2025 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon Reserves v Greater Western Sydney Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 2025 between the Essendon Reserves and the Greater Western Sydney Reserves during round seventeen of the 2025 season of the Victorian Football League. The Essendon Reserves hosted the Greater Western Sydney Reserves at Windy Hill. Xavier O'Neill captained the hosts with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. Ryan Hebron captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Cameron Joyce and the visitors were coached by Wayne Cripps.

The Essendon Reserves (12.8.80) were defeated by the Greater Western Sydney Reserves (15.11.101).

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon Reserves v Greater Western Sydney Reserves
Date: Friday 18 July 2025
Time: 2:05 PM
Venue: Windy Hill

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon Reserves def. by Greater Western Sydney Reserves
Score: 12.8.80 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon Reserves	4	.	1	8	.	2	11	.	4	12	.	8	12	.	8	(80)
Greater Western Sydney Reserves	4	.	4	8	.	6	11	.	8	15	.	11	15	.	11	(101)
Margin	GWSR by 3			GWSR by 4			GWSR by 4			GWSR by 21			GWSR by 21
Duration	31:02			33:51			31:43			31:09			2:07:45

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 (Greater Western Sydney Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon Reserves

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

Greater Western Sydney Reserves

Captain: Ryan Hebron
Coach: Wayne Cripps

Player Statistics

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
60	Brodie, Ryan	?	?	1	0	10	6	4	2	0	1	1	?	0	0	1	2
63	Burmeister, Floyd	?	?	1	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	0	?	2	0	0	0
68	Busuttil, Jordan	?	?	0	0	15	7	8	2	0	5	3	?	2	2	1	2
33	Davey, Alwyn	?	?	0	0	14	6	8	2	0	2	2	?	0	0	2	0
44	Day-Wicks, Archer	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	2	2	?	0	0	1	1
58	Eckersley, Jared	?	?	1	1	10	7	3	4	0	4	0	?	1	0	0	2
41	El-Hawli, Saad	?	?	3	0	17	10	7	6	0	1	1	?	0	0	1	3
19	Gerreyn, Kayle	?	?	0	0	8	4	4	4	8	1	2	?	0	0	0	3
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	?	?	0	2	30	20	10	6	0	8	3	?	1	0	1	4
51	Hoare, Will	?	?	0	0	18	13	5	10	0	2	0	?	1	1	6	1
66	Hogan, Lachlan	?	?	0	0	9	5	4	2	0	2	0	?	1	2	1	1
80	McKay, Solly	?	?	0	0	19	8	11	2	0	1	2	?	1	2	4	2
29	Menzie, Jye	?	?	2	0	14	8	6	4	0	5	1	?	1	0	0	4
71	Monteath, Lachlan	?	?	1	0	14	8	6	1	15	2	5	?	4	4	3	5
42	Nguyen, Jayden	?	?	0	0	9	6	3	5	0	1	0	?	1	1	4	1
65	Nyko, Cam	?	?	0	0	10	6	4	3	0	1	3	?	2	1	2	3
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	?	?	0	0	24	18	6	7	0	4	2	?	1	1	5	1
53	Peris, Jack	?	?	0	0	9	3	6	0	0	4	0	?	0	1	1	0
83	Quigg, Nic	?	?	0	1	7	5	2	1	0	0	3	?	0	3	2	1
57	Scott, Noah	?	?	3	2	22	15	7	4	0	4	1	?	5	2	1	5
75	Sellers, Tyler	?	?	0	0	15	13	2	10	0	3	0	?	1	2	4	1
59	Uerata, Dayten	?	?	0	1	11	8	3	2	0	4	2	?	1	0	3	2
38	Unwin, Rhys	?	?	0	0	9	2	7	2	0	2	0	?	0	2	0	1
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				12	8	303	183	120	81	23	60	33	0+	25	24	43	45

Greater Western Sydney Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
55	Birks, Hugo	?	?	0	2	6	4	2	2	0	0	0	?	1	0	0	0
70	Blow, Mitchell	?	?	1	1	7	4	3	4	0	2	0	?	0	2	0	2
72	Bradshaw, Noah	?	?	0	0	11	5	6	2	0	6	2	?	1	0	0	3
38	Delana, Josaia	?	?	1	0	13	7	6	2	0	3	0	?	1	1	0	3
34	Fahey, Josh	?	?	0	1	25	17	8	5	0	2	1	?	0	2	5	4
11	Gothard, Phoenix	?	?	2	2	17	9	8	4	0	10	2	?	2	1	0	4
47	Hebron, Ryan (c)	?	?	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	6	0	?	0	1	2	0
25	Keeffe, Lachie	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	0
30	Leake, James	?	?	0	0	35	17	18	3	0	8	8	?	2	1	6	3
61	Lewis-Smith, Perry	?	?	0	1	18	9	9	5	0	4	1	?	3	0	3	3
53	Lugsdin, James	?	?	2	0	8	4	4	2	0	2	0	?	1	2	0	1
41	Madden, Nick	?	?	2	0	26	16	10	9	32	5	6	?	2	2	2	5
60	Matthews, Ethan	?	?	0	0	21	6	15	4	0	1	2	?	0	0	2	2
49	McGee Galimberti, Billy	?	?	0	0	17	8	9	3	0	1	1	?	0	0	2	2
62	McMeeken, Sam	?	?	1	0	6	2	4	1	0	2	2	?	1	0	1	1
50	Montgomery, Harper	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	4	0	3	0	?	0	0	2	1
52	Montgomery, Louie	?	?	2	1	25	14	11	8	0	2	5	?	3	1	2	4
67	Moraschi, Taine	?	?	0	0	9	3	6	3	0	0	0	?	1	1	1	3
19	Oliver, Harry	?	?	0	0	17	11	6	2	0	1	0	?	2	2	1	1
24	Rowston, Harry	?	?	0	1	26	14	12	7	0	6	5	?	0	3	2	6
36	Smith, Logan	?	?	1	1	11	5	6	1	20	1	4	?	2	2	0	3
1	Thomas, Harvey	?	?	3	0	17	9	8	2	0	4	2	?	1	1	2	3
10	Wehr, Jacob	?	?	0	0	21	13	8	4	0	4	3	?	1	2	0	6
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				15	11	360	194	166	80	52	74	44	0+	24	25	33	60

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	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:42
	GWSR	Rushed behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	02:51
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley behind	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	05:53
	GWSR	Nick Madden goal	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	10:12
	GWSR	Mitchell Blow behind	1.1.7	-	1.2.8	12:13
	GWSR	Harvey Thomas goal	1.1.7	-	2.2.14	14:03
	GWSR	Hugo Birks behind	1.1.7	-	2.3.15	15:20
	ESSR	Jye Menzie goal	2.1.13	-	2.3.15	19:00
	ESSR	Noah Scott goal	3.1.19	-	2.3.15	20:39
	ESSR	Noah Scott goal	4.1.25	-	2.3.15	23:50
	GWSR	Phoenix Gothard goal	4.1.25	-	3.3.21	25:19
	GWSR	Hugo Birks behind	4.1.25	-	3.4.22	27:39
	GWSR	Logan Smith goal	4.1.25	-	4.4.28	28:31
Q2	ESSR	Noah Scott behind	4.2.26	-	4.4.28	03:35
	ESSR	Saad El-Hawli goal	5.2.32	-	4.4.28	05:00
	GWSR	Phoenix Gothard behind	5.2.32	-	4.5.29	06:11
	ESSR	Saad El-Hawli goal	6.2.38	-	4.5.29	07:57
	GWSR	Perry Lewis-Smith behind	6.2.38	-	4.6.30	13:05
	GWSR	Harvey Thomas goal	6.2.38	-	5.6.36	15:02
	ESSR	Noah Scott goal	7.2.44	-	5.6.36	19:02
	ESSR	Ryan Brodie goal	8.2.50	-	5.6.36	20:33
	GWSR	Nick Madden goal	8.2.50	-	6.6.42	28:51
	GWSR	Mitchell Blow goal	8.2.50	-	7.6.48	32:08
	GWSR	Sam McMeeken goal	8.2.50	-	8.6.54	33:48
Q3	ESSR	Jackson Hately behind	8.3.51	-	8.6.54	04:09
	GWSR	Phoenix Gothard goal	8.3.51	-	9.6.60	05:37
	GWSR	Josh Fahey behind	8.3.51	-	9.7.61	07:58
	GWSR	James Lugsdin goal	8.3.51	-	10.7.67	09:04
	ESSR	Nic Quigg behind	8.4.52	-	10.7.67	13:53
	GWSR	Logan Smith behind	8.4.52	-	10.8.68	15:52
	ESSR	Saad El-Hawli goal	9.4.58	-	10.8.68	20:23
	ESSR	Lachlan Monteath goal	10.4.64	-	10.8.68	23:46
	GWSR	Josaia Delana goal	10.4.64	-	11.8.74	28:22
	ESSR	Jye Menzie goal	11.4.70	-	11.8.74	30:26
Q4	ESSR	Rushed behind	11.5.71	-	11.8.74	00:53
	ESSR	Noah Scott behind	11.6.72	-	11.8.74	03:24
	GWSR	James Lugsdin goal	11.6.72	-	12.8.80	08:44
	GWSR	Phoenix Gothard behind	11.6.72	-	12.9.81	11:11
	ESSR	Dayten Uerata behind	11.7.73	-	12.9.81	14:05
	ESSR	Jackson Hately behind	11.8.74	-	12.9.81	14:48
	GWSR	Louie Montgomery goal	11.8.74	-	13.9.87	15:59
	ESSR	Floyd Burmeister goal	12.8.80	-	13.9.87	20:56
	GWSR	Harry Rowston behind	12.8.80	-	13.10.88	22:17
	GWSR	Harvey Thomas goal	12.8.80	-	14.10.94	23:22
	GWSR	Louie Montgomery behind	12.8.80	-	14.11.95	26:18
	GWSR	Louie Montgomery goal	12.8.80	-	15.11.101	29:33

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