2025 VFL Season Round 20: Geelong Reserves v Essendon Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 2025 between the Geelong Reserves and the Essendon Reserves during round twenty of the 2025 season of the Victorian Football League. The Geelong Reserves hosted the Essendon Reserves at GMHBA Stadium. Daniel Capiron captained the hosts with Marcus Herbert as vice-captain. Xavier O'Neill captained the visitors with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Mark Corrigan and the visitors were coached by Cameron Joyce.

The Geelong Reserves (10.13.73) defeated the Essendon Reserves (9.5.59).

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Geelong Reserves v Essendon Reserves
Date: Saturday 9 August 2025
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong Reserves def. Essendon Reserves
Score: 10.13.73 - 9.5.59

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong Reserves	4	.	4	6	.	5	8	.	11	10	.	13	10	.	13	(73)
Essendon Reserves	1	.	1	5	.	1	5	.	2	9	.	5	9	.	5	(59)
Margin	GEER by 21			GEER by 10			GEER by 27			GEER by 14			GEER by 14
Duration	31:24			30:11			28:51			28:57			1:59:23

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Geelong Reserves

Captain: Daniel Capiron
Vice-Captain: Marcus Herbert
Coach: Mark Corrigan

Essendon Reserves

Captain: Xavier O'Neill
Vice-Captain: Jackson Hately
Coach: Cameron Joyce

Player Statistics

Geelong Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
59	Annand, Kye	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	4	0	0	0	?	0	0	2	0
24	Bews, Jed	?	?	1	0	15	10	5	2	0	2	1	?	1	1	4	0
41	Burke, Cillian	?	?	0	0	8	2	6	1	0	2	0	?	0	1	1	0
50	Capiron, Daniel (c)	?	?	0	0	19	13	6	7	0	3	0	?	2	0	1	2
40	Clohesy, Ted	?	?	1	2	29	19	10	4	0	9	7	?	4	3	3	5
6	Conway, Toby	?	?	0	0	10	2	8	0	21	1	5	?	2	0	0	2
11	Edwards, Mitch	?	?	0	1	13	6	7	3	15	0	1	?	1	1	1	2
67	George, Kobe	?	?	0	0	18	10	8	4	0	2	1	?	2	0	3	3
62	Herbert, Marcus (vc)	?	?	0	0	19	9	10	3	0	2	0	?	0	2	0	3
23	Hofmann, Lennox	?	?	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	2	0	?	0	2	1	1
25	Ivisic, Xavier	?	?	0	1	11	8	3	0	0	3	0	?	3	0	1	1
74	Kelly, Patrick	?	?	0	0	14	6	8	0	0	10	2	?	1	2	1	1
8	Kolodjashnij, Jake	?	?	1	0	9	5	4	1	0	0	0	?	1	0	2	0
69	Kreuger, Nathan	?	?	0	0	19	12	7	5	0	3	0	?	0	1	7	1
31	Matofai-Forbes, Keighton	?	?	0	0	13	6	7	3	0	2	0	?	0	2	0	5
49	Mellor, Jesse	?	?	2	1	17	7	10	4	0	3	1	?	1	0	0	2
20	Molier, Jacob	?	?	1	0	9	7	2	5	0	2	0	?	1	1	1	3
61	Murray, Tobyn	?	?	1	1	16	9	7	3	0	3	1	?	1	2	1	3
37	Pike, Joe	?	?	1	2	10	5	5	3	9	2	2	?	1	1	1	1
2	Polkinghorne, Jay	?	?	1	1	10	4	6	4	0	4	0	?	0	1	0	2
27	Retschko, Patrick	?	?	0	2	30	19	11	6	0	1	2	?	4	0	4	3
15	Stevens, George	?	?	0	0	32	13	19	4	0	7	11	?	2	1	0	6
21	Wiltshire, Oli	?	?	1	1	13	9	4	7	0	2	0	?	1	0	1	5
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				10	13	351	189	162	75	45	65	34	0+	28	21	35	51

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
64	Akuei, Domanic	?	?	0	0	9	2	7	5	0	2	0	?	1	1	0	0
60	Brodie, Ryan	?	?	1	1	12	5	7	3	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	5
68	Busuttil, Jordan	?	?	1	1	13	8	5	0	0	2	2	?	1	0	1	2
33	Davey, Alwyn	?	?	0	0	20	10	10	2	0	6	1	?	1	0	1	3
44	Day-Wicks, Archer	?	?	0	0	14	6	8	3	0	2	0	?	0	2	0	1
58	Eckersley, Jared	?	?	0	0	12	4	8	2	0	3	0	?	1	2	0	3
41	El-Hawli, Saad	?	?	0	0	22	16	6	9	0	2	4	?	1	1	4	1
73	Foley, Matthew	?	?	0	1	16	12	4	3	0	2	1	?	1	0	1	2
19	Gerreyn, Kayle	?	?	0	0	16	12	4	7	0	0	0	?	1	0	8	1
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	?	?	1	0	22	8	14	2	0	6	2	?	1	0	0	2
51	Hoare, Will	?	?	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	1
40	Johnson, Zak	?	?	0	0	27	18	9	3	0	3	3	?	0	0	8	3
4	Langford, Kyle	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	5	0	2	1	?	0	2	2	2
61	Leedham, Riley	?	?	1	1	7	3	4	1	3	2	0	?	0	2	1	0
80	McKay, Solly	?	?	0	0	18	10	8	3	0	1	1	?	0	3	4	2
71	Monteath, Lachlan	?	?	0	0	11	4	7	2	13	9	4	?	1	2	1	1
65	Nyko, Cam	?	?	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	1	1	?	4	0	3	2
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	?	?	0	0	27	17	10	6	0	7	3	?	0	2	3	3
57	Scott, Noah	?	?	3	0	14	8	6	1	0	3	2	?	4	3	0	2
75	Sellers, Tyler	?	?	1	0	9	6	3	4	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	0
63	Smartt, Oskar	?	?	1	1	11	9	2	4	0	4	1	?	0	3	1	2
59	Uerata, Dayten	?	?	0	0	14	10	4	4	0	4	1	?	1	3	0	2
38	Unwin, Rhys	?	?	0	0	12	7	5	2	0	2	2	?	2	2	0	4
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				9	5	342	200	142	77	16	69	29	0+	21	28	40	44

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	GEER	Xavier Ivisic behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:13
	GEER	Jacob Molier goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	03:58
	GEER	Joe Pike goal	2.1.13	-	0.0.0	05:58
	GEER	Mitch Edwards behind	2.2.14	-	0.0.0	09:18
	GEER	Jesse Mellor goal	3.2.20	-	0.0.0	13:53
	GEER	Ted Clohesy behind	3.3.21	-	0.0.0	15:24
	ESSR	Matthew Foley behind	3.3.21	-	0.1.1	17:31
	ESSR	Tyler Sellers goal	3.3.21	-	1.1.7	20:33
	GEER	Jesse Mellor behind	3.4.22	-	1.1.7	21:57
	GEER	Oli Wiltshire goal	4.4.28	-	1.1.7	25:34
Q2	GEER	Tobyn Murray goal	5.4.34	-	1.1.7	09:08
	GEER	Ted Clohesy goal	6.4.40	-	1.1.7	13:40
	ESSR	Noah Scott goal	6.4.40	-	2.1.13	16:16
	ESSR	Jordan Busuttil goal	6.4.40	-	3.1.19	18:44
	ESSR	Noah Scott goal	6.4.40	-	4.1.25	21:34
	GEER	Joe Pike behind	6.5.41	-	4.1.25	23:17
	ESSR	Jackson Hately goal	6.5.41	-	5.1.31	30:01
Q3	GEER	Oli Wiltshire behind	6.6.42	-	5.1.31	01:15
	GEER	Jake Kolodjashnij goal	7.6.48	-	5.1.31	02:53
	ESSR	Oskar Smartt behind	7.6.48	-	5.2.32	04:42
	GEER	Jed Bews goal	8.6.54	-	5.2.32	06:49
	GEER	Rushed behind	8.7.55	-	5.2.32	15:44
	GEER	Patrick Retschko behind	8.8.56	-	5.2.32	17:07
	GEER	Tobyn Murray behind	8.9.57	-	5.2.32	24:03
	GEER	Joe Pike behind	8.10.58	-	5.2.32	25:57
	GEER	Jay Polkinghorne behind	8.11.59	-	5.2.32	28:33
Q4	ESSR	Noah Scott goal	8.11.59	-	6.2.38	03:20
	GEER	Jesse Mellor goal	9.11.65	-	6.2.38	07:11
	GEER	Patrick Retschko behind	9.12.66	-	6.2.38	08:41
	ESSR	Oskar Smartt goal	9.12.66	-	7.2.44	09:49
	ESSR	Jordan Busuttil behind	9.12.66	-	7.3.45	11:36
	ESSR	Riley Leedham goal	9.12.66	-	8.3.51	21:17
	ESSR	Ryan Brodie behind	9.12.66	-	8.4.52	23:21
	ESSR	Riley Leedham behind	9.12.66	-	8.5.53	24:19
	GEER	Ted Clohesy behind	9.13.67	-	8.5.53	25:48
	ESSR	Ryan Brodie goal	9.13.67	-	9.5.59	27:07
	GEER	Jay Polkinghorne goal	10.13.73	-	9.5.59	28:50

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