2025 VFL Season Wildcard Final 1: Collingwood Reserves v Williamstown

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 2025 between the Collingwood Reserves and Williamstown in the first wildcard final of the 2025 season of the Victorian Football League. The Collingwood Reserves hosted Williamstown at Victoria Park. Sam Glover captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Andy Otten and the visitors were coached by Justin Plapp.

The Collingwood Reserves (9.15.69) were defeated by Williamstown (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: First Wildcard Final
Teams: Collingwood Reserves v Williamstown
Date: Sunday 24 August 2025
Time: 2:05 PM
Venue: Victoria Park

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood Reserves def. by Williamstown
Score: 9.15.69 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Collingwood Reserves	4	.	3	5	.	10	9	.	12	9	.	15	9	.	15	(69)
Williamstown	4	.	2	5	.	4	8	.	11	11	.	15	11	.	15	(81)
Margin	COLR by 1			COLR by 6			COLR by 7			WILL by 12			WILL by 12
Duration	32:02			28:38			32:04			30:11			2:02:55

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Collingwood Reserves

Captain: Sam Glover
Coach: Andy Otten

Williamstown

Captain: unknown
Coach: Justin Plapp

Player Statistics

Collingwood Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
69	Algeri, Christian	?	?	0	0	14	5	9	2	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	1
16	Allan, Ed	?	?	1	0	24	9	15	1	0	7	5	?	1	2	1	4
70	Bennetts, Joshua	?	?	0	2	6	3	3	2	0	1	1	?	0	0	0	1
27	Cochran, Joel	?	?	0	0	12	7	5	4	0	3	0	?	1	0	4	2
46	Cox, Mason	?	?	1	0	11	8	3	6	31	2	1	?	1	1	0	2
51	De Bolfo, Ben	?	?	0	0	14	10	4	4	0	0	0	?	2	1	2	0
43	Dean, Charlie	?	?	0	0	14	12	2	5	0	2	1	?	1	0	8	1
13	Demattia, Harry	?	?	0	1	18	10	8	1	0	1	3	?	0	1	2	4
50	Glover, Sam (c)	?	?	0	0	19	17	2	7	0	2	0	?	0	0	5	0
55	Grey, Brady	?	?	0	3	15	10	5	4	0	5	1	?	2	2	1	5
39	Hayes, Will	?	?	0	1	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	3
32	Hoskin-Elliott, Will	?	?	1	0	11	6	5	4	0	3	2	?	0	1	0	1
47	Howes, Noah	?	?	0	0	6	1	5	4	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
40	Johnson, Ash	?	?	1	1	10	8	2	4	0	1	0	?	2	0	0	4
18	Macrae, Finlay	?	?	0	1	24	11	13	2	0	5	9	?	3	1	0	7
71	Mahoney, Harry	?	?	2	3	13	11	2	2	0	0	2	?	1	0	1	1
76	Mahoney, Max	?	?	1	0	8	5	3	1	0	1	1	?	0	0	2	3
37	Markov, Oleg	?	?	0	0	15	10	5	6	0	3	1	?	0	0	2	5
6	Mitchell, Tom	?	?	0	0	21	4	17	2	0	7	3	?	0	3	2	0
66	Mulvogue, Chad	?	?	0	1	5	3	2	2	0	2	1	?	0	1	1	0
15	Parker, Wil	?	?	0	0	17	12	5	4	0	2	3	?	1	0	4	3
21	Steene, Oscar	?	?	1	2	8	3	5	1	22	1	2	?	1	0	0	0
56	Wilson, Tom	?	?	1	0	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	?	0	1	1	0
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				9	15	296	173	123	71	53	50	36	0+	16	14	36	47

Williamstown

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Brown, Jack	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	3	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	0
35	Colenso, Nathan	?	?	1	2	10	6	4	4	0	2	1	?	1	0	0	3
9	Collier-Dawkins, Riley	?	?	0	1	20	11	9	4	0	2	3	?	1	0	1	4
4	Cox, Mitch	?	?	0	0	22	12	10	3	0	4	4	?	1	0	2	3
11	Downie, Tom	?	?	0	0	11	4	7	1	13	3	3	?	1	2	1	1
8	Fitzgerald, Joel	?	?	0	0	25	19	6	5	0	1	2	?	0	0	8	5
13	Gadsby, Noah	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	3	1	?	0	0	0	2
15	Gollant, Lachlan	?	?	4	2	17	13	4	7	0	3	0	?	0	1	0	5
18	Greiser, Jake	?	?	0	0	22	19	3	3	0	1	2	?	1	0	6	4
20	Hall-Kahan, Hugo	?	?	0	0	16	10	6	3	0	1	2	?	0	0	0	2
12	Hollow, Damon	?	?	2	0	8	6	2	5	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	0
1	McHale, Jack	?	?	1	0	9	8	1	3	0	0	1	?	1	0	1	2
6	McLaughlin, Brodie	?	?	1	3	15	11	4	7	1	3	0	?	0	2	0	4
16	Minton-Connell, Harry	?	?	0	0	12	10	2	6	0	0	1	?	1	1	3	0
17	O'Dwyer, Finbar	?	?	0	0	19	16	3	8	0	2	0	?	0	1	5	1
38	Ollington, Heath	?	?	0	0	11	6	5	4	0	3	0	?	0	1	0	3
22	Parks, Luke	?	?	0	0	14	11	3	8	0	3	2	?	0	0	3	2
32	Pendergast, Ned	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	6	0	1	0	?	0	1	2	0
24	Petric, Jovan	?	?	0	1	7	4	3	0	4	2	2	?	1	0	0	1
5	Polson, Cameron	?	?	1	0	7	3	4	0	0	4	0	?	0	0	0	1
44	Pritchard, Zac	?	?	0	0	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	1	1
14	Toner, Jack	?	?	1	0	23	16	7	1	0	9	9	?	5	1	2	2
7	Triffett, Toby	?	?	0	0	23	4	19	1	0	5	9	?	1	4	3	3
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				11	15	320	210	110	86	18	56	42	0+	14	16	38	49

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	COLR	Will Hoskin-Elliott goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	03:18
	COLR	Oscar Steene goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	05:57
	WILL	Jack Toner goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	07:44
	COLR	Joshua Bennetts behind	2.1.13	-	1.0.6	10:06
	WILL	Nathan Colenso behind	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	11:29
	WILL	Lachlan Gollant behind	2.1.13	-	1.2.8	12:56
	COLR	Harry Mahoney behind	2.2.14	-	1.2.8	15:25
	WILL	Lachlan Gollant goal	2.2.14	-	2.2.14	17:08
	COLR	Harry Mahoney goal	3.2.20	-	2.2.14	20:21
	WILL	Jack McHale goal	3.2.20	-	3.2.20	23:00
	WILL	Lachlan Gollant goal	3.2.20	-	4.2.26	25:04
	COLR	Will Hayes behind	3.3.21	-	4.2.26	26:07
	COLR	Mason Cox goal	4.3.27	-	4.2.26	30:58
Q2	WILL	Rushed behind	4.3.27	-	4.3.27	01:05
	WILL	Rushed behind	4.3.27	-	4.4.28	01:39
	COLR	Ash Johnson goal	5.3.33	-	4.4.28	04:47
	COLR	Harry Mahoney behind	5.4.34	-	4.4.28	06:51
	COLR	Ash Johnson behind	5.5.35	-	4.4.28	09:11
	COLR	Harry Mahoney behind	5.6.36	-	4.4.28	13:23
	COLR	Brady Grey behind	5.7.37	-	4.4.28	18:30
	WILL	Damon Hollow goal	5.7.37	-	5.4.34	22:00
	COLR	Harry Demattia behind	5.8.38	-	5.4.34	23:35
	COLR	Oscar Steene behind	5.9.39	-	5.4.34	26:02
	COLR	Oscar Steene behind	5.10.40	-	5.4.34	28:30
Q3	WILL	Rushed behind	5.10.40	-	5.5.35	01:38
	WILL	Lachlan Gollant goal	5.10.40	-	6.5.41	04:02
	WILL	Rushed behind	5.10.40	-	6.6.42	08:30
	WILL	Lachlan Gollant behind	5.10.40	-	6.7.43	09:28
	WILL	Rushed behind	5.10.40	-	6.8.44	10:07
	COLR	Ed Allan goal	6.10.46	-	6.8.44	11:33
	WILL	Damon Hollow goal	6.10.46	-	7.8.50	14:09
	COLR	Harry Mahoney goal	7.10.52	-	7.8.50	16:22
	COLR	Max Mahoney goal	8.10.58	-	7.8.50	17:52
	WILL	Rushed behind	8.10.58	-	7.9.51	19:55
	WILL	Cameron Polson goal	8.10.58	-	8.9.57	20:52
	COLR	Joshua Bennetts behind	8.11.59	-	8.9.57	22:33
	WILL	Nathan Colenso behind	8.11.59	-	8.10.58	24:11
	COLR	Chad Mulvogue behind	8.12.60	-	8.10.58	25:36
	COLR	Tom Wilson goal	9.12.66	-	8.10.58	27:32
	WILL	Brodie McLaughlin behind	9.12.66	-	8.11.59	29:44
Q4	WILL	Rushed behind	9.12.66	-	8.12.60	01:22
	WILL	Lachlan Gollant goal	9.12.66	-	9.12.66	04:22
	WILL	Nathan Colenso goal	9.12.66	-	10.12.72	13:37
	WILL	Riley Collier-Dawkins behind	9.12.66	-	10.13.73	16:00
	COLR	Brady Grey behind	9.13.67	-	10.13.73	17:55
	COLR	Finlay Macrae behind	9.14.68	-	10.13.73	19:12
	WILL	Brodie McLaughlin behind	9.14.68	-	10.14.74	21:58
	WILL	Brodie McLaughlin goal	9.14.68	-	11.14.80	23:05
	COLR	Brady Grey behind	9.15.69	-	11.14.80	25:14
	WILL	Brodie McLaughlin behind	9.15.69	-	11.15.81	29:56

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