2026 VFL Season Round 1: Tasmania Devils v Coburg

This is the match report for the match played on 21 March 2026 between the Tasmania Devils and Coburg during round one of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Tasmania Devils hosted Coburg at North Hobart Oval. In the absence of Robbie Fox, vice-captain Jye Menzie captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Jeromey Webberley and the visitors were coached by Jamie Cassidy-McNamara.

The Tasmania Devils (14.12.96) defeated Coburg (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Tasmania Devils v Coburg
Date: Saturday 21 March 2026
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: North Hobart Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Tasmania Devils def. Coburg
Score: 14.12.96 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Tasmania Devils	4	.	3	8	.	4	11	.	8	14	.	12	14	.	12	(96)
Coburg	3	.	4	7	.	9	8	.	11	11	.	13	11	.	13	(79)
Margin	TASD by 5			TASD by 1			TASD by 15			TASD by 17			TASD by 17
Duration	31:53			31:59			30:39			29:46			2:04:17

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Tasmania Devils) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Coburg) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Tasmania Devils

Captain: Jye Menzie (acting)
Coach: Jeromey Webberley

Coburg

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jamie Cassidy-McNamara

Player Statistics

Tasmania Devils

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
33	Adams, Zach	INT	?	0	0	19	15	4	7	0	2	1	?	1	0	5	4
	Artemis, Jaxon	FPR	?	0	0	16	11	5	4	0	3	0	?	1	0	4	1
11	Boag, Bailey	WR	?	0	0	11	5	6	0	0	7	2	?	3	0	1	1
18	Callinan, Jack	HFFR	?	0	0	17	14	3	4	0	1	0	?	1	0	6	2
32	Cameron, Kai	INT	?	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	4	0	?	1	0	1	2
41	Chaplin, Joseph	INT	?	0	0	13	8	5	4	0	1	0	?	1	0	4	0
9	Cox-Goodyer, Brad	WL	?	0	0	16	10	6	4	0	2	2	?	0	0	3	4
29	Dixon, Hugh	RO	?	4	0	9	6	3	4	8	1	0	?	2	4	1	2
26	Elmer, Harry	RR	?	0	0	14	6	8	4	0	9	2	?	1	0	1	3
25	Gardner, Darcy	RU	?	0	0	12	6	6	0	0	3	5	?	3	2	0	5
2	Hagan, Jed	FB	?	4	3	18	13	5	7	0	9	3	?	4	0	1	3
39	Hay, Lachlan	INT	?	0	0	6	3	3	1	0	3	0	?	0	2	1	2
8	Leary, Brandon	HBFR	?	1	1	13	8	5	3	0	5	3	?	1	2	0	3
38	Mapley, Max	INT	?	1	0	11	7	4	2	14	6	4	?	4	2	1	4
1	Menzie, Jye (ac)	BPL	?	0	1	15	7	8	2	0	8	2	?	0	3	2	1
4	Mitchell, Caleb	HBFL	?	0	1	13	8	5	2	0	9	2	?	0	1	2	5
21	Norton, Baxter	FF	?	0	0	10	5	5	1	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	4
7	Payne, Geordie	CHB	?	2	0	4	3	1	2	0	3	0	?	1	3	0	0
20	Roney, Max	FPL	?	0	0	14	10	4	3	0	10	0	?	3	2	7	2
3	Siggins, Sam	BPR	?	2	3	11	9	2	5	1	1	0	?	1	1	0	4
13	Sulzberger, Nathaniel	HFFL	?	0	1	10	3	7	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	2	2
16	Wilkinson, Archie	CHF	?	0	0	11	7	4	5	0	1	0	?	0	4	2	0
10	Williams, Nick	C	?	0	0	16	10	6	4	0	4	0	?	1	3	5	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				14	12	285	176	109	71	23	95	26	0+	29	30	49	55

Coburg

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
23	Allison, Matt	RU	?	0	0	11	2	9	1	0	0	1	?	0	1	0	3
8	Andrew, Jack	WL	?	0	0	8	4	4	0	0	2	1	?	0	1	1	2
22	Barnett, Thomas	FPR	?	0	0	16	13	3	6	0	1	0	?	2	1	3	1
5	Bromell, Hugo	HBFL	?	0	0	22	7	15	1	0	7	5	?	2	0	1	6
6	Bytel, Jack	CHB	?	0	0	37	20	17	2	0	3	11	?	0	2	5	5
2	Corigliano, Jesse	BPL	?	0	0	8	4	4	1	0	1	0	?	2	2	0	0
15	Dammersmith, Ingo	CHF	?	1	0	14	11	3	10	0	4	0	?	2	0	5	0
34	Furphy, Joe	BPR	?	0	1	4	1	3	1	34	2	2	?	1	2	2	0
11	Gillard, Braedyn	HFFL	?	1	0	14	9	5	3	0	2	0	?	4	1	1	1
	Kalpakis, Deacon	INT	?	0	0	14	5	9	7	0	1	0	?	1	1	2	0
24	Kennedy, Max	RR	?	0	0	23	14	9	5	0	4	2	?	0	1	3	7
29	Keogh, Cooper	INT	?	0	0	14	1	13	0	22	2	9	?	2	4	1	2
20	Kiraly, Michael	FPL	?	1	0	17	11	6	1	0	1	0	?	2	1	1	6
21	Murphy, Sebastian	FF	?	1	3	21	9	12	2	0	1	1	?	2	0	0	3
	Podhajski, Mitch	WR	?	3	3	11	9	2	4	0	3	0	?	1	1	0	1
7	Ramshaw, Heath	HBFR	?	0	1	22	6	16	0	0	0	4	?	0	1	0	3
35	Stephenson, Jaidyn	INT	?	1	2	9	6	3	2	0	4	0	?	1	2	0	2
9	Sturgess, Ryan	C	?	0	1	8	7	1	4	0	0	0	?	1	3	4	2
33	Toohey, Donovan	INT	?	1	0	34	26	8	3	0	4	4	?	3	0	7	6
18	Trudgeon, Joel	HFFR	?	0	0	24	10	14	4	0	6	5	?	3	1	0	8
3	Valentine, Ryan	FB	?	1	0	8	2	6	2	0	0	0	?	1	1	0	0
25	Walker, Lachlan	RO	?	0	0	18	10	8	4	0	3	1	?	0	2	4	4
26	Weightman, Kyle	INT	?	1	0	5	2	3	0	0	2	2	?	0	1	0	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				11	13	362	189	173	63	56	53	48	0+	30	29	40	63

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

Tasmania Devils							Coach: Jeromey Webberley
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	2	J. Corigliano	3	R. Valentine	34	J. Furphy	25	D. Gardner	33	Z. Adams
		J. Artemis	21	B. Norton	20	M. Roney	26	H. Elmer	32	K. Cameron
FORWARD							29	H. Dixon	41	J. Chaplin
HALF-BACK									39	L. Hay
	5	H. Bromell	6	J. Bytel	7	H. Ramshaw			38	M. Mapley
	18	J. Callinan	16	A. Wilkinson	13	N. Sulzberger
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	8	J. Andrew	9	R. Sturgess		M. Podhajski
	11	B. Boag	10	N. Williams	9	B. Cox-Goodyer	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							23	M. Allison		D. Kalpakis
HALF-FORWARD							24	M. Kennedy	29	C. Keogh
	11	B. Gillard	15	I. Dammersmith	18	J. Trudgeon	25	L. Walker	35	J. Stephenson
	8	B. Leary	7	G. Payne	4	C. Mitchell			33	D. Toohey
HALF-BACK									26	K. Weightman
FORWARD
	20	M. Kiraly	21	S. Murphy	22	T. Barnett
	3	S. Siggins	2	J. Hagan	1	J. Menzie (ac)
BACK
Coburg							Coach: Jamie Cassidy-McNamara

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	COBG	Sebastian Murphy goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	05:52
	COBG	Mitch Podhajski behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	10:17
	COBG	Heath Ramshaw behind	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	10:55
	TASD	Jed Hagan behind	0.1.1	-	1.2.8	11:44
	TASD	Sam Siggins goal	1.1.7	-	1.2.8	13:13
	COBG	Mitch Podhajski goal	1.1.7	-	2.2.14	16:57
	COBG	Sebastian Murphy behind	1.1.7	-	2.3.15	18:19
	TASD	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	2.3.15	19:09
	TASD	Sam Siggins goal	2.2.14	-	2.3.15	20:47
	COBG	Braedyn Gillard goal	2.2.14	-	3.3.21	22:30
	TASD	Jed Hagan behind	2.3.15	-	3.3.21	24:50
	TASD	Jed Hagan goal	3.3.21	-	3.3.21	28:16
	COBG	Joe Furphy behind	3.3.21	-	3.4.22	29:48
	TASD	Brandon Leary goal	4.3.27	-	3.4.22	31:41
Q2	TASD	Hugh Dixon goal	5.3.33	-	3.4.22	00:42
	TASD	Geordie Payne goal	6.3.39	-	3.4.22	02:55
	COBG	Kyle Weightman goal	6.3.39	-	4.4.28	06:30
	TASD	Sam Siggins behind	6.4.40	-	4.4.28	08:29
	TASD	Max Mapley goal	7.4.46	-	4.4.28	11:40
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson behind	7.4.46	-	4.5.29	13:49
	TASD	Hugh Dixon goal	8.4.52	-	4.5.29	15:18
	COBG	Rushed behind	8.4.52	-	4.6.30	17:03
	COBG	Mitch Podhajski goal	8.4.52	-	5.6.36	18:16
	COBG	Michael Kiraly goal	8.4.52	-	6.6.42	20:01
	COBG	Donovan Toohey goal	8.4.52	-	7.6.48	21:33
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson behind	8.4.52	-	7.7.49	22:43
	COBG	Sebastian Murphy behind	8.4.52	-	7.8.50	23:54
	COBG	Mitch Podhajski behind	8.4.52	-	7.9.51	30:19
Q3	TASD	Rushed behind	8.5.53	-	7.9.51	01:17
	TASD	Jye Menzie behind	8.6.54	-	7.9.51	01:50
	TASD	Jed Hagan goal	9.6.60	-	7.9.51	03:04
	TASD	Nathaniel Sulzberger behind	9.7.61	-	7.9.51	05:11
	TASD	Geordie Payne goal	10.7.67	-	7.9.51	08:28
	COBG	Sebastian Murphy behind	10.7.67	-	7.10.52	10:20
	TASD	Sam Siggins behind	10.8.68	-	7.10.52	18:14
	COBG	Ryan Sturgess behind	10.8.68	-	7.11.53	19:09
	TASD	Jed Hagan goal	11.8.74	-	7.11.53	21:51
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	11.8.74	-	8.11.59	25:55
Q4	TASD	Brandon Leary behind	11.9.75	-	8.11.59	02:19
	TASD	Hugh Dixon goal	12.9.81	-	8.11.59	04:20
	TASD	Jed Hagan goal	13.9.87	-	8.11.59	06:34
	TASD	Hugh Dixon goal	14.9.93	-	8.11.59	08:15
	COBG	Mitch Podhajski behind	14.9.93	-	8.12.60	10:01
	COBG	Mitch Podhajski goal	14.9.93	-	9.12.66	15:24
	TASD	Caleb Mitchell behind	14.10.94	-	9.12.66	16:57
	COBG	Ryan Valentine goal	14.10.94	-	10.12.72	17:46
	COBG	Ingo Dammersmith goal	14.10.94	-	11.12.78	21:24
	TASD	Sam Siggins behind	14.11.95	-	11.12.78	22:57
	COBG	Rushed behind	14.11.95	-	11.13.79	26:21
	TASD	Jed Hagan behind	14.12.96	-	11.13.79	29:36

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