2026 VFL Season Round 14: North Melbourne Reserves v Essendon Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 2026 between the North Melbourne Reserves and the Essendon Reserves during round fourteen of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The North Melbourne Reserves hosted the Essendon Reserves at Arden Street Oval. Xavier O'Neill captained the visitors with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Adam Marcon and the visitors were coached by Cameron Joyce.

The North Melbourne Reserves (14.8.92) defeated the Essendon Reserves (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: North Melbourne Reserves v Essendon Reserves
Date: Sunday 28 June 2026
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne Reserves def. Essendon Reserves
Score: 14.8.92 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne Reserves	5	.	1	6	.	4	9	.	6	14	.	8	14	.	8	(92)
Essendon Reserves	1	.	5	4	.	7	11	.	9	13	.	11	13	.	11	(89)
Margin	NMLR by 20			NMLR by 9			ESSR by 15			NMLR by 3			NMLR by 3
Duration	29:04			26:06			34:28			30:58			2:00:36

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 (Essendon Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Marcon

Essendon Reserves

Captain: Xavier O'Neill
Vice-Captain: Jackson Hately
Coach: Cameron Joyce

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	WR	?	1	0	16	8	8	4	0	3	3	?	3	0	1	1
40	Brewer, Lachy	RU	?	0	0	9	5	4	3	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	1
72	Byrne, Hugh	INT	?	1	0	6	4	2	2	1	0	0	?	1	0	0	0
1	Dovaston, Lachy	HFFR	?	2	0	9	7	2	3	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	3
16	Fisher, Zac	INT	?	0	0	26	15	11	10	0	0	3	?	0	0	3	3
33	George, Brayden	HFFL	?	0	0	18	9	9	4	0	3	0	?	1	2	1	5
22	Goad, Taylor	RO	?	0	0	10	3	7	0	23	4	5	?	2	1	1	4
42	Griffin, Oliver	RR	?	3	0	10	8	2	4	0	5	0	?	2	1	0	1
46	Hansen, Robert	HBFL	?	0	1	19	9	10	5	0	0	1	?	0	0	3	2
17	Hardeman, Riley	FB	?	0	0	18	14	4	6	0	2	0	?	1	0	7	0
64	Keast, Mathew	WL	?	2	2	34	18	16	5	0	5	8	?	1	2	0	6
62	Kneipp, Felix	FF	?	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	4	0	?	1	0	0	2
67	Linder, Samuel	HBFR	?	0	0	15	10	5	5	0	2	0	?	1	0	3	1
19	Logue, Griffin	INT	?	0	0	19	16	3	6	0	2	0	?	1	1	3	1
70	Lowe, Oliver	CHB	?	2	0	17	12	5	4	0	4	4	?	1	0	0	7
28	Mikunda, Hugo	BPR	?	0	0	13	8	5	4	0	2	0	?	0	1	2	2
61	Papal, Gus	BPL	?	0	0	7	2	5	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	0
24	Powell, Tom	INT	?	0	0	19	6	13	3	0	2	2	?	0	0	1	2
8	Scott, Bailey	C	?	1	1	31	19	12	6	0	2	4	?	0	1	3	6
36	Stevens, River	INT	?	1	0	16	13	3	7	0	1	0	?	1	0	1	6
79	Tarrant, James	FPR	?	1	0	12	4	8	3	6	7	5	?	1	2	0	1
74	Vandam, Oscar	FPL	?	0	0	16	8	8	3	0	7	1	?	0	0	3	2
35	Whitlock, Matt	CHF	?	0	1	13	4	9	3	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				14	8	362	206	156	96	30	61	36	0+	19	12	33	57

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
72	Allison, James	INT	?	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	1
34	Artemis, Jaxon	HBFL	?	0	1	12	8	4	5	0	2	0	?	0	2	4	1
74	Binns, Jaxon	INT	?	0	0	30	20	10	11	0	2	0	?	1	0	3	3
39	Bourke, Cillian	CHB	?	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	?	0	1	2	0
60	Brodie, Ryan	INT	?	1	1	5	4	1	2	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	0
36	Clarke, Angus	INT	?	0	0	9	7	2	3	0	1	2	?	0	1	2	1
13	Cox, Nik	INT	?	2	1	15	11	4	9	7	2	2	?	1	0	1	5
73	Dowling, Boston	RO	?	1	0	13	9	4	8	13	1	0	?	0	0	1	2
45	Edwards, Thomas	WL	?	1	1	7	3	4	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	0
80	Ferronato, Kristian	INT	?	0	1	22	16	6	5	0	2	3	?	0	0	1	6
11	Gresham, Jade	BPL	?	3	0	12	7	5	3	0	3	1	?	1	2	1	1
35	Guelfi, Matt	FB	?	2	1	10	6	4	3	0	2	1	?	0	1	0	2
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	C	?	0	0	28	18	10	8	0	6	6	?	2	1	1	8
52	Kalpakis, Deacon	HFFL	?	0	0	17	9	8	9	0	1	0	?	2	2	3	0
29	Kondogiannis, Max	BPR	?	0	0	27	19	8	8	0	2	0	?	0	3	5	4
51	McKay, Solly	WR	?	0	0	17	7	10	2	0	0	1	?	1	1	0	1
42	Nguyen, Jayden	HBFR	?	1	2	14	10	4	6	0	3	1	?	0	1	1	4
65	Nyko, Cam	RU	?	0	0	20	16	4	6	0	1	0	?	1	0	6	3
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	HFFR	?	1	0	26	10	16	6	0	1	3	?	1	0	2	3
75	Sellers, Tyler	INT	?	0	0	18	14	4	11	0	1	0	?	0	1	3	2
5	Tsatas, Elijah	INT	?	0	0	36	12	24	7	0	2	11	?	0	0	6	2
59	Uerata, Dayten	FPL	?	1	2	6	4	2	1	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	1
17	Visentini, Vigo	INT	?	0	0	13	4	9	2	15	1	3	?	1	0	1	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				13	11	368	220	148	118	35	39	35	0+	12	18	43	50

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
	11	J. Gresham	35	M. Guelfi	29	M. Kondogiannis	40	L. Brewer	72	H. Byrne
	79	J. Tarrant	62	F. Kneipp	74	O. Vandam	42	O. Griffin	16	Z. Fisher
FORWARD							22	T. Goad	19	G. Logue
HALF-BACK									24	T. Powell
	34	J. Artemis	39	C. Bourke	42	J. Nguyen			36	R. Stevens
	1	L. Dovaston	35	M. Whitlock	33	B. George
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	45	T. Edwards	50	J. Hately (vc)	51	S. McKay
	45	Z. Banch	8	B. Scott	64	M. Keast	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							65	C. Nyko	72	J. Allison
HALF-FORWARD							73	B. Dowling	74	J. Binns
	52	D. Kalpakis			55	X. O'Neill (c)			60	R. Brodie
	67	S. Linder	70	O. Lowe	46	R. Hansen			36	A. Clarke
HALF-BACK									13	N. Cox
FORWARD									80	K. Ferronato
	59	D. Uerata							75	T. Sellers
	28	H. Mikunda	17	R. Hardeman	61	G. Papal			5	E. Tsatas
BACK									17	V. Visentini
Essendon Reserves							Coach: Cameron Joyce

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSR	Dayten Uerata behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:40
	NMLR	Mathew Keast goal	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	02:34
	NMLR	Bailey Scott goal	2.0.12	-	0.1.1	09:29
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	2.0.12	-	1.1.7	13:08
	NMLR	Oliver Griffin goal	3.0.18	-	1.1.7	14:58
	NMLR	Oliver Griffin goal	4.0.24	-	1.1.7	16:35
	ESSR	Jaxon Artemis behind	4.0.24	-	1.2.8	19:59
	ESSR	Rushed behind	4.0.24	-	1.3.9	20:44
	NMLR	Robert Hansen behind	4.1.25	-	1.3.9	21:31
	NMLR	Hugh Byrne goal	5.1.31	-	1.3.9	23:10
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	5.1.31	-	1.4.10	26:14
	ESSR	Nik Cox behind	5.1.31	-	1.5.11	27:23
Q2	NMLR	Rushed behind	5.2.32	-	1.5.11	02:40
	NMLR	Rushed behind	5.3.33	-	1.5.11	03:47
	NMLR	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	1.5.11	06:41
	NMLR	Mathew Keast goal	6.4.40	-	1.5.11	07:49
	ESSR	Boston Dowling goal	6.4.40	-	2.5.17	10:51
	ESSR	Thomas Edwards behind	6.4.40	-	2.6.18	13:07
	ESSR	Dayten Uerata goal	6.4.40	-	3.6.24	15:10
	ESSR	Dayten Uerata behind	6.4.40	-	3.7.25	20:46
	ESSR	Thomas Edwards goal	6.4.40	-	4.7.31	26:00
Q3	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	6.4.40	-	5.7.37	01:12
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	6.4.40	-	6.7.43	06:47
	ESSR	Ryan Brodie behind	6.4.40	-	6.8.44	08:57
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen behind	6.4.40	-	6.9.45	11:18
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	7.4.46	-	6.9.45	13:04
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	7.4.46	-	7.9.51	15:07
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen goal	7.4.46	-	8.9.57	16:36
	ESSR	Ryan Brodie goal	7.4.46	-	9.9.63	19:46
	NMLR	Bailey Scott behind	7.5.47	-	9.9.63	24:02
	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston goal	8.5.53	-	9.9.63	24:33
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock behind	8.6.54	-	9.9.63	26:17
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	8.6.54	-	10.9.69	29:53
	ESSR	Xavier O'Neill goal	8.6.54	-	11.9.75	30:49
	NMLR	River Stevens goal	9.6.60	-	11.9.75	33:21
Q4	NMLR	James Tarrant goal	10.6.66	-	11.9.75	01:34
	NMLR	Mathew Keast behind	10.7.67	-	11.9.75	04:33
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	10.7.67	-	12.9.81	06:57
	ESSR	Kristian Ferronato behind	10.7.67	-	12.10.82	08:50
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	10.7.67	-	13.10.88	12:03
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	11.7.73	-	13.10.88	13:59
	NMLR	Mathew Keast behind	11.8.74	-	13.10.88	17:53
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen behind	11.8.74	-	13.11.89	20:29
	NMLR	Oliver Griffin goal	12.8.80	-	13.11.89	21:30
	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston goal	13.8.86	-	13.11.89	24:46
	NMLR	Zac Banch goal	14.8.92	-	13.11.89	28:21

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