2025 VFL Qualifying Final 2: Box Hill v Southport

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 2025 between Box Hill and Southport in the second qualifying final of the 2025 VFL season. Box Hill hosted Southport at Box Hill City Oval. In the absence of Callum Porter, vice-captain Stuart Horner captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Zane Littlejohn and the visitors were coached by Matthew Primus.

As a result of this match, Southport faced Frankston in the second preliminary final and Box Hill faced Brisbane Lions Reserves in the second semi final.

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final 2
Teams: Box Hill v Southport
Date: Saturday 30 August 2025
Time: 12:35 PM
Venue: Box Hill City Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Box Hill def. by Southport
Score: 13.16.94 - 18.7.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Box Hill 3 . 7 7 . 9 9 . 13 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Southport 4 . 3 8 . 3 11 . 5 18 . 7 18 . 7 (115)
Margin SPRT by 2 level SPRT by 4 SPRT by 21 SPRT by 21
Duration 32:46 33:04 31:24 36:00 2:13:14

Honour Roll

Coaches: Zane Littlejohn (Box Hill), Matthew Primus (Southport)
Captains: Stuart Horner (Box Hill), unknown (Southport)

Player Statistics

Box Hill

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Anderson, Cody ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 6 0 ? 0 1 0 0
70 Arundell, Jake ? ? 1 2 13 8 5 4 0 1 1 ? 1 0 0 4
58 Bianco, Trent ? ? 0 3 19 11 8 3 0 2 1 ? 1 1 2 6
36 Blanck, James ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 0 ? 1 2 0 1
30 Butler, Sam ? ? 0 0 34 24 10 7 0 7 10 ? 3 2 4 9
53 Cavarra, Ben ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 2 0 4 1 ? 2 0 0 4
53 Declase, Kye ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 2 ? 1 1 1 3
8 Frost, Sam ? ? 1 2 7 4 3 1 0 0 2 ? 1 1 0 0
41 Hill, Matt ? ? 2 0 9 3 6 0 0 0 1 ? 1 1 0 1
62 Horner, Stuart (ac) ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 7 0 1 0 ? 1 2 1 1
44 Hustwaite, Henry ? ? 1 0 31 19 12 2 0 8 10 ? 2 2 3 6
42 Macdonald, Bailey ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 4 0 ? 1 0 3 3
28 Mackenzie, Cam ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 0 0 4 9 ? 0 0 3 3
27 McCabe, Will ? ? 1 1 11 3 8 0 0 3 2 ? 1 2 1 0
40 Mitchell, Seamus ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 3 0 ? 1 3 4 0
38 Ramsden, Max ? ? 4 2 12 9 3 8 2 1 0 ? 1 0 1 1
7 Reeves, Ned ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 5 37 0 5 ? 2 1 1 3
26 Ryan, Bodie ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 0 ? 1 0 3 1
39 Scaife, Jasper ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 1 5 5 0 ? 1 2 0 0
29 Serong, Jai ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 8 0 2 0 ? 1 0 8 2
65 Stanley, Ethan ? ? 0 1 11 4 7 1 0 1 1 ? 0 0 0 3
54 Ward, Lane ? ? 0 2 10 7 3 1 0 4 1 ? 0 1 1 5
23 Weddle, Josh ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 4 0 2 0 ? 0 0 3 2
Rushed ?
Total (23 players) 13 16 325 193 132 63 44 61 46 0+ 23 22 39 58

Southport

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Aston, Brock ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 0 0 0 1 ? 1 0 0 0
15 Buzza, Wylie ? ? 3 0 14 7 7 5 6 2 1 ? 1 1 1 2
27 Collins, Owen ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 ? 1 3 1 0
20 Crossley, Brayden ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 1 35 6 1 ? 1 4 2 0
3 Dawson, Jacob ? ? 0 0 29 10 19 0 0 7 13 ? 2 2 0 4
29 Dixon, Hugh ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 ? 2 1 0 2
21 Edwards, Jackson ? ? 2 0 21 13 8 2 0 2 2 ? 2 0 3 5
2 Foot, Zac ? ? 1 0 23 13 10 6 0 8 2 ? 2 3 0 6
19 Gore, Josh ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 3 0 5 0 ? 1 1 0 4
17 Gray, Keegan ? ? 2 0 20 11 9 4 0 3 0 ? 1 0 3 0
39 Hay, Finn ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 6 0 ? 1 0 0 0
25 Joyce, Jesse ? ? 0 0 36 26 10 8 0 2 1 ? 0 2 11 7
33 Lake, Campbell ? ? 0 1 18 6 12 0 0 3 0 ? 0 0 0 4
4 Manteit, Michael ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 5 0 4 1 ? 2 0 2 7
14 McGuinness, Matt ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 1 0 ? 0 0 0 0
8 Oea, Hewago ? ? 1 0 10 3 7 0 0 8 0 ? 0 0 0 3
42 Pescud, Max ? ? 2 3 17 12 5 1 0 2 1 ? 0 1 1 5
26 Reardon, Elijah ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 5 0 2 0 ? 0 0 5 1
16 Sexton, Jack ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 3 0 4 1 ? 1 1 2 2
11 Sexton, Will ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 2 0 ? 2 1 3 1
6 Spencer, Max ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 1 0 ? 0 0 3 0
30 Williams, Nick ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 2 0 ? 1 1 4 2
1 Woodcock, Boyd ? ? 2 0 26 17 9 7 0 9 7 ? 1 2 4 2
Rushed ?
Total (23 players) 18 7 360 219 141 70 42 80 31 0+ 22 23 45 57

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 BOXH Sam Frost behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:12
BOXH Max Ramsden goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 04:17
BOXH Cody Anderson goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 06:27
BOXH Trent Bianco behind 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 10:30
SPRT Hugh Dixon goal 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 11:12
SPRT Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 12:51
BOXH Jake Arundell behind 2.3.15 - 1.1.7 14:43
SPRT Campbell Lake behind 2.3.15 - 1.2.8 15:31
BOXH Ethan Stanley behind 2.4.16 - 1.2.8 16:44
SPRT Zac Foot goal 2.4.16 - 2.2.14 18:37
BOXH Jake Arundell goal 3.4.22 - 2.2.14 20:35
BOXH Ben Cavarra behind 3.5.23 - 2.2.14 21:45
SPRT Max Pescud behind 3.5.23 - 2.3.15 23:33
SPRT Boyd Woodcock goal 3.5.23 - 3.3.21 25:02
SPRT Jackson Edwards goal 3.5.23 - 4.3.27 27:58
BOXH Sam Frost behind 3.6.24 - 4.3.27 30:34
BOXH Trent Bianco behind 3.7.25 - 4.3.27 32:17
Q2 BOXH Sam Frost goal 4.7.31 - 4.3.27 06:48
BOXH Max Ramsden goal 5.7.37 - 4.3.27 08:28
SPRT Max Pescud goal 5.7.37 - 5.3.33 10:18
BOXH Max Ramsden goal 6.7.43 - 5.3.33 14:03
BOXH Matt Hill goal 7.7.49 - 5.3.33 15:15
SPRT Brock Aston goal 7.7.49 - 6.3.39 17:02
SPRT Max Pescud goal 7.7.49 - 7.3.45 21:29
BOXH Rushed behind 7.8.50 - 7.3.45 23:23
BOXH Ben Cavarra behind 7.9.51 - 7.3.45 24:58
SPRT Jackson Edwards goal 7.9.51 - 8.3.51 26:40
Q3 BOXH Will McCabe behind 7.10.52 - 8.3.51 03:13
SPRT Max Pescud behind 7.10.52 - 8.4.52 05:57
SPRT Josh Gore behind 7.10.52 - 8.5.53 07:12
SPRT Brayden Crossley goal 7.10.52 - 9.5.59 08:25
BOXH Matt Hill goal 8.10.58 - 9.5.59 12:02
BOXH Max Ramsden behind 8.11.59 - 9.5.59 14:35
SPRT Wylie Buzza goal 8.11.59 - 10.5.65 16:21
BOXH Lane Ward behind 8.12.60 - 10.5.65 19:56
BOXH Henry Hustwaite goal 9.12.66 - 10.5.65 22:23
BOXH Lane Ward behind 9.13.67 - 10.5.65 23:40
SPRT Jack Sexton goal 9.13.67 - 11.5.71 27:19
Q4 SPRT Wylie Buzza goal 9.13.67 - 12.5.77 01:06
SPRT Max Pescud behind 9.13.67 - 12.6.78 02:32
SPRT Boyd Woodcock goal 9.13.67 - 13.6.84 06:20
SPRT Josh Gore goal 9.13.67 - 14.6.90 08:12
SPRT Hewago Oea goal 9.13.67 - 15.6.96 10:44
SPRT Keegan Gray goal 9.13.67 - 16.6.102 13:14
SPRT Brayden Crossley behind 9.13.67 - 16.7.103 15:01
SPRT Keegan Gray goal 9.13.67 - 17.7.109 16:46
BOXH Trent Bianco behind 9.14.68 - 17.7.109 17:53
SPRT Wylie Buzza goal 9.14.68 - 18.7.115 21:42
BOXH Jake Arundell behind 9.15.69 - 18.7.115 23:40
BOXH Max Ramsden behind 9.16.70 - 18.7.115 26:25
BOXH Jasper Scaife goal 10.16.76 - 18.7.115 27:40
BOXH Max Ramsden goal 11.16.82 - 18.7.115 31:17
BOXH Will McCabe goal 12.16.88 - 18.7.115 32:32
BOXH Kye Declase goal 13.16.94 - 18.7.115 35:54