VAFA 2025 live stream: St Kevin’s v Old Haileybury, Premier Men’s Round 7

One of the VAFA’s most in-form small forwards has booted a stunning goal to secure victory for Old Haileybury against St Kevin’s. Watch the REPLAYS from the seniors and reserves here.

Old Haileybury have staved off a valiant effort from St Kevin’s to secure victory in their VAFA round 7 clash, with a stroke of brilliance from Andreas Stefanakis securing them the victory.

Stefanakis, who was earmarked as one of the Bloods’ star players in the lead-up to this match, broke multiple tackles and sidestepped a defender before kicking a goal from near the boundary.

The Bloods led at every change away from home at TH King Oval, but were never quite able to pull away from SKOB, as the hosts found a way to keep themselves in striking distance at every turn.

An 18-point three-quarter time lead for Old Haileybury was whittled down to be well within a kick.

The Bloods’ class once again shone through late in the piece, as they were able to stretch the margin back out to 18 points, before eventually securing a 9.14 (68) to 8.8 (56) win.

Reserves

St Kevin’s reserves squad produced an utterly dominant showing against Old Haileybury’s twos, running out 20.10 (130) to 4.4 (28) victors at TH King Oval.

The Bloods had some attacking forays early, but were thoroughly outclassed from late in the first quarter onwards

The win sees SKOB retain their place inside the top three, while Old Haileybury will remain languishing at the bottom of the table.

See the reserves replay below.

Preview

Andreas Stefanakis is flying in his side’s return to the VAFA’s top flight.

The Old Haileybury small forward, who is on Box Hill’s VFL list, is currently the competition’s leading goalkicker with 17 goals from six games.

He will be a key factor in the Bloods’ chances against St Kevin’s when the pair clash on KommunityTV from 2pm on Saturday.

While the youngster has kicked multiple goals in all but one game, his form has “been better” in the past fortnight according to coach Daniel Ward.

He booted four goals in 10 minutes against De La Salle to swing the game in his side’s favour before three second half majors against Uni Blues last time out.

“I’m proud of how he’s going, I couldn’t be happier with him,” Ward said.

“He’s playing a tough position and cops heavy attention and scrutiny from the opposition every week. He’s got great confidence at the moment.

“He would be the first to tell you he probably wasn’t happy with his form overall to start the year. But it’s on us as a coaching group as well to get the best out of him.”

Old Haileybury small forward Andreas Stefanakis in action during the 2025 VAFA season. Picture: VAFA Media.

Stefanakis is playing in a Bloods’ forward line which boasts other young VFL listed talent including Charlie Harrop and Harry Jones.

Old Haileybury returned to the Premier Men’s competition at the first time of asking last season, winning the Premier B flag.

The Bloods had been relegated at the end of 2023.

“When we were in A-grade a couple of years ago, we were an extremely young side and now the guys have got a couple more years experience,” Ward said.

“There’s a lot of talent who have taken some big steps forward in their footy. We’ve managed to get some onto VFL lists which has been a real win for us.”

Ward’s side has made a 4-2 start to the season to emerge as a finals threat.

They currently sit in fourth, ahead of St Bernard’s on percentage but share the same record as SKOB and Old Xavs.

“There’s a greater belief in the group,” Ward said.

“We’ve really worked on developing and improving our game plan. There’s greater depth playing a part.”

Originally published as VAFA 2025 live stream: St Kevin’s v Old Haileybury, Premier Men’s Round 7