2026 VFL Season Grand Final: Geelong Reserves v Box Hill

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 2026 between the Geelong Reserves and Box Hill in the grand final of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Geelong Reserves hosted Box Hill at Princes Park. Daniel Capiron captained the hosts. Stuart Horner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Corrigan and the visitors were coached by David Mirra.

The Geelong Reserves (5.9.39) were defeated by Box Hill (8.14.62).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Geelong Reserves v Box Hill
Date: Sunday 20 September 2026
Time: 2:05 PM
Venue: Princes Park

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong Reserves def. by Box Hill
Score: 5.9.39 - 8.14.62

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong Reserves	2	.	1	3	.	4	3	.	7	5	.	9	5	.	9	(39)
Box Hill	3	.	1	6	.	5	8	.	8	8	.	14	8	.	14	(62)
Margin	BOXH by 6			BOXH by 19			BOXH by 31			BOXH by 23			BOXH by 23
Duration	31:07			30:33			29:03			26:33			1:57:16

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 (Box Hill) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong Reserves

Captain: Daniel Capiron
Coach: Mark Corrigan

Box Hill

Captain: Stuart Horner
Coach: David Mirra

Player Statistics

Geelong Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
57	Ballantyne, Jamieson	FPL	?	1	1	13	7	6	1	0	4	0	?	2	0	1	1
24	Bews, Jed	HBFR	?	1	0	13	10	3	3	0	1	2	?	1	0	0	4
12	Bowes, Jack	WL	?	1	0	20	9	11	1	0	4	4	?	0	1	1	5
41	Burke, Cillian	CHB	?	0	0	15	9	6	3	0	5	1	?	0	3	2	4
50	Capiron, Daniel (c)	HFFL	?	0	1	10	8	2	4	0	5	1	?	0	0	3	4
13	Clark, Jhye	RO	?	0	0	27	21	6	3	0	2	2	?	1	0	7	3
27	Driscoll, Nick	HBFL	?	0	0	9	5	4	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	2
84	Green, Charley	INT	?	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	2
23	Hofmann, Lennox	BPR	?	0	0	22	12	10	3	0	3	0	?	1	0	7	0
22	Holmes, Hunter	WR	?	0	0	16	4	12	1	0	0	2	?	0	0	1	2
74	Kelly, Patrick	INT	?	0	1	13	7	6	3	0	6	2	?	1	0	1	4
10	Knevitt, Mitch	RR	?	0	1	22	12	10	3	0	11	4	?	1	0	0	5
69	Kreuger, Nathan	FB	?	0	0	12	9	3	4	0	1	0	?	0	1	5	2
31	Matofai-Forbes, Keighton	BPL	?	0	1	13	8	5	2	0	1	0	?	0	2	4	2
25	Mellor, Jesse	HFFR	?	0	0	9	6	3	2	0	2	2	?	0	0	0	2
20	Molier, Jacob	CHF	?	1	2	12	8	4	7	6	0	1	?	1	0	0	1
81	Peirce, Tom	INT	?	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	2	0
37	Pike, Joe	RU	?	0	0	16	7	9	5	19	3	3	?	1	1	0	2
2	Polkinghorne, Jay	FF	?	0	0	5	4	1	2	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	4
55	Rantall, Jay	FPR	?	0	0	13	3	10	1	0	2	3	?	3	2	0	1
15	Stevens, George	C	?	0	0	25	12	13	0	0	8	5	?	0	0	0	4
78	Stevens, Zach	INT	?	1	1	11	4	7	5	0	5	0	?	1	1	0	0
76	Weidemann, Lachlan	INT	?	0	0	11	2	9	1	0	3	0	?	0	2	1	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				5	9	313	171	142	57	25	68	32	0+	14	14	35	54

Box Hill

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
32	Anderson, Cody	INT	?	0	0	11	4	7	0	0	2	0	?	1	0	2	4
58	Bianco, Trent	INT	?	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	0	0	?	0	1	3	0
36	Blanck, James	FB	?	0	0	9	5	4	1	0	4	0	?	0	3	0	0
34	Dalton, Jack	WL	?	0	1	23	14	9	6	0	2	2	?	0	0	3	6
13	Dear, Calsher	CHF	?	2	2	9	7	2	3	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	2
76	Farrer, Tom	INT	?	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	5	3	?	0	0	0	1
35	Greeves, Ollie	RO	?	0	1	28	20	8	4	0	1	9	?	4	0	1	7
41	Hill, Matt	RR	?	0	0	6	1	5	0	0	4	0	?	1	1	0	0
62	Horner, Stuart (c)	HBFR	?	0	0	17	9	8	9	0	3	1	?	0	0	2	1
44	Hustwaite, Henry	C	?	0	0	27	12	15	1	0	9	7	?	2	1	1	5
31	LeRay, Matthew	HBFL	?	0	0	8	3	5	0	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	1
20	Maginness, Finn	FPL	?	0	0	22	12	10	3	0	11	2	?	0	1	1	1
27	McCabe, Will	FPR	?	1	0	20	13	7	9	0	3	1	?	1	1	0	3
50	McLaughlin, Brodie	INT	?	1	0	6	3	3	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	1
21	Mraz, Noah	CHB	?	0	0	20	10	10	8	0	4	0	?	0	0	4	0
22	Nairn, Cam	HFFL	?	1	1	20	15	5	7	0	5	0	?	1	0	2	3
39	Perez, Flynn	WR	?	0	0	12	9	3	3	0	2	1	?	0	3	3	2
73	Preston, Corey	INT	?	1	1	9	5	4	4	0	4	0	?	0	0	0	1
38	Ramsden, Max	HFFR	?	0	1	19	10	9	4	11	0	1	?	1	0	3	1
7	Reeves, Ned	RU	?	1	1	12	9	3	4	43	3	6	?	1	1	5	2
26	Ryan, Bodie	BPL	?	0	0	17	16	1	6	0	2	1	?	0	1	4	1
29	Schubert, Aidan	FF	?	1	3	11	8	3	5	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	1
14	Scrimshaw, Jack	BPR	?	0	0	22	13	9	10	0	4	1	?	1	0	10	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				8	14	356	215	141	98	54	72	35	0+	14	14	46	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

Player Line-Up

Geelong Reserves							Coach: Mark Corrigan
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	26	B. Ryan	36	J. Blanck	14	J. Scrimshaw	37	J. Pike	84	C. Green
	55	J. Rantall	2	J. Polkinghorne	57	J. Ballantyne	10	M. Knevitt	74	P. Kelly
FORWARD							13	J. Clark	81	T. Peirce
HALF-BACK									78	Z. Stevens
	31	M. LeRay	21	N. Mraz	62	S. Horner (c)			76	L. Weidemann
	25	J. Mellor	20	J. Molier	50	D. Capiron (c)
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	34	J. Dalton	44	H. Hustwaite	39	F. Perez
	22	H. Holmes	15	G. Stevens	12	J. Bowes	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							7	N. Reeves	32	C. Anderson
HALF-FORWARD							41	M. Hill	58	T. Bianco
	22	C. Nairn	13	C. Dear	38	M. Ramsden	35	O. Greeves	76	T. Farrer
	24	J. Bews	41	C. Burke	27	N. Driscoll			50	B. McLaughlin
HALF-BACK									73	C. Preston
FORWARD
	20	F. Maginness	29	A. Schubert	27	W. McCabe
	23	L. Hofmann	69	N. Kreuger	31	K. Matofai-Forbes
BACK
Box Hill							Coach: David Mirra

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BOXH	Cam Nairn behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:20
	GEER	Jacob Molier goal	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	03:59
	BOXH	Will McCabe goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	16:24
	GEER	Jack Bowes goal	2.0.12	-	1.1.7	24:22
	BOXH	Cam Nairn goal	2.0.12	-	2.1.13	26:37
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert goal	2.0.12	-	3.1.19	28:21
	GEER	Keighton Matofai-Forbes behind	2.1.13	-	3.1.19	30:25
Q2	BOXH	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	3.2.20	02:03
	GEER	Jacob Molier behind	2.2.14	-	3.2.20	02:55
	BOXH	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	3.3.21	04:55
	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne behind	2.3.15	-	3.3.21	06:00
	BOXH	Corey Preston goal	2.3.15	-	4.3.27	07:41
	GEER	Jed Bews goal	3.3.21	-	4.3.27	11:57
	BOXH	Calsher Dear goal	3.3.21	-	5.3.33	16:18
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert behind	3.3.21	-	5.4.34	23:51
	BOXH	Brodie McLaughlin goal	3.3.21	-	6.4.40	25:51
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert behind	3.3.21	-	6.5.41	27:59
	GEER	Mitch Knevitt behind	3.4.22	-	6.5.41	30:27
Q3	GEER	Patrick Kelly behind	3.5.23	-	6.5.41	01:50
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert behind	3.5.23	-	6.6.42	03:31
	BOXH	Max Ramsden behind	3.5.23	-	6.7.43	03:57
	GEER	Rushed behind	3.6.24	-	6.7.43	04:33
	BOXH	Ned Reeves goal	3.6.24	-	7.7.49	09:12
	BOXH	Calsher Dear goal	3.6.24	-	8.7.55	20:00
	GEER	Daniel Capiron behind	3.7.25	-	8.7.55	25:44
	BOXH	Corey Preston behind	3.7.25	-	8.8.56	28:12
Q4	BOXH	Rushed behind	3.7.25	-	8.9.57	01:12
	GEER	Jacob Molier behind	3.8.26	-	8.9.57	02:12
	GEER	Zach Stevens behind	3.9.27	-	8.9.57	05:09
	BOXH	Jack Dalton behind	3.9.27	-	8.10.58	07:21
	BOXH	Ned Reeves behind	3.9.27	-	8.11.59	09:06
	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne goal	4.9.33	-	8.11.59	15:50
	BOXH	Ollie Greeves behind	4.9.33	-	8.12.60	18:27
	BOXH	Calsher Dear behind	4.9.33	-	8.13.61	21:29
	GEER	Zach Stevens goal	5.9.39	-	8.13.61	23:21
	BOXH	Calsher Dear behind	5.9.39	-	8.14.62	25:14

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