2026 VFL Season Round 4: Williamstown v Southport
This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 2026 between Williamstown and Southport during round four of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League.
Williamstown hosted Southport at DSV Stadium.
The hosts were coached by Justin Plapp and the visitors were coached by Matthew Primus.
Williamstown (19.13.127) defeated Southport (10.14.74).
Match Details
Season:
2026 VFL Season
Round:
Round 4
Teams:
Williamstown
v
Southport
Date:
Saturday 18 April 2026
Time:
12:05 PM
Venue:
DSV Stadium
Match Results
Outcome:
Williamstown
def.
Southport
Score:
19.13.127 - 10.14.74
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Williamstown | 7 | . | 5 | 14 | . | 7 | 14 | . | 11 | 19 | . | 13 | 19 | . | 13 | (127) |
| Southport | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 7 | 4 | . | 10 | 10 | . | 14 | 10 | . | 14 | (74) |
| Margin | WILL by 39 | WILL by 72 | WILL by 61 | WILL by 53 | WILL by 53 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 34:11 | 30:11 | 27:06 | 32:36 | 2:04:04 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Williamstown) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Southport) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Williamstown
Captain: unknownCoach: Justin Plapp
Southport
Captain: unknownCoach: Matthew Primus
Player Statistics
Williamstown
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 25 | Bonar, Aiden | RO | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Colenso, Nathan | C | ? | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Dawson, Kallan | HFFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | D'Intinosante, Josh | INT | ? | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Fitzgerald, Joel | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ? | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 16 | Fullarton, Tom | FPL | ? | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Greiser, Jake | FF | ? | 0 | 0 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Hall-Kahan, Hugo | HBFL | ? | 0 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Hollier, Matt | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | Hollow, Damon | WR | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Kennedy, Ben | RR | ? | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | McHale, Jack | BPL | ? | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 49 | Mirkov, Alex | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 2 | ? | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Moloney, Diesel | WL | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Ollington, Heath | HFFR | ? | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Parks, Luke | RU | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | Pendergast, Ned | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | Philpot, Max | FPR | ? | 1 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Polson, Cameron | BPR | ? | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ? | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 45 | Seivers, Angus | INT | ? | 4 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Stobie, Max | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Toner, Jack | CHF | ? | 1 | 1 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ? | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Triffett, Toby | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | ? | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 19 | 13 | 392 | 245 | 147 | 136 | 21 | 31 | 30 | 0+ | 17 | 18 | 42 | 51 | |||
Southport
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 11 | Aston, Brock | WL | ? | 0 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ? | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Bowman, Riley | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | Burton, Ryan | C | ? | 0 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 34 | Butler, Jezz | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 | Casalini, Noah | RO | ? | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Cockatoo-Collins, Preston | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Crossley, Brayden | HFFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 8 | ? | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | Dawson, Taine | FPR | ? | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Day, Sam | HFFL | ? | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Foot, Zac | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Gadsby, Noah | WR | ? | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ? | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 39 | Hay, Finn | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Joyce, Jesse | RU | ? | 0 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ? | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Lake, Campbell | INT | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | ? | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 21 | Larkins, Jai | FPL | ? | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Lowson, Sam | CHF | ? | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Manteit, Michael | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | Oea, Hewago | HBFR | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 42 | Pescud, Max | INT | ? | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Reardon, Elijah | RR | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Spencer, Max | HBFL | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Webster, Christian | FF | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Woodcock, Boyd | BPL | ? | 2 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ? | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 10 | 14 | 309 | 188 | 121 | 78 | 31 | 45 | 36 | 0+ | 18 | 17 | 34 | 53 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Williamstown | Coach: Justin Plapp | ||||||||||||||
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| 1 | B. Woodcock | 2 | Z. Foot | 4 | M. Manteit | 22 | L. Parks | 30 | J. D'Intinosante | ||||||
| 19 | M. Philpot | 18 | J. Greiser | 16 | T. Fullarton | 23 | B. Kennedy | 49 | A. Mirkov | ||||||
| FORWARD | 25 | A. Bonar | 32 | N. Pendergast | |||||||||||
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| 6 | M. Spencer | 7 | R. Bowman | 8 | H. Oea |
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| 15 | H. Ollington | 14 | J. Toner | 13 | K. Dawson |
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| 11 | B. Aston | 12 | R. Burton | 13 | N. Gadsby |
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| 12 | D. Hollow | 10 | N. Colenso | 9 | D. Moloney | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 25 | J. Joyce | 34 | J. Butler | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 26 | E. Reardon | 28 | P. Cockatoo-Collins | |||||||||||
| 15 | S. Day | 18 | S. Lowson | 20 | B. Crossley | 27 | N. Casalini | 39 | F. Hay | ||||||
| 8 | J. Fitzgerald | 7 | T. Triffett | 6 | H. Hall-Kahan |
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| 21 | J. Larkins | 22 | C. Webster | 24 | T. Dawson |
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| 5 | C. Polson | 3 | M. Hollier | 1 | J. McHale |
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| Southport | Coach: Matthew Primus | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | WILL | Ben Kennedy behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.0.0 | 00:57 |
| WILL | Angus Seivers goal | 1.1.7 | - | 0.0.0 | 01:51 | |
| WILL | Tom Fullarton behind | 1.2.8 | - | 0.0.0 | 03:07 | |
| WILL | Cameron Polson goal | 2.2.14 | - | 0.0.0 | 11:37 | |
| WILL | Nathan Colenso goal | 3.2.20 | - | 0.0.0 | 13:53 | |
| SPRT | Max Pescud behind | 3.2.20 | - | 0.1.1 | 15:58 | |
| WILL | Cameron Polson behind | 3.3.21 | - | 0.1.1 | 17:15 | |
| SPRT | Noah Gadsby behind | 3.3.21 | - | 0.2.2 | 20:06 | |
| WILL | Nathan Colenso goal | 4.3.27 | - | 0.2.2 | 21:55 | |
| WILL | Max Stobie goal | 5.3.33 | - | 0.2.2 | 22:53 | |
| WILL | Angus Seivers goal | 6.3.39 | - | 0.2.2 | 26:44 | |
| WILL | Ben Kennedy behind | 6.4.40 | - | 0.2.2 | 28:13 | |
| WILL | Angus Seivers goal | 7.4.46 | - | 0.2.2 | 30:07 | |
| WILL | Tom Fullarton behind | 7.5.47 | - | 0.2.2 | 31:37 | |
| SPRT | Jai Larkins goal | 7.5.47 | - | 1.2.8 | 32:54 | |
| Q2 | WILL | Tom Fullarton goal | 8.5.53 | - | 1.2.8 | 02:40 |
| WILL | Nathan Colenso goal | 9.5.59 | - | 1.2.8 | 04:40 | |
| WILL | Josh D'Intinosante behind | 9.6.60 | - | 1.2.8 | 07:00 | |
| WILL | Angus Seivers goal | 10.6.66 | - | 1.2.8 | 08:37 | |
| SPRT | Sam Lowson behind | 10.6.66 | - | 1.3.9 | 10:14 | |
| WILL | Nathan Colenso goal | 11.6.72 | - | 1.3.9 | 11:37 | |
| WILL | Rushed behind | 11.7.73 | - | 1.3.9 | 14:49 | |
| WILL | Josh D'Intinosante goal | 12.7.79 | - | 1.3.9 | 15:48 | |
| WILL | Jack Toner goal | 13.7.85 | - | 1.3.9 | 18:26 | |
| SPRT | Rushed behind | 13.7.85 | - | 1.4.10 | 19:38 | |
| WILL | Heath Ollington goal | 14.7.91 | - | 1.4.10 | 20:57 | |
| SPRT | Max Spencer behind | 14.7.91 | - | 1.5.11 | 22:07 | |
| SPRT | Campbell Lake behind | 14.7.91 | - | 1.6.12 | 23:23 | |
| SPRT | Noah Casalini behind | 14.7.91 | - | 1.7.13 | 25:02 | |
| SPRT | Noah Casalini goal | 14.7.91 | - | 2.7.19 | 29:05 | |
| Q3 | SPRT | Hewago Oea goal | 14.7.91 | - | 3.7.25 | 02:54 |
| WILL | Ben Kennedy behind | 14.8.92 | - | 3.7.25 | 05:13 | |
| WILL | Hugo Hall-Kahan behind | 14.9.93 | - | 3.7.25 | 06:50 | |
| SPRT | Taine Dawson behind | 14.9.93 | - | 3.8.26 | 09:10 | |
| SPRT | Noah Gadsby goal | 14.9.93 | - | 4.8.32 | 12:21 | |
| SPRT | Noah Casalini behind | 14.9.93 | - | 4.9.33 | 16:37 | |
| WILL | Josh D'Intinosante behind | 14.10.94 | - | 4.9.33 | 18:04 | |
| SPRT | Max Pescud behind | 14.10.94 | - | 4.10.34 | 21:40 | |
| WILL | Jack Toner behind | 14.11.95 | - | 4.10.34 | 23:51 | |
| Q4 | SPRT | Sam Day goal | 14.11.95 | - | 5.10.40 | 00:45 |
| SPRT | Max Pescud goal | 14.11.95 | - | 6.10.46 | 03:14 | |
| WILL | Heath Ollington goal | 15.11.101 | - | 6.10.46 | 04:23 | |
| SPRT | Jesse Joyce behind | 15.11.101 | - | 6.11.47 | 05:39 | |
| WILL | Josh D'Intinosante goal | 16.11.107 | - | 6.11.47 | 07:00 | |
| WILL | Josh D'Intinosante behind | 16.12.108 | - | 6.11.47 | 08:59 | |
| WILL | Nathan Colenso goal | 17.12.114 | - | 6.11.47 | 12:11 | |
| WILL | Nathan Colenso behind | 17.13.115 | - | 6.11.47 | 15:29 | |
| WILL | Max Philpot goal | 18.13.121 | - | 6.11.47 | 16:50 | |
| SPRT | Noah Gadsby behind | 18.13.121 | - | 6.12.48 | 18:22 | |
| SPRT | Boyd Woodcock goal | 18.13.121 | - | 7.12.54 | 20:14 | |
| SPRT | Boyd Woodcock goal | 18.13.121 | - | 8.12.60 | 22:55 | |
| SPRT | Finn Hay goal | 18.13.121 | - | 9.12.66 | 24:04 | |
| SPRT | Preston Cockatoo-Collins goal | 18.13.121 | - | 10.12.72 | 27:32 | |
| WILL | Jack McHale goal | 19.13.127 | - | 10.12.72 | 29:27 | |
| SPRT | Sam Lowson behind | 19.13.127 | - | 10.13.73 | 30:51 | |
| SPRT | Rushed behind | 19.13.127 | - | 10.14.74 | 32:31 | |