2026 VFL Season Round 9: Casey v Footscray Reserves
This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 2026 between Casey and the Footscray Reserves during round nine of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League.
Casey hosted the Footscray Reserves at Casey Fields.
Daniel Orgill captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Rhett McLennan and the visitors were coached by Alex Johnson.
Casey (21.10.136) defeated the Footscray Reserves (14.17.101).
Match Details
Season:
2026 VFL Season
Round:
Round 9
Teams:
Casey
v
Footscray Reserves
Date:
Sunday 24 May 2026
Time:
11:05 AM
Venue:
Casey Fields
Match Results
Outcome:
Casey
def.
Footscray Reserves
Score:
21.10.136 - 14.17.101
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Casey | 8 | . | 3 | 14 | . | 3 | 17 | . | 6 | 21 | . | 10 | 21 | . | 10 | (136) |
| Footscray Reserves | 2 | . | 2 | 7 | . | 10 | 10 | . | 13 | 14 | . | 17 | 14 | . | 17 | (101) |
| Margin | CASY by 37 | CASY by 35 | CASY by 35 | CASY by 35 | CASY by 35 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 31:46 | 34:06 | 28:26 | 28:38 | 2:02:56 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Casey) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Footscray Reserves) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Casey
Captain: unknownCoach: Rhett McLennan
Footscray Reserves
Captain: Daniel OrgillCoach: Alex Johnson
Player Statistics
Casey
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 50 | Ah-Mu, Tairon | HFFR | ? | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 55 | Bergman, Miller | FPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 38 | Berry, Oscar | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 75 | Craven, Jesse | INT | ? | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | D'Angelo, Luis | RU | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ? | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 71 | De La Rue, Tahj | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ? | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 76 | Gatt, Jarrod | FPL | ? | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ? | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 43 | Henderson, Jack | WR | ? | 2 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 60 | Hodder, Louis | INT | ? | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 44 | Kentfield, Luker | HFFL | ? | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 58 | Lual, Luamon | RR | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | Matthews, Thomas | BPR | ? | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | McDonald, Tom | HBFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | Melksham, Jake | BPL | ? | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | Mentha, Ricky | WL | ? | 0 | 1 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ? | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 45 | Moniz-Wakefield, Andy | CHF | ? | 3 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 5 | ? | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 40 | Onley, Riley | C | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | Scapin, Jobe | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 61 | Sinnema, Toby | RO | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 53 | Sruk, Tyson | FF | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ? | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 64 | Stanley, Ethan | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Taylor, Xavier | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 34 | White, Kalani | CHB | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushed | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 21 | 10 | 395 | 233 | 162 | 113 | 18 | 48 | 30 | 0+ | 18 | 9 | 40 | 54 | |||
Footscray Reserves
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Baker, Oskar | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ? | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 51 | Billings, Jack | HFFL | ? | 0 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ? | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Carmichael, Lachlan | BPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ? | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 61 | Craig-Peters, Cooper | RR | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 54 | Crofts, Billy | HFFR | ? | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | ? | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Darcy, Will | HBFL | ? | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Delimitrou, George | FPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | Dolan, Josh | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 | Emmett, Louis | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | Gallagher, Harvey | FB | ? | 1 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ? | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 43 | Gardner, Ryan | C | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Howard, Nathan | INT | ? | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 65 | Maple, Tristan | RO | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 76 | McGuane, Thomas | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 56 | Muratore, Luca | INT | ? | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 50 | Orgill, Daniel (c) | WR | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ? | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 58 | Phipps-Parsons, Stirling | FF | ? | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 60 | Ramshaw, Laird | RU | ? | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 79 | Saunders, Ged | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 | Sexton, Kane | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 55 | Smith, Connor | FPL | ? | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 | Smith, Lachlan | WL | ? | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 40 | 4 | 8 | ? | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 53 | Valpied, Fred | CHF | ? | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 14 | 17 | 384 | 191 | 193 | 75 | 51 | 57 | 42 | 0+ | 9 | 18 | 32 | 55 | |||
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
| Casey | Coach: Rhett McLennan | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
| 2 | L. Carmichael | 12 | H. Gallagher | 13 | O. Baker | 56 | L. D'Angelo | 75 | J. Craven | ||||||
| 55 | M. Bergman | 53 | T. Sruk | 76 | J. Gatt | 58 | L. Lual | 71 | T. De La Rue | ||||||
| FORWARD | 61 | T. Sinnema | 60 | L. Hodder | |||||||||||
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66 | J. Scapin | |||||||||||
| 15 | W. Darcy | 25 | L. Emmett | 26 | J. Dolan |
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64 | E. Stanley | ||||||
| 50 | T. Ah-Mu | 45 | A. Moniz-Wakefield | 44 | L. Kentfield |
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| 40 | L. Smith | 43 | R. Gardner | 50 | D. Orgill (c) |
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| 43 | J. Henderson | 40 | R. Onley | 39 | R. Mentha | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 60 | L. Ramshaw | 81 | N. Howard | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 61 | C. Craig-Peters | 76 | T. McGuane | |||||||||||
| 51 | J. Billings | 53 | F. Valpied | 54 | B. Crofts | 65 | T. Maple | 56 | L. Muratore | ||||||
| 38 | O. Berry | 34 | K. White | 25 | T. McDonald |
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79 | G. Saunders | ||||||
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71 | K. Sexton | |||||||||||
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| 55 | C. Smith | 58 | S. Phipps-Parsons | 59 | G. Delimitrou |
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| 20 | T. Matthews | 19 | X. Taylor | 18 | J. Melksham |
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| Footscray Reserves | Coach: Alex Johnson | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | CASY | Luker Kentfield goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.0.0 | 01:28 |
| CASY | Luker Kentfield goal | 2.0.12 | - | 0.0.0 | 04:33 | |
| CASY | Andy Moniz-Wakefield goal | 3.0.18 | - | 0.0.0 | 10:34 | |
| CASY | Kalani White goal | 4.0.24 | - | 0.0.0 | 12:07 | |
| FOOR | Billy Crofts goal | 4.0.24 | - | 1.0.6 | 14:37 | |
| CASY | Andy Moniz-Wakefield behind | 4.1.25 | - | 1.0.6 | 17:02 | |
| CASY | Jake Melksham behind | 4.2.26 | - | 1.0.6 | 17:14 | |
| CASY | Jake Melksham goal | 5.2.32 | - | 1.0.6 | 20:27 | |
| FOOR | Stirling Phipps-Parsons goal | 5.2.32 | - | 2.0.12 | 21:51 | |
| CASY | Jarrod Gatt behind | 5.3.33 | - | 2.0.12 | 22:59 | |
| CASY | Jack Henderson goal | 6.3.39 | - | 2.0.12 | 23:20 | |
| CASY | Jobe Scapin goal | 7.3.45 | - | 2.0.12 | 24:38 | |
| FOOR | Jack Billings behind | 7.3.45 | - | 2.1.13 | 26:05 | |
| FOOR | Rushed behind | 7.3.45 | - | 2.2.14 | 26:42 | |
| CASY | Louis Hodder goal | 8.3.51 | - | 2.2.14 | 28:24 | |
| Q2 | FOOR | Lachlan Smith behind | 8.3.51 | - | 2.3.15 | 01:32 |
| CASY | Jake Melksham goal | 9.3.57 | - | 2.3.15 | 03:14 | |
| FOOR | Connor Smith behind | 9.3.57 | - | 2.4.16 | 04:29 | |
| FOOR | Fred Valpied behind | 9.3.57 | - | 2.5.17 | 04:56 | |
| FOOR | Fred Valpied goal | 9.3.57 | - | 3.5.23 | 06:08 | |
| CASY | Jake Melksham goal | 10.3.63 | - | 3.5.23 | 07:19 | |
| CASY | Jesse Craven goal | 11.3.69 | - | 3.5.23 | 09:11 | |
| CASY | Thomas Matthews goal | 12.3.75 | - | 3.5.23 | 11:03 | |
| CASY | Jake Melksham goal | 13.3.81 | - | 3.5.23 | 13:03 | |
| FOOR | unknown goal | 13.3.81 | - | 4.5.29 | 15:48 | |
| FOOR | unknown behind | 13.3.81 | - | 4.6.30 | 17:16 | |
| FOOR | Nathan Howard goal | 13.3.81 | - | 5.6.36 | 19:14 | |
| FOOR | Luca Muratore goal | 13.3.81 | - | 6.6.42 | 20:57 | |
| FOOR | Connor Smith behind | 13.3.81 | - | 6.7.43 | 23:11 | |
| CASY | Thomas Matthews goal | 14.3.87 | - | 6.7.43 | 24:44 | |
| FOOR | Rushed behind | 14.3.87 | - | 6.8.44 | 25:50 | |
| FOOR | Billy Crofts behind | 14.3.87 | - | 6.9.45 | 26:35 | |
| FOOR | Will Darcy goal | 14.3.87 | - | 7.9.51 | 29:42 | |
| FOOR | Billy Crofts behind | 14.3.87 | - | 7.10.52 | 32:51 | |
| Q3 | FOOR | Nathan Howard goal | 14.3.87 | - | 8.10.58 | 03:23 |
| CASY | Andy Moniz-Wakefield goal | 15.3.93 | - | 8.10.58 | 04:43 | |
| FOOR | Luca Muratore behind | 15.3.93 | - | 8.11.59 | 07:33 | |
| CASY | Tairon Ah-Mu behind | 15.4.94 | - | 8.11.59 | 09:43 | |
| CASY | Jack Henderson goal | 16.4.100 | - | 8.11.59 | 13:18 | |
| CASY | Andy Moniz-Wakefield goal | 17.4.106 | - | 8.11.59 | 16:03 | |
| FOOR | Connor Smith goal | 17.4.106 | - | 9.11.65 | 17:44 | |
| CASY | Jesse Craven behind | 17.5.107 | - | 9.11.65 | 19:25 | |
| FOOR | Will Darcy behind | 17.5.107 | - | 9.12.66 | 22:34 | |
| CASY | Ricky Mentha behind | 17.6.108 | - | 9.12.66 | 24:00 | |
| FOOR | Lachlan Smith goal | 17.6.108 | - | 10.12.72 | 25:43 | |
| FOOR | Harvey Gallagher behind | 17.6.108 | - | 10.13.73 | 27:02 | |
| Q4 | FOOR | Stirling Phipps-Parsons goal | 17.6.108 | - | 11.13.79 | 00:42 |
| FOOR | Lachlan Smith behind | 17.6.108 | - | 11.14.80 | 02:44 | |
| CASY | Jake Melksham behind | 17.7.109 | - | 11.14.80 | 03:49 | |
| FOOR | Nathan Howard goal | 17.7.109 | - | 12.14.86 | 05:01 | |
| FOOR | Harvey Gallagher goal | 17.7.109 | - | 13.14.92 | 06:36 | |
| FOOR | Harvey Gallagher behind | 17.7.109 | - | 13.15.93 | 07:28 | |
| FOOR | Stirling Phipps-Parsons behind | 17.7.109 | - | 13.16.94 | 08:25 | |
| FOOR | Laird Ramshaw goal | 17.7.109 | - | 14.16.100 | 09:19 | |
| CASY | Luker Kentfield goal | 18.7.115 | - | 14.16.100 | 12:17 | |
| CASY | Luker Kentfield goal | 19.7.121 | - | 14.16.100 | 15:46 | |
| CASY | Andy Moniz-Wakefield behind | 19.8.122 | - | 14.16.100 | 19:35 | |
| FOOR | Connor Smith behind | 19.8.122 | - | 14.17.101 | 20:58 | |
| CASY | Louis Hodder goal | 20.8.128 | - | 14.17.101 | 21:48 | |
| CASY | Jack Henderson behind | 20.9.129 | - | 14.17.101 | 24:38 | |
| CASY | Jake Melksham behind | 20.10.130 | - | 14.17.101 | 25:46 | |
| CASY | Louis Hodder goal | 21.10.136 | - | 14.17.101 | 26:26 | |