2026 VFL Season Round 7: Southport v Coburg

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 2026 between Southport and Coburg during round seven of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Southport hosted Coburg 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 Jamie Cassidy-McNamara.

Southport (9.15.69) were defeated by Coburg (17.10.112).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Southport v Coburg
Date: Saturday 9 May 2026
Time: 10:35 AM
Venue: Fankhauser Reserve

Match Results

Outcome: Southport def. by Coburg
Score: 9.15.69 - 17.10.112

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Southport	2	.	2	4	.	6	6	.	11	9	.	15	9	.	15	(69)
Coburg	8	.	4	8	.	7	12	.	8	17	.	10	17	.	10	(112)
Margin	COBG by 38			COBG by 25			COBG by 33			COBG by 43			COBG by 43
Duration	29:58			26:27			30:50			29:25			1:56:40

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 (Coburg) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Southport

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Primus

Coburg

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jamie Cassidy-McNamara

Player Statistics

Southport

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
11	Aston, Brock	C	?	0	0	25	14	11	4	0	3	5	?	1	0	2	5
7	Bowman, Riley	HBFR	?	0	0	11	10	1	6	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	2
34	Butler, Jezz	INT	?	0	0	14	5	9	1	0	1	1	?	1	1	2	0
27	Casalini, Noah	RR	?	2	1	17	14	3	9	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	3
28	Cockatoo-Collins, Preston	RO	?	1	0	6	3	3	2	0	4	0	?	0	2	0	2
20	Crossley, Brayden	HFFR	?	1	0	11	8	3	2	29	3	2	?	0	3	0	4
3	Dawson, Jacob	BPR	?	0	0	29	14	15	1	0	0	10	?	2	0	0	3
24	Dawson, Taine	FF	?	0	0	10	3	7	4	5	1	1	?	0	1	1	1
15	Day, Sam	HFFL	?	2	1	12	4	8	3	0	0	0	?	1	1	0	1
2	Foot, Zac	FB	?	0	2	20	10	10	4	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	2
13	Gadsby, Noah	WR	?	0	0	19	9	10	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	4
19	Gore, Josh	CHF	?	0	2	11	7	4	2	0	6	1	?	2	1	0	1
25	Joyce, Jesse	FPR	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
	Lake, Campbell	INT	?	1	0	22	11	11	2	0	10	4	?	0	3	1	7
38	MacDonald, Cooper	INT	?	0	0	11	9	2	4	0	3	1	?	2	0	1	1
4	Manteit, Michael	HBFL	?	1	1	24	17	7	7	0	3	2	?	0	0	3	3
8	Oea, Hewago	WL	?	1	0	21	10	11	3	0	4	2	?	1	0	3	2
42	Pescud, Max	INT	?	0	1	9	5	4	1	0	3	0	?	1	1	0	0
26	Reardon, Elijah	RU	?	0	0	13	9	4	5	0	1	0	?	0	2	7	0
40	Rowe, Charlie	INT	?	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	1	1	?	0	0	2	2
6	Spencer, Max	CHB	?	0	0	22	15	7	9	0	3	0	?	0	0	8	1
22	Webster, Christian	FPL	?	0	0	21	14	7	6	0	1	0	?	1	0	3	0
1	Woodcock, Boyd	BPL	?	0	1	32	24	8	9	0	4	6	?	3	0	3	8
Rushed					6
Total (23 players)				9	15	373	222	151	92	34	58	36	0+	16	15	37	52

Coburg

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
30	Allison, Hugh	INT	?	1	0	13	9	4	4	0	4	0	?	1	0	1	1
23	Allison, Matt	FPR	?	2	1	10	5	5	4	0	1	0	?	0	3	0	2
22	Barnett, Thomas	FF	?	0	0	17	8	9	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	5	0
5	Bromell, Hugo	HBFL	?	0	0	25	12	13	6	0	2	2	?	1	2	1	6
6	Bytel, Jack	CHB	?	1	1	41	15	26	5	0	2	4	?	1	0	2	4
15	Dammersmith, Ingo	HFFL	?	0	0	11	5	6	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	1
37	Galvin, Rhys	INT	?	0	0	15	6	9	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	1
4	Gentile, Flynn	BPR	?	0	1	29	15	14	7	0	0	1	?	0	2	0	6
11	Gillard, Braedyn	WR	?	0	0	17	6	11	0	0	1	0	?	2	0	0	0
16	Goodman, Maison	CHF	?	2	0	24	8	16	7	0	2	4	?	1	0	0	4
1	Hoare, Will	BPL	?	0	0	12	9	3	7	0	1	0	?	2	1	4	0
24	Kennedy, Max	RU	?	1	0	23	13	10	2	0	2	1	?	0	0	4	3
29	Keogh, Cooper	RO	?	0	0	14	3	11	1	28	1	8	?	3	0	0	3
21	Murphy, Sebastian	FPL	?	0	0	11	5	6	2	0	4	0	?	0	1	0	2
	Podhajski, Mitch	C	?	3	1	11	10	1	6	0	2	1	?	0	1	0	3
7	Ramshaw, Heath	HBFR	?	1	0	23	12	11	4	0	1	0	?	1	0	4	0
35	Stephenson, Jaidyn	INT	?	4	1	13	12	1	7	0	3	1	?	1	0	0	2
9	Sturgess, Ryan	WL	?	0	0	10	2	8	4	0	1	0	?	0	1	1	1
42	Thompson, Max	INT	?	0	0	15	4	11	5	0	0	0	?	0	2	1	3
33	Toohey, Donovan	INT	?	0	0	24	21	3	3	0	2	0	?	0	2	13	0
18	Trudgeon, Joel	HFFR	?	1	0	25	15	10	2	0	8	2	?	2	1	1	6
3	Valentine, Ryan	FB	?	1	1	13	6	7	5	1	1	1	?	0	0	1	3
25	Walker, Lachlan	RR	?	0	0	16	8	8	2	0	2	0	?	0	0	1	3
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				17	10	412	209	203	96	29	43	25	0+	15	16	43	54

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
	1	W. Hoare	3	R. Valentine	4	F. Gentile	26	E. Reardon	34	J. Butler
	25	J. Joyce	24	T. Dawson	22	C. Webster	27	N. Casalini		C. Lake
FORWARD							28	P. Cockatoo-Collins	38	C. MacDonald
HALF-BACK									42	M. Pescud
	5	H. Bromell	6	J. Bytel	7	H. Ramshaw			40	C. Rowe
	20	B. Crossley	19	J. Gore	15	S. Day
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	9	R. Sturgess		M. Podhajski	11	B. Gillard
	13	N. Gadsby	11	B. Aston	8	H. Oea	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							24	M. Kennedy	30	H. Allison
HALF-FORWARD							25	L. Walker	37	R. Galvin
	15	I. Dammersmith	16	M. Goodman	18	J. Trudgeon	29	C. Keogh	35	J. Stephenson
	7	R. Bowman	6	M. Spencer	4	M. Manteit			42	M. Thompson
HALF-BACK									33	D. Toohey
FORWARD
	21	S. Murphy	22	T. Barnett	23	M. Allison
	3	J. Dawson	2	Z. Foot	1	B. Woodcock
BACK
Coburg							Coach: Jamie Cassidy-McNamara

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SPRT	Preston Cockatoo-Collins goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:34
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	03:04
	COBG	Heath Ramshaw goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	04:56
	COBG	Mitch Podhajski goal	1.0.6	-	2.1.13	06:19
	SPRT	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	2.1.13	09:42
	COBG	Jack Bytel goal	1.1.7	-	3.1.19	10:23
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	1.1.7	-	4.1.25	12:01
	COBG	Matt Allison goal	1.1.7	-	5.1.31	14:05
	SPRT	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	5.1.31	16:56
	COBG	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	5.2.32	17:22
	COBG	Hugh Allison goal	1.2.8	-	6.2.38	18:53
	COBG	Mitch Podhajski behind	1.2.8	-	6.3.39	20:27
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	1.2.8	-	7.3.45	22:22
	COBG	Flynn Gentile behind	1.2.8	-	7.4.46	23:50
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	1.2.8	-	8.4.52	24:31
	SPRT	Hewago Oea goal	2.2.14	-	8.4.52	28:06
Q2	COBG	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	8.5.53	01:07
	COBG	Jack Bytel behind	2.2.14	-	8.6.54	05:46
	SPRT	Zac Foot behind	2.3.15	-	8.6.54	08:20
	SPRT	Josh Gore behind	2.4.16	-	8.6.54	15:13
	SPRT	Sam Day goal	3.4.22	-	8.6.54	16:10
	SPRT	Josh Gore behind	3.5.23	-	8.6.54	17:43
	SPRT	Campbell Lake goal	4.5.29	-	8.6.54	18:55
	SPRT	Rushed behind	4.6.30	-	8.6.54	20:43
	COBG	Matt Allison behind	4.6.30	-	8.7.55	24:52
Q3	COBG	Maison Goodman goal	4.6.30	-	9.7.61	01:44
	SPRT	Noah Casalini goal	5.6.36	-	9.7.61	03:26
	SPRT	Noah Casalini behind	5.7.37	-	9.7.61	04:35
	SPRT	Rushed behind	5.8.38	-	9.7.61	06:10
	SPRT	Michael Manteit behind	5.9.39	-	9.7.61	07:12
	COBG	Rushed behind	5.9.39	-	9.8.62	08:27
	COBG	Mitch Podhajski goal	5.9.39	-	10.8.68	12:17
	SPRT	Rushed behind	5.10.40	-	10.8.68	14:08
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	5.11.41	-	10.8.68	19:45
	SPRT	Sam Day goal	6.11.47	-	10.8.68	20:43
	COBG	Joel Trudgeon goal	6.11.47	-	11.8.74	27:45
	COBG	Max Kennedy goal	6.11.47	-	12.8.80	29:42
Q4	SPRT	Zac Foot behind	6.12.48	-	12.8.80	00:25
	SPRT	Sam Day behind	6.13.49	-	12.8.80	01:39
	SPRT	Rushed behind	6.14.50	-	12.8.80	02:14
	COBG	Rushed behind	6.14.50	-	12.9.81	04:18
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	6.14.50	-	13.9.87	05:36
	SPRT	Boyd Woodcock behind	6.15.51	-	13.9.87	08:06
	COBG	Matt Allison goal	6.15.51	-	14.9.93	09:25
	COBG	Mitch Podhajski goal	6.15.51	-	15.9.99	11:23
	COBG	Maison Goodman goal	6.15.51	-	16.9.105	16:17
	SPRT	Noah Casalini goal	7.15.57	-	16.9.105	17:25
	COBG	Ryan Valentine goal	7.15.57	-	17.9.111	19:31
	SPRT	Michael Manteit goal	8.15.63	-	17.9.111	23:39
	SPRT	Brayden Crossley goal	9.15.69	-	17.9.111	26:32
	COBG	Ryan Valentine behind	9.15.69	-	17.10.112	28:36

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