2026 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond Reserves v Southport

This is the match report for the match played on 21 March 2026 between the Richmond Reserves and Southport during round one of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Richmond Reserves hosted Southport at Kinetic Stadium. With the presence of multiple Southport co-captains, namely Brayden Crossley and Jacob Dawson, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Madgen and the visitors were coached by Matthew Primus.

The Richmond Reserves (14.16.100) defeated Southport (7.18.60).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond Reserves v Southport
Date: Saturday 21 March 2026
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Kinetic Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond Reserves def. Southport
Score: 14.16.100 - 7.18.60

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Richmond Reserves	4	.	2	8	.	6	12	.	14	14	.	16	14	.	16	(100)
Southport	3	.	6	4	.	8	6	.	14	7	.	18	7	.	18	(60)
Margin	RICR by 2			RICR by 22			RICR by 36			RICR by 40			RICR by 40
Duration	31:07			31:05			32:24			26:36			2:01:12

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Richmond Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jack Madgen

Southport

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Primus

Player Statistics

Richmond Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Alger, Jasper	CHB	?	5	2	15	11	4	4	0	0	0	?	0	2	0	6
45	Burton, Tom	INT	?	1	4	17	9	8	3	0	1	1	?	1	0	0	5
63	Collier, Nicholas	RR	?	0	0	18	14	4	5	0	2	0	?	1	0	5	3
58	Connolly, Leo	FPR	?	0	0	22	16	6	5	0	0	0	?	0	1	9	1
57	El Nour, Mutaz	FF	?	0	0	16	13	3	5	0	1	0	?	3	0	5	1
43	Fawcett, Liam	WL	?	2	4	15	13	2	8	1	0	0	?	3	1	1	1
73	Ferguson, Tom	INT	?	0	0	12	8	4	2	0	3	2	?	0	0	1	4
67	George, Liam	INT	?	1	1	17	12	5	6	0	0	0	?	1	0	1	3
18	Gibcus, Josh	FB	?	0	0	11	5	6	6	0	2	0	?	0	1	2	1
50	Gray, Campbell	HFFL	?	0	0	11	8	3	6	2	1	0	?	0	4	2	2
47	Hayes-Brown, Oliver	C	?	0	0	18	5	13	4	15	1	5	?	2	0	0	2
61	Hotton, Olli	RU	?	0	2	27	10	17	2	0	2	6	?	1	0	0	3
51	Johnson, Austin	CHF	?	0	0	14	6	8	3	0	3	2	?	0	0	1	2
26	Peucker, Zane	BPR	?	1	1	13	10	3	4	0	2	1	?	1	0	1	4
64	Philp, Sam	RO	?	0	0	9	5	4	0	0	2	1	?	2	0	0	1
74	Renfree, Ned	INT	?	0	0	8	2	6	2	0	4	0	?	2	0	0	2
33	Retschko, Patrick	HBFR	?	0	0	25	13	12	4	0	0	0	?	2	1	3	4
27	Roberts-Thomson, Noah	HBFL	?	0	0	13	8	5	4	0	0	3	?	1	0	0	4
54	Scott, Harry	HFFR	?	1	0	21	5	16	2	0	5	1	?	0	1	0	4
49	Smith, Kaleb	WR	?	0	0	26	17	9	7	0	1	0	?	1	2	7	1
55	Street, Lachlan	FPL	?	0	0	24	14	10	4	0	1	6	?	1	1	2	4
68	Toner, Sam	INT	?	3	0	13	9	4	3	0	0	3	?	0	1	0	5
11	Trainor, Luke	BPL	?	0	0	16	14	2	1	0	1	0	?	1	2	5	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				14	16	381	227	154	90	18	32	31	0+	23	17	45	64

Southport

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
11	Aston, Brock	HBFR	?	0	0	18	6	12	4	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	2
16	Berry, Tom	CHF	?	0	0	7	3	4	0	0	0	1	?	0	1	1	3
12	Burton, Ryan	WL	?	0	0	32	26	6	3	0	0	0	?	1	1	13	3
34	Butler, Jezz	INT	?	0	0	8	6	2	3	0	2	0	?	1	0	1	1
27	Casalini, Noah	INT	?	0	2	8	7	1	3	0	0	0	?	1	1	0	5
20	Crossley, Brayden	FF	?	0	0	12	11	1	2	40	4	2	?	1	0	2	3
3	Dawson, Jacob	BPR	?	0	0	37	17	20	4	0	2	9	?	0	1	1	5
24	Dawson, Taine	RR	?	1	1	11	8	3	4	8	0	0	?	1	2	0	4
15	Day, Sam	HFFL	?	1	1	6	5	1	5	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	1
2	Foot, Zac	FB	?	0	2	30	18	12	9	0	1	6	?	0	1	2	6
13	Gadsby, Noah	C	?	0	1	12	7	5	1	0	3	0	?	0	0	1	3
39	Hay, Finn	INT	?	1	0	16	10	6	6	0	4	0	?	3	2	1	3
25	Joyce, Jesse	RO	?	0	1	29	16	13	4	0	2	3	?	0	1	5	3
	Lake, Campbell	INT	?	1	1	11	5	6	2	0	4	2	?	1	0	0	3
21	Larkins, Jai	FPR	?	0	0	13	8	5	2	0	0	0	?	1	1	3	0
18	Lowson, Sam	FPL	?	1	2	8	5	3	2	0	3	0	?	2	3	0	2
38	MacDonald, Cooper	INT	?	0	0	15	9	6	5	0	1	2	?	1	1	1	0
4	Manteit, Michael	HBFL	?	0	0	23	10	13	8	0	2	1	?	1	2	3	2
14	McGuinness, Matt	WR	?	0	0	13	5	8	3	0	1	0	?	0	2	3	0
42	Pescud, Max	INT	?	2	4	18	12	6	4	0	2	2	?	1	1	0	2
26	Reardon, Elijah	INT	?	0	0	12	9	3	3	0	3	1	?	0	2	5	0
6	Spencer, Max	CHB	?	0	0	10	10	0	5	0	2	0	?	2	1	5	0
1	Woodcock, Boyd	BPL	?	0	0	25	19	6	6	0	1	5	?	0	0	2	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				7	18	374	232	142	88	48	39	34	0+	17	23	49	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

Richmond Reserves							Coach: Jack Madgen
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	1	B. Woodcock	2	Z. Foot	3	J. Dawson	61	O. Hotton	45	T. Burton
	58	L. Connolly	57	M. El Nour	55	L. Street	63	N. Collier	73	T. Ferguson
FORWARD							64	S. Philp	67	L. George
HALF-BACK									74	N. Renfree
	4	M. Manteit	6	M. Spencer	11	B. Aston			68	S. Toner
	54	H. Scott	51	A. Johnson	50	C. Gray
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	12	R. Burton	13	N. Gadsby	14	M. McGuinness
	49	K. Smith	47	O. Hayes-Brown	43	L. Fawcett	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							24	T. Dawson	34	J. Butler
HALF-FORWARD							25	J. Joyce	27	N. Casalini
	15	S. Day	16	T. Berry					39	F. Hay
	33	P. Retschko	29	J. Alger	27	N. Roberts-Thomson				C. Lake
HALF-BACK									38	C. MacDonald
FORWARD									42	M. Pescud
	18	S. Lowson	20	B. Crossley	21	J. Larkins			26	E. Reardon
	26	Z. Peucker	18	J. Gibcus	11	L. Trainor
BACK
Southport							Coach: Matthew Primus

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SPRT	Taine Dawson behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:04
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	02:05
	RICR	Sam Toner goal	1.0.6	-	0.2.2	04:59
	SPRT	Sam Day goal	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	06:48
	RICR	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	1.2.8	09:38
	SPRT	Noah Casalini behind	1.1.7	-	1.3.9	13:11
	RICR	Liam George goal	2.1.13	-	1.3.9	14:39
	RICR	Jasper Alger goal	3.1.19	-	1.3.9	17:07
	SPRT	Noah Casalini behind	3.1.19	-	1.4.10	18:31
	SPRT	Sam Day behind	3.1.19	-	1.5.11	20:16
	SPRT	Max Pescud goal	3.1.19	-	2.5.17	21:00
	RICR	Liam George behind	3.2.20	-	2.5.17	23:38
	SPRT	Taine Dawson goal	3.2.20	-	3.5.23	25:45
	SPRT	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	3.6.24	27:27
	RICR	Liam Fawcett goal	4.2.26	-	3.6.24	28:51
Q2	RICR	Jasper Alger goal	5.2.32	-	3.6.24	05:10
	RICR	Jasper Alger goal	6.2.38	-	3.6.24	06:36
	SPRT	Sam Lowson behind	6.2.38	-	3.7.25	09:17
	RICR	Harry Scott goal	7.2.44	-	3.7.25	10:42
	RICR	Liam Fawcett behind	7.3.45	-	3.7.25	11:55
	SPRT	Rushed behind	7.3.45	-	3.8.26	15:23
	RICR	Rushed behind	7.4.46	-	3.8.26	20:39
	RICR	Olli Hotton behind	7.5.47	-	3.8.26	23:25
	SPRT	Campbell Lake goal	7.5.47	-	4.8.32	26:55
	RICR	Tom Burton behind	7.6.48	-	4.8.32	28:30
	RICR	Sam Toner goal	8.6.54	-	4.8.32	29:55
Q3	SPRT	Zac Foot behind	8.6.54	-	4.9.33	00:22
	RICR	Liam Fawcett behind	8.7.55	-	4.9.33	02:58
	RICR	Jasper Alger goal	9.7.61	-	4.9.33	04:03
	RICR	Liam Fawcett behind	9.8.62	-	4.9.33	05:39
	SPRT	Jesse Joyce behind	9.8.62	-	4.10.34	07:12
	RICR	Tom Burton behind	9.9.63	-	4.10.34	08:24
	RICR	Zane Peucker goal	10.9.69	-	4.10.34	10:23
	RICR	Jasper Alger behind	10.10.70	-	4.10.34	12:00
	RICR	Jasper Alger goal	11.10.76	-	4.10.34	13:49
	SPRT	Max Pescud goal	11.10.76	-	5.10.40	15:04
	SPRT	Rushed behind	11.10.76	-	5.11.41	16:24
	RICR	Liam Fawcett behind	11.11.77	-	5.11.41	17:51
	RICR	Tom Burton goal	12.11.83	-	5.11.41	19:14
	RICR	Tom Burton behind	12.12.84	-	5.11.41	22:13
	RICR	Rushed behind	12.13.85	-	5.11.41	24:25
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	12.13.85	-	5.12.42	26:46
	SPRT	Sam Lowson goal	12.13.85	-	6.12.48	28:09
	SPRT	Zac Foot behind	12.13.85	-	6.13.49	29:11
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	12.13.85	-	6.14.50	30:38
	RICR	Zane Peucker behind	12.14.86	-	6.14.50	31:55
Q4	SPRT	Campbell Lake behind	12.14.86	-	6.15.51	01:15
	RICR	Jasper Alger behind	12.15.87	-	6.15.51	05:18
	SPRT	Finn Hay goal	12.15.87	-	7.15.57	06:31
	RICR	Liam Fawcett goal	13.15.93	-	7.15.57	09:47
	SPRT	Sam Lowson behind	13.15.93	-	7.16.58	16:24
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	13.15.93	-	7.17.59	18:45
	SPRT	Noah Gadsby behind	13.15.93	-	7.18.60	20:54
	RICR	Sam Toner goal	14.15.99	-	7.18.60	23:01
	RICR	Tom Burton behind	14.16.100	-	7.18.60	24:38

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