2026 VFL Season Round 20: Southport v Brisbane Lions Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 2026 between Southport and the Brisbane Lions Reserves during round twenty of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Southport hosted the Brisbane Lions 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 Scott Borlace.

Southport (4.9.33) were defeated by the Brisbane Lions Reserves (18.23.131).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Southport v Brisbane Lions Reserves
Date: Saturday 8 August 2026
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: Fankhauser Reserve

Match Results

Outcome: Southport def. by Brisbane Lions Reserves
Score: 4.9.33 - 18.23.131

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Southport	1	.	2	2	.	4	3	.	8	4	.	9	4	.	9	(33)
Brisbane Lions Reserves	5	.	7	8	.	10	15	.	14	18	.	23	18	.	23	(131)
Margin	BRLR by 29			BRLR by 42			BRLR by 78			BRLR by 98			BRLR by 98
Duration	31:12			31:17			30:45			28:48			2:02:02

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 (Brisbane Lions Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Southport

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Primus

Brisbane Lions Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Scott Borlace

Player Statistics

Southport

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
16	Berry, Tom	WL	?	0	0	10	4	6	0	0	1	1	?	1	0	0	0
36	Breeden, Darby	RR	?	1	1	12	7	5	0	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	1
27	Casalini, Noah	FF	?	0	0	14	6	8	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	3
33	Cilmi, Michael	RU	?	0	1	8	5	3	2	0	3	2	?	0	0	0	2
28	Cockatoo-Collins, Preston	FPR	?	0	0	17	14	3	2	0	2	0	?	0	1	9	2
20	Crossley, Brayden	WR	?	0	0	15	6	9	2	30	2	3	?	0	1	0	4
3	Dawson, Jacob	FB	?	0	0	30	16	14	5	0	4	8	?	2	1	0	4
24	Dawson, Taine	HFFR	?	1	0	6	3	3	4	4	0	1	?	0	1	0	1
2	Foot, Zac	BPL	?	1	0	32	19	13	10	0	3	4	?	0	0	3	4
19	Gore, Josh	C	?	0	2	24	15	9	8	0	3	0	?	3	0	1	5
	Hamilton, Cooper	HBFL	?	0	0	7	4	3	4	0	3	0	?	1	3	2	1
39	Hay, Finn	INT	?	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	5	1	?	1	2	0	5
21	Larkins, Jai	HFFL	?	0	0	22	15	7	6	0	1	1	?	1	1	3	2
38	MacDonald, Cooper	INT	?	0	0	23	13	10	10	0	3	1	?	1	1	6	0
4	Manteit, Michael	BPR	?	0	0	15	12	3	6	0	1	1	?	0	0	1	1
14	McGuinness, Matt	HBFR	?	1	0	12	7	5	3	0	2	0	?	2	0	3	2
	Millane, Zai	INT	?	0	0	12	6	6	5	0	0	0	?	0	1	2	1
42	Pescud, Max	INT	?	0	1	10	6	4	6	0	2	0	?	0	3	2	2
37	Rawson, Bailey	RO	?	0	1	10	6	4	2	0	2	0	?	0	1	1	0
26	Reardon, Elijah	FPL	?	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	4	0	?	0	0	1	0
40	Rowe, Charlie	INT	?	0	0	17	10	7	4	0	8	3	?	2	0	4	3
6	Spencer, Max	CHB	?	0	0	31	23	8	13	0	1	0	?	0	0	10	0
22	Webster, Christian	CHF	?	0	0	18	14	4	7	0	2	1	?	1	0	1	0
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				4	9	360	220	140	106	34	55	27	0+	15	16	49	43

Brisbane Lions Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Abberley, Tahj	RU	?	0	0	15	10	5	6	0	3	1	?	3	0	3	2
17	Beecken, Luke	BPR	?	1	1	20	17	3	4	0	1	1	?	1	0	3	6
34	Brain, Shadeau	HFFL	?	0	0	17	12	5	6	0	3	1	?	0	0	1	4
37	Curtin, Cody	CHF	?	3	3	12	9	3	6	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	2
12	Doedee, Tom	FB	?	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	2	0	?	2	0	4	1
63	Duke, Ethan	INT	?	1	1	17	9	8	7	0	2	0	?	1	3	1	3
52	Dunkley, Kyle	RO	?	2	0	17	10	7	5	0	2	2	?	0	0	1	3
24	Evans, Koby	WL	?	0	0	11	2	9	2	0	1	1	?	0	0	0	0
55	Freiberg, Connor	INT	?	2	1	4	3	1	2	8	1	0	?	0	1	0	0
42	Hayes, Tai	FPR	?	0	0	20	13	7	3	0	1	4	?	1	0	3	8
54	Hodge, Cooper	INT	?	0	1	12	9	3	2	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	3
41	Joyce, Darragh	FF	?	0	0	12	11	1	6	0	0	0	?	0	1	3	2
19	Lloyd, Luke	HBFL	?	0	0	9	7	2	5	0	3	0	?	1	1	2	0
20	Marshall, Sam	CHB	?	0	1	27	15	12	5	0	3	6	?	1	1	4	4
49	McCarthy, Curtis	RR	?	0	3	10	5	5	2	0	2	1	?	1	3	0	1
11	McCarthy, Lincoln	BPL	?	1	0	19	16	3	6	0	3	1	?	2	0	5	3
28	McLachlan, Will	C	?	3	5	14	12	2	8	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
39	Murphy, Ben	FPL	?	2	2	10	5	5	3	0	2	1	?	0	1	0	2
59	Murray, Caylen	INT	?	0	0	17	14	3	7	0	1	1	?	1	0	3	3
38	Reville, Bruce	HFFR	?	1	0	19	13	6	6	0	3	1	?	0	2	3	6
67	Tilley, Sam	INT	?	1	2	22	13	9	7	0	3	2	?	1	1	2	3
29	Tunstill, James	WR	?	0	1	21	14	7	3	0	6	8	?	0	0	0	7
21	Zakostelsky, Zane	HBFR	?	1	0	16	7	9	3	22	3	7	?	0	0	1	4
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				18	23	354	233	121	108	30	51	38	0+	16	15	39	67

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
	11	L. McCarthy	12	T. Doedee	17	L. Beecken	33	M. Cilmi	39	F. Hay
	28	P. Cockatoo-Collins	27	N. Casalini	26	E. Reardon	36	D. Breeden	38	C. MacDonald
FORWARD							37	B. Rawson		Z. Millane
HALF-BACK									42	M. Pescud
	19	L. Lloyd	20	S. Marshall	21	Z. Zakostelsky			40	C. Rowe
	24	T. Dawson	22	C. Webster	21	J. Larkins
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	24	K. Evans	28	W. McLachlan	29	J. Tunstill
	20	B. Crossley	19	J. Gore	16	T. Berry	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							48	T. Abberley	63	E. Duke
HALF-FORWARD							49	C. McCarthy	55	C. Freiberg
	34	S. Brain	37	C. Curtin	38	B. Reville	52	K. Dunkley	54	C. Hodge
	14	M. McGuinness	6	M. Spencer		C. Hamilton			59	C. Murray
HALF-BACK									67	S. Tilley
FORWARD
	39	B. Murphy	41	D. Joyce	42	T. Hayes
	4	M. Manteit	3	J. Dawson	2	Z. Foot
BACK
Brisbane Lions Reserves							Coach: Scott Borlace

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BRLR	Cody Curtin goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	02:12
	SPRT	Josh Gore behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	03:57
	BRLR	Sam Tilley behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	07:01
	BRLR	Curtis McCarthy behind	0.1.1	-	1.2.8	08:08
	SPRT	Taine Dawson goal	1.1.7	-	1.2.8	12:51
	BRLR	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	1.3.9	14:40
	BRLR	Cody Curtin goal	1.1.7	-	2.3.15	16:01
	BRLR	Sam Marshall behind	1.1.7	-	2.4.16	18:33
	BRLR	Curtis McCarthy behind	1.1.7	-	2.5.17	19:59
	BRLR	Lincoln McCarthy goal	1.1.7	-	3.5.23	21:02
	SPRT	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	3.5.23	22:36
	BRLR	James Tunstill behind	1.2.8	-	3.6.24	23:51
	BRLR	Ben Murphy behind	1.2.8	-	3.7.25	26:21
	BRLR	Zane Zakostelsky goal	1.2.8	-	4.7.31	27:20
	BRLR	Connor Freiberg goal	1.2.8	-	5.7.37	28:50
Q2	BRLR	Cody Curtin behind	1.2.8	-	5.8.38	03:23
	SPRT	Josh Gore behind	1.3.9	-	5.8.38	04:56
	BRLR	Ben Murphy goal	1.3.9	-	6.8.44	07:33
	BRLR	Kyle Dunkley goal	1.3.9	-	7.8.50	14:54
	SPRT	Darby Breeden behind	1.4.10	-	7.8.50	21:21
	SPRT	Darby Breeden goal	2.4.16	-	7.8.50	23:14
	BRLR	Cody Curtin behind	2.4.16	-	7.9.51	26:43
	BRLR	Kyle Dunkley goal	2.4.16	-	8.9.57	29:04
	BRLR	Cooper Hodge behind	2.4.16	-	8.10.58	30:04
Q3	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	2.4.16	-	9.10.64	01:01
	BRLR	Luke Beecken goal	2.4.16	-	10.10.70	03:26
	BRLR	Will McLachlan behind	2.4.16	-	10.11.71	05:14
	BRLR	Will McLachlan behind	2.4.16	-	10.12.72	06:25
	SPRT	Bailey Rawson behind	2.5.17	-	10.12.72	08:02
	SPRT	Michael Cilmi behind	2.6.18	-	10.12.72	10:28
	BRLR	Sam Tilley behind	2.6.18	-	10.13.73	11:48
	SPRT	Rushed behind	2.7.19	-	10.13.73	13:08
	BRLR	Connor Freiberg behind	2.7.19	-	10.14.74	14:48
	BRLR	Ben Murphy goal	2.7.19	-	11.14.80	15:41
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	2.7.19	-	12.14.86	18:55
	BRLR	Connor Freiberg goal	2.7.19	-	13.14.92	20:15
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	2.8.20	-	13.14.92	22:51
	SPRT	Zac Foot goal	3.8.26	-	13.14.92	24:34
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	3.8.26	-	14.14.98	27:23
	BRLR	Cody Curtin goal	3.8.26	-	15.14.104	30:40
Q4	BRLR	Will McLachlan behind	3.8.26	-	15.15.105	03:59
	BRLR	Will McLachlan behind	3.8.26	-	15.16.106	05:10
	BRLR	Ethan Duke behind	3.8.26	-	15.17.107	06:14
	BRLR	Rushed behind	3.8.26	-	15.18.108	07:32
	BRLR	Ethan Duke goal	3.8.26	-	16.18.114	10:05
	SPRT	Rushed behind	3.9.27	-	16.18.114	11:28
	BRLR	Will McLachlan behind	3.9.27	-	16.19.115	15:34
	BRLR	Ben Murphy behind	3.9.27	-	16.20.116	17:28
	BRLR	Curtis McCarthy behind	3.9.27	-	16.21.117	19:05
	BRLR	Bruce Reville goal	3.9.27	-	17.21.123	20:25
	BRLR	Sam Tilley goal	3.9.27	-	18.21.129	21:33
	SPRT	Matt McGuinness goal	4.9.33	-	18.21.129	24:13
	BRLR	Luke Beecken behind	4.9.33	-	18.22.130	26:23
	BRLR	Cody Curtin behind	4.9.33	-	18.23.131	28:07

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