2025 VFL Round 6: Essendon Reserves v North Melbourne Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 2025 between Essendon Reserves and North Melbourne Reserves during round 6 of the 2025 VFL season. Essendon Reserves hosted North Melbourne Reserves at Windy Hill. Xavier O'Neill captained the hosts with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. Darcy MacPherson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Cameron Joyce and the visitors were coached by Tom Lynch.

As a result of this match, Essendon Reserves were then 15th on the ladder (down from 14th) and North Melbourne Reserves were then 6th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon Reserves v North Melbourne Reserves
Date: Friday 2 May 2025
Time: 2:05 PM
Venue: Windy Hill

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon Reserves def. by North Melbourne Reserves
Score: 10.13.73 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon Reserves	1	.	3	4	.	5	7	.	10	10	.	13	10	.	13	(73)
North Melbourne Reserves	4	.	3	6	.	6	7	.	7	12	.	11	12	.	11	(83)
Margin	NMLR by 18			NMLR by 13			ESSR by 3			NMLR by 10			NMLR by 10
Duration	30:47			30:23			29:25			32:02			2:02:37

Honour Roll

Coaches: Cameron Joyce (Essendon Reserves), Tom Lynch (North Melbourne Reserves)
Captains: Xavier O'Neill (Essendon Reserves), Darcy MacPherson (North Melbourne Reserves)
Vice-Captains: Jackson Hately (Essendon Reserves), unknown (North Melbourne Reserves)

Player Statistics

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
64	Akuei, Domanic	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	?	0	2	2	0
36	Clarke, Angus	?	?	0	1	19	16	3	6	0	0	1	?	1	0	3	2
13	Cox, Nik	?	?	0	2	10	5	5	3	0	0	1	?	0	0	2	0
33	Davey, Alwyn	?	?	0	0	9	3	6	3	0	5	1	?	0	0	0	1
44	Day-Wicks, Archer	?	?	0	0	18	9	9	7	0	5	2	?	0	1	0	4
58	Eckersley, Jared	?	?	1	0	8	5	3	4	1	0	0	?	1	0	0	3
41	El-Hawli, Saad	?	?	0	1	17	10	7	6	0	2	2	?	1	1	3	3
73	Foley, Matthew	?	?	0	1	29	20	9	7	0	0	1	?	1	0	9	4
69	Gallagher, Kieran	?	?	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	?	1	0	0	0
19	Gerreyn, Kayle	?	?	3	0	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
35	Guelfi, Matt	?	?	1	0	12	5	7	6	0	1	1	?	0	1	0	2
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	?	?	1	1	18	11	7	5	0	5	4	?	1	2	2	2
40	Johnson, Zak	?	?	0	0	25	16	9	7	0	2	0	?	0	0	2	3
34	Lual, Luamon	?	?	1	0	14	6	8	3	0	2	2	?	0	0	1	1
80	McKay, Solly	?	?	0	0	7	2	5	4	0	1	1	?	0	1	4	0
42	Nguyen, Jayden	?	?	0	0	14	5	9	3	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	2
65	Nyko, Cam	?	?	0	1	17	14	3	4	0	0	4	?	2	2	2	4
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	?	?	0	0	31	16	15	6	0	5	3	?	0	1	4	4
83	Quigg, Nic	?	?	0	0	18	13	5	2	0	4	5	?	4	1	0	3
75	Sellers, Tyler	?	?	0	0	19	13	6	6	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	2
63	Smartt, Oskar	?	?	1	0	12	8	4	5	0	5	5	?	1	1	0	6
38	Unwin, Rhys	?	?	1	1	10	5	5	6	0	2	1	?	1	0	1	4
39	Visentini, Vigo	?	?	1	0	16	6	10	4	45	1	2	?	2	0	0	2
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				10	13	335	196	139	102	49	43	36	0+	17	14	38	52

North Melbourne Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Bergman, Miller	?	?	0	0	14	11	3	3	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	2
4	Corr, Aidan	?	?	0	0	17	11	6	5	0	2	0	?	0	2	5	2
18	Dawson, Wil	?	?	3	2	13	9	4	7	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	2
16	Fisher, Zac	?	?	0	1	28	18	10	2	0	1	3	?	0	0	8	3
40	Ford, Eddie	?	?	0	0	18	5	13	2	0	3	1	?	0	0	1	2
33	George, Brayden	?	?	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	0
22	Goad, Taylor	?	?	0	0	7	2	5	1	22	1	4	?	0	3	1	1
46	Hansen, Robert	?	?	1	0	10	7	3	3	0	3	1	?	0	0	1	1
37	Harvey, Cooper	?	?	2	2	16	11	5	3	0	3	4	?	5	3	0	1
64	Keast, Mathew	?	?	0	1	19	6	13	2	0	6	5	?	0	1	1	2
19	Logue, Griffin	?	?	0	0	10	4	6	3	0	1	0	?	0	1	1	2
70	Lowe, Oliver	?	?	0	0	12	6	6	5	0	3	1	?	2	0	2	0
50	MacPherson, Darcy (c)	?	?	2	0	23	16	7	4	0	1	4	?	0	0	4	6
23	Payne, Geordie	?	?	0	1	15	6	9	4	0	9	4	?	2	0	0	4
32	Pink, Toby	?	?	0	0	15	7	8	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	1
8	Scott, Bailey	?	?	0	0	18	11	7	2	0	0	0	?	0	2	5	2
36	Stevens, River	?	?	0	0	14	8	6	6	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	5
65	Sulzberger, Nathaniel	?	?	0	1	22	7	15	1	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	2
79	Tarrant, James	?	?	1	1	9	6	3	3	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	2
43	Teakle, Brynn	?	?	1	0	12	8	4	5	14	1	1	?	1	0	1	4
13	Tucker, Darcy	?	?	1	0	22	14	8	2	0	5	4	?	1	3	3	3
14	Urquhart, Luke	?	?	1	1	13	10	3	3	0	3	0	?	0	1	3	2
35	Whitlock, Matt	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	1	0	0	0	?	1	0	1	0
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				12	11	338	189	149	72	36	52	33	0+	14	17	40	49

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

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLR	Wil Dawson goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:38
	NMLR	Geordie Payne behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	04:58
	NMLR	Nathaniel Sulzberger behind	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	06:15
	NMLR	Wil Dawson behind	0.0.0	-	1.3.9	10:14
	ESSR	Saad El-Hawli behind	0.1.1	-	1.3.9	19:19
	ESSR	Nik Cox behind	0.2.2	-	1.3.9	20:42
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	1.2.8	-	1.3.9	22:37
	NMLR	James Tarrant goal	1.2.8	-	2.3.15	24:08
	NMLR	Robert Hansen goal	1.2.8	-	3.3.21	25:29
	NMLR	Wil Dawson goal	1.2.8	-	4.3.27	28:22
	ESSR	Nik Cox behind	1.3.9	-	4.3.27	30:39
Q2	ESSR	Rhys Unwin behind	1.4.10	-	4.3.27	03:31
	NMLR	Cooper Harvey behind	1.4.10	-	4.4.28	06:54
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	2.4.16	-	4.4.28	09:25
	NMLR	Darcy Tucker goal	2.4.16	-	5.4.34	11:56
	NMLR	Wil Dawson behind	2.4.16	-	5.5.35	13:31
	ESSR	Kayle Gerreyn goal	3.4.22	-	5.5.35	14:58
	ESSR	Rushed behind	3.5.23	-	5.5.35	16:29
	NMLR	Mathew Keast behind	3.5.23	-	5.6.36	17:24
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin goal	4.5.29	-	5.6.36	18:44
	NMLR	Cooper Harvey goal	4.5.29	-	6.6.42	21:35
Q3	ESSR	Rushed behind	4.6.30	-	6.6.42	01:21
	NMLR	Cooper Harvey goal	4.6.30	-	7.6.48	02:47
	ESSR	Oskar Smartt goal	5.6.36	-	7.6.48	08:29
	ESSR	Kayle Gerreyn goal	6.6.42	-	7.6.48	10:42
	ESSR	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	7.6.48	11:45
	ESSR	Jackson Hately behind	6.8.44	-	7.6.48	16:40
	NMLR	Rushed behind	6.8.44	-	7.7.49	19:34
	ESSR	Rushed behind	6.9.45	-	7.7.49	21:19
	ESSR	Cam Nyko behind	6.10.46	-	7.7.49	23:50
	ESSR	Jackson Hately goal	7.10.52	-	7.7.49	26:20
Q4	NMLR	Darcy MacPherson goal	7.10.52	-	8.7.55	01:04
	NMLR	Darcy MacPherson goal	7.10.52	-	9.7.61	04:18
	ESSR	Angus Clarke behind	7.11.53	-	9.7.61	08:08
	NMLR	Zac Fisher behind	7.11.53	-	9.8.62	10:19
	NMLR	Wil Dawson goal	7.11.53	-	10.8.68	13:05
	ESSR	Luamon Lual goal	8.11.59	-	10.8.68	14:44
	NMLR	Luke Urquhart behind	8.11.59	-	10.9.69	16:03
	NMLR	Luke Urquhart goal	8.11.59	-	11.9.75	17:53
	NMLR	Brynn Teakle goal	8.11.59	-	12.9.81	19:36
	NMLR	Cooper Harvey behind	8.11.59	-	12.10.82	22:05
	NMLR	James Tarrant behind	8.11.59	-	12.11.83	23:07
	ESSR	Kayle Gerreyn goal	9.11.65	-	12.11.83	24:15
	ESSR	Matthew Foley behind	9.12.66	-	12.11.83	25:24
	ESSR	Vigo Visentini goal	10.12.72	-	12.11.83	29:06
	ESSR	Rushed behind	10.13.73	-	12.11.83	30:34

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