2025 VFL Season Elimination Final 1: Casey v Williamstown

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 2025 between Casey and Williamstown in the first elimination final of the 2025 season of the Victorian Football League. Casey hosted Williamstown at Casey Fields. Deakyn Smith captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Taylor Whitford and the visitors were coached by Justin Plapp.

Casey (20.12.132) defeated Williamstown (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: First Elimination Final
Teams: Casey v Williamstown
Date: Saturday 30 August 2025
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Casey Fields

Match Results

Outcome: Casey def. Williamstown
Score: 20.12.132 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Casey	6	.	2	11	.	5	15	.	6	20	.	12	20	.	12	(132)
Williamstown	2	.	3	4	.	3	7	.	4	8	.	8	8	.	8	(56)
Margin	CASY by 23			CASY by 44			CASY by 50			CASY by 76			CASY by 76
Duration	32:23			31:06			31:41			29:19			2:04:29

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Casey) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Williamstown) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Casey

Captain: Deakyn Smith
Coach: Taylor Whitford

Williamstown

Captain: unknown
Coach: Justin Plapp

Player Statistics

Casey

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Adams, Jed	?	?	1	0	17	13	4	9	0	0	0	?	1	0	4	3
56	Baldi, Riley	?	?	0	0	10	5	5	3	0	6	1	?	0	0	0	3
14	Billings, Jack	?	?	1	1	21	10	11	7	0	6	1	?	0	0	1	3
52	Bonner, Riley	?	?	0	0	17	11	6	4	0	1	0	?	0	2	6	1
41	Brown, Kynan	?	?	1	0	18	16	2	8	0	2	3	?	1	0	3	2
29	Campbell, Tom	?	?	0	0	23	16	7	1	29	0	12	?	3	3	1	6
75	Craven, Jesse	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
64	Cross, Paddy	?	?	4	1	14	9	5	7	0	3	2	?	0	0	0	2
46	Culley, Jai	?	?	0	0	17	8	9	5	0	6	4	?	1	2	2	5
33	Fullarton, Tom	?	?	0	0	13	11	2	7	7	0	1	?	0	0	3	1
55	Hardie, Mitch	?	?	0	2	26	17	9	12	0	5	3	?	1	2	0	3
22	Howes, Blake	?	?	0	0	27	18	9	12	0	2	0	?	1	3	2	0
42	Johnson, Aidan	?	?	2	1	10	9	1	6	2	1	0	?	0	0	0	3
44	Kentfield, Luker	?	?	2	1	6	5	1	5	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	0
16	Laurie, Bailey	?	?	1	0	29	21	8	7	0	5	2	?	2	0	3	5
74	Lual, Wardell	?	?	0	0	9	6	3	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	3
39	Mentha, Ricky	?	?	0	0	13	5	8	3	0	4	3	?	1	0	0	3
38	Sestan, Oliver	?	?	0	1	21	16	5	3	0	2	2	?	2	1	5	2
54	Smith, Deakyn (c)	?	?	0	0	13	4	9	3	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	0
9	Spargo, Charlie	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	4	0	1	3	?	4	0	0	3
12	Tholstrup, Koltyn	?	?	0	0	23	9	14	1	0	3	4	?	0	1	1	4
40	Woewodin, Taj	?	?	1	0	22	12	10	5	0	5	1	?	1	2	1	3
49	Yze, Noah	?	?	7	0	12	8	4	4	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	2
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				20	12	371	237	134	119	38	59	42	0+	20	17	32	57

Williamstown

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Brown, Jack	?	?	0	0	10	6	4	1	0	3	1	?	1	0	2	4
35	Colenso, Nathan	?	?	1	2	13	7	6	2	0	3	1	?	1	0	1	0
9	Collier-Dawkins, Riley	?	?	1	0	11	9	2	4	0	2	3	?	2	0	0	3
4	Cox, Mitch	?	?	0	0	16	9	7	4	0	1	2	?	0	3	1	2
11	Downie, Tom	?	?	0	0	13	4	9	2	9	7	3	?	4	3	0	2
8	Fitzgerald, Joel	?	?	0	0	23	12	11	9	0	0	1	?	0	0	2	2
13	Gadsby, Noah	?	?	0	2	11	6	5	4	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	2
15	Gollant, Lachlan	?	?	1	2	7	6	1	4	0	4	1	?	0	2	0	2
18	Greiser, Jake	?	?	0	0	26	19	7	10	0	3	0	?	0	0	5	3
20	Hall-Kahan, Hugo	?	?	0	0	18	10	8	4	0	1	3	?	0	1	0	5
12	Hollow, Damon	?	?	2	0	10	6	4	3	0	0	2	?	1	0	0	1
1	McHale, Jack	?	?	0	0	10	5	5	0	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	2
6	McLaughlin, Brodie	?	?	3	0	5	5	0	3	0	3	0	?	0	1	0	0
16	Minton-Connell, Harry	?	?	0	0	14	10	4	3	0	2	2	?	1	1	2	2
17	O'Dwyer, Finbar	?	?	0	0	12	8	4	6	0	0	0	?	0	1	2	0
38	Ollington, Heath	?	?	0	1	13	5	8	3	0	1	1	?	2	2	1	2
22	Parks, Luke	?	?	0	0	13	11	2	9	0	0	0	?	0	1	8	0
32	Pendergast, Ned	?	?	0	0	12	9	3	6	0	1	0	?	0	0	4	2
24	Petric, Jovan	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	?	0	0	1	0
19	Philpot, Max	?	?	0	0	8	3	5	1	0	0	0	?	1	0	0	1
5	Polson, Cameron	?	?	0	0	8	4	4	3	0	1	1	?	1	1	1	2
14	Toner, Jack	?	?	0	0	19	12	7	5	0	1	2	?	2	1	4	2
7	Triffett, Toby	?	?	0	0	10	2	8	0	0	6	3	?	0	2	0	1
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				8	8	282	168	114	86	17	41	26	0+	17	20	36	40

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 50s

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WILL	Heath Ollington behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	02:36
	WILL	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	03:31
	CASY	Noah Yze goal	1.0.6	-	0.2.2	05:47
	CASY	Kynan Brown goal	2.0.12	-	0.2.2	08:34
	CASY	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	0.2.2	11:53
	CASY	Jack Billings goal	3.1.19	-	0.2.2	12:45
	WILL	Damon Hollow goal	3.1.19	-	1.2.8	18:57
	CASY	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	1.2.8	20:36
	CASY	Paddy Cross goal	4.2.26	-	1.2.8	21:23
	WILL	Lachlan Gollant behind	4.2.26	-	1.3.9	23:24
	CASY	Luker Kentfield goal	5.2.32	-	1.3.9	26:04
	WILL	Nathan Colenso goal	5.2.32	-	2.3.15	27:18
	CASY	Noah Yze goal	6.2.38	-	2.3.15	32:12
Q2	CASY	Aidan Johnson behind	6.3.39	-	2.3.15	03:48
	CASY	Luker Kentfield goal	7.3.45	-	2.3.15	08:45
	CASY	Noah Yze goal	8.3.51	-	2.3.15	10:59
	WILL	Brodie McLaughlin goal	8.3.51	-	3.3.21	12:51
	CASY	Paddy Cross goal	9.3.57	-	3.3.21	15:36
	CASY	Mitch Hardie behind	9.4.58	-	3.3.21	17:46
	CASY	Taj Woewodin goal	10.4.64	-	3.3.21	19:29
	CASY	Rushed behind	10.5.65	-	3.3.21	24:32
	WILL	Damon Hollow goal	10.5.65	-	4.3.27	27:26
	CASY	Noah Yze goal	11.5.71	-	4.3.27	29:35
Q3	WILL	Lachlan Gollant goal	11.5.71	-	5.3.33	01:18
	CASY	Aidan Johnson goal	12.5.77	-	5.3.33	04:41
	CASY	Jed Adams goal	13.5.83	-	5.3.33	07:30
	CASY	Noah Yze goal	14.5.89	-	5.3.33	10:55
	WILL	Nathan Colenso behind	14.5.89	-	5.4.34	13:47
	WILL	Brodie McLaughlin goal	14.5.89	-	6.4.40	15:08
	CASY	Mitch Hardie behind	14.6.90	-	6.4.40	21:01
	WILL	Brodie McLaughlin goal	14.6.90	-	7.4.46	24:56
	CASY	Aidan Johnson goal	15.6.96	-	7.4.46	28:29
Q4	WILL	Noah Gadsby behind	15.6.96	-	7.5.47	01:49
	WILL	Lachlan Gollant behind	15.6.96	-	7.6.48	02:36
	CASY	Paddy Cross goal	16.6.102	-	7.6.48	03:25
	WILL	Noah Gadsby behind	16.6.102	-	7.7.49	06:29
	CASY	Rushed behind	16.7.103	-	7.7.49	07:51
	CASY	Noah Yze goal	17.7.109	-	7.7.49	11:22
	CASY	Noah Yze goal	18.7.115	-	7.7.49	13:10
	WILL	Riley Collier-Dawkins goal	18.7.115	-	8.7.55	14:51
	CASY	Luker Kentfield behind	18.8.116	-	8.7.55	16:58
	CASY	Bailey Laurie goal	19.8.122	-	8.7.55	18:06
	CASY	Jack Billings behind	19.9.123	-	8.7.55	19:58
	CASY	Oliver Sestan behind	19.10.124	-	8.7.55	21:04
	CASY	Rushed behind	19.11.125	-	8.7.55	21:56
	WILL	Nathan Colenso behind	19.11.125	-	8.8.56	23:12
	CASY	Paddy Cross behind	19.12.126	-	8.8.56	26:41
	CASY	Paddy Cross goal	20.12.132	-	8.8.56	29:01

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