2026 VFL Season Round 21: Coburg v Southport

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 2026 between Coburg and Southport during round twenty-one of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Coburg hosted Southport at Coburg City Oval. 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 Jamie Cassidy-McNamara and the visitors were coached by Matthew Primus.

Coburg (14.8.92) were defeated by Southport (15.8.98).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Coburg v Southport
Date: Saturday 15 August 2026
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: Coburg City Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Coburg def. by Southport
Score: 14.8.92 - 15.8.98

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Coburg	5	.	2	10	.	3	11	.	5	14	.	8	14	.	8	(92)
Southport	4	.	1	8	.	4	11	.	6	15	.	8	15	.	8	(98)
Margin	COBG by 7			COBG by 11			SPRT by 1			SPRT by 6			SPRT by 6
Duration	34:42			32:58			28:16			31:10			2:07:06

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Coburg) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Southport) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Coburg

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jamie Cassidy-McNamara

Southport

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Primus

Player Statistics

Coburg

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
23	Allison, Matt	FF	?	1	1	10	5	5	2	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	1
5	Bromell, Hugo	CHB	?	0	0	25	15	10	2	0	2	8	?	0	1	3	4
6	Bytel, Jack	HBFR	?	0	0	13	5	8	1	0	4	3	?	2	6	0	1
2	Corigliano, Jesse	FB	?	0	0	16	11	5	4	0	2	0	?	0	0	6	1
15	Dammersmith, Ingo	HFFL	?	0	0	20	12	8	10	0	0	0	?	3	0	3	1
37	Galvin, Rhys	INT	?	0	0	10	2	8	1	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	1
4	Gentile, Flynn	HBFL	?	0	0	19	10	9	3	0	3	2	?	2	1	0	5
11	Gillard, Braedyn	C	?	0	0	18	8	10	3	0	2	0	?	1	1	4	2
16	Goodman, Maison	CHF	?	1	0	12	5	7	2	0	5	5	?	0	1	2	3
1	Hoare, Will	BPL	?	0	1	10	8	2	8	0	1	0	?	0	2	2	0
12	Johnston, Daniel	WR	?	0	0	8	4	4	6	12	2	0	?	2	3	1	2
24	Kennedy, Max	FPR	?	0	0	25	12	13	6	0	1	2	?	1	2	1	3
29	Keogh, Cooper	RO	?	0	0	22	6	16	5	33	1	7	?	3	1	1	4
21	Murphy, Sebastian	FPL	?	0	1	12	6	6	1	0	2	3	?	2	1	0	2
35	Stephenson, Jaidyn	INT	?	8	1	11	10	1	4	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	0
9	Sturgess, Ryan	WL	?	0	0	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	?	0	1	2	0
42	Thompson, Max	INT	?	1	0	12	9	3	2	0	0	3	?	2	0	0	3
33	Toohey, Donovan	INT	?	0	0	16	12	4	2	0	5	1	?	0	2	6	1
18	Trudgeon, Joel	HFFR	?	0	0	28	12	16	7	0	5	6	?	1	3	1	7
3	Valentine, Ryan	BPR	?	0	2	6	4	2	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
39	Walker, Josh	INT	?	1	0	5	4	1	1	0	2	1	?	0	1	0	4
25	Walker, Lachlan	RU	?	0	0	25	17	8	6	0	3	3	?	3	1	6	2
26	Weightman, Kyle	RR	?	2	0	10	7	3	3	0	0	1	?	0	0	0	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				14	8	338	189	149	84	45	45	45	0+	24	29	38	47

Southport

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
36	Breeden, Darby	RR	?	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	4	0	?	0	0	0	3
27	Casalini, Noah	FF	?	1	0	12	10	2	4	0	3	0	?	0	2	0	5
33	Cilmi, Michael	RU	?	2	0	9	7	2	2	0	2	1	?	1	0	0	1
20	Crossley, Brayden	WR	?	2	1	16	13	3	2	40	9	4	?	4	0	3	5
3	Dawson, Jacob	FB	?	0	0	27	7	20	2	0	3	13	?	1	3	0	3
2	Foot, Zac	BPL	?	0	1	26	19	7	4	0	6	2	?	2	2	0	6
13	Gadsby, Noah	INT	?	0	0	18	10	8	7	0	4	1	?	0	0	1	5
19	Gore, Josh	C	?	0	1	12	6	6	5	0	6	1	?	2	0	0	3
	Hamilton, Cooper	HBFL	?	0	0	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	1
39	Hay, Finn	INT	?	0	0	8	3	5	0	0	5	2	?	4	1	1	0
21	Larkins, Jai	HFFL	?	0	0	17	11	6	7	0	0	0	?	1	0	2	0
38	MacDonald, Cooper	INT	?	0	0	21	13	8	7	0	0	0	?	1	0	4	1
4	Manteit, Michael	BPR	?	2	0	17	13	4	6	0	2	0	?	0	2	2	1
14	McGuinness, Matt	HBFR	?	5	0	13	8	5	5	0	2	0	?	2	0	0	1
	Millane, Zai	INT	?	0	0	13	9	4	6	0	5	0	?	0	3	3	2
42	Pescud, Max	INT	?	0	3	16	11	5	2	0	7	2	?	1	4	0	2
37	Rawson, Bailey	RO	?	1	1	10	7	3	0	0	3	2	?	1	1	0	2
26	Reardon, Elijah	FPL	?	0	0	17	14	3	10	0	6	1	?	2	2	3	1
40	Rowe, Charlie	INT	?	0	0	19	8	11	5	0	2	4	?	1	0	1	3
6	Spencer, Max	CHB	?	0	0	35	24	11	15	0	2	0	?	1	0	6	3
22	Webster, Christian	CHF	?	0	0	22	19	3	11	0	1	1	?	1	2	4	2
10	Willis, Mackenzie	INT	?	0	0	12	7	5	5	0	4	0	?	2	0	1	1
23	Wood, Oscar	WL	?	2	0	11	8	3	4	6	1	1	?	2	2	0	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				15	8	363	236	127	114	46	78	35	0+	29	24	31	53

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

Coburg							Coach: Jamie Cassidy-McNamara
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	2	Z. Foot	3	J. Dawson	4	M. Manteit	25	L. Walker	37	R. Galvin
	24	M. Kennedy	23	M. Allison	21	S. Murphy	26	K. Weightman	35	J. Stephenson
FORWARD							29	C. Keogh	42	M. Thompson
HALF-BACK									33	D. Toohey
		C. Hamilton	6	M. Spencer	14	M. McGuinness			39	J. Walker
	18	J. Trudgeon	16	M. Goodman	15	I. Dammersmith
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	23	O. Wood	19	J. Gore	20	B. Crossley
	12	D. Johnston	11	B. Gillard	9	R. Sturgess	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							33	M. Cilmi	13	N. Gadsby
HALF-FORWARD							36	D. Breeden	39	F. Hay
	21	J. Larkins	22	C. Webster			37	B. Rawson	38	C. MacDonald
	6	J. Bytel	5	H. Bromell	4	F. Gentile				Z. Millane
HALF-BACK									42	M. Pescud
FORWARD									40	C. Rowe
	26	E. Reardon	27	N. Casalini					10	M. Willis
	3	R. Valentine	2	J. Corigliano	1	W. Hoare
BACK
Southport							Coach: Matthew Primus

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	COBG	Sebastian Murphy behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:18
	COBG	Matt Allison behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	02:30
	SPRT	Matt McGuinness goal	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	05:45
	SPRT	Oscar Wood goal	0.2.2	-	2.0.12	09:55
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	1.2.8	-	2.0.12	11:09
	SPRT	Matt McGuinness goal	1.2.8	-	3.0.18	15:05
	SPRT	Matt McGuinness goal	1.2.8	-	4.0.24	16:35
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	2.2.14	-	4.0.24	20:08
	COBG	Maison Goodman goal	3.2.20	-	4.0.24	21:25
	COBG	Max Thompson goal	4.2.26	-	4.0.24	26:51
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	4.2.26	-	4.1.25	28:45
	COBG	Kyle Weightman goal	5.2.32	-	4.1.25	31:59
Q2	SPRT	Michael Manteit goal	5.2.32	-	5.1.31	00:53
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	6.2.38	-	5.1.31	02:43
	COBG	Ryan Valentine behind	6.3.39	-	5.1.31	04:57
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	7.3.45	-	5.1.31	06:01
	COBG	Josh Walker goal	8.3.51	-	5.1.31	07:24
	SPRT	Zac Foot behind	8.3.51	-	5.2.32	09:35
	SPRT	Noah Casalini goal	8.3.51	-	6.2.38	14:24
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	8.3.51	-	6.3.39	15:50
	SPRT	Matt McGuinness goal	8.3.51	-	7.3.45	19:28
	SPRT	Brayden Crossley behind	8.3.51	-	7.4.46	21:53
	SPRT	Oscar Wood goal	8.3.51	-	8.4.52	25:06
	COBG	Matt Allison goal	9.3.57	-	8.4.52	27:32
	COBG	Kyle Weightman goal	10.3.63	-	8.4.52	29:24
Q3	COBG	Ryan Valentine behind	10.4.64	-	8.4.52	00:52
	SPRT	Rushed behind	10.4.64	-	8.5.53	06:44
	SPRT	Brayden Crossley goal	10.4.64	-	9.5.59	07:47
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	10.4.64	-	9.6.60	14:48
	SPRT	Matt McGuinness goal	10.4.64	-	10.6.66	18:59
	SPRT	Michael Cilmi goal	10.4.64	-	11.6.72	20:21
	COBG	Rushed behind	10.5.65	-	11.6.72	22:33
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	11.5.71	-	11.6.72	26:06
Q4	SPRT	Michael Manteit goal	11.5.71	-	12.6.78	02:10
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	12.5.77	-	12.6.78	04:31
	SPRT	Brayden Crossley goal	12.5.77	-	13.6.84	09:12
	COBG	Rushed behind	12.6.78	-	13.6.84	11:23
	SPRT	Bailey Rawson behind	12.6.78	-	13.7.85	12:23
	SPRT	Michael Cilmi goal	12.6.78	-	14.7.91	14:20
	SPRT	Bailey Rawson goal	12.6.78	-	15.7.97	15:31
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	13.6.84	-	15.7.97	18:58
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson behind	13.7.85	-	15.7.97	20:19
	SPRT	Josh Gore behind	13.7.85	-	15.8.98	22:57
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	14.7.91	-	15.8.98	24:58
	COBG	Will Hoare behind	14.8.92	-	15.8.98	29:56

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