2026 VFL Season Round 1: Gold Coast Reserves v Werribee

This is the match report for the match played on 22 March 2026 between the Gold Coast Reserves and Werribee during round one of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Gold Coast Reserves hosted Werribee at People First Stadium. Alex Sexton captained the hosts. Jesse Clark captained the visitors with Dom Brew as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tate Kaesler and the visitors were coached by Dan Lowther.

The Gold Coast Reserves (8.10.58) were defeated by Werribee (9.19.73).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Gold Coast Reserves v Werribee
Date: Sunday 22 March 2026
Time: 11:00 AM
Venue: People First Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast Reserves def. by Werribee
Score: 8.10.58 - 9.19.73

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Gold Coast Reserves	2	.	4	5	.	6	6	.	9	8	.	10	8	.	10	(58)
Werribee	2	.	5	5	.	10	7	.	15	9	.	19	9	.	19	(73)
Margin	WERB by 1			WERB by 4			WERB by 12			WERB by 15			WERB by 15
Duration	28:45			30:10			33:18			29:46			2:01:59

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Gold Coast Reserves

Captain: Alex Sexton
Coach: Tate Kaesler

Werribee

Captain: Jesse Clark
Vice-Captain: Dom Brew
Coach: Dan Lowther

Player Statistics

Gold Coast Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Adams, Oscar	BPR	?	0	0	19	13	6	11	0	0	0	?	0	1	3	0
31	Bell, Cooper	BPL	?	0	0	10	1	9	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	0
62	Bennett, Tommy	RO	?	0	1	20	7	13	4	0	0	1	?	0	1	2	1
61	Collins, Cooper	INT	?	1	0	11	6	5	4	0	3	0	?	1	2	2	3
43	Coulson, Koby	WR	?	1	0	21	12	9	6	0	6	0	?	1	2	1	7
51	Cramp, Lachlan	HBFL	?	0	1	11	6	5	4	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	4
42	Eastham, Asher	CHB	?	1	0	19	10	9	4	0	4	1	?	0	2	6	1
36	Evans, Zak	CHF	?	1	2	11	7	4	3	0	2	0	?	2	0	0	4
50	Farrar, Jy	FPR	?	0	0	12	8	4	5	0	3	0	?	1	1	0	3
46	Graham, Caleb	FB	?	0	0	16	14	2	12	0	4	0	?	0	1	1	0
39	Gulbin, Lachlan	HFFL	?	2	1	22	14	8	5	0	2	0	?	1	1	0	0
63	Harris, Jonah	INT	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
69	Heathcote, Harry	INT	?	0	0	16	7	9	6	0	3	0	?	0	0	4	0
7	Holman, Nick	C	?	0	0	38	14	24	4	0	7	5	?	0	2	3	6
44	Jepson, Ben	WL	?	0	0	27	11	16	4	0	3	4	?	1	3	4	3
37	Knobel, Max	INT	?	0	0	13	7	6	4	5	0	3	?	0	1	0	7
23	Moyle, Ned	RU	?	0	1	9	3	6	3	32	2	2	?	0	1	2	1
30	Patterson, Dylan	HBFR	?	0	0	28	19	9	3	0	0	0	?	0	4	5	1
13	Sexton, Alex (c)	INT	?	1	0	18	9	9	4	0	4	2	?	0	1	1	2
24	Swallow, David	HFFR	?	0	0	16	3	13	0	0	0	2	?	0	0	0	1
41	Thomas, Avery	RR	?	0	0	18	12	6	7	0	0	0	?	1	0	6	4
9	Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra	FF	?	0	0	10	9	1	2	0	2	0	?	1	2	0	4
4	Walter, Jed	FPL	?	1	2	14	6	8	3	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	3
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				8	10	379	198	181	101	37	48	20	0+	10	26	42	55

Werribee

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
19	Azzi, Sam	CHB	?	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	?	1	2	2	0
29	Brew, Dom (vc)	RR	?	0	1	26	13	13	5	0	6	5	?	1	1	3	3
3	Busuttil, Jordan	INT	?	0	1	11	5	6	3	0	8	2	?	1	0	0	1
32	Charleson, Lachlan	FPR	?	0	2	13	8	5	1	0	3	0	?	2	0	0	5
27	Clark, Jesse (c)	HBFL	?	0	0	19	14	5	6	0	1	0	?	1	0	5	0
14	Cousins, Mace	INT	?	0	0	23	18	5	9	0	2	1	?	3	2	6	2
24	Dahlhaus, Jay	HFFL	?	0	1	12	10	2	5	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	1
12	Donegan, Sam	C	?	1	0	16	5	11	0	0	8	8	?	0	2	2	3
6	Elliott, Will	FF	?	3	1	9	8	1	5	0	1	1	?	1	1	0	1
10	Eyers, Ryan	FB	?	0	0	8	6	2	4	0	1	0	?	1	1	2	0
57	Kellett, Josh	HBFR	?	0	0	17	15	2	5	0	3	0	?	1	0	7	4
39	Kliszewski, William	INT	?	0	3	8	3	5	3	2	1	1	?	0	0	0	1
20	Kuol Mun, Ajang	RU	?	0	0	4	3	1	1	24	1	2	?	1	0	1	1
1	Lazzaro, Charlie	RO	?	0	0	30	18	12	7	0	5	7	?	1	0	1	6
49	Newton, Nick	INT	?	0	0	25	18	7	7	0	2	0	?	1	0	7	3
34	Pavlidis, Jaelen	BPR	?	0	0	21	14	7	9	0	1	1	?	0	1	6	0
9	Pinnuck, Louis	BPL	?	1	0	16	13	3	5	0	2	0	?	3	0	1	4
13	Raso, Massimo	INT	?	1	3	15	7	8	0	0	5	0	?	1	0	3	2
33	Riding, Jack	HFFR	?	0	1	22	14	8	4	0	7	3	?	1	0	0	5
23	Simpson, Thomas	WR	?	0	0	12	7	5	0	0	1	6	?	2	0	1	4
35	Smith, Jake	WL	?	1	0	14	10	4	4	0	2	1	?	2	0	1	2
5	Tullio, Noah	FPL	?	2	1	13	7	6	2	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	4
28	Wright, Brady	CHF	?	0	0	6	5	1	2	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
Rushed					5
Total (23 players)				9	19	343	222	121	87	26	68	38	0+	26	10	48	52

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

Gold Coast Reserves							Coach: Tate Kaesler
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	9	L. Pinnuck	10	R. Eyers	34	J. Pavlidis	23	N. Moyle	61	C. Collins
	50	J. Farrar	9	J. Ugle-Hagan	4	J. Walter	41	A. Thomas	63	J. Harris
FORWARD							62	T. Bennett	69	H. Heathcote
HALF-BACK									37	M. Knobel
	27	J. Clark (c)	19	S. Azzi	57	J. Kellett			13	A. Sexton (c)
	24	D. Swallow	36	Z. Evans	39	L. Gulbin
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	35	J. Smith	12	S. Donegan	23	T. Simpson
	43	K. Coulson	7	N. Holman	44	B. Jepson	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							20	A. Kuol Mun	3	J. Busuttil
HALF-FORWARD							29	D. Brew (vc)	14	M. Cousins
	24	J. Dahlhaus	28	B. Wright	33	J. Riding	1	C. Lazzaro	39	W. Kliszewski
	30	D. Patterson	42	A. Eastham	51	L. Cramp			49	N. Newton
HALF-BACK									13	M. Raso
FORWARD
	5	N. Tullio	6	W. Elliott	32	L. Charleson
	48	O. Adams	46	C. Graham	31	C. Bell
BACK
Werribee							Coach: Dan Lowther

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WERB	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	03:56
	WERB	Lachlan Charleson behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	04:44
	GCSR	Lachlan Cramp behind	0.1.1	-	0.2.2	05:59
	GCSR	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	0.2.2	06:57
	GCSR	Lachlan Gulbin goal	1.2.8	-	0.2.2	09:28
	WERB	Noah Tullio goal	1.2.8	-	1.2.8	11:41
	WERB	William Kliszewski behind	1.2.8	-	1.3.9	13:07
	WERB	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	1.4.10	20:40
	GCSR	Jed Walter goal	2.2.14	-	1.4.10	21:12
	WERB	Will Elliott goal	2.2.14	-	2.4.16	23:17
	GCSR	Jed Walter behind	2.3.15	-	2.4.16	25:40
	GCSR	Zak Evans behind	2.4.16	-	2.4.16	27:04
	WERB	William Kliszewski behind	2.4.16	-	2.5.17	28:40
Q2	GCSR	Asher Eastham goal	3.4.22	-	2.5.17	01:24
	WERB	Massimo Raso behind	3.4.22	-	2.6.18	02:52
	GCSR	Ned Moyle behind	3.5.23	-	2.6.18	05:05
	WERB	Noah Tullio goal	3.5.23	-	3.6.24	07:19
	WERB	Rushed behind	3.5.23	-	3.7.25	10:03
	WERB	Jay Dahlhaus behind	3.5.23	-	3.8.26	13:29
	WERB	Massimo Raso behind	3.5.23	-	3.9.27	16:41
	WERB	Jake Smith goal	3.5.23	-	4.9.33	17:31
	GCSR	Cooper Collins goal	4.5.29	-	4.9.33	19:24
	GCSR	Rushed behind	4.6.30	-	4.9.33	21:07
	WERB	Massimo Raso behind	4.6.30	-	4.10.34	23:06
	WERB	Will Elliott goal	4.6.30	-	5.10.40	24:46
	GCSR	Alex Sexton goal	5.6.36	-	5.10.40	26:07
Q3	GCSR	Koby Coulson goal	6.6.42	-	5.10.40	01:35
	WERB	Rushed behind	6.6.42	-	5.11.41	06:35
	GCSR	Zak Evans behind	6.7.43	-	5.11.41	10:37
	WERB	Louis Pinnuck goal	6.7.43	-	6.11.47	12:53
	GCSR	Lachlan Gulbin behind	6.8.44	-	6.11.47	15:28
	WERB	Rushed behind	6.8.44	-	6.12.48	18:14
	WERB	Massimo Raso goal	6.8.44	-	7.12.54	19:12
	WERB	Jack Riding behind	6.8.44	-	7.13.55	21:46
	WERB	Lachlan Charleson behind	6.8.44	-	7.14.56	28:12
	WERB	Will Elliott behind	6.8.44	-	7.15.57	29:15
	GCSR	Tommy Bennett behind	6.9.45	-	7.15.57	32:49
Q4	WERB	William Kliszewski behind	6.9.45	-	7.16.58	02:29
	GCSR	Lachlan Gulbin goal	7.9.51	-	7.16.58	04:26
	WERB	Jordan Busuttil behind	7.9.51	-	7.17.59	05:39
	WERB	Sam Donegan goal	7.9.51	-	8.17.65	07:59
	GCSR	Zak Evans goal	8.9.57	-	8.17.65	11:12
	WERB	Noah Tullio behind	8.9.57	-	8.18.66	12:22
	WERB	Will Elliott goal	8.9.57	-	9.18.72	13:31
	WERB	Dom Brew behind	8.9.57	-	9.19.73	15:35
	GCSR	Rushed behind	8.10.58	-	9.19.73	17:49

Links

2026 VFL Season

The information provided on this site does not necessarily align with the official record. The purpose of this site is to present its author's attempt to amalgamate a variety of sources of information on the VFL/AFL, VFA/VFL, SANFL, WAFL, TSL and other competitions to provide its users a unified view of the people (e.g. players, coaches, draftees and umpires), places, events (e.g. matches, drafts and awards) and other entities that have contributed to the rich history of Australian rules football.