2025 VFL Season Grand Final: Footscray Reserves v Southport

This is the match report for the match played on 21 September 2025 between the Footscray Reserves and Southport in the grand final of the 2025 season of the Victorian Football League. The 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.

The Footscray Reserves (14.5.89) defeated Southport (11.13.79).

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

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Footscray Reserves

Captain: Daniel Orgill
Vice-Captain: Cooper Craig-Peters
Coach: Stewart Edge

Southport

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Primus

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

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