2026 VFL Season Elimination Final 2: Essendon Reserves v Williamstown

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 2026 between the Essendon Reserves and Williamstown in the second elimination final of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Essendon Reserves hosted Williamstown at Windy Hill. Xavier O'Neill captained the hosts with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. Finbar O'Dwyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Cameron Joyce and the visitors were coached by Justin Plapp.

The Essendon Reserves (14.12.96) defeated Williamstown (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Second Elimination Final
Teams: Essendon Reserves v Williamstown
Date: Saturday 29 August 2026
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: Windy Hill

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon Reserves def. Williamstown
Score: 14.12.96 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon Reserves	2	.	1	7	.	3	11	.	7	14	.	12	14	.	12	(96)
Williamstown	3	.	3	4	.	6	6	.	8	7	.	9	7	.	9	(51)
Margin	WILL by 8			ESSR by 15			ESSR by 29			ESSR by 45			ESSR by 45
Duration	28:44			31:25			32:02			30:19			2:02:30

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: Finbar O'Dwyer
Coach: Justin Plapp

Player Statistics

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
34	Artemis, Jaxon	BPL	?	0	0	12	9	3	7	0	2	0	?	0	3	3	2
39	Bourke, Cillian	HBFL	?	0	0	10	4	6	1	0	1	0	?	0	3	1	1
36	Clarke, Angus	WR	?	1	3	18	10	8	1	0	1	1	?	3	0	1	3
13	Cox, Nik	FPL	?	3	0	9	6	3	5	5	1	0	?	0	1	0	2
73	Dowling, Boston	INT	?	1	0	7	4	3	3	7	0	0	?	1	0	0	1
33	El Achkar, Hussien	C	?	2	1	11	6	5	2	0	3	1	?	2	1	0	2
41	El-Hawli, Saad	HBFR	?	0	0	14	12	2	3	0	1	0	?	2	0	3	3
11	Gresham, Jade	CHF	?	2	0	10	8	2	1	0	5	2	?	4	0	1	2
35	Guelfi, Matt	FPR	?	0	2	7	4	3	1	0	3	0	?	0	1	0	1
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	INT	?	0	0	18	13	5	3	0	5	3	?	0	0	1	3
40	Johnson, Zak	CHB	?	0	0	17	14	3	2	0	2	1	?	0	0	7	4
23	Jones, Harry	FB	?	0	0	16	9	7	4	0	2	0	?	0	4	4	1
52	Kalpakis, Deacon	INT	?	0	0	17	10	7	10	0	0	0	?	0	1	4	0
67	Kitchell, Ty	INT	?	0	0	10	3	7	2	0	2	2	?	1	0	1	1
29	Kondogiannis, Max	WL	?	0	1	16	12	4	3	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	5
48	McMahon, Liam	FF	?	2	0	8	5	3	4	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	1
42	Nguyen, Jayden	HFFR	?	1	1	15	10	5	3	0	4	2	?	2	0	1	6
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	INT	?	0	1	28	15	13	5	0	8	3	?	2	0	2	6
75	Sellers, Tyler	BPR	?	0	0	15	10	5	6	0	3	1	?	2	1	3	1
12	Setterfield, Will	RR	?	1	1	23	11	12	2	0	5	8	?	5	2	0	4
5	Tsatas, Elijah	RO	?	0	0	32	17	15	6	0	3	8	?	1	0	2	9
38	Unwin, Rhys	HFFL	?	1	0	13	7	6	2	0	4	3	?	2	0	0	4
17	Visentini, Vigo	RU	?	0	0	15	4	11	1	36	4	3	?	1	2	2	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				14	12	341	203	138	77	48	62	38	0+	29	21	36	63

Williamstown

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
25	Bonar, Aiden	BPR	?	0	0	11	6	5	4	0	2	1	?	1	0	1	0
10	Colenso, Nathan	FF	?	1	0	10	6	4	2	0	7	1	?	1	2	0	1
2	Cuningham, David	HBFR	?	1	0	21	11	10	3	0	2	4	?	0	6	0	8
13	Dawson, Kallan	FPR	?	2	2	16	11	5	8	0	2	0	?	5	0	0	4
30	D'Intinosante, Josh	CHF	?	0	1	15	7	8	3	0	2	0	?	3	2	1	4
16	Fullarton, Tom	INT	?	0	1	13	7	6	1	10	1	4	?	0	1	1	3
18	Greiser, Jake	INT	?	1	0	28	22	6	5	0	1	2	?	0	0	7	0
12	Hollow, Damon	FPL	?	0	0	9	7	2	6	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	1
1	McHale, Jack	RO	?	0	0	10	4	6	1	0	4	2	?	0	1	0	5
4	Minton-Connell, Harry	WR	?	0	0	24	14	10	6	0	1	3	?	1	3	5	4
49	Mirkov, Alex	RU	?	0	0	5	1	4	1	11	1	2	?	2	1	0	0
9	Moloney, Diesel	RR	?	0	0	5	1	4	0	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	2
17	O'Dwyer, Finbar (c)	INT	?	0	0	12	9	3	3	0	3	0	?	1	0	5	3
15	Ollington, Heath	BPL	?	0	0	11	5	6	5	0	0	0	?	1	0	1	2
22	Parks, Luke	HBFL	?	0	0	17	11	6	10	0	2	1	?	0	1	6	0
19	Philpot, Max	WL	?	0	0	15	11	4	2	0	1	1	?	1	1	5	1
5	Polson, Cameron	INT	?	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	?	0	1	1	1
47	Ryan, Bailey	INT	?	1	0	10	4	6	2	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
45	Seivers, Angus	CHB	?	0	1	5	2	3	2	1	2	0	?	1	1	0	0
14	Toner, Jack	HFFR	?	1	0	29	16	13	7	0	2	3	?	0	1	3	1
7	Triffett, Toby	HFFL	?	0	0	20	8	12	1	0	8	6	?	2	4	3	1
27	Turner, Kye	FB	?	0	0	16	11	5	8	0	1	0	?	0	0	7	0
36	Wilson, Lachlan	C	?	0	0	16	7	9	4	0	6	4	?	1	4	1	3
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				7	9	322	184	138	84	22	52	35	0+	21	29	49	44

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

Essendon Reserves							Coach: Cameron Joyce
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	15	H. Ollington	27	K. Turner	25	A. Bonar	17	V. Visentini	73	B. Dowling
	35	M. Guelfi	48	L. McMahon	13	N. Cox	12	W. Setterfield	50	J. Hately (vc)
FORWARD							5	E. Tsatas	52	D. Kalpakis
HALF-BACK									67	T. Kitchell
	22	L. Parks	45	A. Seivers	2	D. Cuningham			55	X. O'Neill (c)
	42	J. Nguyen	11	J. Gresham	38	R. Unwin
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	19	M. Philpot	36	L. Wilson	4	H. Minton-Connell
	36	A. Clarke	33	H. El Achkar	29	M. Kondogiannis	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							49	A. Mirkov	16	T. Fullarton
HALF-FORWARD							9	D. Moloney	18	J. Greiser
	7	T. Triffett	30	J. D'Intinosante	14	J. Toner	1	J. McHale	17	F. O'Dwyer (c)
	41	S. El-Hawli	40	Z. Johnson	39	C. Bourke			5	C. Polson
HALF-BACK									47	B. Ryan
FORWARD
	12	D. Hollow	10	N. Colenso	13	K. Dawson
	75	T. Sellers	23	H. Jones	34	J. Artemis
BACK
Williamstown							Coach: Justin Plapp

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WILL	Nathan Colenso goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	07:12
	WILL	Kallan Dawson behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	08:52
	ESSR	Angus Clarke behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	13:45
	WILL	Josh D'Intinosante behind	0.1.1	-	1.2.8	15:56
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	1.1.7	-	1.2.8	16:51
	WILL	Kallan Dawson goal	1.1.7	-	2.2.14	19:23
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	2.1.13	-	2.2.14	24:05
	WILL	Bailey Ryan goal	2.1.13	-	3.2.20	26:29
	WILL	Angus Seivers behind	2.1.13	-	3.3.21	28:24
Q2	ESSR	Xavier O'Neill behind	2.2.14	-	3.3.21	00:32
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	3.2.20	-	3.3.21	01:48
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen goal	4.2.26	-	3.3.21	03:40
	ESSR	Angus Clarke goal	5.2.32	-	3.3.21	07:26
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin goal	6.2.38	-	3.3.21	09:59
	WILL	Kallan Dawson behind	6.2.38	-	3.4.22	13:51
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	7.2.44	-	3.4.22	22:31
	WILL	Kallan Dawson goal	7.2.44	-	4.4.28	24:28
	WILL	Rushed behind	7.2.44	-	4.5.29	26:08
	WILL	Rushed behind	7.2.44	-	4.6.30	27:27
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	7.3.45	-	4.6.30	30:51
Q3	ESSR	Rushed behind	7.4.46	-	4.6.30	02:16
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	8.4.52	-	4.6.30	07:21
	WILL	Rushed behind	8.4.52	-	4.7.31	10:46
	ESSR	Boston Dowling goal	9.4.58	-	4.7.31	14:19
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen behind	9.5.59	-	4.7.31	16:01
	ESSR	Max Kondogiannis behind	9.6.60	-	4.7.31	17:41
	WILL	Jake Greiser goal	9.6.60	-	5.7.37	18:56
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	10.6.66	-	5.7.37	20:28
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	11.6.72	-	5.7.37	22:18
	ESSR	Angus Clarke behind	11.7.73	-	5.7.37	27:40
	WILL	David Cuningham goal	11.7.73	-	6.7.43	28:56
	WILL	Tom Fullarton behind	11.7.73	-	6.8.44	30:36
Q4	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	11.8.74	-	6.8.44	01:48
	WILL	Rushed behind	11.8.74	-	6.9.45	03:33
	WILL	Jack Toner goal	11.8.74	-	7.9.51	07:28
	ESSR	Rushed behind	11.9.75	-	7.9.51	09:36
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	12.9.81	-	7.9.51	17:06
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	13.9.87	-	7.9.51	19:47
	ESSR	Will Setterfield behind	13.10.88	-	7.9.51	21:18
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar behind	13.11.89	-	7.9.51	23:10
	ESSR	Will Setterfield goal	14.11.95	-	7.9.51	25:12
	ESSR	Angus Clarke behind	14.12.96	-	7.9.51	28:34

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