2026 VFL Season Round 21: North Melbourne Reserves v Geelong Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2026 between the North Melbourne Reserves and the Geelong Reserves during round twenty-one of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The North Melbourne Reserves hosted the Geelong Reserves at Arden Street Oval. The hosts were coached by Adam Marcon and the visitors were coached by Mark Corrigan.

The North Melbourne Reserves (12.7.79) were defeated by the Geelong Reserves (16.17.113).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: North Melbourne Reserves v Geelong Reserves
Date: Sunday 16 August 2026
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne Reserves def. by Geelong Reserves
Score: 12.7.79 - 16.17.113

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne Reserves	1	.	2	2	.	4	6	.	6	12	.	7	12	.	7	(79)
Geelong Reserves	5	.	5	8	.	9	14	.	10	16	.	17	16	.	17	(113)
Margin	GEER by 27			GEER by 41			GEER by 52			GEER by 34			GEER by 34
Duration	27:34			29:25			31:53			33:05			2:01:57

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 (Geelong Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Marcon

Geelong Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mark Corrigan

Player Statistics

North Melbourne Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
40	Brewer, Lachy	CHF	?	0	0	14	4	10	3	0	2	1	?	0	1	3	0
21	Coleman-Jones, Callum	INT	?	0	0	7	4	3	1	10	2	1	?	1	0	1	3
1	Dovaston, Lachy	BPL	?	1	0	14	5	9	0	0	3	3	?	2	0	1	1
49	Dow, Thomson	FF	?	0	0	22	11	11	1	0	5	8	?	1	0	1	2
16	Fisher, Zac	HBFL	?	1	0	31	13	18	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	5	2
33	George, Brayden	WL	?	2	0	14	4	10	3	0	1	2	?	0	0	0	1
22	Goad, Taylor	CHB	?	0	0	9	5	4	2	28	2	4	?	1	3	2	0
31	Goater, Josh	INT	?	0	0	26	13	13	6	0	0	1	?	0	1	5	1
55	Gollant, Lachlan	RU	?	0	0	10	7	3	3	0	1	1	?	0	1	2	0
42	Griffin, Oliver	HFFR	?	3	1	10	5	5	3	0	2	1	?	1	1	0	2
75	Harris, Sam	INT	?	1	2	8	5	3	3	0	1	1	?	0	0	0	0
37	Harvey, Cooper	HFFL	?	0	0	43	28	15	13	0	6	4	?	1	0	12	1
62	Kneipp, Felix	RR	?	0	0	21	11	10	4	0	4	0	?	2	0	2	2
70	Lowe, Oliver	INT	?	2	0	12	9	3	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	1
50	MacPherson, Darcy	FPR	?	0	0	18	10	8	6	0	3	0	?	2	0	1	0
28	Mikunda, Hugo	HBFR	?	0	0	12	5	7	4	0	4	0	?	0	1	2	1
24	Powell, Tom	INT	?	1	0	13	6	7	2	0	4	1	?	0	1	0	2
63	Rice, Kieran	RO	?	0	1	29	17	12	8	0	4	3	?	1	0	3	1
8	Scott, Bailey	FB	?	0	1	41	21	20	8	0	8	7	?	1	1	4	5
36	Stevens, River	WR	?	0	0	8	6	2	3	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	3
14	Urquhart, Luke	BPR	?	0	1	15	8	7	3	0	6	5	?	2	0	2	3
74	Vandam, Oscar	FPL	?	0	0	11	5	6	6	0	2	0	?	0	2	2	0
35	Whitlock, Matt	C	?	1	0	9	7	2	7	0	0	0	?	1	0	0	3
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				12	7	397	209	188	98	38	64	44	0+	16	12	51	34

Geelong Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
57	Ballantyne, Jamieson	FPR	?	4	1	9	8	1	3	0	0	1	?	3	0	1	0
24	Bews, Jed	HBFR	?	0	0	9	5	4	0	0	0	1	?	0	0	1	1
12	Bowes, Jack	BPR	?	1	0	19	9	10	7	0	4	2	?	0	2	0	5
41	Burke, Cillian	CHB	?	0	0	23	11	12	3	0	1	2	?	0	1	1	4
51	Costello, Jack	FF	?	0	0	16	7	9	2	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	5
27	Driscoll, Nick	HBFL	?	0	0	13	6	7	0	0	1	1	?	1	0	0	2
67	George, Kobe	HFFL	?	0	0	22	10	12	7	0	2	2	?	0	0	2	4
23	Hofmann, Lennox	WL	?	0	0	20	14	6	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	4	1
22	Holmes, Hunter	WR	?	0	1	21	11	10	3	0	0	0	?	0	0	3	4
74	Kelly, Patrick	RO	?	0	1	12	6	6	3	0	4	0	?	1	0	1	3
10	Knevitt, Mitch	FB	?	1	0	27	15	12	5	0	4	6	?	2	0	0	8
69	Kreuger, Nathan	RR	?	0	0	10	8	2	5	0	1	0	?	0	2	3	2
66	Lewis, Tanner	INT	?	0	1	9	3	6	5	2	4	0	?	0	1	0	1
19	Martin, Jack	CHF	?	1	2	11	4	7	2	0	5	0	?	0	2	0	2
25	Mellor, Jesse	HFFR	?	5	1	16	12	4	8	0	1	0	?	0	2	0	4
81	Peirce, Tom	INT	?	0	0	7	1	6	3	0	0	0	?	0	1	2	0
63	Pennisi, Ben	INT	?	1	1	10	7	3	5	0	2	0	?	0	3	0	2
37	Pike, Joe	RU	?	0	1	11	6	5	2	17	3	3	?	1	1	1	3
55	Rantall, Jay	INT	?	0	0	20	10	10	3	0	4	1	?	0	0	1	5
1	Stanley, Rhys	INT	?	2	3	19	13	6	5	19	5	6	?	3	0	0	5
15	Stevens, George	C	?	1	2	35	13	22	5	0	4	3	?	1	0	1	6
78	Stevens, Zach	FPL	?	0	0	7	2	5	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
76	Weidemann, Lachlan	BPL	?	0	0	8	3	5	2	0	4	0	?	0	1	1	0
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				16	17	354	184	170	83	38	52	29	0+	12	16	22	67

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
	76	L. Weidemann	10	M. Knevitt	12	J. Bowes	55	L. Gollant	21	C. Coleman-Jones
	50	D. MacPherson	49	T. Dow	74	O. Vandam	62	F. Kneipp	31	J. Goater
FORWARD							63	K. Rice	75	S. Harris
HALF-BACK									70	O. Lowe
	27	N. Driscoll	41	C. Burke	24	J. Bews			24	T. Powell
	42	O. Griffin	40	L. Brewer	37	C. Harvey
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	23	L. Hofmann	15	G. Stevens	22	H. Holmes
	36	R. Stevens	35	M. Whitlock	33	B. George	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							37	J. Pike	66	T. Lewis
HALF-FORWARD							69	N. Kreuger	81	T. Peirce
	67	K. George	19	J. Martin	25	J. Mellor	74	P. Kelly	63	B. Pennisi
	28	H. Mikunda	22	T. Goad	16	Z. Fisher			55	J. Rantall
HALF-BACK									1	R. Stanley
FORWARD
	78	Z. Stevens	51	J. Costello	57	J. Ballantyne
	14	L. Urquhart	8	B. Scott	1	L. Dovaston
BACK
Geelong Reserves							Coach: Mark Corrigan

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEER	Joe Pike behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:16
	GEER	Jack Martin behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	01:35
	GEER	Jesse Mellor goal	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	01:57
	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne goal	0.0.0	-	2.2.14	03:35
	GEER	George Stevens goal	0.0.0	-	3.2.20	06:36
	GEER	Rhys Stanley behind	0.0.0	-	3.3.21	08:14
	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne behind	0.0.0	-	3.4.22	13:18
	NMLR	Luke Urquhart behind	0.1.1	-	3.4.22	15:24
	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne goal	0.1.1	-	4.4.28	16:45
	NMLR	Oliver Griffin behind	0.2.2	-	4.4.28	21:50
	NMLR	Zac Fisher goal	1.2.8	-	4.4.28	22:28
	GEER	Rhys Stanley behind	1.2.8	-	4.5.29	24:09
	GEER	Rhys Stanley goal	1.2.8	-	5.5.35	25:41
Q2	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston goal	2.2.14	-	5.5.35	01:45
	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne goal	2.2.14	-	6.5.41	10:26
	NMLR	Sam Harris behind	2.3.15	-	6.5.41	11:37
	GEER	Jack Martin behind	2.3.15	-	6.6.42	14:58
	NMLR	Rushed behind	2.4.16	-	6.6.42	16:20
	GEER	Tanner Lewis behind	2.4.16	-	6.7.43	19:08
	GEER	Patrick Kelly behind	2.4.16	-	6.8.44	23:04
	GEER	Jack Bowes goal	2.4.16	-	7.8.50	24:27
	GEER	George Stevens behind	2.4.16	-	7.9.51	27:11
	GEER	Rhys Stanley goal	2.4.16	-	8.9.57	29:17
Q3	NMLR	Tom Powell goal	3.4.22	-	8.9.57	00:38
	NMLR	Kieran Rice behind	3.5.23	-	8.9.57	02:37
	NMLR	Bailey Scott behind	3.6.24	-	8.9.57	05:44
	GEER	Rushed behind	3.6.24	-	8.10.58	07:52
	GEER	Jesse Mellor goal	3.6.24	-	9.10.64	09:44
	GEER	Mitch Knevitt goal	3.6.24	-	10.10.70	10:44
	GEER	Jesse Mellor goal	3.6.24	-	11.10.76	14:37
	GEER	Jesse Mellor goal	3.6.24	-	12.10.82	16:24
	GEER	Jesse Mellor goal	3.6.24	-	13.10.88	19:35
	GEER	Jack Martin goal	3.6.24	-	14.10.94	20:58
	NMLR	Brayden George goal	4.6.30	-	14.10.94	23:05
	NMLR	Oliver Griffin goal	5.6.36	-	14.10.94	27:42
	NMLR	Brayden George goal	6.6.42	-	14.10.94	29:35
Q4	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne goal	6.6.42	-	15.10.100	01:35
	GEER	Hunter Holmes behind	6.6.42	-	15.11.101	03:36
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	7.6.48	-	15.11.101	06:05
	NMLR	Sam Harris behind	7.7.49	-	15.11.101	08:32
	NMLR	Oliver Griffin goal	8.7.55	-	15.11.101	10:01
	NMLR	Oliver Griffin goal	9.7.61	-	15.11.101	12:08
	GEER	George Stevens behind	9.7.61	-	15.12.102	14:26
	NMLR	Sam Harris goal	10.7.67	-	15.12.102	17:36
	GEER	Rushed behind	10.7.67	-	15.13.103	19:28
	GEER	Jesse Mellor behind	10.7.67	-	15.14.104	21:45
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	11.7.73	-	15.14.104	23:12
	GEER	Rushed behind	11.7.73	-	15.15.105	25:11
	GEER	Ben Pennisi behind	11.7.73	-	15.16.106	26:00
	GEER	Ben Pennisi goal	11.7.73	-	16.16.112	27:06
	GEER	Rhys Stanley behind	11.7.73	-	16.17.113	29:29
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	12.7.79	-	16.17.113	31:57

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