Senior Teams | April 2-3 | Northern Football Netball League

The selected teams for this week’s NFNL senior football matches.

With the new season brings plenty of change as senior teams select their lineups ahead of this weekend’s opening round.

Notable new inclusions in Melbourne Greyhounds Division 1 include Essendon best and fairest David Zaharakis (Bundoora), Western Bulldogs duo Lin Jong and Mitch Honeychurch (Montmorency), Carlton and North Melbourne forward Jarrad Waite (Whittlesea), Collingwood midfielder Brayden Sier (Heidelberg) and Geelong’s Jordan Schroder (Northcote Park).

Star ruckmen Jarryd Coulson (Thomastown), Michael Florance (Hurstbridge) and Liam Wale-Buxton (Montmorency) are just some of the names who will debut with their new clubs this weekend, while the likes of Jordan Perry (Northcote Park), Danko Bzenic (Montmorency), Tristan Stead (Greensborough), Jhye Baddeley-Kelly and Nick Matthews (North Heidelberg) return to their former clubs for season 2022.

Selected teams for the NFNL Women’s competition will be named in the lead-up to Sunday’s matches.

Continue below for all the team changes. Click on the links to see the selected teams.

MELBOURNE GREYHOUNDS DIVISION 1

Selected teams: West Preston-Lakeside vs Bundoora
West Preston-Lakeside: NEW – Damandeep Aujla (Pascoe Vale), Hayden Gill (Macleod), Thomas McMahon (Mernda), Cooper Shoebridge (Sunbury), Aaron Tsarouhas (Brunswick), Regan Uwandu (Macleod)
Bundoora: NEW – Jake Hobbs (Taylors Lakes), Cooper Scott (debut), Ryan Sturgess (St Mary’s), David Zaharakis (Essendon)

Selected Teams: Montmorency vs Northcote Park
Montmorency: NEW – Danko Bzenic (Avondale Heights), Benjamin Crick (debut), Mitchell Honeychurch (Vermont), Lin Jong (Western Bulldogs), Kyle Kankaanpaa (debut), Nicolas Uzelac (debut), Liam Wale-Buxton (Vermont)
Northcote Park: NEW – Alexander Boyse (Essendon Doutta Stars), Jackson Curic (Preston Bullants), Matthew D’Angelo (Essendon Doutta Stars), Thomas Hallebone (Heidelberg), Mitchell Jones (Echuca United), Ali Khalil (West Preston-Lakeside), Brayden King (West Preston-Lakeside), Jordan Perry (Marcellin OC), Lucas Perry (Marcellin OC), Jordan Schroder (Essendon Doutta Stars)

Selected Teams: North Heidelberg vs Macleod
North Heidelberg: NEW – Jhye Baddeley-Kelly (Epping), Brock Chircop (Craigieburn), Joshua Doherty (Old Paradians), Nathan Johnson (Werribee Centrals), Nicholas Matthews (Port Douglas), Nicholas O’Neill (Woorinen), Zachary Reichert (Hurstbridge)
Macleod: NEW – Luke Joyce (Banyule), Charles Smythe (Banyule), Trent Warren (Blackburn)

Selected Teams: Heidelberg vs Hurstbridge
Heidelberg: NEW – Zane Barzen (Shepparton United), Dylan Clarke (Wodonga Raiders), Donato Cutinelli (debut), Mackenzie Hogg (debut), Jaicob Kenny (Labrador), Sean Martin (Tatura), Brayden Sier (Collingwood)
Hurstbridge: NEW – Caelan Anderson (Craigieburn), Sunny Brazier (South Bendigo), Michael Florance (Diamond Creek), Ty Franks (Diamond Creek), Liam Middleton (Craigieburn)

Selected Teams: Whittlesea vs Greensborough
Whittlesea: NEW – Taidhg Bland (debut), Curtis Brown (North Heidelberg), Luke Duffy (East Malvern), David Mennen (Benalla), Jarrad Waite (St Kevin’s)
Greensborough: Lucas Aquilina (Epping), Harvey Daniher (Sunshine), Tristan Stead (Wimbledon)

MC LABOUR DIVISION 2

Selected Teams: Panton Hill vs Eltham
Panton Hill: NEW – Thomas Clarke (debut), Charlie Cleary (Lower Plenty), Benjamin Donohue (debut), Jaspa Gook (debut), Ethan Gorski (Laurimar), Nathan Jasper (St Mary’s), James McCallum (debut), Oliver Parks (Diamond Creek), Ayden Robinson (debut), Thomas Smith (debut)
Eltham: NEW – Thomas Bevan-Shannon (UTS), Matthew Byron (Panton Hill), Josh Walker (debut), Jameson Wood (debut)

Selected Teams: Lower Plenty vs Watsonia
Lower Plenty: NEW – Daniel Iozzi (returning)
Watsonia: NEW – Cooper Burns (debut), James Lucente (Macleod), Corey Potter (debut)

Selected Teams: Thomastown vs Diamond Creek
Thomastown: NEW – Jarryd Coulson (Heidelberg West), Ross Hatzis (debut), Masaki Miki (Heidelberg West)
Diamond Creek: NEW – Thomas Baird (debut), Sage Dicello (Epping), Sam Gleeson (Merrivale), Liam O’Brien (Benalla)

Selected Teams: Fitzroy Stars vs Epping
Fitzroy Stars: NEW – Mark Daher (debut), Andrew Hood (Preston Bullants), Djaran Murray-Jackson (Parkside)
Epping: NEW – Thomas Burnside (Balranald), Bailey Caldow (Whittlesea), Zack Ferguson (debut), Finne Hoare (South Morang), Dylan Hoysted (Whittlesea), Damon Marcon (Preston Bullants), Omar Mustafa (West Preston-Lakeside), Benjamin Rowan (Whittlesea), Joshua Sims (West Preston-Lakeside), Clark Sloan (Whittlesea)

Selected Teams: St Mary’s vs Banyule
St Mary’s: NEW – Simon Carafa (Eltham), Thomas Carafa (Eltham), Bailey Leonard (debut), Vincent Loccisano (Montmorency), Riley O’Sullivan (debut)
Banyule: NEW – Liam Chambers (debut), Kai Davies (Lavington), James Kayrooz (debut), Xavier Mitchell (Cohuna Kangas)

HEIDELBERG GOLF CLUB DIVISION 3

Selected Teams: Old Eltham Collegians vs Kilmore
Old Eltham Collegians: NEW – Nathan Byatt (Whittlesea), Mathew Crooks (Lake Boga), Sebastian Francis-Perkins (debut), Ben Gill (Picola United), Bradley Johnstone (Lalor), Matthew Keys (Eltham), Nicholas Milne (Hurstbridge), Tom Rogers (Eltham), Jack Snow (West Preston-Lakeside)
Kilmore: NEW – Hayden Phillips (Girgarre)

Selected Teams: Heidelberg West vs Lalor
Heidelberg West: NEW – Lachlan Evans (Lalor), Louis Hill (Lalor), Marcus Hill (Yarroweyah), Nicholas Paton (Montmorency), Jonah Taylor (Reservoir)
Lalor: NEW – Dylan Cawsey (Manningham Cobras), Austin Creak (Watsonia), Kai Di Mauro (Eley Park), Connor Fitzgerald (Old Paradians), Steven Goodwin (Oak Park), Ned Hawkins (Old Scotch), Jadyn Kondinski (debut), Daniel Ray (Newstead), Andrew Tyrrell (Old Paradians)

Selected Teams: Laurimar vs Reservoir
Laurimar: NEW – Nathan Andrews (Whittlesea), Ethan Bateman (debut), Joshua Campbell (debut), Ethan Frawley (West Preston-Lakeside), Luke Jackson (debut), Joel Lawson (debut), Bailey Macleod (debut), Micah Vecchio (debut)
Reservoir: NEW – John Abouhaila (debut), Daniel Cole (debut), Thomas Dunn (debut), Ayman El-Ali (debut), Jack Mansfield (debut), Liam Morgan (debut), Billy Tsolacos (debut), James Voros (Mernda), Linden Young (Yea)

Selected Teams: Mernda vs South Morang
Mernda: NEW – Ryan Bongetti (Craigieburn), Ethan Wild (Westmeadows)
South Morang: NEW – Bailey Brown (Montmorency), Nathan Stefanile (Whittlesea)