2026 VFL Season Round 7: North Melbourne Reserves v Sydney Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 2026 between the North Melbourne Reserves and the Sydney Reserves during round seven of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The North Melbourne Reserves hosted the Sydney Reserves at Arden Street Oval. The hosts were coached by Adam Marcon and the visitors were coached by Nick Malceski.

The North Melbourne Reserves (10.15.75) defeated the Sydney Reserves (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: North Melbourne Reserves v Sydney Reserves
Date: Saturday 9 May 2026
Time: 1:35 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne Reserves def. Sydney Reserves
Score: 10.15.75 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne Reserves	2	.	4	3	.	8	6	.	10	10	.	15	10	.	15	(75)
Sydney Reserves	1	.	3	4	.	6	7	.	9	9	.	9	9	.	9	(63)
Margin	NMLR by 7			SYDR by 4			SYDR by 5			NMLR by 12			NMLR by 12
Duration	28:15			29:49			29:09			30:23			1:57:36

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

North Melbourne Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Marcon

Sydney Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Nick Malceski

Player Statistics

North Melbourne Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
45	Banch, Zac	FPL	?	0	0	16	8	8	7	0	1	3	?	0	0	1	1
21	Coleman-Jones, Callum	HBFR	?	0	1	16	4	12	3	6	1	2	?	1	2	1	0
4	Corr, Aidan	FB	?	0	0	20	14	6	7	0	0	0	?	2	1	4	2
1	Dovaston, Lachy	BPL	?	1	3	15	11	4	3	0	3	1	?	2	1	2	4
49	Dow, Thomson	FF	?	0	1	14	6	8	2	0	6	4	?	1	2	2	2
51	Fairlie, Patrick	FPR	?	2	0	21	14	7	4	0	1	2	?	0	0	2	3
33	George, Brayden	HFFL	?	0	0	8	5	3	1	0	3	1	?	1	1	0	3
22	Goad, Taylor	WL	?	1	1	6	2	4	2	15	3	2	?	1	3	0	0
55	Gollant, Lachlan	RU	?	0	2	10	7	3	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	1
17	Hardeman, Riley	CHB	?	0	0	26	19	7	8	0	0	0	?	0	0	5	2
37	Harvey, Cooper	HFFR	?	0	1	37	22	15	8	0	1	2	?	0	0	6	2
64	Keast, Mathew	INT	?	0	0	24	11	13	10	0	4	2	?	1	1	1	5
62	Kneipp, Felix	INT	?	0	0	19	10	9	6	0	3	1	?	1	0	3	2
67	Linder, Samuel	INT	?	0	0	21	14	7	6	0	3	0	?	0	0	7	0
70	Lowe, Oliver	INT	?	2	1	16	11	5	5	0	1	0	?	2	1	0	2
59	Markovsky, Isaiah	RO	?	1	0	11	3	8	2	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	0
28	Mikunda, Hugo	C	?	0	0	25	17	8	7	0	3	0	?	0	0	3	5
56	Noblett, Alex	RR	?	0	0	26	17	9	4	0	2	1	?	3	0	4	1
32	Pink, Toby	WR	?	0	0	12	10	2	5	0	4	0	?	1	1	2	0
8	Scott, Bailey	BPR	?	0	1	25	15	10	5	0	7	1	?	1	2	1	7
14	Urquhart, Luke	HBFL	?	1	0	9	5	4	3	0	3	1	?	2	3	0	1
74	Vandam, Oscar	INT	?	1	0	14	7	7	6	0	7	1	?	1	1	2	2
35	Whitlock, Matt	CHF	?	1	2	19	10	9	5	0	0	0	?	2	3	1	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				10	15	410	242	168	112	21	58	24	0+	23	23	47	47

Sydney Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
59	Callegari, Julian	RR	?	0	0	7	2	5	1	0	1	0	?	0	2	0	0
58	Chamberlain, Noah	HFFL	?	0	0	15	6	9	5	0	2	1	?	1	0	0	3
33	Cleary, Caiden	HBFR	?	0	0	36	10	26	4	0	3	4	?	2	1	2	5
9	Dattoli, Jesse	BPL	?	0	0	12	7	5	4	0	3	1	?	1	3	0	3
72	Forrest, Tom	INT	?	0	0	9	5	4	0	0	0	2	?	1	0	2	0
61	Geddes, Max	RO	?	0	0	9	3	6	2	0	1	0	?	1	0	1	0
51	Giacometti, Luke	HFFR	?	0	0	18	9	9	2	0	2	0	?	2	1	0	2
68	Gibbs, Khy	INT	?	0	0	14	8	6	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	6	2
29	Hamling, Joel	HBFL	?	0	1	19	14	5	4	0	1	0	?	3	0	8	2
40	Hanily, Tom	C	?	0	0	24	8	16	3	0	3	3	?	1	0	0	4
65	Harrison, Joe	INT	?	0	0	14	3	11	1	0	3	0	?	0	0	2	2
65	Kyle, Harry	CHB	?	0	0	17	14	3	4	0	3	0	?	0	1	3	4
19	Ladhams, Peter	BPR	?	0	0	28	16	12	2	21	4	11	?	3	2	0	7
56	Longmire, Jedd	RU	?	0	1	5	2	3	1	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	0
50	Mellis, Mitch	CHF	?	2	0	22	11	11	4	0	8	3	?	0	3	0	3
53	Peters, Charlie	FF	?	0	0	6	4	2	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	3
18	Phillipou, Jevan	FB	?	1	0	11	7	4	3	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	1
62	Podmore-Taylor, Harrison	INT	?	0	2	10	4	6	3	0	2	0	?	1	0	2	0
64	Ryan, Tom	INT	?	1	0	7	4	3	1	10	1	2	?	1	0	1	1
52	Shipley, Nick	FPL	?	0	0	13	4	9	2	0	4	1	?	1	1	0	3
41	Snell, Patrick	WR	?	0	0	19	11	8	3	0	4	0	?	1	4	5	2
54	Sutton, Jake	FPR	?	1	1	8	5	3	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	2
37	Warner, Corey	WL	?	4	1	36	20	16	4	0	6	5	?	3	3	4	9
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				9	9	359	177	182	61	31	58	34	0+	23	23	36	58

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

North Melbourne Reserves							Coach: Adam Marcon
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	9	J. Dattoli	18	J. Phillipou	19	P. Ladhams	55	L. Gollant	64	M. Keast
	51	P. Fairlie	49	T. Dow	45	Z. Banch	56	A. Noblett	62	F. Kneipp
FORWARD							59	I. Markovsky	67	S. Linder
HALF-BACK									70	O. Lowe
	29	J. Hamling	65	H. Kyle	33	C. Cleary			74	O. Vandam
	37	C. Harvey	35	M. Whitlock	33	B. George
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	37	C. Warner	40	T. Hanily	41	P. Snell
	32	T. Pink	28	H. Mikunda	22	T. Goad	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							56	J. Longmire	72	T. Forrest
HALF-FORWARD							59	J. Callegari	68	K. Gibbs
	58	N. Chamberlain	50	M. Mellis	51	L. Giacometti	61	M. Geddes	65	J. Harrison
	21	C. Coleman-Jones	17	R. Hardeman	14	L. Urquhart			62	H. Podmore-Taylor
HALF-BACK									64	T. Ryan
FORWARD
	52	N. Shipley	53	C. Peters	54	J. Sutton
	8	B. Scott	4	A. Corr	1	L. Dovaston
BACK
Sydney Reserves							Coach: Nick Malceski

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDR	Tom Ryan goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	03:13
	SYDR	Harrison Podmore-Taylor behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	09:33
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	10:20
	NMLR	Bailey Scott behind	0.2.2	-	1.1.7	12:26
	SYDR	Jake Sutton behind	0.2.2	-	1.2.8	14:21
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock behind	0.3.3	-	1.2.8	16:58
	NMLR	Isaiah Markovsky goal	1.3.9	-	1.2.8	18:20
	NMLR	Rushed behind	1.4.10	-	1.2.8	21:34
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	2.4.16	-	1.2.8	21:54
	SYDR	Harrison Podmore-Taylor behind	2.4.16	-	1.3.9	24:42
Q2	SYDR	Rushed behind	2.4.16	-	1.4.10	01:59
	NMLR	Luke Urquhart goal	3.4.22	-	1.4.10	06:51
	SYDR	Tom Hanily behind	3.4.22	-	1.5.11	08:05
	SYDR	Corey Warner goal	3.4.22	-	2.5.17	09:39
	NMLR	Taylor Goad behind	3.5.23	-	2.5.17	15:59
	SYDR	Jake Sutton goal	3.5.23	-	3.5.23	16:54
	SYDR	Jedd Longmire behind	3.5.23	-	3.6.24	20:03
	NMLR	unknown behind	3.6.24	-	3.6.24	25:06
	NMLR	Thomson Dow behind	3.7.25	-	3.6.24	25:43
	SYDR	Corey Warner goal	3.7.25	-	4.6.30	27:21
	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston behind	3.8.26	-	4.6.30	29:41
Q3	NMLR	Taylor Goad goal	4.8.32	-	4.6.30	02:47
	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston goal	5.8.38	-	4.6.30	08:20
	SYDR	Mitch Mellis goal	5.8.38	-	5.6.36	10:09
	SYDR	Mitch Mellis goal	5.8.38	-	6.6.42	11:58
	SYDR	Rushed behind	5.8.38	-	6.7.43	13:45
	NMLR	Cooper Harvey behind	5.9.39	-	6.7.43	15:44
	SYDR	Joel Hamling behind	5.9.39	-	6.8.44	17:53
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	6.9.45	-	6.8.44	21:11
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou goal	6.9.45	-	7.8.50	22:34
	NMLR	Callum Coleman-Jones behind	6.10.46	-	7.8.50	24:19
	SYDR	Rushed behind	6.10.46	-	7.9.51	27:49
Q4	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston behind	6.11.47	-	7.9.51	01:52
	NMLR	Oscar Vandam goal	7.11.53	-	7.9.51	03:22
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock behind	7.12.54	-	7.9.51	05:12
	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston behind	7.13.55	-	7.9.51	08:26
	NMLR	Patrick Fairlie goal	8.13.61	-	7.9.51	09:00
	NMLR	Rushed behind	8.14.62	-	7.9.51	16:06
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	9.14.68	-	7.9.51	17:11
	SYDR	Corey Warner goal	9.14.68	-	8.9.57	18:50
	SYDR	Corey Warner goal	9.14.68	-	9.9.63	23:12
	NMLR	Lachlan Gollant behind	9.15.69	-	9.9.63	27:19
	NMLR	Patrick Fairlie goal	10.15.75	-	9.9.63	28:01

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