2026 VFL Season Round 8: Tasmania Devils v Southport

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 2026 between the Tasmania Devils and Southport during round eight of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Tasmania Devils hosted Southport at North Hobart Oval. Robbie Fox captained the hosts with Jye Menzie as vice-captain. 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 Jeromey Webberley and the visitors were coached by Matthew Primus.

The Tasmania Devils (11.11.77) were defeated by Southport (20.10.130).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Tasmania Devils v Southport
Date: Saturday 16 May 2026
Time: 11:05 AM
Venue: North Hobart Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Tasmania Devils def. by Southport
Score: 11.11.77 - 20.10.130

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Tasmania Devils	5	.	2	6	.	4	8	.	6	11	.	11	11	.	11	(77)
Southport	3	.	4	7	.	6	12	.	10	20	.	10	20	.	10	(130)
Margin	TASD by 10			SPRT by 8			SPRT by 28			SPRT by 53			SPRT by 53
Duration	34:53			29:08			37:36			35:24			2:17:01

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 (Southport) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Tasmania Devils

Captain: Robbie Fox
Vice-Captain: Jye Menzie
Coach: Jeromey Webberley

Southport

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Primus

Player Statistics

Tasmania Devils

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
35	Bayles, Harry	INT	?	0	1	19	15	4	6	0	3	0	?	0	1	7	2
18	Callinan, Jack	WR	?	0	1	24	14	10	2	0	5	1	?	1	0	2	3
32	Cameron, Kai	INT	?	1	0	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	1
41	Chaplin, Joseph	BPR	?	0	0	16	8	8	3	0	2	1	?	1	0	0	1
12	Cooney, Daniel	HFFL	?	2	0	7	4	3	1	0	2	1	?	0	1	1	0
9	Cox-Goodyer, Brad	WL	?	0	1	14	8	6	4	0	1	2	?	0	0	0	3
29	Dixon, Hugh	FF	?	1	0	11	10	1	5	1	3	2	?	1	2	1	6
26	Elmer, Harry	RR	?	1	1	27	10	17	3	0	7	3	?	0	3	1	6
5	Fox, Robbie (c)	CHB	?	0	0	23	4	19	3	0	3	3	?	0	0	3	2
25	Gardner, Darcy	INT	?	1	0	21	16	5	2	0	3	3	?	1	2	3	6
2	Hagan, Jed	FPR	?	1	0	13	6	7	3	0	5	2	?	3	0	0	3
39	Hay, Lachlan	HFFR	?	0	1	15	7	8	1	0	3	1	?	3	0	1	1
8	Leary, Brandon	FPL	?	2	0	25	11	14	3	0	4	4	?	1	3	0	5
38	Mapley, Max	INT	?	0	0	13	7	6	2	12	2	3	?	0	0	1	4
1	Menzie, Jye (vc)	C	?	1	3	25	12	13	4	0	6	4	?	1	0	2	4
4	Mitchell, Caleb	RO	?	0	0	18	9	9	2	0	3	5	?	0	1	1	4
21	Norton, Baxter	HBFR	?	0	1	13	7	6	3	0	4	0	?	0	0	2	2
23	Owen, Cameron	RU	?	0	0	5	1	4	2	13	2	2	?	0	0	1	1
42	Paprotny, Oscar	INT	?	0	0	17	6	11	2	0	2	1	?	2	0	2	1
7	Payne, Geordie	HBFL	?	1	0	21	7	14	3	0	3	1	?	0	2	3	2
3	Siggins, Sam	CHF	?	0	0	8	5	3	1	2	0	1	?	1	0	0	4
16	Wilkinson, Archie	FB	?	0	0	8	6	2	2	0	0	0	?	0	1	2	2
10	Williams, Nick	BPL	?	0	1	19	9	10	5	0	4	1	?	0	0	4	1
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				11	11	366	184	182	62	28	69	41	0+	16	16	37	64

Southport

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
34	Butler, Jezz	INT	?	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	1	1	?	0	1	1	1
28	Cockatoo-Collins, Preston	BPR	?	2	0	17	10	7	5	0	6	0	?	0	1	0	8
17	Coombes, Luke	INT	?	2	0	10	8	2	2	0	2	0	?	1	2	2	2
20	Crossley, Brayden	RU	?	0	0	15	14	1	6	62	6	5	?	0	0	1	7
3	Dawson, Jacob	C	?	1	0	41	22	19	4	0	3	12	?	2	0	4	5
24	Dawson, Taine	CHF	?	2	0	8	3	5	2	14	0	0	?	1	2	0	0
15	Day, Sam	FF	?	0	0	5	1	4	0	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
2	Foot, Zac	RO	?	3	1	27	10	17	2	0	10	3	?	0	0	1	4
13	Gadsby, Noah	WR	?	0	0	13	9	4	1	0	1	2	?	1	0	3	3
19	Gore, Josh	FPR	?	1	2	18	15	3	5	0	2	1	?	0	1	4	4
	Lake, Campbell	HFFL	?	2	1	22	9	13	1	0	7	6	?	4	0	1	2
38	MacDonald, Cooper	CHB	?	0	0	15	8	7	6	0	4	0	?	0	1	2	1
4	Manteit, Michael	WL	?	0	0	9	5	4	1	0	2	0	?	0	1	2	0
14	McGuinness, Matt	INT	?	0	0	14	11	3	8	0	0	1	?	0	1	3	1
29	Mills, Jackson	HBFR	?	0	0	15	8	7	2	0	1	5	?	0	0	0	3
8	Oea, Hewago	RR	?	1	0	23	11	12	6	0	2	1	?	0	0	4	3
42	Pescud, Max	HFFR	?	3	3	20	13	7	3	0	6	0	?	1	1	0	1
37	Rawson, Bailey	INT	?	0	0	13	3	10	2	0	3	1	?	1	0	0	2
26	Reardon, Elijah	HBFL	?	0	0	10	8	2	4	0	4	2	?	1	3	2	2
40	Rowe, Charlie	FPL	?	0	0	15	5	10	3	0	4	3	?	1	1	2	2
6	Spencer, Max	FB	?	0	0	25	20	5	9	0	3	1	?	0	0	15	1
22	Webster, Christian	BPL	?	0	0	15	13	2	3	0	1	1	?	2	0	5	1
1	Woodcock, Boyd	INT	?	3	1	23	12	11	4	0	1	2	?	1	0	0	4
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				20	10	377	221	156	81	76	70	47	0+	16	15	52	57

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
	22	C. Webster	6	M. Spencer	28	P. Cockatoo-Collins	23	C. Owen	35	H. Bayles
	2	J. Hagan	29	H. Dixon	8	B. Leary	26	H. Elmer	32	K. Cameron
FORWARD							4	C. Mitchell	25	D. Gardner
HALF-BACK									38	M. Mapley
	26	E. Reardon	38	C. MacDonald	29	J. Mills			42	O. Paprotny
	39	L. Hay	3	S. Siggins	12	D. Cooney
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	4	M. Manteit	3	J. Dawson	13	N. Gadsby
	18	J. Callinan	1	J. Menzie (vc)	9	B. Cox-Goodyer	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							20	B. Crossley	34	J. Butler
HALF-FORWARD							8	H. Oea	17	L. Coombes
		C. Lake	24	T. Dawson	42	M. Pescud	2	Z. Foot	14	M. McGuinness
	21	B. Norton	5	R. Fox (c)	7	G. Payne			37	B. Rawson
HALF-BACK									1	B. Woodcock
FORWARD
	40	C. Rowe	15	S. Day	19	J. Gore
	41	J. Chaplin	16	A. Wilkinson	10	N. Williams
BACK
Southport							Coach: Matthew Primus

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SPRT	Campbell Lake goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:30
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	03:57
	TASD	Brandon Leary goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	11:08
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	12:34
	TASD	Hugh Dixon goal	2.0.12	-	1.2.8	14:06
	TASD	Brandon Leary goal	3.0.18	-	1.2.8	16:11
	TASD	Harry Elmer goal	4.0.24	-	1.2.8	19:20
	TASD	Kai Cameron goal	5.0.30	-	1.2.8	21:11
	TASD	Brad Cox-Goodyer behind	5.1.31	-	1.2.8	22:48
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	5.1.31	-	1.3.9	24:47
	TASD	Baxter Norton behind	5.2.32	-	1.3.9	26:13
	SPRT	Jacob Dawson goal	5.2.32	-	2.3.15	28:30
	SPRT	Josh Gore behind	5.2.32	-	2.4.16	30:04
	SPRT	Zac Foot goal	5.2.32	-	3.4.22	33:52
Q2	TASD	Brad Cox-Goodyer behind	5.3.33	-	3.4.22	05:53
	TASD	Harry Bayles behind	5.4.34	-	3.4.22	08:39
	SPRT	Boyd Woodcock goal	5.4.34	-	4.4.28	09:17
	TASD	Jye Menzie goal	6.4.40	-	4.4.28	13:14
	SPRT	Zac Foot behind	6.4.40	-	4.5.29	14:30
	SPRT	Max Pescud goal	6.4.40	-	5.5.35	20:06
	SPRT	Rushed behind	6.4.40	-	5.6.36	22:29
	SPRT	Max Pescud goal	6.4.40	-	6.6.42	23:33
	SPRT	Taine Dawson goal	6.4.40	-	7.6.48	26:18
Q3	SPRT	Campbell Lake behind	6.4.40	-	7.7.49	01:18
	TASD	Daniel Cooney goal	7.4.46	-	7.7.49	06:46
	SPRT	Taine Dawson goal	7.4.46	-	8.7.55	08:41
	TASD	Daniel Cooney goal	8.4.52	-	8.7.55	12:01
	SPRT	Boyd Woodcock behind	8.4.52	-	8.8.56	13:35
	TASD	Lachlan Hay behind	8.5.53	-	8.8.56	16:06
	SPRT	Josh Gore behind	8.5.53	-	8.9.57	16:53
	SPRT	Zac Foot goal	8.5.53	-	9.9.63	18:19
	SPRT	Rushed behind	8.5.53	-	9.10.64	19:59
	SPRT	Josh Gore goal	8.5.53	-	10.10.70	25:00
	SPRT	Zac Foot goal	8.5.53	-	11.10.76	30:06
	SPRT	Luke Coombes goal	8.5.53	-	12.10.82	32:51
	TASD	Jack Callinan behind	8.6.54	-	12.10.82	35:01
Q4	TASD	Jye Menzie behind	8.7.55	-	12.10.82	01:55
	TASD	Jed Hagan goal	9.7.61	-	12.10.82	03:19
	TASD	Jye Menzie behind	9.8.62	-	12.10.82	04:50
	TASD	Harry Bayles behind	9.9.63	-	12.10.82	07:27
	SPRT	Max Pescud goal	9.9.63	-	13.10.88	11:10
	TASD	Geordie Payne goal	10.9.69	-	13.10.88	14:02
	SPRT	Boyd Woodcock goal	10.9.69	-	14.10.94	17:12
	TASD	Jye Menzie behind	10.10.70	-	14.10.94	18:46
	SPRT	Hewago Oea goal	10.10.70	-	15.10.100	20:10
	SPRT	Boyd Woodcock goal	10.10.70	-	16.10.106	21:17
	SPRT	Preston Cockatoo-Collins goal	10.10.70	-	17.10.112	22:49
	SPRT	Luke Coombes goal	10.10.70	-	18.10.118	23:50
	TASD	Harry Elmer behind	10.11.71	-	18.10.118	25:32
	SPRT	Campbell Lake goal	10.11.71	-	19.10.124	27:18
	SPRT	Preston Cockatoo-Collins goal	10.11.71	-	20.10.130	29:17
	TASD	Darcy Gardner goal	11.11.77	-	20.10.130	33:46

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