2026 VFL Season Round 18: Brisbane Lions Reserves v North Melbourne Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 2026 between the Brisbane Lions Reserves and the North Melbourne Reserves during round eighteen of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Brisbane Lions Reserves hosted the North Melbourne Reserves at Brighton Homes Arena. The hosts were coached by Scott Borlace and the visitors were coached by Adam Marcon.

The Brisbane Lions Reserves (20.11.131) defeated the North Melbourne Reserves (19.4.118).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Brisbane Lions Reserves v North Melbourne Reserves
Date: Saturday 25 July 2026
Time: 10:45 AM
Venue: Brighton Homes Arena

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions Reserves def. North Melbourne Reserves
Score: 20.11.131 - 19.4.118

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions Reserves	4	.	1	11	.	2	19	.	6	20	.	11	20	.	11	(131)
North Melbourne Reserves	5	.	0	13	.	0	16	.	0	19	.	4	19	.	4	(118)
Margin	NMLR by 5			NMLR by 10			BRLR by 24			BRLR by 13			BRLR by 13
Duration	31:18			36:47			35:23			29:10			2:12:38

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Brisbane Lions Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Scott Borlace

North Melbourne Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Marcon

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Abberley, Tahj	RR	?	0	0	14	9	5	4	0	0	1	?	0	1	0	2
4	Allen, Oscar	BPL	?	2	0	10	5	5	2	2	2	0	?	2	2	0	0
14	Annable, Daniel	HBFL	?	1	0	37	20	17	8	0	2	5	?	0	2	0	8
17	Beecken, Luke	CHB	?	1	1	16	12	4	5	0	4	3	?	0	0	5	2
34	Brain, Shadeau	CHF	?	0	0	22	20	2	10	0	0	0	?	0	0	5	1
37	Curtin, Cody	FPL	?	0	2	6	5	1	4	3	2	0	?	0	0	0	2
12	Doedee, Tom	BPR	?	0	0	11	9	2	7	1	2	0	?	0	1	4	0
63	Duke, Ethan	INT	?	0	1	15	5	10	2	0	3	4	?	1	0	0	2
52	Dunkley, Kyle	INT	?	0	0	17	10	7	4	0	3	4	?	1	1	2	5
24	Evans, Koby	WR	?	1	1	13	9	4	5	0	4	2	?	0	0	0	3
42	Hayes, Tai	RU	?	2	1	19	14	5	8	0	1	2	?	1	0	3	1
54	Hodge, Cooper	INT	?	2	0	16	8	8	0	0	2	3	?	3	1	0	4
41	Joyce, Darragh	FPR	?	0	0	22	16	6	8	0	1	0	?	0	0	4	0
19	Lloyd, Luke	HBFR	?	0	0	8	6	2	4	0	1	0	?	1	0	1	0
20	Marshall, Sam	WL	?	0	0	29	17	12	6	0	3	1	?	1	1	1	3
49	McCarthy, Curtis	RO	?	0	0	5	2	3	1	0	5	0	?	1	0	0	2
11	McCarthy, Lincoln	FB	?	0	0	20	15	5	1	0	3	1	?	0	1	4	3
28	McLachlan, Will	HFFL	?	8	0	17	15	2	7	0	3	0	?	2	1	0	4
39	Murphy, Ben	FF	?	2	1	10	7	3	4	0	3	0	?	0	2	0	4
59	Murray, Caylen	INT	?	0	0	13	7	6	3	0	3	1	?	0	0	2	1
67	Tilley, Sam	INT	?	1	2	24	12	12	3	0	4	6	?	2	1	0	7
36	Torrent, Reece	HFFR	?	0	0	16	11	5	5	0	2	1	?	0	1	1	2
21	Zakostelsky, Zane	C	?	0	0	21	9	12	4	21	3	9	?	2	0	0	7
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				20	11	381	243	138	105	27	56	43	0+	17	15	32	63

North Melbourne Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
39	Blamires, Tom	C	?	1	0	32	18	14	6	0	2	2	?	1	1	3	9
40	Brewer, Lachy	WR	?	0	0	10	4	6	3	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
72	Byrne, Hugh	INT	?	0	0	7	4	3	0	0	2	0	?	1	1	1	0
54	Commandeur, Ryan	INT	?	0	0	13	8	5	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	7	0
18	Dawson, Wil	HBFL	?	3	1	18	13	5	7	26	7	2	?	0	1	3	1
1	Dovaston, Lachy	BPL	?	0	0	12	5	7	0	0	1	0	?	0	2	0	2
49	Dow, Thomson	FPL	?	1	0	35	10	25	3	0	5	8	?	1	0	0	6
16	Fisher, Zac	BPR	?	0	0	27	9	18	4	0	1	4	?	0	0	1	2
33	George, Brayden	HBFR	?	0	1	14	10	4	5	0	2	0	?	1	1	0	2
22	Goad, Taylor	CHB	?	1	0	15	4	11	2	27	3	5	?	0	2	2	1
55	Gollant, Lachlan	FPR	?	0	0	19	13	6	5	0	1	0	?	2	1	7	0
42	Griffin, Oliver	HFFL	?	1	1	8	3	5	1	0	4	0	?	0	0	0	1
46	Hansen, Robert	CHF	?	1	0	23	15	8	4	0	2	1	?	1	1	6	4
64	Keast, Mathew	RR	?	0	0	24	10	14	1	0	6	7	?	2	0	0	6
62	Kneipp, Felix	RU	?	2	0	25	10	15	5	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	1
48	Lambert, Will	HFFR	?	0	0	9	5	4	1	0	3	2	?	2	1	0	3
67	Linder, Samuel	RO	?	0	0	16	10	6	1	0	0	0	?	0	1	2	0
70	Lowe, Oliver	INT	?	3	0	15	10	5	5	0	0	1	?	2	0	0	3
50	MacPherson, Darcy	FF	?	1	0	35	17	18	4	0	5	7	?	0	2	7	4
36	Stevens, River	WL	?	2	0	7	4	3	4	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	0
79	Tarrant, James	INT	?	3	0	10	6	4	4	3	1	1	?	0	0	0	1
14	Urquhart, Luke	FB	?	0	0	22	9	13	1	0	9	6	?	2	0	1	2
74	Vandam, Oscar	INT	?	0	0	15	9	6	4	0	1	0	?	0	2	2	4
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				19	4	411	206	205	70	56	57	46	0+	15	17	42	52

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

Brisbane Lions Reserves							Coach: Scott Borlace
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	1	L. Dovaston	14	L. Urquhart	16	Z. Fisher	42	T. Hayes	63	E. Duke
	41	D. Joyce	39	B. Murphy	37	C. Curtin	48	T. Abberley	52	K. Dunkley
FORWARD							49	C. McCarthy	54	C. Hodge
HALF-BACK									59	C. Murray
	18	W. Dawson	22	T. Goad	33	B. George			67	S. Tilley
	36	R. Torrent	34	S. Brain	28	W. McLachlan
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	36	R. Stevens	39	T. Blamires	40	L. Brewer
	24	K. Evans	21	Z. Zakostelsky	20	S. Marshall	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							62	F. Kneipp	72	H. Byrne
HALF-FORWARD							64	M. Keast	54	R. Commandeur
	42	O. Griffin	46	R. Hansen	48	W. Lambert	67	S. Linder	70	O. Lowe
	19	L. Lloyd	17	L. Beecken	14	D. Annable			79	J. Tarrant
HALF-BACK									74	O. Vandam
FORWARD
	49	T. Dow	50	D. MacPherson	55	L. Gollant
	12	T. Doedee	11	L. McCarthy	4	O. Allen
BACK
North Melbourne Reserves							Coach: Adam Marcon

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BRLR	Sam Tilley behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	04:24
	NMLR	James Tarrant goal	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	05:40
	NMLR	Taylor Goad goal	0.1.1	-	2.0.12	08:34
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	0.1.1	-	3.0.18	13:24
	BRLR	Koby Evans goal	1.1.7	-	3.0.18	14:41
	BRLR	Sam Tilley goal	2.1.13	-	3.0.18	15:51
	BRLR	Daniel Annable goal	3.1.19	-	3.0.18	17:16
	NMLR	Robert Hansen goal	3.1.19	-	4.0.24	19:52
	NMLR	River Stevens goal	3.1.19	-	5.0.30	22:31
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	4.1.25	-	5.0.30	27:06
Q2	BRLR	Ben Murphy goal	5.1.31	-	5.0.30	01:26
	BRLR	Oscar Allen goal	6.1.37	-	5.0.30	04:53
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	6.1.37	-	6.0.36	06:51
	NMLR	James Tarrant goal	6.1.37	-	7.0.42	11:54
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	7.1.43	-	7.0.42	13:34
	NMLR	River Stevens goal	7.1.43	-	8.0.48	15:03
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	8.1.49	-	8.0.48	16:41
	BRLR	Ben Murphy behind	8.2.50	-	8.0.48	19:24
	BRLR	Tai Hayes goal	9.2.56	-	8.0.48	19:49
	NMLR	Tom Blamires goal	9.2.56	-	9.0.54	21:08
	NMLR	Darcy MacPherson goal	9.2.56	-	10.0.60	22:17
	BRLR	Tai Hayes goal	10.2.62	-	10.0.60	26:08
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	11.2.68	-	10.0.60	29:03
	NMLR	Wil Dawson goal	11.2.68	-	11.0.66	30:54
	NMLR	Felix Kneipp goal	11.2.68	-	12.0.72	34:54
	NMLR	Wil Dawson goal	11.2.68	-	13.0.78	36:38
Q3	BRLR	Luke Beecken goal	12.2.74	-	13.0.78	01:58
	BRLR	Cooper Hodge goal	13.2.80	-	13.0.78	04:16
	BRLR	Oscar Allen goal	14.2.86	-	13.0.78	10:01
	NMLR	Oliver Griffin goal	14.2.86	-	14.0.84	14:33
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	15.2.92	-	14.0.84	17:19
	BRLR	Luke Beecken behind	15.3.93	-	14.0.84	19:35
	BRLR	Koby Evans behind	15.4.94	-	14.0.84	20:58
	BRLR	Tai Hayes behind	15.5.95	-	14.0.84	22:43
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	15.5.95	-	15.0.90	24:18
	BRLR	Cooper Hodge goal	16.5.101	-	15.0.90	26:21
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	17.5.107	-	15.0.90	27:48
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	18.5.113	-	15.0.90	30:33
	NMLR	Thomson Dow goal	18.5.113	-	16.0.96	32:05
	BRLR	Ben Murphy goal	19.5.119	-	16.0.96	33:18
	BRLR	Sam Tilley behind	19.6.120	-	16.0.96	34:51
Q4	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	20.6.126	-	16.0.96	02:17
	NMLR	Brayden George behind	20.6.126	-	16.1.97	03:27
	NMLR	Rushed behind	20.6.126	-	16.2.98	03:52
	BRLR	Ethan Duke behind	20.7.127	-	16.2.98	08:10
	BRLR	Cody Curtin behind	20.8.128	-	16.2.98	08:50
	NMLR	Felix Kneipp goal	20.8.128	-	17.2.104	11:12
	NMLR	James Tarrant goal	20.8.128	-	18.2.110	14:11
	BRLR	Rushed behind	20.9.129	-	18.2.110	17:29
	BRLR	Rushed behind	20.10.130	-	18.2.110	18:21
	NMLR	Wil Dawson behind	20.10.130	-	18.3.111	19:53
	NMLR	Wil Dawson goal	20.10.130	-	19.3.117	20:48
	NMLR	Oliver Griffin behind	20.10.130	-	19.4.118	22:37
	BRLR	Cody Curtin behind	20.11.131	-	19.4.118	28:58

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