2026 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray Reserves v Casey

This is the match report for the match played on 21 March 2026 between the Footscray Reserves and Casey during round one of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Footscray Reserves hosted Casey at Mission Whitten Oval. Daniel Orgill captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Alex Johnson and the visitors were coached by Rhett McLennan.

The Footscray Reserves (19.21.135) defeated Casey (14.8.92).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray Reserves v Casey
Date: Saturday 21 March 2026
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: Mission Whitten Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray Reserves def. Casey
Score: 19.21.135 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Footscray Reserves	4	.	6	7	.	12	14	.	17	19	.	21	19	.	21	(135)
Casey	2	.	2	7	.	4	10	.	7	14	.	8	14	.	8	(92)
Margin	FOOR by 16			FOOR by 8			FOOR by 34			FOOR by 43			FOOR by 43
Duration	28:07			31:43			35:44			32:45			2:08:19

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 (Casey) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Footscray Reserves

Captain: Daniel Orgill
Coach: Alex Johnson

Casey

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rhett McLennan

Player Statistics

Footscray Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
51	Billings, Jack	RR	?	2	3	20	13	7	7	0	1	1	?	1	0	1	5
5	Busslinger, Jedd	BPR	?	0	0	25	15	10	7	0	1	0	?	1	1	7	1
2	Carmichael, Lachlan	FB	?	0	0	19	11	8	6	0	0	0	?	1	1	2	0
36	Cleary, Luke	FPL	?	0	0	23	14	9	10	0	1	2	?	0	1	1	3
17	Coffield, Nick	HBFR	?	0	1	31	24	7	16	0	0	0	?	1	1	4	4
61	Craig-Peters, Cooper	INT	?	1	0	24	11	13	5	0	3	5	?	1	1	0	5
54	Crofts, Billy	INT	?	1	1	23	9	14	4	0	2	6	?	3	0	3	3
15	Darcy, Will	CHB	?	0	2	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	?	1	0	0	0
26	Dolan, Josh	C	?	1	2	25	14	11	7	0	0	2	?	1	1	0	4
25	Emmett, Louis	WL	?	0	1	17	6	11	5	7	2	2	?	2	2	0	2
12	Gallagher, Harvey	HBFL	?	0	0	10	9	1	6	0	0	1	?	0	0	3	0
43	Gardner, Ryan	FPR	?	0	0	22	15	7	11	1	1	1	?	0	2	6	0
72	Hewitt, Harrison	INT	?	0	0	13	8	5	6	0	0	0	?	0	1	1	1
32	Jones, Arthur	CHF	?	2	1	16	10	6	6	0	1	1	?	1	2	0	6
35	Kennedy, Luke	HFFR	?	1	1	17	6	11	2	0	1	3	?	1	1	1	2
28	Lewis, Will	WR	?	6	3	14	13	1	6	1	3	1	?	1	2	0	1
30	McNeil, Lachlan	HFFL	?	2	0	25	11	14	5	0	3	4	?	1	0	0	5
50	Orgill, Daniel (c)	RU	?	0	1	25	15	10	12	0	2	1	?	1	3	0	4
79	Saunders, Ged	INT	?	1	0	19	10	9	9	0	3	0	?	0	2	1	2
55	Smith, Connor	INT	?	0	0	11	5	6	4	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	3
40	Smith, Lachlan	FF	?	2	0	18	7	11	1	11	2	6	?	0	4	2	5
1	Treloar, Adam	BPL	?	0	1	33	11	22	10	0	5	2	?	1	0	0	3
53	Valpied, Fred	RO	?	0	0	19	12	7	4	0	5	0	?	1	0	3	4
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				19	21	454	253	201	152	20	38	38	0+	19	25	35	63

Casey

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Adams, Jed	CHB	?	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	2	0	?	2	0	2	0
38	Berry, Oscar	WL	?	0	0	9	5	4	6	0	1	0	?	1	0	1	1
52	Bonner, Riley	FPL	?	1	0	33	22	11	5	0	4	3	?	0	1	5	10
48	Bowden, Braedyn	INT	?	0	0	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	?	0	1	1	2
72	Cheffers, Luke	INT	?	1	1	10	4	6	1	0	8	1	?	1	0	0	0
75	Craven, Jesse	INT	?	2	0	13	7	6	3	0	3	1	?	0	2	1	3
41	Cross, Paddy	HFFL	?	1	0	11	6	5	5	0	5	0	?	3	0	0	4
56	D'Angelo, Luis	FPR	?	1	0	12	4	8	2	0	7	3	?	2	0	2	1
27	Heath, Max	HBFR	?	1	0	17	7	10	4	36	3	5	?	3	2	1	3
43	Henderson, Jack	CHF	?	0	0	18	7	11	1	0	4	4	?	2	1	1	0
16	Laurie, Bailey	BPL	?	1	1	16	11	5	2	0	3	3	?	0	1	2	5
58	Lual, Luamon	RU	?	0	0	9	5	4	3	0	3	0	?	1	1	3	0
74	Lual, Wardell	INT	?	0	0	13	11	2	6	0	0	1	?	0	2	1	0
20	Matthews, Thomas	HBFL	?	1	2	8	4	4	0	0	2	1	?	2	1	0	1
18	Melksham, Jake	FB	?	1	0	8	8	0	4	0	1	0	?	2	1	0	2
39	Mentha, Ricky	C	?	0	0	15	11	4	7	0	2	0	?	0	0	2	0
45	Moniz-Wakefield, Andy	HFFR	?	0	0	32	26	6	8	0	2	1	?	1	2	13	3
40	Onley, Riley	WR	?	0	0	10	5	5	1	0	0	1	?	1	2	1	1
70	Pipicelli, Nate	INT	?	2	0	8	5	3	0	6	2	5	?	2	0	0	1
61	Sinnema, Toby	RR	?	0	1	9	7	2	2	0	2	1	?	0	0	2	3
53	Sruk, Tyson	FF	?	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	2	0	?	0	0	2	1
64	Stanley, Ethan	RO	?	2	1	13	7	6	2	0	1	3	?	1	1	0	6
19	Taylor, Xavier	BPR	?	0	0	17	10	7	8	0	2	0	?	1	1	3	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				14	8	303	184	119	75	43	60	33	0+	25	19	43	49

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: Alex Johnson
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	16	B. Laurie	18	J. Melksham	19	X. Taylor	50	D. Orgill (c)	61	C. Craig-Peters
	43	R. Gardner	40	L. Smith	36	L. Cleary	51	J. Billings	54	B. Crofts
FORWARD							53	F. Valpied	72	H. Hewitt
HALF-BACK									79	G. Saunders
	20	T. Matthews	26	J. Adams	27	M. Heath			55	C. Smith
	35	L. Kennedy	32	A. Jones	30	L. McNeil
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	38	O. Berry	39	R. Mentha	40	R. Onley
	28	W. Lewis	26	J. Dolan	25	L. Emmett	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							58	L. Lual	48	B. Bowden
HALF-FORWARD							61	T. Sinnema	72	L. Cheffers
	41	P. Cross	43	J. Henderson	45	A. Moniz-Wakefield	64	E. Stanley	75	J. Craven
	17	N. Coffield	15	W. Darcy	12	H. Gallagher			74	W. Lual
HALF-BACK									70	N. Pipicelli
FORWARD
	52	R. Bonner	53	T. Sruk	56	L. D'Angelo
	5	J. Busslinger	2	L. Carmichael	1	A. Treloar
BACK
Casey							Coach: Rhett McLennan

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	FOOR	Luke Kennedy behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:07
	CASY	Thomas Matthews behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	05:05
	CASY	Ethan Stanley behind	0.1.1	-	0.2.2	06:48
	FOOR	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	0.2.2	09:38
	FOOR	Rushed behind	0.3.3	-	0.2.2	11:05
	FOOR	Rushed behind	0.4.4	-	0.2.2	11:53
	FOOR	Jack Billings behind	0.5.5	-	0.2.2	12:51
	FOOR	Ged Saunders goal	1.5.11	-	0.2.2	15:41
	CASY	Luke Cheffers goal	1.5.11	-	1.2.8	18:33
	FOOR	Jack Billings behind	1.6.12	-	1.2.8	21:08
	FOOR	Will Lewis goal	2.6.18	-	1.2.8	22:19
	FOOR	Jack Billings goal	3.6.24	-	1.2.8	23:35
	FOOR	Lachlan Smith goal	4.6.30	-	1.2.8	25:53
	CASY	Paddy Cross goal	4.6.30	-	2.2.14	27:59
Q2	CASY	Toby Sinnema behind	4.6.30	-	2.3.15	02:42
	FOOR	Jack Billings behind	4.7.31	-	2.3.15	03:44
	FOOR	Josh Dolan behind	4.8.32	-	2.3.15	04:40
	FOOR	Will Lewis behind	4.9.33	-	2.3.15	06:26
	CASY	Jesse Craven goal	4.9.33	-	3.3.21	07:39
	CASY	Jesse Craven goal	4.9.33	-	4.3.27	08:51
	CASY	Nate Pipicelli goal	4.9.33	-	5.3.33	11:13
	CASY	Rushed behind	4.9.33	-	5.4.34	13:30
	FOOR	Rushed behind	4.10.34	-	5.4.34	14:27
	FOOR	Will Darcy behind	4.11.35	-	5.4.34	18:39
	CASY	Bailey Laurie goal	4.11.35	-	6.4.40	19:38
	FOOR	Josh Dolan goal	5.11.41	-	6.4.40	20:54
	FOOR	Luke Kennedy goal	6.11.47	-	6.4.40	23:49
	CASY	Nate Pipicelli goal	6.11.47	-	7.4.46	25:51
	FOOR	Nick Coffield behind	6.12.48	-	7.4.46	28:14
	FOOR	Billy Crofts goal	7.12.54	-	7.4.46	30:45
Q3	CASY	Ethan Stanley goal	7.12.54	-	8.4.52	01:03
	FOOR	Lachlan McNeil goal	8.12.60	-	8.4.52	04:24
	CASY	Luke Cheffers behind	8.12.60	-	8.5.53	07:32
	FOOR	Arthur Jones goal	9.12.66	-	8.5.53	08:06
	CASY	Riley Bonner goal	9.12.66	-	9.5.59	10:30
	FOOR	Will Lewis goal	10.12.72	-	9.5.59	12:13
	FOOR	Will Lewis behind	10.13.73	-	9.5.59	15:10
	FOOR	Cooper Craig-Peters goal	11.13.79	-	9.5.59	15:51
	FOOR	Will Darcy behind	11.14.80	-	9.5.59	19:08
	FOOR	Will Lewis goal	12.14.86	-	9.5.59	20:31
	CASY	Bailey Laurie behind	12.14.86	-	9.6.60	21:45
	CASY	Rushed behind	12.14.86	-	9.7.61	23:07
	FOOR	Arthur Jones behind	12.15.87	-	9.7.61	24:46
	CASY	Ethan Stanley goal	12.15.87	-	10.7.67	25:17
	FOOR	Billy Crofts behind	12.16.88	-	10.7.67	27:35
	FOOR	Daniel Orgill behind	12.17.89	-	10.7.67	29:34
	FOOR	Will Lewis goal	13.17.95	-	10.7.67	31:14
	FOOR	Will Lewis goal	14.17.101	-	10.7.67	32:39
Q4	FOOR	Will Lewis goal	15.17.107	-	10.7.67	01:00
	FOOR	Jack Billings goal	16.17.113	-	10.7.67	02:24
	CASY	Max Heath goal	16.17.113	-	11.7.73	03:43
	FOOR	Louis Emmett behind	16.18.114	-	11.7.73	06:35
	FOOR	Lachlan Smith goal	17.18.120	-	11.7.73	08:03
	CASY	Thomas Matthews behind	17.18.120	-	11.8.74	10:15
	FOOR	Will Lewis behind	17.19.121	-	11.8.74	13:28
	CASY	Thomas Matthews goal	17.19.121	-	12.8.80	14:38
	CASY	Luis D'Angelo goal	17.19.121	-	13.8.86	18:59
	FOOR	Josh Dolan behind	17.20.122	-	13.8.86	23:37
	FOOR	Arthur Jones goal	18.20.128	-	13.8.86	28:14
	FOOR	Adam Treloar behind	18.21.129	-	13.8.86	29:32
	FOOR	Lachlan McNeil goal	19.21.135	-	13.8.86	30:20
	CASY	Jake Melksham goal	19.21.135	-	14.8.92	31:26

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