2026 VFL Season Round 21: Brisbane Lions Reserves v Gold Coast Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 2026 between the Brisbane Lions Reserves and the Gold Coast Reserves during round twenty-one of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Brisbane Lions Reserves hosted the Gold Coast Reserves at Brighton Homes Arena. Alex Sexton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Scott Borlace and the visitors were coached by Tate Kaesler.

The Brisbane Lions Reserves (26.17.173) defeated the Gold Coast Reserves (11.4.70).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Brisbane Lions Reserves v Gold Coast Reserves
Date: Saturday 15 August 2026
Time: 11:05 AM
Venue: Brighton Homes Arena

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions Reserves def. Gold Coast Reserves
Score: 26.17.173 - 11.4.70

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions Reserves	5	.	2	12	.	6	18	.	10	26	.	17	26	.	17	(173)
Gold Coast Reserves	5	.	2	9	.	2	10	.	4	11	.	4	11	.	4	(70)
Margin	level			BRLR by 22			BRLR by 54			BRLR by 103			BRLR by 103
Duration	34:14			36:15			30:49			33:46			2:15:04

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Brisbane Lions Reserves) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Gold Coast Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Brisbane Lions Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Scott Borlace

Gold Coast Reserves

Captain: Alex Sexton
Coach: Tate Kaesler

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Abberley, Tahj	RU	?	3	0	19	13	6	7	0	1	0	?	1	2	1	6
17	Beecken, Luke	FB	?	0	0	16	12	4	6	0	1	0	?	0	1	3	1
34	Brain, Shadeau	HFFL	?	0	0	19	16	3	8	0	1	2	?	1	0	2	6
18	Coleman, Keidean	BPR	?	1	0	27	17	10	8	0	2	1	?	0	0	2	7
37	Curtin, Cody	CHF	?	2	2	13	9	4	5	4	8	0	?	2	0	0	2
12	Doedee, Tom	BPL	?	0	0	15	10	5	8	0	1	0	?	0	0	5	0
63	Duke, Ethan	INT	?	1	0	15	7	8	3	0	1	1	?	0	2	1	1
52	Dunkley, Kyle	RO	?	2	1	21	11	10	5	0	3	0	?	0	1	1	0
24	Evans, Koby	WL	?	1	0	16	5	11	2	0	2	1	?	0	1	0	2
55	Freiberg, Connor	INT	?	0	0	14	7	7	2	9	4	6	?	1	0	1	2
42	Hayes, Tai	FPR	?	2	2	20	11	9	7	0	1	2	?	0	0	1	1
54	Hodge, Cooper	INT	?	1	0	18	13	5	6	0	6	3	?	1	2	1	2
41	Joyce, Darragh	FF	?	0	1	17	13	4	8	0	2	0	?	0	1	2	1
19	Lloyd, Luke	HBFL	?	1	0	14	8	6	3	0	1	0	?	1	1	1	1
20	Marshall, Sam	CHB	?	0	0	21	12	9	3	0	2	4	?	0	1	2	4
49	McCarthy, Curtis	RR	?	3	0	13	6	7	3	0	4	0	?	0	0	0	4
28	McLachlan, Will	C	?	4	4	12	11	1	7	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	3
39	Murphy, Ben	FPL	?	2	2	15	10	5	5	0	1	1	?	2	2	0	2
59	Murray, Caylen	INT	?	0	0	13	8	5	1	0	2	0	?	1	0	2	1
38	Reville, Bruce	HFFR	?	0	0	33	16	17	4	0	4	6	?	0	1	1	8
67	Tilley, Sam	INT	?	1	1	21	9	12	2	0	7	5	?	2	0	0	2
29	Tunstill, James	WR	?	2	1	32	19	13	5	0	11	9	?	2	1	1	9
21	Zakostelsky, Zane	HBFR	?	0	0	10	3	7	1	6	0	2	?	2	0	0	1
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				26	17	414	246	168	109	19	66	43	0+	17	17	27	66

Gold Coast Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Adams, Oscar	FF	?	0	0	9	5	4	2	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	1
31	Bell, Cooper	HBFL	?	0	0	11	3	8	5	7	0	1	?	0	2	0	1
67	Callinan, Jake	INT	?	0	0	9	2	7	1	0	3	1	?	0	1	0	1
67	Chapman, Luke	RO	?	0	0	9	4	5	1	0	5	0	?	0	0	1	1
61	Collins, Cooper	RU	?	1	0	15	4	11	2	0	1	1	?	2	1	1	1
43	Coulson, Koby	CHF	?	0	0	12	6	6	5	0	1	2	?	0	0	0	2
42	Eastham, Asher	HFFL	?	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	0
36	Evans, Zak	WL	?	0	0	19	7	12	3	0	2	2	?	1	0	1	4
67	Hill, Archie	INT	?	0	0	8	5	3	1	0	2	1	?	2	0	1	4
44	Jepson, Ben	HFFR	?	0	0	36	17	19	5	0	3	6	?	0	1	9	3
65	Kaesler, Leroy	RR	?	0	0	11	3	8	0	0	2	3	?	1	1	0	2
37	Knobel, Max	C	?	0	0	16	6	10	0	59	4	5	?	0	5	0	3
45	Lewis, Caleb	FPL	?	3	1	12	9	3	7	0	0	0	?	0	0	3	0
70	Mayne, Isaac	INT	?	0	1	10	4	6	2	0	1	0	?	1	2	0	2
35	Murray, Jai	HBFR	?	0	1	32	15	17	2	0	0	2	?	0	0	7	1
74	Murray, Taj	INT	?	0	0	13	4	9	1	0	1	2	?	0	0	1	3
30	Patterson, Dylan	BPR	?	0	0	23	10	13	1	0	3	4	?	1	1	2	3
13	Sexton, Alex (c)	FB	?	2	0	19	11	8	2	0	0	1	?	1	0	6	2
54	Snowball, Lucas	FPR	?	0	0	6	3	3	1	0	7	1	?	2	0	0	1
41	Thomas, Avery	WR	?	0	0	9	5	4	1	0	1	0	?	3	1	2	0
73	Tsitas, James	INT	?	0	0	13	6	7	2	0	1	0	?	2	0	0	0
9	Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra	BPL	?	4	0	9	6	3	4	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	1
32	Uwland, Zeke	CHB	?	1	0	30	11	19	2	0	6	3	?	1	0	2	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				11	4	331	146	185	51	66	49	35	0+	17	16	39	38

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

Brisbane Lions Reserves							Coach: Scott Borlace
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	9	J. Ugle-Hagan	13	A. Sexton (c)	30	D. Patterson	48	T. Abberley	63	E. Duke
	42	T. Hayes	41	D. Joyce	39	B. Murphy	49	C. McCarthy	55	C. Freiberg
FORWARD							52	K. Dunkley	54	C. Hodge
HALF-BACK									59	C. Murray
	31	C. Bell	32	Z. Uwland	35	J. Murray			67	S. Tilley
	38	B. Reville	37	C. Curtin	34	S. Brain
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	36	Z. Evans	37	M. Knobel	41	A. Thomas
	29	J. Tunstill	28	W. McLachlan	24	K. Evans	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							61	C. Collins	67	J. Callinan
HALF-FORWARD							65	L. Kaesler	67	A. Hill
	42	A. Eastham	43	K. Coulson	44	B. Jepson	67	L. Chapman	70	I. Mayne
	21	Z. Zakostelsky	20	S. Marshall	19	L. Lloyd			74	T. Murray
HALF-BACK									73	J. Tsitas
FORWARD
	45	C. Lewis	48	O. Adams	54	L. Snowball
	18	K. Coleman	17	L. Beecken	12	T. Doedee
BACK
Gold Coast Reserves							Coach: Tate Kaesler

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BRLR	Ben Murphy behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	05:32
	BRLR	Curtis McCarthy goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	08:10
	GCSR	Alex Sexton goal	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	10:11
	GCSR	Zeke Uwland goal	1.1.7	-	2.0.12	14:42
	BRLR	Kyle Dunkley goal	2.1.13	-	2.0.12	16:56
	BRLR	Keidean Coleman goal	3.1.19	-	2.0.12	20:05
	GCSR	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	3.1.19	-	3.0.18	22:22
	GCSR	Caleb Lewis behind	3.1.19	-	3.1.19	24:04
	GCSR	Jai Murray behind	3.1.19	-	3.2.20	24:36
	BRLR	Cody Curtin behind	3.2.20	-	3.2.20	25:42
	GCSR	Cooper Collins goal	3.2.20	-	4.2.26	27:57
	BRLR	Koby Evans goal	4.2.26	-	4.2.26	29:26
	GCSR	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	4.2.26	-	5.2.32	30:59
	BRLR	Tahj Abberley goal	5.2.32	-	5.2.32	34:06
Q2	BRLR	Cooper Hodge goal	6.2.38	-	5.2.32	01:46
	BRLR	Sam Tilley goal	7.2.44	-	5.2.32	04:43
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	8.2.50	-	5.2.32	08:49
	GCSR	Caleb Lewis goal	8.2.50	-	6.2.38	12:13
	BRLR	Cody Curtin behind	8.3.51	-	6.2.38	16:11
	BRLR	Rushed behind	8.4.52	-	6.2.38	17:09
	BRLR	Rushed behind	8.5.53	-	6.2.38	18:14
	BRLR	Will McLachlan behind	8.6.54	-	6.2.38	23:33
	GCSR	Caleb Lewis goal	8.6.54	-	7.2.44	24:19
	BRLR	James Tunstill goal	9.6.60	-	7.2.44	26:22
	GCSR	Caleb Lewis goal	9.6.60	-	8.2.50	27:45
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	10.6.66	-	8.2.50	29:57
	GCSR	Alex Sexton goal	10.6.66	-	9.2.56	31:39
	BRLR	Cody Curtin goal	11.6.72	-	9.2.56	34:11
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	12.6.78	-	9.2.56	35:20
Q3	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	13.6.84	-	9.2.56	01:32
	BRLR	Ben Murphy behind	13.7.85	-	9.2.56	04:15
	BRLR	Tahj Abberley goal	14.7.91	-	9.2.56	05:09
	BRLR	Kyle Dunkley goal	15.7.97	-	9.2.56	09:42
	BRLR	Rushed behind	15.8.98	-	9.2.56	11:37
	GCSR	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	15.8.98	-	10.2.62	13:20
	BRLR	Ben Murphy goal	16.8.104	-	10.2.62	14:49
	BRLR	Will McLachlan behind	16.9.105	-	10.2.62	19:16
	BRLR	Ethan Duke goal	17.9.111	-	10.2.62	20:42
	BRLR	James Tunstill goal	18.9.117	-	10.2.62	22:54
	GCSR	Rushed behind	18.9.117	-	10.3.63	25:25
	GCSR	Isaac Mayne behind	18.9.117	-	10.4.64	28:10
	BRLR	Kyle Dunkley behind	18.10.118	-	10.4.64	29:33
Q4	BRLR	Curtis McCarthy goal	19.10.124	-	10.4.64	00:39
	BRLR	Curtis McCarthy goal	20.10.130	-	10.4.64	02:10
	BRLR	Sam Tilley behind	20.11.131	-	10.4.64	04:41
	BRLR	Rushed behind	20.12.132	-	10.4.64	05:01
	BRLR	James Tunstill behind	20.13.133	-	10.4.64	07:53
	BRLR	Tai Hayes behind	20.14.134	-	10.4.64	08:58
	BRLR	Luke Lloyd goal	21.14.140	-	10.4.64	11:44
	BRLR	Cody Curtin goal	22.14.146	-	10.4.64	14:17
	GCSR	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	22.14.146	-	11.4.70	16:14
	BRLR	Tahj Abberley goal	23.14.152	-	11.4.70	18:22
	BRLR	Will McLachlan behind	23.15.153	-	11.4.70	20:05
	BRLR	Ben Murphy goal	24.15.159	-	11.4.70	21:17
	BRLR	Tai Hayes goal	25.15.165	-	11.4.70	26:50
	BRLR	Tai Hayes goal	26.15.171	-	11.4.70	29:50
	BRLR	Tai Hayes behind	26.16.172	-	11.4.70	32:01
	BRLR	Will McLachlan behind	26.17.173	-	11.4.70	33:40

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