2026 VFL Season Round 9: North Melbourne Reserves v Gold Coast Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 2026 between the North Melbourne Reserves and the Gold Coast Reserves during round nine of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The North Melbourne Reserves hosted the Gold Coast Reserves at Arden Street Oval. Alex Sexton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Adam Marcon and the visitors were coached by Tate Kaesler.

The North Melbourne Reserves (13.12.90) defeated the Gold Coast Reserves (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: North Melbourne Reserves v Gold Coast Reserves
Date: Saturday 23 May 2026
Time: 1:30 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne Reserves def. Gold Coast Reserves
Score: 13.12.90 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne Reserves	4	.	0	7	.	5	9	.	6	13	.	12	13	.	12	(90)
Gold Coast Reserves	5	.	5	6	.	6	11	.	8	11	.	11	11	.	11	(77)
Margin	GCSR by 11			NMLR by 5			GCSR by 14			NMLR by 13			NMLR by 13
Duration	31:04			27:08			29:40			26:53			1:54:45

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 (Gold Coast Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Marcon

Gold Coast Reserves

Captain: Alex Sexton
Coach: Tate Kaesler

Player Statistics

North Melbourne Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
39	Blamires, Tom	FPL	?	0	0	29	14	15	1	0	3	3	?	2	0	4	8
21	Coleman-Jones, Callum	CHB	?	0	0	11	5	6	1	9	4	5	?	1	1	0	0
4	Corr, Aidan	FB	?	0	0	16	9	7	9	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	2
1	Dovaston, Lachy	BPL	?	2	2	12	8	4	1	0	4	0	?	0	0	0	1
49	Dow, Thomson	FPR	?	1	0	22	10	12	2	0	1	4	?	1	0	3	2
16	Fisher, Zac	HBFL	?	3	1	22	12	10	3	0	2	1	?	2	2	1	3
33	George, Brayden	HFFL	?	1	0	10	7	3	5	0	1	0	?	0	2	1	3
22	Goad, Taylor	HBFR	?	2	1	12	7	5	3	17	0	3	?	4	1	0	2
31	Goater, Josh	C	?	0	0	17	12	5	8	0	1	0	?	0	0	4	2
46	Hansen, Robert	FF	?	0	0	32	19	13	4	0	4	2	?	0	0	2	5
37	Harvey, Cooper	HFFR	?	0	0	21	13	8	4	0	2	1	?	0	1	4	2
64	Keast, Mathew	INT	?	0	0	20	5	15	1	0	6	4	?	0	2	1	4
67	Linder, Samuel	INT	?	1	0	21	7	14	6	0	3	3	?	1	0	1	3
70	Lowe, Oliver	INT	?	0	2	14	11	3	8	0	2	1	?	1	1	0	6
50	MacPherson, Darcy	RU	?	1	0	19	13	6	2	0	4	5	?	1	2	2	4
59	Markovsky, Isaiah	RO	?	1	2	11	5	6	2	0	4	0	?	1	0	0	1
28	Mikunda, Hugo	WL	?	0	0	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	2
56	Noblett, Alex	RR	?	0	0	15	6	9	5	0	1	0	?	1	1	1	1
61	Papal, Gus	INT	?	0	2	7	5	2	3	1	0	0	?	1	0	0	0
32	Pink, Toby	WR	?	0	0	8	5	3	4	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	0
8	Scott, Bailey	BPR	?	1	0	15	7	8	2	0	6	1	?	1	2	2	1
74	Vandam, Oscar	INT	?	0	0	14	7	7	5	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	1
35	Whitlock, Matt	CHF	?	0	1	13	6	7	3	0	2	1	?	2	1	0	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				13	12	366	197	169	85	27	53	34	0+	20	16	29	54

Gold Coast Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
38	Addinsall, Beau	HFFL	?	0	0	18	6	12	4	0	2	0	?	1	1	0	1
10	Ballard, Charlie	BPL	?	0	0	18	13	5	6	0	0	0	?	1	1	3	0
31	Bell, Cooper	HBFR	?	1	1	9	3	6	2	1	0	1	?	0	0	0	1
62	Bennett, Tommy	INT	?	1	0	21	12	9	5	0	5	0	?	1	2	1	2
61	Collins, Cooper	INT	?	0	0	25	18	7	14	0	5	0	?	1	3	6	0
43	Coulson, Koby	FPL	?	1	0	16	5	11	3	0	8	0	?	0	1	1	2
51	Cramp, Lachlan	RR	?	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	2
42	Eastham, Asher	HFFR	?	2	0	11	8	3	7	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	2
36	Evans, Zak	C	?	1	1	25	12	13	8	0	0	4	?	0	1	0	6
60	Gilmore, Ryan	INT	?	2	1	13	8	5	6	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	1
46	Graham, Caleb	RU	?	0	0	20	16	4	12	0	0	0	?	0	3	4	0
58	Gray, Harrison	INT	?	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
63	Harris, Jonah	INT	?	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	2	1	?	0	1	0	0
12	Himmelberg, Elliott	FB	?	0	1	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	2
44	Jepson, Ben	FF	?	0	0	28	13	15	7	0	1	7	?	2	0	0	7
37	Knobel, Max	WR	?	1	1	14	7	7	3	33	4	5	?	2	4	3	2
45	Lewis, Caleb	FPR	?	0	0	23	17	6	10	0	3	1	?	2	0	8	0
35	Murray, Jai	WL	?	0	0	22	16	6	5	0	6	3	?	2	0	1	4
30	Patterson, Dylan	CHB	?	1	1	15	7	8	3	0	1	2	?	0	0	1	4
13	Sexton, Alex (c)	BPR	?	0	0	26	18	8	10	0	0	0	?	0	0	9	0
54	Snowball, Lucas	RO	?	0	0	9	5	4	2	0	2	0	?	2	0	0	0
24	Swallow, David	HBFL	?	1	0	10	5	5	3	0	1	1	?	1	2	0	3
41	Thomas, Avery	CHF	?	0	0	19	11	8	5	0	0	1	?	1	1	3	2
Rushed					5
Total (23 players)				11	11	361	211	150	121	38	41	26	0+	16	20	41	41

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
	10	C. Ballard	12	E. Himmelberg	13	A. Sexton (c)	50	D. MacPherson	64	M. Keast
	49	T. Dow	46	R. Hansen	39	T. Blamires	56	A. Noblett	67	S. Linder
FORWARD							59	I. Markovsky	70	O. Lowe
HALF-BACK									61	G. Papal
	24	D. Swallow	30	D. Patterson	31	C. Bell			74	O. Vandam
	37	C. Harvey	35	M. Whitlock	33	B. George
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	35	J. Murray	36	Z. Evans	37	M. Knobel
	32	T. Pink	31	J. Goater	28	H. Mikunda	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							46	C. Graham	62	T. Bennett
HALF-FORWARD							51	L. Cramp	61	C. Collins
	38	B. Addinsall	41	A. Thomas	42	A. Eastham	54	L. Snowball	60	R. Gilmore
	22	T. Goad	21	C. Coleman-Jones	16	Z. Fisher			58	H. Gray
HALF-BACK									63	J. Harris
FORWARD
	43	K. Coulson	44	B. Jepson	45	C. Lewis
	8	B. Scott	4	A. Corr	1	L. Dovaston
BACK
Gold Coast Reserves							Coach: Tate Kaesler

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLR	Bailey Scott goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:38
	GCSR	Cooper Bell behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	02:53
	GCSR	Rushed behind	1.0.6	-	0.2.2	06:42
	GCSR	Dylan Patterson goal	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	10:01
	GCSR	Rushed behind	1.0.6	-	1.3.9	11:12
	GCSR	Koby Coulson goal	1.0.6	-	2.3.15	13:14
	GCSR	Tommy Bennett goal	1.0.6	-	3.3.21	14:31
	NMLR	Zac Fisher goal	2.0.12	-	3.3.21	15:54
	GCSR	Rushed behind	2.0.12	-	3.4.22	16:59
	GCSR	Dylan Patterson behind	2.0.12	-	3.5.23	21:49
	NMLR	Taylor Goad goal	3.0.18	-	3.5.23	23:22
	NMLR	Taylor Goad goal	4.0.24	-	3.5.23	24:58
	GCSR	Ryan Gilmore goal	4.0.24	-	4.5.29	26:19
	GCSR	David Swallow goal	4.0.24	-	5.5.35	29:55
Q2	GCSR	Max Knobel behind	4.0.24	-	5.6.36	01:59
	GCSR	Max Knobel goal	4.0.24	-	6.6.42	07:02
	NMLR	Thomson Dow goal	5.0.30	-	6.6.42	08:38
	NMLR	Samuel Linder goal	6.0.36	-	6.6.42	12:44
	NMLR	Isaiah Markovsky behind	6.1.37	-	6.6.42	19:10
	NMLR	Rushed behind	6.2.38	-	6.6.42	20:40
	NMLR	Zac Fisher behind	6.3.39	-	6.6.42	23:03
	NMLR	Taylor Goad behind	6.4.40	-	6.6.42	24:21
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe behind	6.5.41	-	6.6.42	25:51
	NMLR	Brayden George goal	7.5.47	-	6.6.42	27:03
Q3	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston goal	8.5.53	-	6.6.42	02:11
	GCSR	Zak Evans goal	8.5.53	-	7.6.48	05:05
	GCSR	Asher Eastham goal	8.5.53	-	8.6.54	06:40
	NMLR	Isaiah Markovsky goal	9.5.59	-	8.6.54	11:04
	GCSR	Cooper Bell goal	9.5.59	-	9.6.60	12:58
	GCSR	Ryan Gilmore behind	9.5.59	-	9.7.61	16:20
	GCSR	Ryan Gilmore goal	9.5.59	-	10.7.67	17:03
	GCSR	Asher Eastham goal	9.5.59	-	11.7.73	25:09
	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston behind	9.6.60	-	11.7.73	27:56
	GCSR	Elliott Himmelberg behind	9.6.60	-	11.8.74	29:30
Q4	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston goal	10.6.66	-	11.8.74	00:52
	NMLR	Gus Papal behind	10.7.67	-	11.8.74	03:14
	GCSR	Zak Evans behind	10.7.67	-	11.9.75	07:38
	GCSR	Rushed behind	10.7.67	-	11.10.76	09:22
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock behind	10.8.68	-	11.10.76	10:26
	NMLR	Gus Papal behind	10.9.69	-	11.10.76	12:28
	GCSR	Rushed behind	10.9.69	-	11.11.77	14:27
	NMLR	Zac Fisher goal	11.9.75	-	11.11.77	14:53
	NMLR	Isaiah Markovsky behind	11.10.76	-	11.11.77	16:17
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe behind	11.11.77	-	11.11.77	20:57
	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston behind	11.12.78	-	11.11.77	21:29
	NMLR	Zac Fisher goal	12.12.84	-	11.11.77	22:41
	NMLR	Darcy MacPherson goal	13.12.90	-	11.11.77	25:23

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