2025 VFL Round 12: Casey v Essendon Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 2025 between Casey and Essendon Reserves during round 12 of the 2025 VFL season. Casey hosted Essendon Reserves at ETU Stadium. Deakyn Smith captained the hosts. Xavier O'Neill captained the visitors with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Taylor Whitford and the visitors were coached by Cameron Joyce.

As a result of this match, Casey were then 7th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Essendon Reserves remained 17th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Casey v Essendon Reserves
Date: Saturday 14 June 2025
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: ETU Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Casey def. Essendon Reserves
Score: 17.10.112 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Casey	5	.	2	7	.	7	10	.	8	17	.	10	17	.	10	(112)
Essendon Reserves	1	.	3	5	.	7	10	.	10	12	.	11	12	.	11	(83)
Margin	CASY by 23			CASY by 12			ESSR by 2			CASY by 29			CASY by 29
Duration	30:20			32:05			31:24			34:26			2:08:15

Honour Roll

Coaches: Taylor Whitford (Casey), Cameron Joyce (Essendon Reserves)
Captains: Deakyn Smith (Casey), Xavier O'Neill (Essendon Reserves)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Casey), Jackson Hately (Essendon Reserves)

Player Statistics

Casey

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Adams, Jed	?	?	0	0	12	10	2	6	0	1	0	?	1	1	5	1
56	Baldi, Riley	?	?	0	0	11	6	5	3	0	2	1	?	0	1	4	2
14	Billings, Jack	?	?	0	0	22	13	9	1	0	2	4	?	1	0	2	4
52	Bonner, Riley	?	?	1	1	33	27	6	3	0	4	2	?	0	1	8	3
41	Brown, Kynan	?	?	0	1	18	12	6	2	0	8	4	?	2	0	0	4
75	Craven, Jesse	?	?	1	0	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	1
64	Cross, Paddy	?	?	4	1	12	8	4	4	0	3	0	?	1	1	1	5
46	Culley, Jai	?	?	0	1	16	8	8	2	0	1	2	?	1	0	1	3
33	Fullarton, Tom	?	?	0	0	11	3	8	2	2	1	1	?	1	0	2	1
55	Hardie, Mitch	?	?	2	1	15	7	8	4	0	1	4	?	1	0	1	1
43	Henderson, Jack	?	?	1	0	12	4	8	4	0	3	3	?	1	2	0	1
27	Hore, Marty	?	?	0	0	11	11	0	8	0	0	0	?	0	1	6	2
21	Jefferson, Matthew	?	?	2	0	16	10	6	8	0	4	0	?	1	2	0	2
44	Kentfield, Luker	?	?	0	0	5	4	1	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	0
51	Kirkwood-Scott, Mitchell	?	?	0	0	11	6	5	1	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	1
16	Laurie, Bailey	?	?	1	1	26	15	11	1	0	8	7	?	1	2	4	7
74	Lual, Wardell	?	?	0	0	4	1	3	1	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	0
39	Mentha, Ricky	?	?	1	0	11	4	7	1	0	6	2	?	0	1	0	4
30	Sharp, Harry	?	?	1	0	11	3	8	0	0	4	1	?	0	1	1	2
54	Smith, Deakyn (c)	?	?	0	1	13	6	7	6	0	6	4	?	3	2	2	2
28	Verrall, Will	?	?	0	1	21	10	11	1	44	3	8	?	2	1	6	4
50	White, Kalani	?	?	2	2	9	7	2	4	11	1	2	?	1	1	0	1
40	Woewodin, Taj	?	?	1	0	17	8	9	2	0	8	1	?	2	1	1	3
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				17	10	321	184	137	68	57	71	46	0+	19	18	48	54

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
60	Brodie, Ryan	?	?	0	0	22	13	9	7	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	3
68	Busuttil, Jordan	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	1	0	2	1	?	0	1	1	2
33	Davey, Alwyn	?	?	0	1	7	4	3	2	0	4	0	?	0	0	1	2
58	Eckersley, Jared	?	?	2	1	11	5	6	4	1	2	0	?	0	1	0	0
69	Gallagher, Kieran	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	2	0	?	2	0	2	1
19	Gerreyn, Kayle	?	?	0	1	6	4	2	2	6	2	1	?	2	0	0	2
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	?	?	0	1	13	7	6	4	3	6	1	?	1	1	2	4
51	Hoare, Will	?	?	0	0	15	8	7	5	0	5	0	?	0	1	4	1
8	Hobbs, Ben	?	?	0	0	19	12	7	1	0	6	6	?	0	3	0	6
76	Iacovone, Dante	?	?	0	0	19	7	12	2	0	2	2	?	2	0	2	2
80	McKay, Solly	?	?	0	0	18	7	11	2	0	0	0	?	0	0	4	0
	McMahon, Liam	?	?	4	2	9	7	2	7	1	7	0	?	0	0	0	0
29	Menzie, Jye	?	?	1	0	18	7	11	4	0	4	0	?	2	0	2	1
71	Monteath, Lachlan	?	?	1	0	29	11	18	3	19	2	7	?	2	3	1	6
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	?	?	0	1	32	23	9	7	0	3	2	?	0	1	9	3
75	Sellers, Tyler	?	?	0	0	16	9	7	4	2	1	1	?	1	1	2	4
9	Shiel, Dylan	?	?	2	0	27	8	19	3	0	3	7	?	1	0	1	4
63	Smartt, Oskar	?	?	0	1	13	9	4	3	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	6
72	Sutton, Jake	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	5	0	0	0	?	0	1	4	1
59	Sweid, Adam	?	?	1	0	10	6	4	0	0	1	0	?	1	3	0	2
62	Taha, Mahmoud	?	?	0	0	15	5	10	2	0	0	1	?	0	0	1	1
5	Tsatas, Elijah	?	?	0	0	30	14	16	1	0	3	8	?	2	2	0	8
38	Unwin, Rhys	?	?	1	1	11	5	6	3	0	2	1	?	1	1	0	2
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				12	11	372	194	178	74	32	61	38	0+	18	19	38	61

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	CASY	Jai Culley behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	03:25
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	08:27
	ESSR	Alwyn Davey behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	10:28
	CASY	Ricky Mentha goal	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	11:32
	CASY	Kynan Brown behind	1.2.8	-	1.1.7	12:50
	CASY	Taj Woewodin goal	2.2.14	-	1.1.7	13:15
	CASY	Paddy Cross goal	3.2.20	-	1.1.7	14:59
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	3.2.20	-	1.2.8	18:52
	CASY	Paddy Cross goal	4.2.26	-	1.2.8	19:55
	ESSR	Rushed behind	4.2.26	-	1.3.9	25:59
	CASY	Jesse Craven goal	5.2.32	-	1.3.9	29:09
Q2	CASY	Will Verrall behind	5.3.33	-	1.3.9	01:20
	ESSR	Dylan Shiel goal	5.3.33	-	2.3.15	03:04
	CASY	Riley Bonner behind	5.4.34	-	2.3.15	05:30
	ESSR	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	2.4.16	06:29
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley behind	5.4.34	-	2.5.17	07:54
	CASY	Matthew Jefferson goal	6.4.40	-	2.5.17	09:09
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	6.4.40	-	3.5.23	11:08
	CASY	Paddy Cross behind	6.5.41	-	3.5.23	12:58
	CASY	Bailey Laurie goal	7.5.47	-	3.5.23	13:26
	ESSR	Oskar Smartt behind	7.5.47	-	3.6.24	15:12
	CASY	Mitch Hardie behind	7.6.48	-	3.6.24	17:02
	CASY	Deakyn Smith behind	7.7.49	-	3.6.24	18:00
	ESSR	Kayle Gerreyn behind	7.7.49	-	3.7.25	21:15
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	7.7.49	-	4.7.31	23:56
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	7.7.49	-	5.7.37	26:01
Q3	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	7.7.49	-	5.8.38	03:15
	ESSR	Jye Menzie goal	7.7.49	-	6.8.44	05:59
	ESSR	Dylan Shiel goal	7.7.49	-	7.8.50	09:23
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	7.7.49	-	8.8.56	11:50
	CASY	Harry Sharp goal	8.7.55	-	8.8.56	16:52
	CASY	Riley Bonner goal	9.7.61	-	8.8.56	18:25
	ESSR	Xavier O'Neill behind	9.7.61	-	8.9.57	22:08
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin goal	9.7.61	-	9.9.63	24:02
	CASY	Jack Henderson goal	10.7.67	-	9.9.63	25:38
	ESSR	Lachlan Monteath goal	10.7.67	-	10.9.69	28:07
	ESSR	Jackson Hately behind	10.7.67	-	10.10.70	29:44
	CASY	Kalani White behind	10.8.68	-	10.10.70	30:57
Q4	CASY	Mitch Hardie goal	11.8.74	-	10.10.70	01:01
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	11.8.74	-	11.10.76	02:29
	CASY	Paddy Cross goal	12.8.80	-	11.10.76	04:03
	CASY	Bailey Laurie behind	12.9.81	-	11.10.76	07:03
	CASY	Paddy Cross goal	13.9.87	-	11.10.76	10:18
	CASY	Mitch Hardie goal	14.9.93	-	11.10.76	13:15
	CASY	Kalani White goal	15.9.99	-	11.10.76	15:32
	ESSR	Adam Sweid goal	15.9.99	-	12.10.82	17:16
	CASY	Kalani White goal	16.9.105	-	12.10.82	22:24
	CASY	Kalani White behind	16.10.106	-	12.10.82	26:52
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin behind	16.10.106	-	12.11.83	28:12
	CASY	Matthew Jefferson goal	17.10.112	-	12.11.83	32:18

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