2026 VFL Season Round 12: Casey v Essendon Reserves
This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 2026 between Casey and the Essendon Reserves during round twelve of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League.
Casey hosted the Essendon Reserves at Casey Fields.
Xavier O'Neill captained the visitors with Jackson Hately as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Rhett McLennan and the visitors were coached by Cameron Joyce.
Casey (16.11.107) defeated the Essendon Reserves (11.9.75).
Match Details
Season:
2026 VFL Season
Round:
Round 12
Teams:
Casey
v
Essendon Reserves
Date:
Sunday 14 June 2026
Time:
2:05 PM
Venue:
Casey Fields
Match Results
Outcome:
Casey
def.
Essendon Reserves
Score:
16.11.107 - 11.9.75
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Casey | 3 | . | 5 | 9 | . | 8 | 12 | . | 9 | 16 | . | 11 | 16 | . | 11 | (107) |
| Essendon Reserves | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | 7 | . | 7 | 11 | . | 9 | 11 | . | 9 | (75) |
| Margin | CASY by 15 | CASY by 46 | CASY by 32 | CASY by 32 | CASY by 32 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 27:31 | 29:12 | 30:15 | 31:47 | 1:58:45 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Casey) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon Reserves) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Casey
Captain: unknownCoach: Rhett McLennan
Essendon Reserves
Captain: Xavier O'NeillVice-Captain: Jackson Hately
Coach: Cameron Joyce
Player Statistics
Casey
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 55 | Bergman, Miller | FPR | ? | 1 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 38 | Berry, Oscar | WR | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 72 | Cheffers, Luke | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 75 | Craven, Jesse | INT | ? | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 56 | D'Angelo, Luis | RU | ? | 1 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ? | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 76 | Gatt, Jarrod | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Heath, Max | HBFR | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 4 | ? | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 43 | Henderson, Jack | HFFR | ? | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 8 | ? | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | Jefferson, Matthew | HBFL | ? | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Jiath, Changkuoth | BPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 58 | Lual, Luamon | RR | ? | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Mapley, Max | FPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | ? | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 20 | Matthews, Thomas | BPR | ? | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | McDonald, Tom | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 39 | Mentha, Ricky | HFFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ? | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 40 | Onley, Riley | CHF | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Pickett, Latrelle | WL | ? | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 66 | Scapin, Jobe | INT | ? | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 53 | Sruk, Tyson | FF | ? | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 64 | Stanley, Ethan | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 63 | Tatterson, Harry | RO | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Taylor, Xavier | FB | ? | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | White, Kalani | C | ? | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 16 | 11 | 368 | 200 | 168 | 101 | 27 | 58 | 29 | 0+ | 26 | 22 | 34 | 59 | |||
Essendon Reserves
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Akuei, Domanic | FPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 72 | Allison, James | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Artemis, Jaxon | HBFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ? | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 74 | Binns, Jaxon | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ? | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 39 | Bourke, Cillian | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Brodie, Ryan | INT | ? | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Clohesy, Max | FF | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 73 | Dowling, Boston | RO | ? | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 3 | ? | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | Edwards, Thomas | WL | ? | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 53 | Egan, Jake | CHF | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 41 | El-Hawli, Saad | HBFR | ? | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 80 | Ferronato, Kristian | INT | ? | 1 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | ? | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | Gerreyn, Kayle | FB | ? | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Gresham, Jade | BPL | ? | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ? | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 50 | Hately, Jackson (vc) | C | ? | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ? | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 52 | Kalpakis, Deacon | HFFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Kondogiannis, Max | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 51 | McKay, Solly | WR | ? | 0 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ? | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 71 | Monteath, Lachlan | RR | ? | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 65 | Nyko, Cam | RU | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 55 | O'Neill, Xavier (c) | HFFR | ? | 1 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 8 | ? | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 75 | Sellers, Tyler | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 59 | Uerata, Dayten | FPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 11 | 9 | 369 | 220 | 149 | 106 | 34 | 57 | 35 | 0+ | 22 | 26 | 41 | 45 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Casey | Coach: Rhett McLennan | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
| 11 | J. Gresham | 19 | K. Gerreyn | 29 | M. Kondogiannis | 56 | L. D'Angelo | 72 | L. Cheffers | ||||||
| 55 | M. Bergman | 53 | T. Sruk | M. Mapley | 58 | L. Lual | 75 | J. Craven | |||||||
| FORWARD | 63 | H. Tatterson | 76 | J. Gatt | |||||||||||
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| 34 | J. Artemis | 39 | C. Bourke | 41 | S. El-Hawli |
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| 43 | J. Henderson | 40 | R. Onley | 39 | R. Mentha |
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| 45 | T. Edwards | 50 | J. Hately (vc) | 51 | S. McKay |
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| 38 | O. Berry | 34 | K. White | 33 | L. Pickett | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 65 | C. Nyko | 72 | J. Allison | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 71 | L. Monteath | 74 | J. Binns | |||||||||||
| 52 | D. Kalpakis | 53 | J. Egan | 55 | X. O'Neill (c) | 73 | B. Dowling | 60 | R. Brodie | ||||||
| 27 | M. Heath | 25 | T. McDonald | 21 | M. Jefferson |
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| 59 | D. Uerata | 63 | M. Clohesy | 64 | D. Akuei |
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| 20 | T. Matthews | 19 | X. Taylor | 14 | C. Jiath |
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| Essendon Reserves | Coach: Cameron Joyce | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | ESSR | Thomas Edwards behind | 0.0.0 | - | 0.1.1 | 00:38 |
| CASY | Matthew Jefferson goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.1.1 | 01:40 | |
| ESSR | Kayle Gerreyn goal | 1.0.6 | - | 1.1.7 | 07:45 | |
| CASY | Rushed behind | 1.1.7 | - | 1.1.7 | 08:52 | |
| CASY | Thomas Matthews behind | 1.2.8 | - | 1.1.7 | 10:32 | |
| CASY | Luke Cheffers goal | 2.2.14 | - | 1.1.7 | 11:31 | |
| ESSR | Lachlan Monteath behind | 2.2.14 | - | 1.2.8 | 16:16 | |
| CASY | Jobe Scapin behind | 2.3.15 | - | 1.2.8 | 18:56 | |
| CASY | Jack Henderson behind | 2.4.16 | - | 1.2.8 | 21:27 | |
| CASY | Matthew Jefferson goal | 3.4.22 | - | 1.2.8 | 23:59 | |
| CASY | Tyson Sruk behind | 3.5.23 | - | 1.2.8 | 25:08 | |
| Q2 | CASY | Jesse Craven behind | 3.6.24 | - | 1.2.8 | 00:56 |
| CASY | Matthew Jefferson goal | 4.6.30 | - | 1.2.8 | 02:55 | |
| ESSR | Kristian Ferronato behind | 4.6.30 | - | 1.3.9 | 04:52 | |
| ESSR | Rushed behind | 4.6.30 | - | 1.4.10 | 05:55 | |
| CASY | Latrelle Pickett behind | 4.7.31 | - | 1.4.10 | 07:36 | |
| ESSR | Ryan Brodie goal | 4.7.31 | - | 2.4.16 | 08:33 | |
| CASY | Kalani White behind | 4.8.32 | - | 2.4.16 | 10:22 | |
| CASY | Matthew Jefferson goal | 5.8.38 | - | 2.4.16 | 11:05 | |
| CASY | Matthew Jefferson goal | 6.8.44 | - | 2.4.16 | 14:34 | |
| CASY | Luis D'Angelo goal | 7.8.50 | - | 2.4.16 | 20:20 | |
| CASY | Jack Henderson goal | 8.8.56 | - | 2.4.16 | 22:45 | |
| CASY | Kalani White goal | 9.8.62 | - | 2.4.16 | 24:41 | |
| Q3 | ESSR | Rushed behind | 9.8.62 | - | 2.5.17 | 01:49 |
| CASY | Rushed behind | 9.9.63 | - | 2.5.17 | 02:32 | |
| ESSR | Saad El-Hawli behind | 9.9.63 | - | 2.6.18 | 03:52 | |
| ESSR | Kayle Gerreyn goal | 9.9.63 | - | 3.6.24 | 07:26 | |
| CASY | Jobe Scapin goal | 10.9.69 | - | 3.6.24 | 09:51 | |
| ESSR | Boston Dowling goal | 10.9.69 | - | 4.6.30 | 12:08 | |
| ESSR | Ryan Brodie goal | 10.9.69 | - | 5.6.36 | 14:18 | |
| ESSR | Solly McKay behind | 10.9.69 | - | 5.7.37 | 18:14 | |
| CASY | Jarrod Gatt goal | 11.9.75 | - | 5.7.37 | 18:58 | |
| ESSR | Saad El-Hawli goal | 11.9.75 | - | 6.7.43 | 20:37 | |
| CASY | Max Heath goal | 12.9.81 | - | 6.7.43 | 23:20 | |
| ESSR | Thomas Edwards goal | 12.9.81 | - | 7.7.49 | 24:52 | |
| Q4 | ESSR | Thomas Edwards behind | 12.9.81 | - | 7.8.50 | 01:15 |
| CASY | Rushed behind | 12.10.82 | - | 7.8.50 | 03:40 | |
| CASY | Luamon Lual behind | 12.11.83 | - | 7.8.50 | 04:37 | |
| CASY | Xavier Taylor goal | 13.11.89 | - | 7.8.50 | 05:33 | |
| CASY | Kalani White goal | 14.11.95 | - | 7.8.50 | 08:29 | |
| ESSR | Kristian Ferronato goal | 14.11.95 | - | 8.8.56 | 10:45 | |
| ESSR | Jade Gresham goal | 14.11.95 | - | 9.8.62 | 14:06 | |
| ESSR | Thomas Edwards behind | 14.11.95 | - | 9.9.63 | 21:23 | |
| CASY | Latrelle Pickett goal | 15.11.101 | - | 9.9.63 | 22:51 | |
| ESSR | Kayle Gerreyn goal | 15.11.101 | - | 10.9.69 | 27:17 | |
| CASY | Miller Bergman goal | 16.11.107 | - | 10.9.69 | 29:01 | |
| ESSR | Xavier O'Neill goal | 16.11.107 | - | 11.9.75 | 30:49 | |