2025 VFL Season Round 19: Sydney Reserves v Essendon Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 2025 between the Sydney Reserves and the Essendon Reserves during round nineteen of the 2025 season of the Victorian Football League. The Sydney Reserves hosted the Essendon Reserves at Lakeside Oval. Nick Shipley captained the hosts. Xavier O'Neill captained the visitors with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jarrad McVeigh and the visitors were coached by Cameron Joyce.

The Sydney Reserves (15.10.100) defeated the Essendon Reserves (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Sydney Reserves v Essendon Reserves
Date: Saturday 2 August 2025
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney Reserves def. Essendon Reserves
Score: 15.10.100 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney Reserves	7	.	3	10	.	5	13	.	9	15	.	10	15	.	10	(100)
Essendon Reserves	0	.	3	4	.	6	5	.	7	9	.	11	9	.	11	(65)
Margin	SYDR by 42			SYDR by 35			SYDR by 50			SYDR by 35			SYDR by 35
Duration	30:29			30:50			28:39			31:01			2:00:59

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Sydney Reserves

Captain: Nick Shipley
Coach: Jarrad McVeigh

Essendon Reserves

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

Player Statistics

Sydney Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Adams, Taylor	?	?	1	0	32	16	16	7	0	6	12	?	4	3	0	4
26	Bice, Riley	?	?	0	0	23	14	9	9	0	2	0	?	1	3	4	2
23	Bowman, Ned	?	?	0	0	9	6	3	2	0	0	0	?	1	0	3	1
60	Cameron, Harry	?	?	0	0	8	4	4	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	2	2
63	Davis, Oscar	?	?	1	0	7	4	3	2	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	2
50	Edwards, Ben	?	?	1	0	17	7	10	3	0	4	5	?	0	1	0	3
42	Fox, Robbie	?	?	0	0	18	6	12	3	0	4	1	?	1	1	1	0
10	Francis, Aaron	?	?	3	2	13	10	3	5	10	2	1	?	2	3	0	3
45	Green, Will	?	?	1	0	14	8	6	3	23	1	8	?	1	1	1	3
40	Hanily, Tom	?	?	1	2	17	11	6	3	0	2	0	?	2	3	0	3
65	Harrison, Joe	?	?	0	0	16	5	11	1	0	3	2	?	0	0	0	3
31	Kirk, Indhi	?	?	1	1	17	15	2	8	0	3	1	?	0	1	5	5
47	Kluske, Jack	?	?	1	1	7	5	2	3	0	3	0	?	2	2	0	2
32	Leidler, Blake	?	?	0	0	8	4	4	3	0	1	1	?	1	0	2	1
51	Lloyd, Matthew	?	?	3	2	17	13	4	5	1	3	2	?	4	2	0	2
	McCartney, Aidan	?	?	1	0	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	?	0	3	0	1
35	Mitchell, Caleb	?	?	1	0	20	12	8	4	0	3	1	?	1	2	4	3
25	Paton, Ben	?	?	0	0	21	8	13	2	0	3	4	?	0	0	0	1
34	Roberts, Matt	?	?	0	1	31	23	8	7	0	2	2	?	1	3	5	7
54	Roseby, Pierce	?	?	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	0
52	Shipley, Nick (c)	?	?	0	0	10	4	6	5	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	0
41	Snell, Patrick	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	4	0	?	1	2	2	0
37	Warner, Corey	?	?	0	0	23	11	12	2	0	2	4	?	2	0	3	5
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				15	10	341	192	149	82	34	50	45	0+	24	31	32	53

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
60	Brodie, Ryan	?	?	2	3	10	7	3	2	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	2
68	Busuttil, Jordan	?	?	1	0	11	7	4	3	0	3	1	?	1	1	2	1
33	Davey, Alwyn	?	?	0	1	18	8	10	3	0	2	0	?	1	0	3	2
44	Day-Wicks, Archer	?	?	0	1	13	7	6	2	0	4	1	?	1	0	0	1
58	Eckersley, Jared	?	?	1	1	14	6	8	4	0	3	2	?	2	2	0	3
41	El-Hawli, Saad	?	?	0	0	15	14	1	2	0	6	3	?	4	3	2	5
73	Foley, Matthew	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	3	0	0	0	?	1	0	2	0
69	Gallagher, Kieran	?	?	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	?	0	0	1	1
19	Gerreyn, Kayle	?	?	0	1	18	15	3	7	0	1	0	?	1	0	5	3
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	?	?	0	1	27	17	10	3	0	8	9	?	1	3	1	3
51	Hoare, Will	?	?	0	0	10	9	1	5	0	0	0	?	1	3	4	0
76	Iacovone, Dante	?	?	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	0
40	Johnson, Zak	?	?	0	0	21	14	7	5	0	1	0	?	2	0	6	3
61	Leedham, Riley	?	?	2	0	6	3	3	0	7	3	0	?	0	1	0	0
80	McKay, Solly	?	?	0	0	10	5	5	4	0	3	1	?	0	2	3	1
71	Monteath, Lachlan	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	5	1	4	0	?	2	0	3	1
65	Nyko, Cam	?	?	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	?	1	0	1	0
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	?	?	0	0	15	8	7	6	0	5	3	?	0	2	0	4
75	Sellers, Tyler	?	?	2	0	12	8	4	5	0	2	0	?	4	2	0	3
62	Taha, Mahmoud	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	1	0	2	1	?	2	0	0	2
59	Uerata, Dayten	?	?	0	1	14	3	11	1	0	3	2	?	0	1	0	1
38	Unwin, Rhys	?	?	1	1	24	13	11	1	0	4	5	?	4	2	2	6
39	Visentini, Vigo	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	2	34	3	4	?	2	2	2	1
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				9	11	292	176	116	67	42	59	34	0+	31	24	38	43

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	SYDR	Aidan McCartney goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	02:55
	SYDR	Matt Roberts behind	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	06:00
	SYDR	Matthew Lloyd goal	2.1.13	-	0.0.0	07:46
	SYDR	Aaron Francis goal	3.1.19	-	0.0.0	08:54
	SYDR	Aaron Francis goal	4.1.25	-	0.0.0	11:22
	SYDR	Matthew Lloyd goal	5.1.31	-	0.0.0	13:02
	SYDR	Oscar Davis goal	6.1.37	-	0.0.0	14:37
	ESSR	Rushed behind	6.1.37	-	0.1.1	15:54
	SYDR	Matthew Lloyd behind	6.2.38	-	0.1.1	18:39
	ESSR	Jackson Hately behind	6.2.38	-	0.2.2	23:16
	SYDR	Aaron Francis behind	6.3.39	-	0.2.2	25:12
	ESSR	Alwyn Davey behind	6.3.39	-	0.3.3	26:42
	SYDR	Caleb Mitchell goal	7.3.45	-	0.3.3	28:53
Q2	SYDR	Taylor Adams goal	8.3.51	-	0.3.3	00:23
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin goal	8.3.51	-	1.3.9	05:02
	ESSR	Riley Leedham goal	8.3.51	-	2.3.15	06:19
	SYDR	Jack Kluske goal	9.3.57	-	2.3.15	08:47
	SYDR	Tom Hanily behind	9.4.58	-	2.3.15	12:34
	SYDR	Will Green goal	10.4.64	-	2.3.15	13:50
	ESSR	Ryan Brodie behind	10.4.64	-	2.4.16	14:53
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley behind	10.4.64	-	2.5.17	19:07
	ESSR	Jordan Busuttil goal	10.4.64	-	3.5.23	21:27
	ESSR	Ryan Brodie behind	10.4.64	-	3.6.24	22:40
	ESSR	Ryan Brodie goal	10.4.64	-	4.6.30	28:51
	SYDR	Aaron Francis behind	10.5.65	-	4.6.30	30:29
Q3	SYDR	Tom Hanily goal	11.5.71	-	4.6.30	02:38
	SYDR	Matthew Lloyd behind	11.6.72	-	4.6.30	04:00
	SYDR	Aaron Francis goal	12.6.78	-	4.6.30	09:10
	SYDR	Ben Edwards goal	13.6.84	-	4.6.30	10:13
	SYDR	Tom Hanily behind	13.7.85	-	4.6.30	12:05
	ESSR	Archer Day-Wicks behind	13.7.85	-	4.7.31	15:34
	SYDR	Indhi Kirk behind	13.8.86	-	4.7.31	19:42
	SYDR	Rushed behind	13.9.87	-	4.7.31	24:34
	ESSR	Riley Leedham goal	13.9.87	-	5.7.37	25:14
Q4	ESSR	Ryan Brodie goal	13.9.87	-	6.7.43	01:39
	ESSR	Ryan Brodie behind	13.9.87	-	6.8.44	04:46
	ESSR	Kayle Gerreyn behind	13.9.87	-	6.9.45	06:12
	SYDR	Jack Kluske behind	13.10.88	-	6.9.45	12:34
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin behind	13.10.88	-	6.10.46	14:19
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	13.10.88	-	7.10.52	15:18
	ESSR	Dayten Uerata behind	13.10.88	-	7.11.53	19:26
	SYDR	Indhi Kirk goal	14.10.94	-	7.11.53	24:19
	SYDR	Matthew Lloyd goal	15.10.100	-	7.11.53	25:45
	ESSR	Tyler Sellers goal	15.10.100	-	8.11.59	27:29
	ESSR	Tyler Sellers goal	15.10.100	-	9.11.65	29:17

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