New Casey Demons coach appointed - Rhett McLennan from Gippsland Power.

VFL Senior Coach | Dees appoint McLennan

The Casey Demons held their Best & Fairest night yesterday evening and half-back Riley Bonner took home the Gardner Clark Medal.

Runner up was the game changer Bailey Laurie.

Third place getter was Mitch Hardie.

VFL Rising Star went to Paddy Cross.

Riley Baldi's dedication and energy make him a true club standout and winner of the trademark and values award.

Well done to Casey’s Riley Bonner on his runner up performance.

Riley Bonner on 7 votes is only 2 votes behind the leader in JJ Liston Trophy for the VFL B & F after Round 5.

Interesting that Southport inflicted a second finals thrashing on Frankston in today’s VFL Preliminary Final with an 88 point win. The only outlier of the finals for the Dolphins was the Casey Demons game from last weekend when Casey lost their spark and inexplicably gave away nine unanswered goals in the second and third quarters.

A testament to Frankston’s accuracy for goal is that they went inside 50 on 45 occasions for their 16 goals. Casey had 15 more entries for their 13 goals … and sadly, that is in many ways the story of the two Demon outfits in 2025.

The siren sounds and it’s all over for the Casey Demons in 2025 after losing another close one through a lack of ability to convert near the goals.

CASEY DEMONS 3.2.20 4.5.29 8.9.57 13.12.90

FRANKSTON 2.2.14 8.4.52 13.5.83 16.5.101

GOALS

CASEY DEMONS Culley Hardie 3 Kentfield 2 Cross Laurie Tholstrup  Yze

FRANKSTON Ellison Mynott 4 Jones 2 Blamires Grant Hamill Hipwell Johnson

BEST

CASEY DEMONS Laurie Culley Johnson Hardie Baldi Campbell

FRANKSTON Hipwell Voss Blamires Lloyd Ellison Barlow

Frankston goal and that looks like it

Laurie goals - back to 5 points

That goal to Frankston makes it hard … 95 - 84.

Could they …

3QT Frankston 13.5.83 lead Casey Demons 8.9.57

Goals Hardie 3 Kentfield Cross Culley Tholstrup

Disposals Billings 21 Bonner 20 Hardie 19 Laurie 18 Campbell 17

Free kick count is 19 - 9 in Frankston’s favour.

Frankston have all the answers. Every time Casey shows a bit of fight they come out and score a goal. 

Kentfield who has been quiet all night marks and kicks his second.

Since Culley kicked Casey’s fourth goal, it’s been a 9 goal to nil avalanche until Tholstrup managed that one!

It’s almost time for a white flag.

Dolphins now double the Demons score 58 - 29.

HT Frankston 4.5.29 lead Casey Demons 8.4.52

Goals Goals Cross Culley Hardie Kentfield

Disposals Billings 16 Hardie 13 Culley Laurie 12 Bonner Brown Campbell 9

It’s a dominant quarter from the Dolphins.

Four unanswered - time to get a move on.

QT Casey Demons 3.2.20 lead Frankston 2.2.14

Goals Cross Hardie Kentfield

Disposals Billings 8 Culley Laurie 7 Brown Hardie 6

Paddy Cross the goal kicker is a much improved player.

First point to Casey.