2026 VFL Season Round 3: Southport v Gold Coast Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 2026 between Southport and the Gold Coast Reserves during round three of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Southport hosted the Gold Coast Reserves at Fankhauser Reserve. 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 hosts. The hosts were coached by Matthew Primus and the visitors were coached by Tate Kaesler.

Southport (22.13.145) defeated the Gold Coast Reserves (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Southport v Gold Coast Reserves
Date: Saturday 4 April 2026
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: Fankhauser Reserve

Match Results

Outcome: Southport def. Gold Coast Reserves
Score: 22.13.145 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Southport 3 . 5 11 . 10 16 . 11 22 . 13 22 . 13 (145)
Gold Coast Reserves 3 . 4 4 . 6 8 . 7 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin SPRT by 1 SPRT by 46 SPRT by 52 SPRT by 76 SPRT by 76
Duration 29:29 34:42 32:19 33:04 2:09:34

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Southport

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Primus

Gold Coast Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tate Kaesler

Player Statistics

Southport

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Aston, Brock WL ? 0 0 23 11 12 2 0 3 4 ? 1 3 2 6
7 Bowman, Riley CHB ? 0 0 11 9 2 8 0 0 0 ? 0 0 4 0
12 Burton, Ryan C ? 0 0 26 19 7 2 0 3 3 ? 1 0 10 2
34 Butler, Jezz INT ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 4 0 ? 0 1 3 0
27 Casalini, Noah RO ? 2 0 16 11 5 6 0 1 0 ? 0 1 0 2
20 Crossley, Brayden HFFR ? 1 0 16 9 7 1 25 4 3 ? 0 2 0 5
3 Dawson, Jacob BPR ? 2 0 38 14 24 6 0 2 16 ? 2 1 2 4
24 Dawson, Taine FPR ? 0 2 15 5 10 4 11 0 1 ? 1 1 0 0
15 Day, Sam HFFL ? 1 0 10 5 5 5 1 2 0 ? 3 0 0 0
2 Foot, Zac FB ? 0 2 20 13 7 6 0 4 3 ? 0 3 1 6
13 Gadsby, Noah WR ? 4 0 18 11 7 4 0 1 0 ? 1 0 1 5
39 Hay, Finn INT ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 2 1 ? 2 0 0 2
25 Joyce, Jesse RU ? 1 1 20 15 5 6 0 3 0 ? 2 0 4 3
Lake, Campbell INT ? 2 1 15 7 8 5 0 1 1 ? 1 1 0 1
21 Larkins, Jai FPL ? 1 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 0 ? 0 2 1 2
18 Lowson, Sam CHF ? 1 2 13 10 3 4 0 1 0 ? 0 1 0 5
38 MacDonald, Cooper INT ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 4 0 ? 0 0 3 2
8 Oea, Hewago HBFR ? 2 0 22 14 8 7 0 1 2 ? 2 1 3 4
42 Pescud, Max INT ? 4 1 18 11 7 5 0 3 0 ? 1 0 0 4
26 Reardon, Elijah RR ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 5 0 ? 0 1 3 0
6 Spencer, Max HBFL ? 0 0 15 10 5 10 0 0 0 ? 1 0 3 1
22 Webster, Christian FF ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 0 ? 2 0 0 1
1 Woodcock, Boyd BPL ? 1 2 30 17 13 6 0 9 4 ? 5 0 2 5
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 22 13 396 236 160 108 37 55 38 0+ 25 18 42 60

Gold Coast Reserves

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
48 Adams, Oscar FPR ? 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 6 0 ? 0 2 2 1
31 Bell, Cooper HBFR ? 1 0 7 3 4 3 0 2 0 ? 0 1 0 2
61 Collins, Cooper INT ? 1 1 16 12 4 7 0 0 0 ? 1 1 2 1
43 Coulson, Koby HFFL ? 1 0 17 5 12 5 0 2 1 ? 0 1 0 2
51 Cramp, Lachlan RR ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 ? 0 0 0 1
5 Davies, Alex BPL ? 1 1 22 8 14 3 0 6 5 ? 1 0 0 3
52 Del-Re, Willis RO ? 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 0 0 ? 1 1 3 1
42 Eastham, Asher WR ? 1 1 14 10 4 3 0 2 1 ? 1 0 1 2
57 Emery, Kane INT ? 0 0 16 4 12 1 0 2 0 ? 0 4 0 1
59 Enders, Miles INT ? 1 2 11 6 5 3 1 1 0 ? 1 3 0 3
36 Evans, Zak WL ? 0 0 29 10 19 4 0 1 5 ? 1 1 0 7
50 Farrar, Jy RU ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0 0 0
55 Francis, Nick INT ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 2 ? 1 1 1 3
46 Graham, Caleb FPL ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 0 ? 0 3 4 0
7 Holman, Nick FB ? 0 0 20 6 14 3 0 9 5 ? 2 1 0 4
47 Hoy, Matthew FF ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 1 ? 2 0 1 2
44 Jepson, Ben CHF ? 2 0 29 11 18 3 0 5 4 ? 3 0 1 4
45 Lewis, Caleb HFFR ? 0 0 12 8 4 8 0 1 0 ? 0 0 6 1
23 Moyle, Ned BPR ? 0 2 16 8 8 3 38 4 3 ? 1 1 1 4
30 Patterson, Dylan CHB ? 0 0 25 18 7 2 0 1 2 ? 0 3 9 2
54 Snowball, Lucas INT ? 1 1 13 5 8 0 0 3 0 ? 2 0 0 2
24 Swallow, David HBFL ? 1 0 10 3 7 0 0 4 2 ? 0 1 0 1
41 Thomas, Avery C ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 1 0 ? 1 1 7 5
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 9 337 165 172 72 39 55 31 0+ 18 25 38 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

Southport Coach: Matthew Primus
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
5 A. Davies 7 N. Holman 23 N. Moyle 25 J. Joyce 34 J. Butler
24 T. Dawson 22 C. Webster 21 J. Larkins 26 E. Reardon 39 F. Hay
FORWARD 27 N. Casalini C. Lake
HALF-BACK

38 C. MacDonald
24 D. Swallow 30 D. Patterson 31 C. Bell

42 M. Pescud
20 B. Crossley 18 S. Lowson 15 S. Day



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



36 Z. Evans 41 A. Thomas 42 A. Eastham



13 N. Gadsby 12 R. Burton 11 B. Aston FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 50 J. Farrar 61 C. Collins
HALF-FORWARD 51 L. Cramp 57 K. Emery
43 K. Coulson 44 B. Jepson 45 C. Lewis 52 W. Del-Re 59 M. Enders
8 H. Oea 7 R. Bowman 6 M. Spencer

55 N. Francis
HALF-BACK

54 L. Snowball
FORWARD



46 C. Graham 47 M. Hoy 48 O. Adams



3 J. Dawson 2 Z. Foot 1 B. Woodcock



BACK



Gold Coast Reserves Coach: Tate Kaesler

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCSR Koby Coulson goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:28
SPRT Taine Dawson behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 03:51
GCSR Alex Davies behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 06:02
SPRT Noah Gadsby goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 06:58
SPRT Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 08:18
SPRT Noah Gadsby goal 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 12:36
SPRT Sam Lowson goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 18:25
GCSR Cooper Collins goal 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 20:27
GCSR Ned Moyle behind 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 22:13
GCSR Miles Enders behind 3.2.20 - 2.3.15 23:12
SPRT Sam Lowson behind 3.3.21 - 2.3.15 23:50
GCSR Asher Eastham behind 3.3.21 - 2.4.16 25:29
SPRT Zac Foot behind 3.4.22 - 2.4.16 27:03
SPRT Sam Lowson behind 3.5.23 - 2.4.16 28:05
GCSR Miles Enders goal 3.5.23 - 3.4.22 29:23
Q2 SPRT Max Pescud goal 4.5.29 - 3.4.22 01:18
SPRT Campbell Lake goal 5.5.35 - 3.4.22 03:34
GCSR Cooper Collins behind 5.5.35 - 3.5.23 05:48
SPRT Noah Gadsby goal 6.5.41 - 3.5.23 07:37
SPRT Campbell Lake behind 6.6.42 - 3.5.23 10:47
SPRT Boyd Woodcock behind 6.7.43 - 3.5.23 11:57
SPRT Zac Foot behind 6.8.44 - 3.5.23 14:33
SPRT Jacob Dawson goal 7.8.50 - 3.5.23 15:29
SPRT Max Pescud goal 8.8.56 - 3.5.23 17:21
SPRT Rushed behind 8.9.57 - 3.5.23 18:28
SPRT Noah Casalini goal 9.9.63 - 3.5.23 20:10
GCSR Cooper Bell goal 9.9.63 - 4.5.29 22:56
SPRT Boyd Woodcock behind 9.10.64 - 4.5.29 29:07
SPRT Noah Gadsby goal 10.10.70 - 4.5.29 29:56
SPRT Boyd Woodcock goal 11.10.76 - 4.5.29 31:35
GCSR Lucas Snowball behind 11.10.76 - 4.6.30 33:58
Q3 SPRT Sam Day goal 12.10.82 - 4.6.30 07:45
GCSR Asher Eastham goal 12.10.82 - 5.6.36 08:55
SPRT Taine Dawson behind 12.11.83 - 5.6.36 10:36
SPRT Noah Casalini goal 13.11.89 - 5.6.36 13:28
GCSR Ben Jepson goal 13.11.89 - 6.6.42 18:21
SPRT Brayden Crossley goal 14.11.95 - 6.6.42 20:58
GCSR Alex Davies goal 14.11.95 - 7.6.48 23:05
SPRT Campbell Lake goal 15.11.101 - 7.6.48 24:51
GCSR Lucas Snowball goal 15.11.101 - 8.6.54 26:31
GCSR Ned Moyle behind 15.11.101 - 8.7.55 27:33
SPRT Jesse Joyce goal 16.11.107 - 8.7.55 31:10
Q4 GCSR Miles Enders behind 16.11.107 - 8.8.56 02:49
SPRT Jacob Dawson goal 17.11.113 - 8.8.56 07:08
SPRT Max Pescud goal 18.11.119 - 8.8.56 10:21
GCSR Rushed behind 18.11.119 - 8.9.57 12:13
SPRT Hewago Oea goal 19.11.125 - 8.9.57 12:41
GCSR David Swallow goal 19.11.125 - 9.9.63 17:48
SPRT Hewago Oea goal 20.11.131 - 9.9.63 20:37
GCSR Ben Jepson goal 20.11.131 - 10.9.69 21:55
SPRT Jesse Joyce behind 20.12.132 - 10.9.69 23:10
SPRT Max Pescud goal 21.12.138 - 10.9.69 25:34
SPRT Jai Larkins goal 22.12.144 - 10.9.69 29:48
SPRT Max Pescud behind 22.13.145 - 10.9.69 32:22