2025 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Box Hill v Brisbane Lions Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 2025 between Box Hill and the Brisbane Lions Reserves in the second semi final of the 2025 season of the Victorian Football League. Box Hill hosted the Brisbane Lions Reserves at Box Hill City Oval. In the absence of Callum Porter, vice-captain Stuart Horner captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Zane Littlejohn and the visitors were coached by Ben Hudson.

Box Hill (18.7.115) defeated the Brisbane Lions Reserves (16.16.112).

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Box Hill v Brisbane Lions Reserves
Date: Saturday 6 September 2025
Time: 11:40 AM
Venue: Box Hill City Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Box Hill def. Brisbane Lions Reserves
Score: 18.7.115 - 16.16.112

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Box Hill	3	.	3	9	.	5	9	.	5	18	.	7	18	.	7	(115)
Brisbane Lions Reserves	3	.	7	9	.	7	13	.	14	16	.	16	16	.	16	(112)
Margin	BRLR by 4			BRLR by 2			BRLR by 33			BOXH by 3			BOXH by 3
Duration	30:25			36:23			32:46			34:36			2:14:10

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Box Hill) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Brisbane Lions Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Box Hill

Captain: Stuart Horner (acting)
Coach: Zane Littlejohn

Brisbane Lions Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ben Hudson

Player Statistics

Box Hill

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
32	Anderson, Cody	?	?	1	1	15	11	4	1	0	3	2	?	0	0	1	2
70	Arundell, Jake	?	?	1	1	15	9	6	1	0	0	0	?	1	2	0	2
58	Bianco, Trent	?	?	0	1	23	16	7	8	0	4	1	?	2	2	0	7
36	Blanck, James	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	2
53	Declase, Kye	?	?	2	0	17	11	6	5	0	1	0	?	1	1	1	3
50	Durdin, Sam	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	5	0	2	0	?	2	1	4	0
8	Frost, Sam	?	?	0	0	10	5	5	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	0
41	Hill, Matt	?	?	1	1	7	3	4	1	0	0	0	?	0	2	0	1
62	Horner, Stuart (ac)	?	?	0	0	13	6	7	2	0	0	0	?	0	2	1	1
44	Hustwaite, Henry	?	?	0	0	37	21	16	2	0	4	11	?	2	1	3	10
2	Lewis, Mitch	?	?	4	0	11	7	4	5	0	3	1	?	2	1	0	2
42	Macdonald, Bailey	?	?	1	1	21	13	8	2	0	4	0	?	2	0	6	3
28	Mackenzie, Cam	?	?	0	0	31	11	20	3	0	1	10	?	2	0	2	7
27	McCabe, Will	?	?	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	4
40	Mitchell, Seamus	?	?	0	0	24	13	11	7	0	3	1	?	0	1	3	2
38	Ramsden, Max	?	?	2	1	13	10	3	5	6	3	2	?	1	0	0	1
7	Reeves, Ned	?	?	2	0	10	5	5	2	27	4	1	?	1	4	1	0
26	Ryan, Bodie	?	?	2	0	20	13	7	7	0	2	2	?	2	1	5	2
39	Scaife, Jasper	?	?	1	0	9	9	0	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	2
29	Serong, Jai	?	?	0	0	22	16	6	8	0	1	0	?	0	0	8	2
74	Simondson, Blake	?	?	0	0	10	6	4	3	0	6	0	?	1	0	0	1
65	Stanley, Ethan	?	?	1	0	18	8	10	3	0	3	3	?	0	1	1	6
54	Ward, Lane	?	?	0	0	11	8	3	1	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	1
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				18	7	368	223	145	85	33	48	34	0+	19	19	39	61

Brisbane Lions Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Abberley, Tahj	?	?	0	1	14	10	4	3	0	2	2	?	1	0	5	2
63	Annable, Daniel	?	?	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	2
17	Beecken, Luke	?	?	0	1	19	14	5	4	0	3	3	?	1	1	4	6
34	Brain, Shadeau	?	?	0	0	19	12	7	4	0	0	0	?	1	0	3	1
45	Craven, Darcy	?	?	1	1	9	4	5	3	0	1	1	?	0	0	0	2
57	Creighton, James	?	?	0	0	8	3	5	1	0	1	0	?	0	1	2	1
59	Greenaway, Wyatt	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	5	0	2	0	?	1	0	1	1
41	Joyce, Darragh	?	?	0	0	26	20	6	9	0	1	0	?	1	2	7	2
19	Lloyd, Luke	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	4	0	0	0	?	0	1	4	2
54	Manly, Jack	?	?	1	0	10	7	3	1	0	4	0	?	2	0	1	0
20	Marshall, Sam	?	?	1	0	17	8	9	4	0	1	3	?	0	0	3	1
64	McCarthy, Curtis	?	?	1	1	15	9	6	6	0	3	1	?	0	1	0	4
58	McFadyen, Fergus	?	?	1	1	9	2	7	3	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	3
46	McInerney, Oscar	?	?	1	2	21	16	5	3	25	3	8	?	3	1	1	5
26	McKenna, Conor	?	?	2	2	12	6	6	2	0	1	0	?	1	0	1	1
28	McLachlan, Will	?	?	2	1	9	8	1	4	0	1	1	?	0	2	0	2
38	Reville, Bruce	?	?	0	2	19	13	6	5	0	1	1	?	0	1	5	5
2	Robertson, Deven	?	?	0	0	21	9	12	1	0	8	8	?	3	2	1	4
24	Ryan, Brandon	?	?	2	1	7	5	2	5	2	2	1	?	2	1	0	2
25	Smith, Henry	?	?	4	0	14	10	4	4	13	5	1	?	1	1	1	1
36	Torrent, Reece	?	?	0	0	15	12	3	5	0	4	2	?	0	1	0	5
29	Tunstill, James	?	?	0	0	20	12	8	2	0	7	5	?	1	1	0	4
21	Zakostelsky, Zane	?	?	0	0	14	6	8	1	0	1	0	?	1	1	4	0
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				16	16	330	209	121	81	40	52	37	0+	19	19	43	56

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	BOXH	Trent Bianco behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:35
	BOXH	Bailey Macdonald behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	03:10
	BRLR	Brandon Ryan behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	04:37
	BRLR	Darcy Craven behind	0.2.2	-	0.2.2	07:19
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	0.2.2	-	1.2.8	09:00
	BOXH	Max Ramsden goal	1.2.8	-	1.2.8	15:00
	BRLR	Curtis McCarthy behind	1.2.8	-	1.3.9	17:42
	BOXH	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	1.3.9	18:22
	BRLR	Conor McKenna behind	1.3.9	-	1.4.10	19:46
	BRLR	Fergus McFadyen goal	1.3.9	-	2.4.16	20:58
	BRLR	Luke Beecken behind	1.3.9	-	2.5.17	23:14
	BRLR	Conor McKenna behind	1.3.9	-	2.6.18	24:12
	BOXH	Jasper Scaife goal	2.3.15	-	2.6.18	26:06
	BRLR	Rushed behind	2.3.15	-	2.7.19	27:16
	BRLR	Brandon Ryan goal	2.3.15	-	3.7.25	28:32
	BOXH	Mitch Lewis goal	3.3.21	-	3.7.25	30:16
Q2	BOXH	Cody Anderson behind	3.4.22	-	3.7.25	03:23
	BOXH	Kye Declase goal	4.4.28	-	3.7.25	04:28
	BOXH	Max Ramsden goal	5.4.34	-	3.7.25	06:14
	BOXH	Bodie Ryan goal	6.4.40	-	3.7.25	10:20
	BRLR	Jack Manly goal	6.4.40	-	4.7.31	11:57
	BOXH	Mitch Lewis goal	7.4.46	-	4.7.31	15:17
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	7.4.46	-	5.7.37	17:02
	BRLR	Conor McKenna goal	7.4.46	-	6.7.43	18:50
	BRLR	Conor McKenna goal	7.4.46	-	7.7.49	20:56
	BRLR	Sam Marshall goal	7.4.46	-	8.7.55	24:32
	BOXH	Jake Arundell goal	8.4.52	-	8.7.55	29:55
	BOXH	Kye Declase goal	9.4.58	-	8.7.55	32:12
	BRLR	Henry Smith goal	9.4.58	-	9.7.61	34:04
	BOXH	Jake Arundell behind	9.5.59	-	9.7.61	35:33
Q3	BRLR	Bruce Reville behind	9.5.59	-	9.8.62	00:16
	BRLR	Rushed behind	9.5.59	-	9.9.63	01:42
	BRLR	Henry Smith goal	9.5.59	-	10.9.69	02:22
	BRLR	Will McLachlan behind	9.5.59	-	10.10.70	06:12
	BRLR	Oscar McInerney behind	9.5.59	-	10.11.71	07:49
	BRLR	Oscar McInerney behind	9.5.59	-	10.12.72	10:03
	BRLR	Darcy Craven goal	9.5.59	-	11.12.78	13:52
	BRLR	Fergus McFadyen behind	9.5.59	-	11.13.79	16:47
	BRLR	Henry Smith goal	9.5.59	-	12.13.85	25:33
	BRLR	Oscar McInerney goal	9.5.59	-	13.13.91	31:00
	BRLR	Brandon Ryan behind	9.5.59	-	13.14.92	32:39
Q4	BOXH	Ethan Stanley goal	10.5.65	-	13.14.92	00:28
	BOXH	Max Ramsden behind	10.6.66	-	13.14.92	02:11
	BOXH	Bailey Macdonald goal	11.6.72	-	13.14.92	03:51
	BOXH	Matt Hill behind	11.7.73	-	13.14.92	05:01
	BOXH	Matt Hill goal	12.7.79	-	13.14.92	06:13
	BOXH	Mitch Lewis goal	13.7.85	-	13.14.92	08:49
	BRLR	Curtis McCarthy goal	13.7.85	-	14.14.98	14:59
	BOXH	Cody Anderson goal	14.7.91	-	14.14.98	17:29
	BRLR	Tahj Abberley behind	14.7.91	-	14.15.99	21:14
	BOXH	Mitch Lewis goal	15.7.97	-	14.15.99	24:08
	BOXH	Ned Reeves goal	16.7.103	-	14.15.99	25:56
	BRLR	Bruce Reville behind	16.7.103	-	14.16.100	27:06
	BOXH	Ned Reeves goal	17.7.109	-	14.16.100	28:56
	BRLR	Henry Smith goal	17.7.109	-	15.16.106	30:38
	BRLR	Brandon Ryan goal	17.7.109	-	16.16.112	32:27
	BOXH	Bodie Ryan goal	18.7.115	-	16.16.112	34:29

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