VFL 2021: round-by-round updates for the cancelled season

01-09-2021
26 min read

The VFL has been revamped in 2021 to include several teams across the east coast of Australia as the competition deals with the issues presented by the COVID 19 pandemic.

Sporting News has compiled an all encompassing article that will have all the information you need about VFL matches in one place.

VFL scores, results, best players, goalkickers, injuries

VFL RESULTS ROUND BY ROUND

Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8

Round 9

Victoria's lockdown has forced the competition into a fixture change for round nine, seeing only two matches played.

Date/Venue Fixture Scores Goalkickers Best
Sat 12 Jun - 11:05am - Tramway Oval Sydney v Gold Coast 16.8 (104) - 17.5 (107)

SYD: McLean 4, Morrison 3, Gulden 2, Ronke 2, Van Huisstede 2, Clarke, Cordell, Sinclair

GC: Ainsworth 3, Jeffrey 3, MacPherson 3, Townsend 3, Pescud 2, Day, Fiorini, Reeves

SYD: Gray, Stephens, Clarke, McLean, O'Riordan

GC: Fiorini, Ainsworth, MacPherson, Sharp, Townsend, Jeffrey

Sat 12 Jun - 12:05pm - Blacktown International Sportspark GWS v Aspley 17.12 (114) - 9.11 (65)

GWS: Riccardi 8, Bruhn 2, Green 2, Barry-Murphy, Briggs, Smout, Sproule, Youlten

ASP: Hammelmann 6, Stackelberg 2, Ivers

GWS: Riccardi, Shipley, Briggs, Bruhn, Peatling, Davis

ASP: Payne, Hammelmann, Lyons, Bastinac, Stackelberg 

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Ladder after Round 9

Team Played Win Loss Draw % Points
Southport 7 6 1 0 160.3 27
Casey 5 5 0 0 212.7 20
Footscray 5 5 0 0 208.9 20
Geelong 5 4 1 0 165.5 16
Williamstown 5 4 1 0 161.3 16
Box Hill 6 4 2 0 142.2 16
Werribee 5 3 2 0 203.2 12
Richmond 5 3 2 0 115.5 12
Brisbane 6 3 3 0 96.1 12
Frankston 6 3 3 0 88.0 12
Collingwood 5 3 2 0 86.0 12
GWS 6 3 3 0 80.5 12
Carlton 5 2 3 0 103.3 8
Sydney 7 2 4 0 97.0 8
Coburg 5 2 3 0 91.5 8
Sandringham 5 2 3 0 84.0 8
Essendon 5 2 3 0 91.5 8
Gold Coast 6 2 4 0 67.1 8
Aspley 7 1 6 0 79.5 4
Port Melbourne 5 1 4 0 76.6 4
North Melbourne 6 1 5 0 38.3 4
Northern Bullants 5 0 5 0 40.8 0

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VFL Results Round by Round

Round 1

Date/Venue Fixture Scores Goalkickers Best
Fri Apr 16 - 12pm - Swinburne Centre Richmond v Sandringham 13.17 (95) - 7.13 (55)

RIC:  Ryan 3, Coleman-Jones 2, Hicks 2, Rioli 2, Chol, Naish, Oakes, Stack

SAN:  McKernan 4, Byrnes, Lok, Zagari

RIC: Naish, Ross, Collier-Dawkins, M.Rioli 

SAN:  McKernan, Byrnes Clavarino

Fri Apr 16 - 7.30pm - Skybus Stadium Frankston v Coburg 20.6 (126) - 14.12 (96)

FRA: Begley 6, Mentha 2, Newman 2, Lambert 2, Owens 2, Krakauer, Young, Brolic, Cox, Fordham, O'Leary

COB: D'Intinosante 3, Podhajski 3, Lowson 2, Clarke 2, McEvoy 2, Lentini, Silvestro 

FRA: Freeman, Newman, Begley, Lambert

COB: Lentini, Silvestro, Bunker

Sat Apr 17 - 11.20am - Whitten Oval Footscray v Gold Coast 16.13 (109) - 6.6 (42)

FOO: Schache 5, Butler 2, Ugle-Hagan 2, William 2, Jong, Wallis, West, Glass-McCasker, Hannan

GC: Murtagh 2, Harris 2, Brodie, Reeves

FOO: Schache, Hayes, Glass-McCasker, Garcia

GC: Fiorini, Brodie, Murtagh

Sat Apr 17 - 12pm - Tramway Oval Sydney v GWS 15.6 (96) - 10.10 (70)

SYD: McLean 3, Morrison 3, Cordell 2, Bell 2, Amartey, Sheather, Sinclair, Taylor, Thorne

GWS: Hogan 3, Sproule 3, Bruhn 2, Kelly, Pollock

SYD: O'Riordan, Taylor, Bell, Clarke, Brand

GWS: Hogan, Bruhn, Sproule

Sat Apr 17 - 1pm - Graham Road Aspley v Port Melbourne 20.13 (133) - 12.8 (80)

ASP: Hammelmann 4, Stackelberg 3, Bastinac 3, Payne 2, Warren 2, Freeman, Gowers, Giles, Ives, Lyons, Rolls

POR: Anastasio 3, Signorello 3, Wagner 2, McKenna, T. O'Sullivan, J. O'Sullivan, Templeton

ASP: Bastinac, Payne, Stackelberg, Lyons, Hammelmann

POR: Hooper, Jolley

Sat Apr 17 - 12pm - Southpines Sporting Complex Brisbane v Essendon 15.14 (104 ) - 5.8 (38)

BRI: A. Smith 2, Mathieson 2, Tasker 2, Coleman 2, H. Smith 2, Bowes, Barry, Ballenden, Reville, Robertson

ESS: Phillips 2, Smithson, Atley, Brown

BRI: Ballenden, Coleman, Mathieson, Madden

ESS: Phillips, Zerk-Thatcher, Bryan

Sat Apr 17 - 2pm - IKON Park Carlton v Southport  16.12 (108) - 17.7 (109)

CAR: Owies 4, Crocket 2, Wooller, Cunningham, Setterfield, Durdin, Hirst, Honey, O'Brien, Philp, Shannon, Stocker

SOU: Gowers 5, Nutting 3, Thurlow 3, Webb 2, Dawson, Joyce, Manteit, Williams

CAR: Stocker, Wooller, Ramsay, Cunningham

SOU: Thurlow, Boston, Crossley, Webb, Joyce

Sat Apr 17 -  2.30pm - Avalon Airport Oval Werribee v Collingwood  9.8 (62) - 10.9 (69)

WER: Buzza 4, Maishman 2, Hayes, Boyd, Sodomaco

COL: Henry 2, Cox 2, McInnes, McMahon, Fowler, Ginnivan, Hoskin-Elliott, Poulter

WER: Gribble, Declade, Hanson

COL: Rantall, Poulter, Cox, Lynch

Sun Apr 18 - 12.05pm - Box Hill City Oval Box Hill Hawks v Casey Demons 10.7 (67) - 17.17 (118)

Box : Greene 3, Jeka, Mascitti 3, Brooksby

Case : Weideman 7, Brown 3, Bedford 2, Rosman 2, Chandler, Sparkes, vandenBerg

Box : Weeves, De wit, Greene, Hartley

Case : vandenBerg, Chandler, Weideman, Jetta, Lockhart, White

Sun Apr 18 - 1pm - GMHBA Stadium Geelong v North Melbourne 18.15 (123) - 6.8 (44)

Geel : Jenkins 4, Jarvis 4, Johnston 2, Smith 2, McLachlan 2, Mitchell 2, Ratugolea, Stevens

NM : Walker 3, Garner 2, Xerri

Geel : Guthrie, Jenkins, Lang, SMith, Bronwless, Tate

NM : Walker, Answerth, Xerri

Sun Apr 18 - 1pm - Preston City Oval Northen Bullants v Williamstown 6.11 (47) - 14.14 (99)

NB : Velissarris, Boyd, Knight, Murphy, Smith, Ahern

Will : Ottavi 4, Rodda 3, Gallucci 3, Gown, Greiser, Hibberd, Hunt

NB : Ahern, Velissaris, Wilson, King

Will : Marcon, Downie, Gallucci, Greiser, Hibberd, Meadows

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Round 3

Date/Venue Fixture Scores Goalkickers Best
Thu Apr 29 - 7.10pm - Marvel Stadium North Melbourne v Casey Demons 3.6 (24) - 19.17 (131)

NM: Gunther, Polidoros, Scott

CD: Weideman 4, Foot 3, Chandler 2, Grey 2, Harmes 2, White 2, Bedford, Machaya, Munro, Rosman

NM: Clayton, Roos, Xerri, Tyson

CD: Sparrow, Harmes, Weideman, Munro, Chandler, Bowey

Fri Apr 30 - 4.00pm - Olympic Park Oval Collingwood v Gold Coast 9.11 (65) - 9.8 (62)

COL: Henry 3, Dib 2, Glover, Sier, Wilson, McInnes

GC: Atkins 2, Jeffrey, Bella, Fiorini, Sharp, Davies, Reeves, Murtagh

COL: Henry, Wilson, Sier, McInnes, Lynch

GC: Brodie, McPherson, Fiorini, Atkins

Sat May 1 - 1.05pm - Preston City Oval Northern Blues v Footscray  6.11 (47) - 12.11 (90)

NB: Murphy 3, Kennedy, Ahern, Smith

FOO: Bedendo 3, Weightman 2, William 2, Cavarra, Sweet, Ugle-Hagan, Garcia, Glass-McCasker

NB: Murphy, Ahern, Mackie, King

FOO: Sweet, Weightman, Hayes, McComb, Wallis 

Sat May 1 - 2.05pm - Avalon Airport Oval Werribee v Richmond 18.16 (124) - 6.7 (43)

WER: Garoni 4, Declase 3, Stubbings 2, Mannagh 2, Hayes, Augerinos, Buzza, Gribble, Hanson, Maishman, Sodomaco

RIC: Cumberland 2, Chol, Stack, Coleman-Jones, Street

WER: Hanson, Gribble, Declase, Hayes, Mannagh, Stubbings

RIC: Eggmolesse-Smith, McDonagh

Sat May 1 - 2.35pm - Tramway Oval Sydney v Geelong 8.12 (60 - 9.10 (64)

SYD: McDonald 3, Amartey 2, Sheather, Cordell, Taylor

GEE: Jenkins 2, Smith 2, Chalcraft 2, McLachlan, Johnston, Ratugolea

SYD: Campbell, Taylor, Fox, Gray, Amartey, McDonald

GEE: Fort, Constable, Holmes, Jenkins, Tate

Sat May 1 - 7.00pm - Skybus Stadium Frankston v Aspley 13.14 (92) - 10.11 (71)

FRA: Lambert 4, Mentha 2, Riley 2, Young 2, Begley, Scagliarini, Williams

ASP: Hammelmann 6, Stackelberg 2, Lyons, Peppin

FRA: Freeman, Newman, Riley, Lambery, Cox

ASP: Lyons, Hammelmann, Bastinac, Payne, gowers

Sat May 1 - 7.10pm - Downer Oval Williamstown v Port Melbourne 15.17 (107) - 10.9 (69)

WIL: Henderson 2, Marcon 2, Meadows 2, Myers 2, Pickess 2, Galluci, Hibberd, Ottavi, Rodda

PM: Hooper 2, Koenen 2, Anastasio, Templeton, Delahunty, O'Sullivan, Holmes, Signorello

WIL: Hibberd, Marcon, Meadows, Miles, Hunt, Mellington

PM: Templeton, Koenen, Holmes, Conway, Hooper

Sun May 2 - 12.00pm - South Pines Sports Complex Brisbane v Coburg 8.7 (55) - 9.19 (73)

BRI: Coleman 2, McFadyen 2, Coleman, Lanthois, Reville, Sharp

COB: Nelson 2, Lowson 2, Clarke 2, Boucher, Thompson, D'Intinosante

BRI: Coleman, Michael, Berry, Ballenden

COB: Lentini, Silvestro, Bunker, Thompson, Podhajski, Nelson

Sun May 2 - 12.05pm - Blacktown International Sportspark GWS v Southport Sharks 14.10 (94) - 8.16 (64)

GWS: Pollock 3, Ross 3, Smout 2, Sproule, Boag, Flynn, Angwin, Bruhn, Shipley

SP: Nutting 2, Gowers 2, Thurlow 2, Crossley, Manteit

GWS: Riccardi, Bruhn, Briggs, Peatling, Shipley, Clark

SP: Manteit, Dawson, Crossley

Sun May 2 - 12.05pm - Windy Hill Essendon v Carlton 8.4 (52) - 14.17 (101)

ESS: Hobbs 2, Waterman, Ambrose, Conforti, Cootee, O'Kearney, Smithson

CAR: Crocker 3, Wooller 3, Caluzzi 2, Honey 2, De Koning, Durdin, O'Brien, Setterfield

ESS: O'Kearney, Cahill, Conforti

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CAR: Crocker, Wooller, Setterfield, Caluzzi, Newman

Sun May 2 - 2.30pm - Trevor Barker Beach Oval Sandringham v Box Hill Hawks 15.8 (98) - 19.14 (128)

SAN: Dunstan 3, Lonie 3, Henness 2, McHale 2, Alabakis, Clavarino, Lok, McKernan, Wood

BOX: Greene 5, Adduci 4, Brockman 2, Kilpatrick, Newcombe, Blanck, Hartley, Howe, Morris, Mynott, Walker

SAN: Highmore, Dunstan, Connolly, Lonie, Hipwell

BOX: Mascitti, Howe, Newcombe, Deluca, Adduci, Hartley

Round 4

Date/Venue Fixture Scores Goalkickers Best
Thu May 6 - 7.10pm - Marvel Stadium Geelong v Northern Bullants 17.15 (117) - 11.6 (72)

GEE: Jenkins 7, Lang 2, De Koning 2, Jarvis, Constable, Fort, Herbert, McLachlan, Smith

NB: Boyd, Hurley, Murphy, Smith, Kennedy, Knight, Mackie, O'Dwyer, Podhajski, Stone, Velissaris

GEE: Jenkins, Lang, Fort, Clark, Okunbor, Taheny, De Koning

NB: Velissaris, Strachan, Wilson, Mackie

Sat May 8 - 12.05pm - Victoria Park Collingwood v Coburg 14.11 (95) - 13.13 (91)

COLL: Fowler 3, Ginnivan 3, Dib 2, Hustwaite 2, Booth, Cox, Bianco, McMahon

COB: Thompson 3, McEvoy 3, Podhajski, Boucher, Lowson, Nelson, Bunker, Silvestro

COLL: Bianco, Fowler, Hustwaite, Wilson, Sier, Macrae

COB: Thompson, Corigliano, Bunker, Podhajski

Sat May 8 - 1.35pm - Downer Oval Williamstown v Frankston 17.13 (115) - 4.7 (31)

WILL: Ottavi 3, Meadows 3, Pickess 2, Ebinger 2, Gown 2, Gallucci, Henderson, Hibberd, Marcon, Stapleton

FRA: Rendell, Beglet, Owens, Styles

WILL: Hibberd, Henderson, Meadows, Hunt, Ottavi, Pickess

FRA: Freeman, Rendell, Fordham

Sat May 8 - 2.00pm - Fankhauser Reserve Southport v North Melbourne 24.9 (153) - 7.4 (46)

SP: Thurlow 4, Fields 3, Gowers 3, Nutting 3, Johnson 2, Joyce 2, Manteit 2, Boakye, Crossley, Selsby, Webb, Williams

NM: Speight 2, Clayton, Kay, Menzie, Sanders, Walker

SP: Thurlow, Dawson, Crossley, Manteit, Webb, Joyce

NM: Jones, Xerri, Heron, Smith

Sat May 8 - 2.35pm - Box Hill City Oval Box Hill Hawks v Werribee 8.5 (53) - 13.12 (90)

BOX: Mascitti 2, Sonsie 2, Brockman, Brooksby, Kilpatrick

WER: Garoni 5, Buzza 3, Hayes, Mannagh, Brew, Declase, Sodomaco

BOX: Kilpatrick, Newcombe, Mascitti, Maginness, Sonsie

WER: Sodomaco, Buzza, Declase, Gribble, Hanson, Garoni

Sun May 9 - 11.05am - Casey Fields Casey Demons v Sydney Postponed due to COVID-19

 

 

Sun May 9 - 12.05pm - Whitten Oval Footscray v Carlton 11.11 (77) - 8.11 (59)

FOOT: Schache 3, Weightman 2, Cavarra 2, Wallis, Bedendo, Nichols, Ugle-Hagan

CARL: Crocker 4, Honey 2, Parsons, Kennedy 

FOOT: Young, Wallis, McComb, Schache, Cormack, Cavarra

CARL: Williamson, Kennedy, Crocker, Newman, De Koning

BYE Essendon, Port Melbourne, Richmond, Sandringham, Aspley, Brisbane Lions, GWS, Gold Coast  

 

 

Round 5

 

 

 

Round 6

Date/Venue Fixture Scores Goalkickers Best
Thu May 20 - 7:10pm - GMHBA Stadium Geelong v Coburg 15.15 (105) - 7.6 (48)

GEEL: Jenkins 6, Evans 2, Jarvis 2, Smith 2, Fort, Johnston, Stevens

COB: Lowson 2, Clarke, Ellis, Nelson, Podhajski, Silvestro

GEE: Jenkins, Fort, Constable, Stanley, Clark

COB: Bunker, Mullenger-McHugh, Corigliano, Lentini, Maibum

 Fri May 21 - 7pm - Fankhauser Reserve Southport v Gold Coast 17.14 (116) - 5.3 (33)

SP: Johnson 3, Crossley 2, Fields 2, Nutting 2, Boakye, Gilmore, Gowers, King, Selsby, Webb, Williams, Willis

GC: Ainsworth, Jeffrey, Murtagh, Sharp, Townsend 

SP: Crossley, Dawson, Webb, Boston, Willis

GC: Brodie, Sharp, Fyfe, Pescud, Ainsworth

Fri May 21 - 7:30pm - Skybus Stadium Frankston v Footscray 5.17 (47) - 19.14 (128)

FRAN: Cox 2, Begley, O'Leary, Owens

FOOT: Bedendo 3, Schache 3, West 3, McComb 2, Nichols 2, Butler, Glass-McCasker, Hamad, Orgill, Vanderhuevel, Willais

FRAN: Brolic, Owens, Cox, Begley

FOOT: West, Glass-McCasker, MComb, Butler, Hayes, Schache

Sat May 22 - 11:35am - Gabba Brisbane v Richmond 12.8 (80) - 21.16 (142)

BRIS: Fullarton 3, McFadyen 2, Smith 2, Berry, Coleman, Ellis-Yolmen, Langborne, Smith

RICH: Coleman-Jones 4, Ryan 4, Chol 3, Caddy 2, McDonagh, Bartlett, Cumberland, Hicks, Olden, Rioli, Stack

BRIS: Ellis-Yolmen, Berry. A.Smith, B.Smith

RICH: Coleman-Jones, Caddy, Chol, Martyn

Sat May 22 - 12:05pm - Blacktown International Sportspark GWS v Port Melbourne 11.9 (75) - 9.12 (66)

GWS: Bruhn 3, Pollock 3, Chisholm 2, Boag, Shipley, Stone

PM: Signorello 2, Templeton 2, Walker 2, Conway, O'Sullivan, O'Sullivan

GWS: Briggs, Peatling, Shipley, Pollock, Chisholm

PM: Templeton, Conway, Hooper, O'Sullivan, Wagner

Sat May 22 - 1:30pm - Graham Rd Aspley v Sandringham 12.10 (82) - 14.9 (93)

SAND: Lok 3, Dunstan 3, Wood 2, Henness, McHle, Riordan, Joyce, Ross, Carey

ASP: Stackelberg, Hammelmann 2, Warren, Freeman, Rolls, Ives, Payne, Gowers

SAND: Dunstan, Wood, Hunter, Henness, Lok

ASP: Payne, Bastinac, Ives, Hayden, Lyons

Sat May 22 - 2:05pm - Windy Hill Essendon v North Melbourne 11.4 (70) - 12.13 (85)

ESS: Ambrose 5, Atley, Brown, Johnson, Conforti, Smithson, McLarty

NM: Walker 3, Clayton 2, Speight, 2 Ford 2, Polidoros, Appleby

ESS: Ambrose, Bryan, Baker, Atley

NM: Xerri, Clayton, Phillips, Ford

Sun May 23 - 12pm - Ikon Park Carlton v Box Hill 6.10 (46) - 19.16 (130)

CAR: Crocker 2, Honey 2, North, Parsons

BOX: Adduci 5, Brockman 2, Greene, 2 Jeka 2, Saunders 2, Brooksby, Mascitti, Morris, Nash, Pepper, Phillips

CAR: Kennedy, North, Crocker, Ramsay, Williamson

BOX: Kilpatrick, Ceglar, Brooksby, Adduci, Newcombe

Sun May 23 - 1pm - Casey Fields Casey Demons v Sydney 12.13 (85) - 6.9 (45)

CAS: Munro 3, Brown 2, Bedford 2, White 2, Baker, Jones, Chandler

SYD: McDonald 3, Morrison, Gray, Maguire

CAS: Baker, Munro, Lockhart, Daw, Bowey

SYD: Gray, Taylor, O'Riordan, Bell, Sinclair

Sun May 23 - 2:05pm - Preston City Oval Northern Bullants v Werribee 3.5 (23) - 27.21 (183)

NB: Boyd, Velissaris, O'Dwyer

WER: Mannagh 5, Buzza, 4, Kemp 4, Stubbings 3, Hayes 3, Gray 2, Declase, Henderson, Garoni, Lobbe, Brew, Spencer

NB: Strachan, King, Ahern

WER: Lobbe, Buzza, Hayes, Gribble, Hanson, Managh, Stubbings

Byes Collingwood, Williamstown  

 

 

Round 7

Postponed due to COVID-19.

Round 8

Victoria's lockdown has forced the competition into a fixture change for round eight, seeing only two matches played.

Date/Venue Fixture Scores Goalkickers Best
Sat June 5 - 10:05am - Tramway Oval Sydney v Southport 10.13 (73) - 12.16 (88)

SYD: Sheather 3, Taylor 3, Gulden, McLean, Ronke, Stephens

SP: Dawson 2, Fields 2, Gowers 2, Johnson 2, Crossley, King

SYD: Sheather, Taylor, Blakey, Clarke, Brand

SP: Dawson, Webb, Manteit, Fields, Murdoch

Sat Jun 5 - 1:05pm - Graham Rd Aspley v Brisbane 14.13 (97) - 14.14 (98)

ASP: Hammelmann 5, Rolls 3, Freeman 2, Allison, Gowers, Ives, Stackelberg

BRI: Bowes 3, McFadyen 3, H. Smith 3, Cockatoo, Coleman, Crozier, Michael, Smith

ASP: Bastinac, Hammelmann, Lyons, Rolls, Payne, Allison

BRI: Mathieson, McFadyen, Michael, Joyce, H. Smith, Berry