2025 VFL Grand Final: Footscray Reserves v Southport

This is the match report for the match played on 21 September 2025 between Footscray Reserves and Southport in the grand final of the 2025 VFL season. Footscray Reserves hosted Southport at Princes Park. Daniel Orgill captained the hosts with Cooper Craig-Peters as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Stewart Edge and the visitors were coached by Matthew Primus.

As a result of this match, Footscray Reserves were the premiers and Southport were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Footscray Reserves v Southport
Date: Sunday 21 September 2025
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray Reserves def. Southport
Score: 14.5.89 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray Reserves 6 . 1 10 . 3 10 . 4 14 . 5 14 . 5 (89)
Southport 1 . 3 4 . 4 8 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin FOOR by 28 FOOR by 35 FOOR by 6 FOOR by 10 FOOR by 10
Duration 32:57 32:43 33:08 36:14 2:15:02

Honour Roll

Coaches: Stewart Edge (Footscray Reserves), Matthew Primus (Southport)
Captains: Daniel Orgill (Footscray Reserves), unknown (Southport)
Vice-Captains: Cooper Craig-Peters (Footscray Reserves), unknown (Southport)

Player Statistics

Footscray Reserves

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Baker, Oskar WL ? 1 1 14 8 6 1 0 7 0 ? 4 1 0 3
5 Busslinger, Jedd BPL ? 1 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 0 ? 1 0 5 0
17 Coffield, Nick BPR ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 0 0 ? 1 0 6 2
61 Craig-Peters, Cooper (vc) INT ? 1 0 28 18 10 3 0 8 8 ? 4 0 2 7
16 Croft, Jordan FF ? 1 0 11 5 6 1 1 2 1 ? 4 1 1 2
54 Crofts, Billy INT ? 2 0 22 11 11 1 0 6 10 ? 3 1 0 2
26 Dolan, Josh HFFL ? 2 0 13 6 7 1 0 1 0 ? 1 0 0 1
15 Duryea, Taylor HBFL ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 5 2 ? 0 3 5 2
43 Gardner, Ryan CHB ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 0 ? 0 0 3 0
6 Hynes, Cooper HFFR ? 0 1 16 8 8 0 0 8 3 ? 2 2 2 2
11 Jaques, Lachie HBFR ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 3 0 ? 1 1 4 2
32 Jones, Arthur WR ? 0 1 9 5 4 1 0 1 0 ? 1 3 1 3
19 Jones, Liam FB ? 0 0 10 6 4 6 0 4 0 ? 0 1 3 0
35 Kennedy, Luke FPL ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 2 0 ? 0 0 2 2
64 Lewis, Will FPR ? 2 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 0 ? 3 2 0 0
50 Orgill, Daniel (c) RO ? 1 0 15 10 5 1 0 10 4 ? 2 5 4 1
25 Poulter, Caleb CHF ? 1 0 11 7 4 2 0 0 0 ? 1 0 0 3
28 Scott, Anthony RR ? 2 0 25 13 12 2 0 3 6 ? 1 2 2 7
37 Sellwood, Michael INT ? 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 3 0 ? 0 1 7 0
40 Smith, Lachlan RU ? 0 0 15 7 8 0 35 5 7 ? 1 8 2 2
1 Treloar, Adam C ? 0 0 26 11 15 1 0 6 6 ? 0 3 2 2
53 Valpied, Fred INT ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 ? 0 1 0 1
41 Walker, Zac INT ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 ? 1 0 1 1
Rushed ?
Total (23 players) 14 5 326 188 138 47 36 81 47 0+ 31 35 52 45

Southport

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Aston, Brock INT ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 0 0 ? 0 1 0 4
15 Buzza, Wylie FF ? 2 0 13 9 4 3 6 5 3 ? 2 1 1 3
20 Crossley, Brayden RU ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 65 11 2 ? 7 5 1 6
3 Dawson, Jacob RR ? 0 0 30 18 12 3 0 9 13 ? 3 1 5 5
29 Dixon, Hugh FPL ? 1 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 1 ? 1 1 0 0
21 Edwards, Jackson HFFL ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 5 1 ? 0 0 0 4
2 Foot, Zac RO ? 2 1 24 17 7 2 0 7 7 ? 3 3 0 10
19 Gore, Josh HFFR ? 1 1 7 4 3 1 0 2 1 ? 0 0 0 1
17 Gray, Keegan INT ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 2 1 ? 1 0 3 3
39 Hay, Finn INT ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 3 1 ? 1 1 1 1
25 Joyce, Jesse HBFL ? 0 0 30 14 16 3 0 4 4 ? 2 2 4 3
33 Lake, Campbell FPR ? 0 1 14 8 6 2 0 9 0 ? 1 0 0 4
12 Lockhart, Jay WR ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 0 3 0 ? 3 0 2 2
4 Manteit, Michael WL ? 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 6 2 ? 0 4 1 2
14 McGuinness, Matt BPR ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 3 0 ? 0 4 0 0
8 Oea, Hewago INT ? 2 0 19 11 8 4 0 5 0 ? 2 1 2 4
42 Pescud, Max CHF ? 0 5 18 11 7 4 0 2 2 ? 1 1 0 3
26 Reardon, Elijah C ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 ? 0 0 2 0
16 Sexton, Jack BPL ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 ? 0 0 0 1
11 Sexton, Will HBFR ? 0 0 18 9 9 2 0 1 0 ? 1 2 1 2
6 Spencer, Max FB ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 0 ? 1 2 2 0
30 Williams, Nick CHB ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 0 ? 0 2 1 0
1 Woodcock, Boyd INT ? 3 1 31 22 9 2 0 6 13 ? 6 0 5 6
Rushed ?
Total (23 players) 11 13 332 202 130 60 71 91 51 0+ 35 31 31 64

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

Player Line-Up

Footscray Reserves Coach: Stewart Edge
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
16 J. Sexton 6 M. Spencer 14 M. McGuinness 40 L. Smith 61 C. Craig-Peters (vc)
64 W. Lewis 16 J. Croft 35 L. Kennedy 28 A. Scott 54 B. Crofts
FORWARD 50 D. Orgill (c) 37 M. Sellwood
HALF-BACK

53 F. Valpied
25 J. Joyce 30 N. Williams 11 W. Sexton

41 Z. Walker
6 C. Hynes 25 C. Poulter 26 J. Dolan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 M. Manteit 26 E. Reardon 12 J. Lockhart



32 A. Jones 1 A. Treloar 13 O. Baker FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 20 B. Crossley 32 B. Aston
HALF-FORWARD 3 J. Dawson 17 K. Gray
21 J. Edwards 42 M. Pescud 19 J. Gore 2 Z. Foot 39 F. Hay
11 L. Jaques 43 R. Gardner 15 T. Duryea

8 H. Oea
HALF-BACK

1 B. Woodcock
FORWARD



29 H. Dixon 15 W. Buzza 33 C. Lake



17 N. Coffield 19 L. Jones 5 J. Busslinger



BACK



Southport Coach: Matthew Primus

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FOOR Daniel Orgill goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 04:54
SPRT Max Pescud behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 06:14
FOOR Will Lewis goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 08:58
FOOR Anthony Scott goal 3.0.18 - 0.1.1 10:55
FOOR Cooper Craig-Peters goal 4.0.24 - 0.1.1 12:56
FOOR Will Lewis goal 5.0.30 - 0.1.1 15:17
SPRT Max Pescud behind 5.0.30 - 0.2.2 19:16
FOOR Jordan Croft goal 6.0.36 - 0.2.2 20:19
SPRT Rushed behind 6.0.36 - 0.3.3 24:42
FOOR Rushed behind 6.1.37 - 0.3.3 28:13
SPRT Boyd Woodcock goal 6.1.37 - 1.3.9 31:31
Q2 SPRT Hugh Dixon goal 6.1.37 - 2.3.15 05:10
SPRT Boyd Woodcock goal 6.1.37 - 3.3.21 07:18
SPRT Josh Gore goal 6.1.37 - 4.3.27 12:34
FOOR Oskar Baker goal 7.1.43 - 4.3.27 17:50
FOOR Cooper Hynes behind 7.2.44 - 4.3.27 19:54
FOOR Anthony Scott goal 8.2.50 - 4.3.27 20:29
FOOR Caleb Poulter goal 9.2.56 - 4.3.27 24:22
FOOR Rushed behind 9.3.57 - 4.3.27 26:40
FOOR Josh Dolan goal 10.3.63 - 4.3.27 28:12
SPRT Rushed behind 10.3.63 - 4.4.28 31:52
Q3 SPRT Boyd Woodcock goal 10.3.63 - 5.4.34 01:23
SPRT Zac Foot behind 10.3.63 - 5.5.35 03:48
SPRT Max Pescud behind 10.3.63 - 5.6.36 05:50
SPRT Boyd Woodcock behind 10.3.63 - 5.7.37 10:14
FOOR Arthur Jones behind 10.4.64 - 5.7.37 13:04
SPRT Hewago Oea goal 10.4.64 - 6.7.43 15:38
SPRT Max Pescud behind 10.4.64 - 6.8.44 16:58
SPRT Wylie Buzza goal 10.4.64 - 7.8.50 21:15
SPRT Max Pescud behind 10.4.64 - 7.9.51 23:45
SPRT Wylie Buzza goal 10.4.64 - 8.9.57 29:00
SPRT Josh Gore behind 10.4.64 - 8.10.58 31:16
Q4 SPRT Hewago Oea goal 10.4.64 - 9.10.64 02:25
FOOR Billy Crofts goal 11.4.70 - 9.10.64 06:54
FOOR Jedd Busslinger goal 12.4.76 - 9.10.64 11:59
FOOR Billy Crofts goal 13.4.82 - 9.10.64 16:06
SPRT Rushed behind 13.4.82 - 9.11.65 19:55
SPRT Zac Foot goal 13.4.82 - 10.11.71 23:44
FOOR Oskar Baker behind 13.5.83 - 10.11.71 25:03
SPRT Campbell Lake behind 13.5.83 - 10.12.72 28:55
FOOR Josh Dolan goal 14.5.89 - 10.12.72 29:48
SPRT Zac Foot goal 14.5.89 - 11.12.78 31:20
SPRT Rushed behind 14.5.89 - 11.13.79 34:38