2025 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon Reserves v Williamstown

This is the match report for the match played on 22 March 2025 between the Essendon Reserves and Williamstown during round one of the 2025 season of the Victorian Football League. The Essendon Reserves hosted Williamstown at the NEC Hangar. Xavier O'Neill captained the hosts with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Cameron Joyce and the visitors were coached by Justin Plapp.

The Essendon Reserves (14.10.94) defeated Williamstown (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon Reserves v Williamstown
Date: Saturday 22 March 2025
Time: 3:05 PM
Venue: NEC Hangar

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon Reserves def. Williamstown
Score: 14.10.94 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon Reserves	2	.	2	7	.	5	9	.	7	14	.	10	14	.	10	(94)
Williamstown	2	.	4	4	.	6	11	.	9	12	.	11	12	.	11	(83)
Margin	WILL by 2			ESSR by 17			WILL by 14			ESSR by 11			ESSR by 11
Duration	29:42			33:08			33:16			29:36			2:05:42

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Essendon Reserves) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Williamstown) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon Reserves

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

Williamstown

Captain: unknown
Coach: Justin Plapp

Player Statistics

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
64	Akuei, Domanic	?	?	0	0	7	3	4	2	0	3	1	?	0	2	2	0
68	Busuttil, Jordan	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	2	0	2	2	?	1	1	0	2
36	Clarke, Angus	?	?	0	0	18	13	5	8	0	0	0	?	1	1	3	2
56	Clough, Shane	?	?	0	0	7	3	4	2	0	0	0	?	1	0	0	1
33	Davey, Alwyn	?	?	0	1	16	8	8	0	0	4	1	?	1	1	1	2
44	Day-Wicks, Archer	?	?	1	1	11	9	2	6	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	3
58	Eckersley, Jared	?	?	1	0	8	6	2	5	0	2	0	?	1	1	0	2
41	El-Hawli, Saad	?	?	0	0	10	6	4	5	0	2	0	?	1	0	1	2
19	Gerreyn, Kayle	?	?	3	1	12	10	2	6	3	0	2	?	2	0	0	2
17	Goldstein, Todd	?	?	0	1	14	4	10	5	30	1	4	?	1	1	1	0
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	?	?	0	1	29	17	12	3	0	2	7	?	1	0	0	7
18	Hayes, Lewis	?	?	0	0	27	21	6	16	0	2	0	?	1	0	9	2
51	Hoare, Will	?	?	0	0	10	5	5	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	0
40	Johnson, Zak	?	?	0	0	21	15	6	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	0
34	Lual, Luamon	?	?	1	0	12	11	1	4	0	3	0	?	3	0	1	2
80	McKay, Solly	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	3	0	2	0	?	1	0	4	2
42	Nguyen, Jayden	?	?	0	0	17	12	5	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	2
65	Nyko, Cam	?	?	3	0	17	12	5	7	0	4	2	?	2	1	0	3
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	?	?	0	0	25	17	8	6	0	2	5	?	4	0	2	7
53	Peris, Jack	?	?	1	0	10	4	6	0	0	4	2	?	1	1	0	2
75	Sellers, Tyler	?	?	3	3	13	11	2	6	0	0	0	?	0	1	1	3
63	Smartt, Oskar	?	?	0	1	5	3	2	1	0	3	1	?	0	2	0	1
38	Unwin, Rhys	?	?	1	0	12	9	3	5	0	5	0	?	2	2	1	1
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				14	10	325	217	108	103	33	46	27	0+	25	14	32	48

Williamstown

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Brown, Jack	?	?	0	0	6	3	3	2	0	3	0	?	2	2	1	0
23	Coleman, Blake	?	?	0	0	12	9	3	5	0	2	0	?	0	1	3	1
35	Colenso, Nathan	?	?	3	0	11	8	3	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	1
9	Collier-Dawkins, Riley	?	?	0	0	15	8	7	2	0	2	6	?	0	3	2	2
34	Conway, Liam	?	?	0	0	13	4	9	2	0	4	2	?	1	2	0	2
10	Cousins, James	?	?	0	0	24	17	7	3	0	4	4	?	2	1	1	5
11	Downie, Tom	?	?	0	1	11	4	7	2	25	4	4	?	1	4	0	2
8	Fitzgerald, Joel	?	?	0	0	17	15	2	7	0	3	2	?	1	2	7	3
13	Gadsby, Noah	?	?	1	0	11	9	2	5	0	1	0	?	1	1	2	2
18	Greiser, Jake	?	?	0	0	16	10	6	3	0	0	0	?	0	0	5	1
20	Hall-Kahan, Hugo	?	?	1	1	25	18	7	3	0	3	5	?	0	1	1	10
45	Impey, Lucas	?	?	1	0	5	1	4	1	3	0	1	?	0	2	0	0
1	McHale, Jack	?	?	0	0	9	6	3	4	0	0	3	?	0	0	1	1
6	McLaughlin, Brodie	?	?	2	3	9	6	3	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
16	Minton-Connell, Harry	?	?	0	0	16	8	8	4	0	1	0	?	1	0	2	1
31	Noonan, Jack	?	?	1	1	13	7	6	1	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	4
17	O'Dwyer, Finbar	?	?	0	0	12	10	2	5	0	2	0	?	0	0	5	1
22	Parks, Luke	?	?	0	0	19	14	5	10	0	0	0	?	1	1	1	0
24	Petric, Jovan	?	?	1	2	13	8	5	5	1	0	0	?	0	1	0	2
5	Polson, Cameron	?	?	1	0	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
44	Pritchard, Zac	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	0
14	Toner, Jack	?	?	1	0	16	10	6	5	0	3	1	?	1	3	1	2
7	Triffett, Toby	?	?	0	0	17	6	11	3	0	2	5	?	1	1	0	5
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				12	11	295	185	110	83	29	41	33	0+	14	25	33	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 50s

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WILL	Tom Downie behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	04:29
	ESSR	Kayle Gerreyn behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	06:08
	ESSR	Tyler Sellers goal	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	07:36
	WILL	Jack Noonan behind	1.1.7	-	0.2.2	09:46
	WILL	Hugo Hall-Kahan behind	1.1.7	-	0.3.3	12:34
	ESSR	Tyler Sellers goal	2.1.13	-	0.3.3	14:32
	WILL	Noah Gadsby goal	2.1.13	-	1.3.9	19:47
	ESSR	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	1.3.9	22:22
	WILL	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	1.4.10	23:32
	WILL	Cameron Polson goal	2.2.14	-	2.4.16	26:50
Q2	WILL	Jack Toner goal	2.2.14	-	3.4.22	01:51
	ESSR	Oskar Smartt behind	2.3.15	-	3.4.22	03:52
	ESSR	Todd Goldstein behind	2.4.16	-	3.4.22	05:07
	ESSR	Tyler Sellers behind	2.5.17	-	3.4.22	06:36
	ESSR	Archer Day-Wicks goal	3.5.23	-	3.4.22	07:44
	WILL	Jovan Petric behind	3.5.23	-	3.5.23	09:38
	WILL	Jovan Petric behind	3.5.23	-	3.6.24	10:15
	WILL	Nathan Colenso goal	3.5.23	-	4.6.30	13:05
	ESSR	Kayle Gerreyn goal	4.5.29	-	4.6.30	17:23
	ESSR	Tyler Sellers goal	5.5.35	-	4.6.30	20:03
	ESSR	Jack Peris goal	6.5.41	-	4.6.30	24:00
	ESSR	Cam Nyko goal	7.5.47	-	4.6.30	31:44
Q3	WILL	Jovan Petric goal	7.5.47	-	5.6.36	01:31
	ESSR	Jackson Hately behind	7.6.48	-	5.6.36	04:24
	ESSR	Kayle Gerreyn goal	8.6.54	-	5.6.36	05:53
	WILL	Nathan Colenso goal	8.6.54	-	6.6.42	07:23
	WILL	Hugo Hall-Kahan goal	8.6.54	-	7.6.48	08:29
	WILL	Jack Noonan goal	8.6.54	-	8.6.54	09:52
	WILL	Rushed behind	8.6.54	-	8.7.55	11:46
	WILL	Brodie McLaughlin behind	8.6.54	-	8.8.56	14:29
	WILL	Nathan Colenso goal	8.6.54	-	9.8.62	15:44
	ESSR	Kayle Gerreyn goal	9.6.60	-	9.8.62	19:19
	WILL	Lucas Impey goal	9.6.60	-	10.8.68	21:19
	ESSR	Tyler Sellers behind	9.7.61	-	10.8.68	25:04
	WILL	Brodie McLaughlin goal	9.7.61	-	11.8.74	26:38
	WILL	Brodie McLaughlin behind	9.7.61	-	11.9.75	28:52
Q4	WILL	Rushed behind	9.7.61	-	11.10.76	00:20
	WILL	Brodie McLaughlin behind	9.7.61	-	11.11.77	06:55
	ESSR	Alwyn Davey behind	9.8.62	-	11.11.77	08:18
	ESSR	Cam Nyko goal	10.8.68	-	11.11.77	08:58
	ESSR	Cam Nyko goal	11.8.74	-	11.11.77	10:38
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	12.8.80	-	11.11.77	13:11
	ESSR	Tyler Sellers behind	12.9.81	-	11.11.77	18:52
	ESSR	Archer Day-Wicks behind	12.10.82	-	11.11.77	22:04
	ESSR	Luamon Lual goal	13.10.88	-	11.11.77	24:38
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin goal	14.10.94	-	11.11.77	26:23
	WILL	Brodie McLaughlin goal	14.10.94	-	12.11.83	28:30

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