BORONIA HAWKS FOOTBALL NETBALL CLUB INC.
Senior Men's & Women's Football and Netball, Junior Boys & Girls Football, Auskick and over 35's Veterans and Masters Football. Affiliated with EFNL. We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional custodians of the land in Boronia.
Boronia Hawks FNC is very excited to announce that JARED RABIE is joining our Under 19’s team for 2025.
Jared has played A Grade with Rowville right through his junior career, winning one premiership and polling top 5 in the club B&F twice. He mainly plays up back and had a stint at the Hawthorn NGA. He also played in a ACC senior premiership with St Joseph’s College.
Please join us all in welcoming Jared and family to Boronia. Enquiries: Please click here.
Boronia Hawks FNC is very excited to announce that CHARLIE LAVENDER is joining our Under 19’s team for 2025. Charlie has already played senior football in 2024 after a decorated junior career.
He played EFNL interleague in Under 15’s and won the League B&F that season. In fact he has polled very well at EFNL level, coming third in Under 16’s and second in Under 17’s. Charlie played Under 16’s at Eastern Ranges, captained his Under 17’s team and was named as The Basin’s best junior player in 2022 and 2024.
We welcome Charlie and his family to the Hawks and really look forward to watching him play in brown and gold.
Boronia Hawks FNC is very excited to announce that DARCY JAMIESON is joining our Under 19’s team for 2025.
Darcy has a great football CV already. He played interleague football with the EFNL in Under 14’s and 15’s and finished top five in the League B&F’s in both years. He has one Under 15’s premiership under his belt. He went on to Eastern Ranges for Under 16’s and Under 18’s in 2024. Darcy was invited to the Under 16 Vic Metro trials and has spent time with the Hawthorn Next Generation Academy. Darcy has also done very well with school football, having won the B&F at St Joseph’s twice.
We welcome Darcy and his family to the club and really look forward to watching him grow as a footballer.
Boronia Hawks FNC is very excited to announce that HARRY CHAPMAN will be joining our Under 19’s team for 2025. Harry has a great Boronia pedigree as the son of Nathan Chapman and the nephew of Kane Van Hennik.
Harry has already shown some great form playing with Eastern Ranges Under 16’s and was invited to the Vic Metro trials. He is training again with Ranges and already has a club B&F to his name, along with a top 5 finish in the league B&F. We are very proud of our many father-son players and are now very pleased to welcome Harry and family “Back to Boronia”. We look forward to seeing Harry in the club colours for many years to come.
Boronia Hawks FNC is very pleased to announce the following appointments to our men’s coaching team for the 2025 season. Congratulation to Huddo, Brocky, Cats, Kyle and O’ey!
If you are interested in joining our Women’s Football program, please get in touch to find out more. Our Senior Coach is Sean Buncle, who formerly coached Port Melbourne VFLW. Training is Tuesday and Thursday for the pre-xmas period with excellent training facilities. Come along for a run! (Runners only, BYO water bottle). Enquiries: Scott Nicholas 0403 238 494
We are excited to announce the first of our new recruits for 2025, Cadhla Schmidli. Boasting an exceptional football resume which includes Vic Metro representative at U18 level, Eastern Ranges and Box Hill in the VFLW. Joining us from Aquinas in the VAFA, Cad is a tall, athletic player who can play a number of roles around the ground and brings a wealth of experience at just 21 years of age. We couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome Cad to Boronia in 2025.
Boronia Hawks FNC is very proud to announce the appointment of four great Boronia people as Assistant Coaches for the 2025 Women’s Football Season.
We’re thrilled to announce that Scott Nicholas will continue with our squad as Senior Assistant Coach in 2025. Scott has been integral in developing the squad since 2018, and coached our Senior Women to the Division 1 Premiership in 2023. Scott will work closely with our new Head Coach Sean Buncle, with a focus on leadership and culture and the broader women’s program.
Assistant Coach (Senior – Forwards) We’re thrilled to have Nicole Guy back on board in 2025 as an Assistant Coach. Working with our Senior forwardline for the past two seasons, Nicole adds a wealth of knowledge, understanding of the game and builds incredible, supportive and fun relationships with the playing group.
Assistant Coach (Senior – Backs). We couldn’t be more excited to announce Bree Watson as one of our Assistant Coaches for 2025. Bree is a natural leader who has begun her Coach Development as Captain of the Senior squad, and has naturally played the role of guiding and supporting our backs over the last few years. Bree will continue her learning taking on more responsibility with the backs this season.
Development Women Assistant Coach – We couldn’t be more excited to announce Tim Cavanagh as Assistant Coach for our Development side in 2025. Tim is highly experienced in women’s football, much loved amongst our playing group and builds incredible relationships with our playing group. Formerly Senior Assistant Coach and Senior runner, Tim moves into a new role this season and is excited to be working with some of our new and developing players.
Learn more about our Women’s Football Program.
Boronia Hawks FNC is excited to announce that JAKE GODWIN is #backtoboronia and has signed to play again in 2025, which will be his seventh senior season with the Hawks.
Jake is “one club” player since Under 9’s in 2007, although he moved up to Queensland and played the last three seasons for Morningside in the QAFL. This culminated in the 2024 Premiership, with Jake kicking three goals in the Grand Final. Jake played representative football with the EFNL U15’s, before playing at both Eastern Ranges and Box Hill Hawks. He played in the 2018 Senior Premiership side with Boronia. Jake is very capable either forward or back and will be a very valuable acquisition as we move in to Division 1.
All financial members of BHFNC are invited to the 2024 AGM on Monday 18th November at 7:00pm at the Knox Club.
The agenda includes our 2024 Annual Report, election of Senior and Junior Committees and the Board of Directors. All positions are open to nomination by club members. Please direct enquiries and apologies to Veronica Rankin at boronia@efnl.org.au
