7.14.56 | - | 11.8.74 | 18:10 | |
| WILL | Josh Huxtable goal | 8.14.62 | - | 11.8.74 | 20:21 | |
| BOXH | Stuart Horner behind | 8.14.62 | - | 11.9.75 | 22:44 | |
| WILL | Ben Kennedy behind | 8.15.63 | - | 11.9.75 | 24:15 | |
| BOXH | Brodie McLaughlin goal | 8.15.63 | - | 12.9.81 | 30:50 | |
| Q4 | BOXH | Cody Anderson behind | 8.15.63 | - | 12.10.82 | 01:37 |
| BOXH | Brodie McLaughlin goal | 8.15.63 | - | 13.10.88 | 03:41 | |
| WILL | Joel Fitzgerald behind | 8.16.64 | - | 13.10.88 | 07:33 | |
| WILL | Heath Ollington behind | 8.17.65 | - | 13.10.88 | 09:31 | |
| WILL | Alex Mirkov goal | 9.17.71 | - | 13.10.88 | 11:33 | |
| WILL | Damon Hollow behind | 9.18.72 | - | 13.10.88 | 13:10 | |
| WILL | Jack McHale behind | 9.19.73 | - | 13.10.88 | 13:41 | |
| WILL | Max Philpot behind | 9.20.74 | - | 13.10.88 | 15:11 | |
| WILL | Josh D'Intinosante goal | 10.20.80 | - | 13.10.88 | 17:06 | |
| WILL | Matt Hollier behind | 10.21.81 | - | 13.10.88 | 21:57 | |
| WILL | Kallan Dawson behind | 10.22.82 | - | 13.10.88 | 23:12 | |
| WILL | Braydon Preuss goal | 11.22.88 | - | 13.10.88 | 28:08 | |
| BOXH | Will McCabe goal | 11.22.88 | - | 14.10.94 | 29:28 | |
| WILL | Hugo Hall-Kahan behind | 11.23.89 | - | 14.10.94 | 32:26 | |