Dublin Boon (Stellenbosch FC | South Africa)

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Dublin Boon signs with the Nix 🐦‍🔥

Talented goalkeeper Dublin Boon has joined the Wellington Phoenix on a one-year scholarship deal 🧤

Welcome Dublin 🙌

Dublin Boon's football journey:

▪️ Nomads United
▪️ Christchurch United
▪️ Roda JC

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— Wellington Phoenix 🔥 (@WgtnPhoenixFC) August 29, 2024

Was wondering when we'd see this. Nix were always on about competition in the goalkeeping department last year, specifically with Duncan pushing Paulsen to be his best and retain his spot.

Slightly different scenario this time around with not having a hell of a lot of experience between Oluwayemi, AKH, and now Boon. But with Oluwayemi being the #1, at least having AKH and Boon battling it out for the 2nd keeper spot will drive some of that competition that the club is so keen to foster. 

Can't speak much on his qualities as have only seen snippets of him in action, but if he was worth a punt for Roda JC then this is a good scholarship pick up for us. Only getting a one year scholarship indicates to me that he's got more to do to prove his worth, but I'm happy to see another Kiwi get a pro deal. 

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𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗚𝗞 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗡

Stellenbosch FC have signed 20 year-old New Zealand goalkeeper Dublin Boon. 🧤

Boon transfers from New Zealand A-League side Wellington Phoenix. 🇳🇿 pic.twitter.com/gYkjwV7APB

— Sahil Ebrahim (@sahil_e_) August 7, 2025

Ooh, you're quick with the work this morning my friend. 🙂

Continues the trend of having multiple Kiwis at overseas clubs too!

Good move. Really hope it goes well for him. 👏

Bloody hell that's random. But good on him. Will be nice hmfor him having ADJ to show him the ropes.

Big Uni town Stellenbosch so worst places to be as a 20 yr old. Lots of pretty Cape Dutch architecture and good wine to drink

Was it Jack Henry Sinclair that had a short stint there back when Stellies were a 2nd tier club in SA?

Stellies have 2 senior goalkeepers in their early thirties with Stevens and Oscarine. For Stellies this is a smart long term move to bring in a young talented goalkeeper to eventually replace the veterans. 

At 20 years old Boon will qualify to play for Stellies under 23 reserve league (Diski Challenge). And a real bonus of having fellow kiwi Adj to show him the ropes. 

Well done Boon's agent. 

Psl reserve (Diski Challenge) starts this weekend with Stellies fc going up against Amazulu on Sunday. 

Boon on the bench for Stellies first reserve game of the season against Amazulu

Dublin is finally given a start in goals for Stellenbosch FC against Polokwane City.
It's the 1st game since the holiday and it absolutely showed on Polokwane City boys. Shambolic performance, and second from bottom on the league table

https://supersport.com/football/dstv-diski-challenge/logs

Stellies with an easy 3-0 win

According to the highlights below he only had one save to really make, which was right at the end.

Was in Stellenbosch last week. Not a bad little town to live in. Great wine and food (cheap as well!).

Only seen it on wine tours but It seems a nice  little town in SA. About as safe as it gets In that country, I suspect.

Stellenbosch is awesome. Rich history, wine and a university town. Cheap wonderful restaurants lol

Terrible news for the Stellenbosch family as they have lost another future star way to early.

https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/dstv-diski-challenge/rip-stellies-ddc-player-passes-away/

Dublin Boons teammate Jeandre Gaffoor has passed due to drowning.

Sincere condolences to his family and the Stellenbosch football community.

RIP mate!

AucklandPhoenix

Only seen it on wine tours but It seems a nice  little town in SA. About as safe as it gets In that country, I suspect.

I've just come back from a 3 week trip covering the Cape area, Jo'burg, Natal, Pretoria and the northern national parks. I never felt unsafe.

Marto

AucklandPhoenix

Only seen it on wine tours but It seems a nice  little town in SA. About as safe as it gets In that country, I suspect.

I've just come back from a 3 week trip covering the Cape area, Jo'burg, Natal, Pretoria and the northern national parks. I never felt unsafe.

Good for you. Living in SA and being a tourist there worlds apart. Ask any Sth African of any hue. Invariably they themselves personally, or someone they know, has had a scary crime episode in the Republic.

Stellies U20 South Africa captain, was stabbed to death in 2023.

Marto - Glad you had a great time mate. Great country, "so much potential, sh*t government". But that's the same for a lot of countries around the world 😁 

Coochiee - i was speaking to somebody about Cape Town. It's the safest city in South Africa but has the most murders statistically in the country (the last time I checked). Most (about 90%) of which is in the township obviously. Far, far away from tourist areas.

Been to SA and the Mother City thrice.

1998. First time 4 Kiwi guys, and in a group felt a bit bullet proof (excuse the pun). Probably just young stupid naviety. Did see a white guy fire a hand gun at a running  black guy from the top floor of my downtown Durban back packers.

2002. 2nd time had a Saffa girl friend, and she knew all the safety behaviours to adopt that become 2nd nature to locals. Though I did a Natal-Kruger trip solo, and at the same Durban backpackers, my French dorm mate came in shaken after seeing a tourist stabbed at an ATM.

2015. Travelling solo visiting same old SA GF and her family plus travelling. Coming on dusk in Cape Town, I took a wrong turn and after about 50 metres it dawned on me I was in an unsafe (very Coloured) area, with many eyes on me. Thank fudge a taxi came along.

I've met a Chinese heritage Saffa in Aussie who showed me his bullet wounds from an attempted car jacking in Joburg. Been on an internet date in Aussie years ago with a Durban lass, who was carjacked at night taken to an ATM (made to withdraw cash) and then driven around for several terrifying hours why the two crims debated what to do with her. She tried to stay calm and make them think of their own female family members. Eventually they just stopped and let her out of the car and drove off. Got 3-4 other similar yarns I've been told.

Beautiful and yipe heaps of potential. But until you solve the massive problem of millions of young unemployed men living in poverty, many angry when they see wealthy folk of any colour (some also coming from terrible upbringings like both parents dying of HIV), Nigerian gangsters plus millions of guns freely around - well there is little hope of any real change.

Main thing mate is that Marto had a great time and didn't feel unsafe. 👍

"well there is little hope of any real change." - I don't know about that.

There have been many people over the last centuries that have said that but somehow South Africa comes back fighting. 

The political situation is changing really fast. Probably should put a Phoenix 🐦‍🔥 on the flag. Lol

Yipe agree the more tourists that go to Sth Africa and have a great time the better. Lots of tourism projects there now feed stuff back into local communities and the like.

I volunteered for a day at a school coaching sport, in Cape Town's biggest township. The black guy running it was an inspiring dude (cricket nuffy), and the young kids all loved him. Helped of course that they got out of class for an hour into the sunshine.

No PE gear just running around in their school clothes for an hour, their black shoes getting a hammering with bull rush on a concrete netball court etc.

But man without getting big numbers of the populace out of grinding poverty and into proper jobs that give them some real hope, it will be tough to make real progress.

That is wonderful  mate. Topman for volunteering your time. Greatest feeling.

That's just the thing. SA issues can be so easily solved with good governance and market friendly policies. 

Huge oil discovery off SA West Coast is just the ticket to get things going. Namibia going gang busters but oil companies won't touch SA because of corruption.

Fingers crossed for SA. Loved my time in Namibia 27 years ago. A huge piece of nothing. Surf casting for bronze whalers sharks off the Atlantic Coast! Catch and release. The guide in a beat up Land Rover and half a finger missing. Etosha Park one of Africa’s best

But it’s fair easier to be a nimble and open for business when you are small and relatively homogeneous, everyone mostly pulling in the same direction. Far trickier with a larger more complex country with lots of competing groups. Small Botswana is another rare African stable success story. Uruguay much more than oil rich Venezuela 

Apologies to Dublin Boon

Etosha is amazing 😍 

Amazingly South Africa for all its different cultures is fairly homogeneous in their political views. Its the history and poor leadership on all sides that is the issue. Case in point, is the recent resignation of the leader of the Democratic Party (SA main opposition party), John Steenhuizen. 

Turns out he only has a high school diploma and he cannot manage his personal finances correctly. The Party credit card was taken away from him. Part of the deal for him to resign as leadership of the party(DA) is for him to keep his position as the Agriculture Minister in the Government of National Unity (no party got over 50% in last year's election). 

South Africa's farmers are pissed off because his incompetent and has been slow to help with the "foot and mouth" crisis in SA. But he cannot let go of the position because of his financial position. 

Now of course the main party in SA are so, so corrupt but this side show doesn't breed confidence when there is a local elections coming up at the end of the year.

This game was played 2 weeks ago against Polokwane City. A very technical game with good players on both sides. No saves for Boon unfortunately as the Stellenbosch defence is solid.

Wonder goal from Stellenbosch in the 2nd half 46:20 into the video.

2nd half

This weekend game. Not sure if Dublin played.

Golden Arrows 2-1 Stellenbosch FC

Stellenbosch FC lost ground with the pace-setters and suffered their first defeat of the year after going down 2-1 to the in-form Golden Arrows at the Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium.

It was tied ace clear at the break, but Abafana Besthende were able to race further away from the Maroons through goals from Siphamandla Shangase and Khulekani Shezi and grabbed their third win in a row.