2026 VFL Season Qualifying Final 1: Geelong Reserves v Tasmania Devils

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 2026 between the Geelong Reserves and the Tasmania Devils in the first qualifying final of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Geelong Reserves hosted the Tasmania Devils at GMHBA Stadium. Daniel Capiron captained the hosts. Robbie Fox captained the visitors with Jye Menzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Mark Corrigan and the visitors were coached by Jeromey Webberley.

The Geelong Reserves (13.11.89) defeated the Tasmania Devils (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: First Qualifying Final
Teams: Geelong Reserves v Tasmania Devils
Date: Saturday 29 August 2026
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong Reserves def. Tasmania Devils
Score: 13.11.89 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong Reserves	2	.	4	6	.	5	10	.	9	13	.	11	13	.	11	(89)
Tasmania Devils	2	.	2	4	.	6	6	.	8	9	.	12	9	.	12	(66)
Margin	GEER by 2			GEER by 11			GEER by 25			GEER by 23			GEER by 23
Duration	28:28			31:01			28:35			34:30			2:02:34

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 (Tasmania Devils) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong Reserves

Captain: Daniel Capiron
Coach: Mark Corrigan

Tasmania Devils

Captain: Robbie Fox
Vice-Captain: Jye Menzie
Coach: Jeromey Webberley

Player Statistics

Geelong Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
57	Ballantyne, Jamieson	FPR	?	0	1	12	3	9	1	0	4	0	?	0	0	0	3
24	Bews, Jed	HBFR	?	0	2	11	9	2	4	0	2	0	?	1	0	2	3
12	Bowes, Jack	BPR	?	0	2	30	17	13	5	0	2	5	?	0	1	1	4
41	Burke, Cillian	CHB	?	1	0	14	9	5	3	0	1	1	?	0	2	2	3
50	Capiron, Daniel (c)	RO	?	0	0	8	7	1	4	0	1	1	?	1	0	3	1
27	Driscoll, Nick	HBFL	?	1	0	14	9	5	3	0	2	3	?	1	4	1	3
53	Edmends, Darcy	INT	?	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	4	0	?	2	0	0	2
67	George, Kobe	INT	?	0	0	11	7	4	4	0	1	1	?	0	0	1	1
23	Hofmann, Lennox	WL	?	0	0	21	15	6	7	0	1	0	?	1	1	7	3
22	Holmes, Hunter	WR	?	0	0	16	7	9	3	0	0	1	?	0	1	2	1
74	Kelly, Patrick	INT	?	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	5	1	?	2	0	0	3
10	Knevitt, Mitch	RR	?	2	0	30	20	10	7	0	7	4	?	3	2	2	7
69	Kreuger, Nathan	FB	?	0	0	15	12	3	7	0	3	0	?	2	2	8	0
31	Matofai-Forbes, Keighton	FF	?	0	1	15	9	6	5	0	0	2	?	0	3	3	3
25	Mellor, Jesse	HFFR	?	2	1	8	4	4	1	0	3	0	?	1	2	0	1
20	Molier, Jacob	CHF	?	2	1	11	8	3	6	4	0	0	?	0	1	0	3
81	Peirce, Tom	INT	?	0	0	4	1	3	1	4	0	0	?	0	0	1	1
37	Pike, Joe	RU	?	1	1	14	8	6	3	31	4	8	?	3	1	5	3
55	Rantall, Jay	HFFL	?	1	0	21	8	13	2	0	2	1	?	1	1	2	2
15	Stevens, George	C	?	1	0	31	12	19	2	0	1	8	?	1	2	1	4
78	Stevens, Zach	FPL	?	2	0	7	5	2	4	0	5	0	?	1	0	0	1
76	Weidemann, Lachlan	BPL	?	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	8	1	?	1	0	1	1
52	White, Will	INT	?	0	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	?	1	1	0	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				13	11	327	187	140	79	39	56	37	0+	22	24	42	54

Tasmania Devils

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
33	Adams, Zach	WR	?	1	0	16	9	7	6	0	1	1	?	0	0	4	0
11	Boag, Bailey	RO	?	0	0	30	6	24	5	0	3	5	?	2	1	0	3
18	Callinan, Jack	BPL	?	0	0	14	10	4	2	0	2	0	?	2	1	4	0
41	Chaplin, Joseph	FB	?	0	0	9	8	1	6	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	1
9	Cox-Goodyer, Brad	WL	?	1	0	16	11	5	4	0	2	1	?	0	1	2	3
29	Dixon, Hugh	FF	?	2	1	13	8	5	6	15	4	2	?	3	0	1	1
50	Dolliver, Jack	CHF	?	0	0	10	5	5	2	0	4	0	?	1	1	0	5
26	Elmer, Harry	RR	?	0	0	11	5	6	1	0	6	3	?	0	2	2	2
5	Fox, Robbie (c)	HBFL	?	0	0	26	13	13	5	0	1	1	?	2	0	5	2
2	Hagan, Jed	FPR	?	0	1	7	6	1	3	0	3	0	?	0	2	0	2
39	Hay, Lachlan	HFFL	?	2	0	15	7	8	1	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	3
34	Iverach, Maddox	HFFR	?	0	0	10	8	2	4	0	0	1	?	0	0	2	3
8	Leary, Brandon	C	?	1	3	21	15	6	2	0	2	3	?	2	0	0	4
1	Menzie, Jye (vc)	FPL	?	0	1	17	6	11	4	0	0	3	?	2	1	0	2
4	Mitchell, Caleb	INT	?	0	0	20	12	8	4	0	0	1	?	1	3	4	3
23	Owen, Cameron	RU	?	1	0	14	8	6	1	17	2	5	?	1	3	1	7
42	Paprotny, Oscar	INT	?	0	0	14	7	7	5	0	2	0	?	0	0	1	3
7	Payne, Geordie	BPR	?	0	1	18	14	4	5	0	0	1	?	1	1	4	2
13	Sulzberger, Nathaniel	INT	?	0	1	6	3	3	0	0	1	2	?	1	0	0	1
16	Wilkinson, Archie	CHB	?	0	0	15	11	4	6	0	1	1	?	1	1	4	1
10	Williams, Nick	HBFR	?	0	0	17	12	5	6	0	3	0	?	2	3	4	2
31	Wolfe, Josh	INT	?	1	1	6	4	2	2	0	1	0	?	2	1	0	1
19	Wootton, Lucas	INT	?	0	1	10	6	4	3	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				9	12	335	194	141	83	32	43	30	0+	24	22	41	53

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
	18	J. Callinan	41	J. Chaplin	7	G. Payne	37	J. Pike	53	D. Edmends
	57	J. Ballantyne	31	K. Matofai-Forbes	78	Z. Stevens	10	M. Knevitt	67	K. George
FORWARD							50	D. Capiron (c)	74	P. Kelly
HALF-BACK									81	T. Peirce
	5	R. Fox (c)	16	A. Wilkinson	10	N. Williams			52	W. White
	25	J. Mellor	20	J. Molier	55	J. Rantall
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	9	B. Cox-Goodyer	8	B. Leary	33	Z. Adams
	22	H. Holmes	15	G. Stevens	23	L. Hofmann	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							23	C. Owen	4	C. Mitchell
HALF-FORWARD							26	H. Elmer	42	O. Paprotny
	39	L. Hay	50	J. Dolliver	34	M. Iverach	11	B. Boag	13	N. Sulzberger
	24	J. Bews	41	C. Burke	27	N. Driscoll			31	J. Wolfe
HALF-BACK									19	L. Wootton
FORWARD
	1	J. Menzie (vc)	29	H. Dixon	2	J. Hagan
	12	J. Bowes	69	N. Kreuger	76	L. Weidemann
BACK
Tasmania Devils							Coach: Jeromey Webberley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	TASD	Zach Adams goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:33
	TASD	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	02:03
	GEER	Jack Bowes behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	03:36
	GEER	Jed Bews behind	0.2.2	-	1.1.7	06:12
	TASD	Josh Wolfe goal	0.2.2	-	2.1.13	16:22
	GEER	Zach Stevens goal	1.2.8	-	2.1.13	19:36
	TASD	Brandon Leary behind	1.2.8	-	2.2.14	21:15
	GEER	Jack Bowes behind	1.3.9	-	2.2.14	22:04
	GEER	Rushed behind	1.4.10	-	2.2.14	24:38
	GEER	Jacob Molier goal	2.4.16	-	2.2.14	25:31
Q2	GEER	Jay Rantall goal	3.4.22	-	2.2.14	00:34
	GEER	Jesse Mellor behind	3.5.23	-	2.2.14	01:58
	TASD	Brandon Leary behind	3.5.23	-	2.3.15	04:38
	TASD	Lachlan Hay goal	3.5.23	-	3.3.21	06:19
	TASD	Jed Hagan behind	3.5.23	-	3.4.22	10:07
	TASD	Josh Wolfe behind	3.5.23	-	3.5.23	11:17
	GEER	Nick Driscoll goal	4.5.29	-	3.5.23	14:12
	TASD	Nathaniel Sulzberger behind	4.5.29	-	3.6.24	17:13
	GEER	Jesse Mellor goal	5.5.35	-	3.6.24	19:30
	TASD	Brandon Leary goal	5.5.35	-	4.6.30	26:02
	GEER	George Stevens goal	6.5.41	-	4.6.30	26:59
Q3	GEER	Jesse Mellor goal	7.5.47	-	4.6.30	00:31
	GEER	Jed Bews behind	7.6.48	-	4.6.30	03:53
	GEER	Cillian Burke goal	8.6.54	-	4.6.30	07:42
	TASD	Lucas Wootton behind	8.6.54	-	4.7.31	10:49
	TASD	Hugh Dixon goal	8.6.54	-	5.7.37	11:56
	GEER	Rushed behind	8.7.55	-	5.7.37	14:09
	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne behind	8.8.56	-	5.7.37	16:28
	GEER	Zach Stevens goal	9.8.62	-	5.7.37	21:19
	TASD	Rushed behind	9.8.62	-	5.8.38	22:51
	GEER	Joe Pike goal	10.8.68	-	5.8.38	24:05
	GEER	Joe Pike behind	10.9.69	-	5.8.38	26:39
	TASD	Cameron Owen goal	10.9.69	-	6.8.44	27:36
Q4	GEER	Jacob Molier goal	11.9.75	-	6.8.44	07:24
	TASD	Hugh Dixon behind	11.9.75	-	6.9.45	09:41
	TASD	Hugh Dixon goal	11.9.75	-	7.9.51	14:43
	GEER	Mitch Knevitt goal	12.9.81	-	7.9.51	16:24
	TASD	Brandon Leary behind	12.9.81	-	7.10.52	17:26
	GEER	Mitch Knevitt goal	13.9.87	-	7.10.52	20:29
	TASD	Geordie Payne behind	13.9.87	-	7.11.53	23:02
	GEER	Jacob Molier behind	13.10.88	-	7.11.53	24:20
	TASD	Jye Menzie behind	13.10.88	-	7.12.54	27:06
	TASD	Brad Cox-Goodyer goal	13.10.88	-	8.12.60	28:10
	GEER	Keighton Matofai-Forbes behind	13.11.89	-	8.12.60	29:54
	TASD	Lachlan Hay goal	13.11.89	-	9.12.66	31:48

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