2026 VFL Season Round 6: Geelong Reserves v North Melbourne Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 2026 between the Geelong Reserves and the North Melbourne Reserves during round six of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Geelong Reserves hosted the North Melbourne Reserves at GMHBA Stadium. Daniel Capiron captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Mark Corrigan and the visitors were coached by Adam Marcon.

The Geelong Reserves (11.20.86) defeated the North Melbourne Reserves (11.7.73).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong Reserves v North Melbourne Reserves
Date: Saturday 2 May 2026
Time: 12:30 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong Reserves def. North Melbourne Reserves
Score: 11.20.86 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong Reserves	2	.	2	4	.	10	8	.	15	11	.	20	11	.	20	(86)
North Melbourne Reserves	3	.	1	6	.	3	9	.	4	11	.	7	11	.	7	(73)
Margin	NMLR by 5			NMLR by 5			GEER by 5			GEER by 13			GEER by 13
Duration	30:30			29:10			32:06			30:41			2:02:27

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 (North Melbourne Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong Reserves

Captain: Daniel Capiron
Coach: Mark Corrigan

North Melbourne Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Marcon

Player Statistics

Geelong Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
59	Annand, Kye	RU	?	0	0	9	4	5	3	0	4	0	?	0	2	3	0
57	Ballantyne, Jamieson	RO	?	3	2	17	9	8	5	0	1	2	?	2	0	0	3
24	Bews, Jed	C	?	0	0	18	13	5	6	0	4	1	?	0	0	3	1
41	Burke, Cillian	HFFR	?	0	0	20	9	11	7	0	2	1	?	1	1	1	3
50	Capiron, Daniel (c)	FPL	?	1	1	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	0
13	Clark, Jhye	BPR	?	0	0	32	20	12	4	0	4	5	?	0	2	4	5
51	Costello, Jack	FF	?	1	0	16	4	12	2	0	5	4	?	0	1	0	0
27	Driscoll, Nick	HFFL	?	1	1	16	7	9	3	0	4	1	?	1	2	0	1
84	Green, Charley	INT	?	2	0	5	3	2	3	2	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
49	Gunsser, Rory	INT	?	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	6	0	?	0	1	2	3
62	Herbert, Marcus	INT	?	0	1	28	14	14	3	0	7	2	?	3	0	1	4
23	Hofmann, Lennox	WL	?	0	0	17	11	6	6	0	3	0	?	0	0	4	1
22	Holmes, Hunter	HBFR	?	0	1	16	7	9	2	0	3	1	?	2	0	1	3
74	Kelly, Patrick	INT	?	0	0	16	5	11	1	0	6	3	?	1	1	2	3
10	Knevitt, Mitch	FB	?	0	1	27	15	12	5	0	7	10	?	1	0	1	7
69	Kreuger, Nathan	INT	?	0	0	20	17	3	12	0	0	0	?	1	1	3	6
25	Mellor, Jesse	WR	?	2	1	12	7	5	2	0	2	2	?	1	0	0	2
37	Pike, Joe	CHF	?	0	1	11	7	4	4	8	1	1	?	0	1	1	0
1	Stanley, Rhys	BPL	?	1	2	17	11	6	3	39	4	4	?	2	2	1	3
15	Stevens, George	HBFL	?	0	0	34	15	19	6	0	4	12	?	0	0	2	5
52	White, Will	FPR	?	0	1	13	6	7	4	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	2
54	Williams, Mason	RR	?	0	1	8	5	3	2	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	1
21	Wiltshire, Oli	CHB	?	0	1	14	9	5	4	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	4
Rushed					6
Total (23 players)				11	20	382	209	173	93	49	73	49	0+	15	15	30	57

North Melbourne Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
45	Banch, Zac	RR	?	0	0	12	5	7	1	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	2
72	Byrne, Hugh	BPL	?	0	0	11	6	5	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	0
18	Dawson, Wil	BPR	?	0	0	8	5	3	2	6	2	0	?	0	1	0	0
49	Dow, Thomson	INT	?	0	0	21	7	14	4	0	9	2	?	0	1	1	2
51	Fairlie, Patrick	CHB	?	0	0	23	8	15	2	0	2	1	?	1	0	2	1
33	George, Brayden	FPL	?	0	2	16	8	8	5	0	2	0	?	0	2	3	2
22	Goad, Taylor	RU	?	1	0	19	10	9	4	30	7	8	?	3	0	1	4
55	Gollant, Lachlan	WL	?	2	0	9	7	2	2	0	2	0	?	0	0	1	2
17	Hardeman, Riley	FB	?	0	0	20	11	9	3	0	3	0	?	0	0	4	2
37	Harvey, Cooper	HFFL	?	0	0	30	21	9	5	0	1	1	?	1	0	7	2
64	Keast, Mathew	INT	?	0	0	12	6	6	3	0	6	5	?	0	1	3	3
62	Kneipp, Felix	INT	?	1	0	10	4	6	1	0	2	0	?	1	2	1	1
41	Konstanty, Jacob	CHF	?	0	0	10	3	7	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	2
67	Linder, Samuel	INT	?	0	0	19	15	4	4	0	5	1	?	0	1	3	2
70	Lowe, Oliver	C	?	2	0	14	11	3	4	0	5	0	?	0	2	3	0
50	MacPherson, Darcy	WR	?	2	2	23	16	7	4	0	6	3	?	6	2	0	5
59	Markovsky, Isaiah	HFFR	?	0	0	12	3	9	1	0	3	1	?	0	0	0	1
56	Noblett, Alex	INT	?	0	0	7	3	4	2	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	1
32	Pink, Toby	HBFL	?	0	0	16	14	2	6	0	1	0	?	0	1	7	0
8	Scott, Bailey	HBFR	?	0	0	19	11	8	3	0	8	1	?	0	0	3	4
79	Tarrant, James	INT	?	1	0	10	5	5	3	2	4	1	?	2	0	0	2
74	Vandam, Oscar	RO	?	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	4	1	?	0	2	2	1
35	Whitlock, Matt	FF	?	2	3	13	8	5	4	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	3
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				11	7	343	194	149	72	38	77	25	0+	15	15	45	42

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
	72	H. Byrne	17	R. Hardeman	18	W. Dawson	59	K. Annand	84	C. Green
	52	W. White	51	J. Costello	50	D. Capiron (c)	54	M. Williams	49	R. Gunsser
FORWARD							57	J. Ballantyne	62	M. Herbert
HALF-BACK									74	P. Kelly
	32	T. Pink	51	P. Fairlie	8	B. Scott			69	N. Kreuger
	41	C. Burke	37	J. Pike	27	N. Driscoll
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	55	L. Gollant	70	O. Lowe	50	D. MacPherson
	25	J. Mellor	24	J. Bews	23	L. Hofmann	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							22	T. Goad	49	T. Dow
HALF-FORWARD							45	Z. Banch	64	M. Keast
	37	C. Harvey	41	J. Konstanty	59	I. Markovsky	74	O. Vandam	62	F. Kneipp
	22	H. Holmes	21	O. Wiltshire	15	G. Stevens			67	S. Linder
HALF-BACK									56	A. Noblett
FORWARD									79	J. Tarrant
	33	B. George	35	M. Whitlock
	13	J. Clark	10	M. Knevitt	1	R. Stanley
BACK
North Melbourne Reserves							Coach: Adam Marcon

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEER	Nick Driscoll behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:16
	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	08:04
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	10:28
	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne behind	1.2.8	-	1.0.6	12:21
	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne goal	2.2.14	-	1.0.6	19:47
	NMLR	Darcy MacPherson behind	2.2.14	-	1.1.7	22:54
	NMLR	Darcy MacPherson goal	2.2.14	-	2.1.13	24:07
	NMLR	James Tarrant goal	2.2.14	-	3.1.19	26:07
Q2	GEER	Marcus Herbert behind	2.3.15	-	3.1.19	00:16
	NMLR	Brayden George behind	2.3.15	-	3.2.20	01:36
	GEER	Rushed behind	2.4.16	-	3.2.20	02:32
	GEER	Rushed behind	2.5.17	-	3.2.20	04:52
	GEER	Daniel Capiron behind	2.6.18	-	3.2.20	06:49
	GEER	Oli Wiltshire behind	2.7.19	-	3.2.20	07:33
	GEER	Mitch Knevitt behind	2.8.20	-	3.2.20	08:53
	GEER	Rhys Stanley behind	2.9.21	-	3.2.20	10:16
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	2.9.21	-	4.2.26	11:03
	GEER	Rushed behind	2.10.22	-	4.2.26	12:10
	GEER	Charley Green goal	3.10.28	-	4.2.26	14:52
	NMLR	Darcy MacPherson behind	3.10.28	-	4.3.27	18:21
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	3.10.28	-	5.3.33	19:10
	NMLR	Darcy MacPherson goal	3.10.28	-	6.3.39	22:20
	GEER	Rhys Stanley goal	4.10.34	-	6.3.39	24:06
Q3	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne goal	5.10.40	-	6.3.39	03:02
	GEER	Joe Pike behind	5.11.41	-	6.3.39	05:56
	NMLR	Taylor Goad goal	5.11.41	-	7.3.45	08:05
	GEER	Jesse Mellor goal	6.11.47	-	7.3.45	11:23
	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne behind	6.12.48	-	7.3.45	12:42
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	6.12.48	-	8.3.51	14:23
	GEER	Mason Williams behind	6.13.49	-	8.3.51	15:30
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock behind	6.13.49	-	8.4.52	16:43
	GEER	Will White behind	6.14.50	-	8.4.52	19:48
	GEER	Nick Driscoll goal	7.14.56	-	8.4.52	22:34
	GEER	Daniel Capiron goal	8.14.62	-	8.4.52	24:38
	NMLR	Lachlan Gollant goal	8.14.62	-	9.4.58	28:00
	GEER	Rushed behind	8.15.63	-	9.4.58	31:27
Q4	GEER	Jesse Mellor goal	9.15.69	-	9.4.58	01:06
	GEER	Jesse Mellor behind	9.16.70	-	9.4.58	04:09
	NMLR	Lachlan Gollant goal	9.16.70	-	10.4.64	05:09
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock behind	9.16.70	-	10.5.65	08:05
	NMLR	Brayden George behind	9.16.70	-	10.6.66	09:42
	GEER	Rushed behind	9.17.71	-	10.6.66	11:05
	GEER	Jack Costello goal	10.17.77	-	10.6.66	11:38
	NMLR	Felix Kneipp goal	10.17.77	-	11.6.72	15:42
	GEER	Rushed behind	10.18.78	-	11.6.72	17:12
	GEER	Charley Green goal	11.18.84	-	11.6.72	21:37
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock behind	11.18.84	-	11.7.73	26:11
	GEER	Rhys Stanley behind	11.19.85	-	11.7.73	28:33
	GEER	Hunter Holmes behind	11.20.86	-	11.7.73	30:35

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