2026 VFL Season Round 21: Box Hill v Casey
This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2026 between Box Hill and Casey during round twenty-one of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League.
Box Hill hosted Casey at Box Hill City Oval.
Stuart Horner captained the hosts.
The hosts were coached by David Mirra and the visitors were coached by Rhett McLennan.
Box Hill (17.10.112) defeated Casey (6.19.55).
Match Details
Season:
2026 VFL Season
Round:
Round 21
Teams:
Box Hill
v
Casey
Date:
Sunday 16 August 2026
Time:
2:05 PM
Venue:
Box Hill City Oval
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Box Hill | 3 | . | 3 | 6 | . | 5 | 13 | . | 9 | 17 | . | 10 | 17 | . | 10 | (112) |
| Casey | 2 | . | 7 | 2 | . | 11 | 6 | . | 15 | 6 | . | 19 | 6 | . | 19 | (55) |
| Margin | BOXH by 2 | BOXH by 18 | BOXH by 36 | BOXH by 57 | BOXH by 57 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 27:16 | 26:52 | 32:05 | 28:29 | 1:54:42 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Box Hill) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Casey) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Box Hill
Captain: Stuart HornerCoach: David Mirra
Casey
Captain: unknownCoach: Rhett McLennan
Player Statistics
Box Hill
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 32 | Anderson, Cody | CHF | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Bianco, Trent | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 36 | Blanck, James | FF | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Butler, Sam | WR | ? | 2 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Dalton, Jack | HFFR | ? | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ? | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Dear, Calsher | FB | ? | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Greeves, Ollie | FPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ? | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 41 | Hill, Matt | RU | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 62 | Horner, Stuart (c) | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 44 | Hustwaite, Henry | RR | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | ? | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 31 | LeRay, Matthew | HFFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Maginness, Finn | HBFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 | ? | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 27 | McCabe, Will | WL | ? | 1 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 50 | McLaughlin, Brodie | RO | ? | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Nairn, Cam | CHB | ? | 3 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 79 | Pewtress, Will | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 73 | Preston, Corey | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ? | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Ramsden, Max | FPR | ? | 2 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Reeves, Ned | BPL | ? | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 6 | ? | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Ryan, Bodie | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ? | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 29 | Schubert, Aidan | C | ? | 3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Scrimshaw, Jack | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Walker, Jonah | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 17 | 10 | 378 | 252 | 126 | 130 | 34 | 56 | 34 | 0+ | 22 | 13 | 42 | 47 | |||
Casey
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 55 | Bergman, Miller | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 38 | Berry, Oscar | WR | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | Bonner, Riley | RO | ? | 0 | 0 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 46 | Cooke, Lukas | RU | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 41 | Cross, Paddy | HFFR | ? | 0 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ? | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 76 | Gatt, Jarrod | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Heath, Max | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | ? | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 43 | Henderson, Jack | FF | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | Johnson, Aidan | FPL | ? | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 44 | Kentfield, Luker | FPR | ? | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Lindsay, Xavier | BPL | ? | 1 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ? | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 58 | Lual, Luamon | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mapley, Max | RR | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 18 | Melksham, Jake | HBFL | ? | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Mentha, Ricky | HFFL | ? | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ? | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 40 | Onley, Riley | CHF | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Phillips, Jackson | BPR | ? | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Pickett, Latrelle | WL | ? | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ? | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 | Sinnema, Toby | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 54 | Smith, Deakyn | INT | ? | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Taylor, Xavier | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Viney, Jack | FB | ? | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 34 | White, Kalani | C | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushed | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 6 | 19 | 317 | 176 | 141 | 87 | 26 | 43 | 31 | 0+ | 13 | 22 | 29 | 48 | |||
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
| Box Hill | Coach: David Mirra | ||||||||||||||
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| 5 | X. Lindsay | 7 | J. Viney | 16 | J. Phillips | 41 | M. Hill | 58 | T. Bianco | ||||||
| 38 | M. Ramsden | 36 | J. Blanck | 35 | O. Greeves | 44 | H. Hustwaite | 62 | S. Horner (c) | ||||||
| FORWARD | 50 | B. McLaughlin | 79 | W. Pewtress | |||||||||||
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| 18 | J. Melksham | 19 | X. Taylor | 27 | M. Heath |
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| 34 | J. Dalton | 32 | C. Anderson | 31 | M. LeRay |
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| 33 | L. Pickett | 34 | K. White | 38 | O. Berry |
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| 30 | S. Butler | 29 | A. Schubert | 27 | W. McCabe | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 46 | L. Cooke | 55 | M. Bergman | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | M. Mapley | 76 | J. Gatt | ||||||||||||
| 39 | R. Mentha | 40 | R. Onley | 41 | P. Cross | 52 | R. Bonner | 58 | L. Lual | ||||||
| 26 | B. Ryan | 22 | C. Nairn | 20 | F. Maginness |
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| 42 | A. Johnson | 43 | J. Henderson | 44 | L. Kentfield |
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| 14 | J. Scrimshaw | 13 | C. Dear | 7 | N. Reeves |
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| Casey | Coach: Rhett McLennan | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | BOXH | Jack Dalton behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.0.0 | 00:18 |
| BOXH | Sam Butler goal | 1.1.7 | - | 0.0.0 | 00:48 | |
| CASY | Jack Viney behind | 1.1.7 | - | 0.1.1 | 04:59 | |
| CASY | Aidan Johnson behind | 1.1.7 | - | 0.2.2 | 05:40 | |
| BOXH | Cam Nairn goal | 2.1.13 | - | 0.2.2 | 07:36 | |
| CASY | Jack Viney goal | 2.1.13 | - | 1.2.8 | 09:47 | |
| CASY | Rushed behind | 2.1.13 | - | 1.3.9 | 14:05 | |
| CASY | Rushed behind | 2.1.13 | - | 1.4.10 | 14:55 | |
| CASY | Jake Melksham behind | 2.1.13 | - | 1.5.11 | 16:49 | |
| CASY | Jackson Phillips goal | 2.1.13 | - | 2.5.17 | 17:31 | |
| BOXH | Brodie McLaughlin goal | 3.1.19 | - | 2.5.17 | 19:33 | |
| CASY | Jackson Phillips behind | 3.1.19 | - | 2.6.18 | 22:26 | |
| BOXH | Jack Dalton behind | 3.2.20 | - | 2.6.18 | 23:34 | |
| BOXH | Rushed behind | 3.3.21 | - | 2.6.18 | 25:12 | |
| CASY | Aidan Johnson behind | 3.3.21 | - | 2.7.19 | 26:45 | |
| Q2 | BOXH | Calsher Dear behind | 3.4.22 | - | 2.7.19 | 01:06 |
| BOXH | Ollie Greeves behind | 3.5.23 | - | 2.7.19 | 03:34 | |
| CASY | Deakyn Smith behind | 3.5.23 | - | 2.8.20 | 05:52 | |
| BOXH | Ned Reeves goal | 4.5.29 | - | 2.8.20 | 07:39 | |
| CASY | Ricky Mentha behind | 4.5.29 | - | 2.9.21 | 09:34 | |
| CASY | Jake Melksham behind | 4.5.29 | - | 2.10.22 | 15:58 | |
| CASY | Rushed behind | 4.5.29 | - | 2.11.23 | 16:21 | |
| BOXH | Jack Dalton goal | 5.5.35 | - | 2.11.23 | 23:17 | |
| BOXH | Brodie McLaughlin goal | 6.5.41 | - | 2.11.23 | 24:54 | |
| Q3 | CASY | Luker Kentfield behind | 6.5.41 | - | 2.12.24 | 02:28 |
| CASY | Aidan Johnson behind | 6.5.41 | - | 2.13.25 | 05:47 | |
| BOXH | Aidan Schubert goal | 7.5.47 | - | 2.13.25 | 07:28 | |
| BOXH | Sam Butler goal | 8.5.53 | - | 2.13.25 | 08:40 | |
| BOXH | Ned Reeves goal | 9.5.59 | - | 2.13.25 | 10:35 | |
| BOXH | Rushed behind | 9.6.60 | - | 2.13.25 | 11:49 | |
| BOXH | Aidan Schubert goal | 10.6.66 | - | 2.13.25 | 14:05 | |
| BOXH | Calsher Dear behind | 10.7.67 | - | 2.13.25 | 15:06 | |
| BOXH | Cam Nairn goal | 11.7.73 | - | 2.13.25 | 16:40 | |
| CASY | Jake Melksham goal | 11.7.73 | - | 3.13.31 | 17:40 | |
| CASY | Rushed behind | 11.7.73 | - | 3.14.32 | 19:14 | |
| BOXH | Brodie McLaughlin behind | 11.8.74 | - | 3.14.32 | 20:40 | |
| BOXH | Cam Nairn goal | 12.8.80 | - | 3.14.32 | 21:21 | |
| CASY | Jake Melksham goal | 12.8.80 | - | 4.14.38 | 22:37 | |
| CASY | Xavier Lindsay goal | 12.8.80 | - | 5.14.44 | 23:52 | |
| CASY | Latrelle Pickett behind | 12.8.80 | - | 5.15.45 | 25:25 | |
| BOXH | Calsher Dear behind | 12.9.81 | - | 5.15.45 | 28:24 | |
| BOXH | Calsher Dear goal | 13.9.87 | - | 5.15.45 | 30:14 | |
| CASY | Jake Melksham goal | 13.9.87 | - | 6.15.51 | 32:00 | |
| Q4 | BOXH | Max Ramsden goal | 14.9.93 | - | 6.15.51 | 02:23 |
| BOXH | Max Ramsden goal | 15.9.99 | - | 6.15.51 | 05:06 | |
| CASY | Latrelle Pickett behind | 15.9.99 | - | 6.16.52 | 06:33 | |
| CASY | Jack Viney behind | 15.9.99 | - | 6.17.53 | 09:55 | |
| CASY | Ricky Mentha behind | 15.9.99 | - | 6.18.54 | 12:01 | |
| BOXH | Aidan Schubert goal | 16.9.105 | - | 6.18.54 | 16:31 | |
| BOXH | Will McCabe goal | 17.9.111 | - | 6.18.54 | 20:44 | |
| BOXH | Brodie McLaughlin behind | 17.10.112 | - | 6.18.54 | 24:24 | |
| CASY | Jake Melksham behind | 17.10.112 | - | 6.19.55 | 26:09 | |