2026 VFL Season Round 1: Box Hill v Sydney Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 20 March 2026 between Box Hill and the Sydney Reserves during round one of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Box Hill hosted the Sydney Reserves at the Kennedy Community Centre. Stuart Horner captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by David Mirra and the visitors were coached by Nick Malceski.

Box Hill (16.11.107) defeated the Sydney Reserves (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Box Hill v Sydney Reserves
Date: Friday 20 March 2026
Time: 12:35 PM
Venue: Kennedy Community Centre

Match Results

Outcome: Box Hill def. Sydney Reserves
Score: 16.11.107 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Box Hill	4	.	5	4	.	7	12	.	10	16	.	11	16	.	11	(107)
Sydney Reserves	1	.	3	3	.	6	4	.	7	10	.	11	10	.	11	(71)
Margin	BOXH by 20			BOXH by 7			BOXH by 51			BOXH by 36			BOXH by 36
Duration	27:05			25:00			31:34			32:24			1:56:03

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Box Hill

Captain: Stuart Horner
Coach: David Mirra

Sydney Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Nick Malceski

Player Statistics

Box Hill

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
32	Anderson, Cody	WR	?	0	0	18	11	7	3	0	4	4	?	2	1	1	6
58	Bianco, Trent	RR	?	2	0	26	14	12	5	0	1	3	?	0	3	2	3
66	Brown, Tyler	RO	?	1	0	17	5	12	5	0	1	1	?	0	0	1	2
34	Dalton, Jack	HFFL	?	1	0	27	14	13	7	0	6	2	?	0	0	1	1
13	Dear, Calsher	FB	?	2	2	13	10	3	4	0	1	1	?	2	0	0	3
53	Declase, Kye	INT	?	1	0	16	8	8	5	0	0	1	?	0	0	4	1
76	Farrer, Tom	INT	?	0	0	17	9	8	5	0	3	0	?	1	0	1	3
35	Greeves, Ollie	CHF	?	1	0	21	18	3	10	0	2	3	?	2	1	2	5
41	Hill, Matt	FF	?	0	0	6	4	2	0	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	4
62	Horner, Stuart (c)	INT	?	0	0	24	17	7	11	0	3	0	?	2	0	5	1
42	Macdonald, Bailey	FPR	?	1	0	22	14	8	3	0	2	0	?	1	3	4	2
20	Maginness, Finn	BPR	?	1	0	31	21	10	6	0	2	6	?	1	3	2	4
27	McCabe, Will	WL	?	4	1	20	17	3	9	0	2	0	?	2	0	0	3
1	Morrison, Harry	BPL	?	0	0	26	16	10	8	0	2	0	?	0	0	4	1
21	Mraz, Noah	HBFL	?	0	0	23	12	11	10	0	0	0	?	0	0	4	1
22	Nairn, Cam	CHB	?	0	1	10	8	2	5	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	2
39	Perez, Flynn	FPL	?	0	0	22	14	8	6	0	0	0	?	0	2	5	5
79	Pewtress, Will	INT	?	0	0	9	3	6	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	1
38	Ramsden, Max	HFFR	?	1	2	13	10	3	4	5	3	4	?	0	3	1	3
26	Ryan, Bodie	HBFR	?	0	0	22	19	3	6	0	3	0	?	1	2	7	0
29	Schubert, Aidan	C	?	1	1	11	8	3	4	0	0	0	?	3	0	0	2
43	Uhr-Henry, Jaime	RU	?	0	0	4	2	2	0	14	2	1	?	1	1	0	0
54	Ward, Lane	INT	?	0	0	18	9	9	4	0	2	1	?	0	2	1	4
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				16	11	416	263	153	125	19	45	27	0+	20	21	46	57

Sydney Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Adams, Taylor	FB	?	1	1	27	14	13	6	0	9	5	?	3	1	2	5
69	Cameron, Harry	INT	?	0	0	14	7	7	3	0	3	0	?	0	0	3	1
58	Chamberlain, Noah	FPL	?	1	0	15	9	6	2	0	6	3	?	2	0	2	3
7	Cunningham, Harry	BPR	?	0	0	25	16	9	6	0	1	0	?	1	1	7	2
9	Dattoli, Jesse	HBFL	?	2	1	20	13	7	4	0	4	1	?	2	1	1	5
28	Edwards, Will	WL	?	0	0	13	10	3	4	0	1	0	?	0	3	3	0
61	Geddes, Max	INT	?	0	0	14	7	7	3	0	0	0	?	0	1	2	2
51	Giacometti, Luke	FPR	?	1	0	19	9	10	4	0	1	1	?	2	0	0	2
68	Gibbs, Khy	INT	?	0	1	11	4	7	4	0	0	1	?	0	0	0	2
29	Hamling, Joel	C	?	0	0	22	14	8	10	0	3	0	?	1	2	7	1
40	Hanily, Tom	CHF	?	1	3	22	12	10	3	0	5	0	?	2	1	1	6
66	Harbour, Kaden	INT	?	0	1	5	3	2	0	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	1
65	Harrison, Joe	INT	?	1	0	10	6	4	6	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	2
39	Hetherton, Liam	HFFL	?	0	1	3	3	0	2	2	1	1	?	1	1	0	2
65	Kyle, Harry	WR	?	0	0	20	11	9	6	0	4	6	?	0	0	2	3
19	Ladhams, Peter	HBFR	?	0	0	21	8	13	4	24	3	6	?	2	3	0	6
56	Longmire, Jedd	INT	?	1	0	10	6	4	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
2	McLean, Hayden	BPL	?	1	0	7	5	2	3	2	0	1	?	0	0	0	1
53	Peters, Charlie	RR	?	0	1	18	8	10	2	0	3	2	?	2	2	1	2
18	Phillipou, Jevan	CHB	?	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	2	0	?	1	1	0	2
52	Shipley, Nick	RU	?	0	0	21	12	9	3	0	4	1	?	0	2	3	3
41	Snell, Patrick	HFFR	?	0	0	19	13	6	3	0	1	0	?	1	1	6	4
57	Tidemann, James	RO	?	1	0	14	10	4	2	0	4	0	?	1	0	1	3
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				10	11	358	204	154	87	28	60	28	0+	21	20	41	58

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

Box Hill							Coach: David Mirra
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	2	H. McLean	3	T. Adams	7	H. Cunningham	43	J. Uhr-Henry	53	K. Declase
	42	B. Macdonald	41	M. Hill	39	F. Perez	58	T. Bianco	76	T. Farrer
FORWARD							66	T. Brown	62	S. Horner (c)
HALF-BACK									79	W. Pewtress
	9	J. Dattoli	18	J. Phillipou	19	P. Ladhams			54	L. Ward
	38	M. Ramsden	35	O. Greeves	34	J. Dalton
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	28	W. Edwards	29	J. Hamling	65	H. Kyle
	32	C. Anderson	29	A. Schubert	27	W. McCabe	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							52	N. Shipley	69	H. Cameron
HALF-FORWARD							53	C. Peters	61	M. Geddes
	39	L. Hetherton	40	T. Hanily	41	P. Snell	57	J. Tidemann	68	K. Gibbs
	26	B. Ryan	22	C. Nairn	21	N. Mraz			66	K. Harbour
HALF-BACK									65	J. Harrison
FORWARD									56	J. Longmire
	58	N. Chamberlain			51	L. Giacometti
	20	F. Maginness	13	C. Dear	1	H. Morrison
BACK
Sydney Reserves							Coach: Nick Malceski

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BOXH	Bailey Macdonald goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:54
	SYDR	Tom Hanily behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	01:52
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert behind	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	04:56
	SYDR	Khy Gibbs behind	1.1.7	-	0.2.2	06:01
	BOXH	Will McCabe goal	2.1.13	-	0.2.2	07:18
	BOXH	Trent Bianco goal	3.1.19	-	0.2.2	11:00
	BOXH	Will McCabe behind	3.2.20	-	0.2.2	12:29
	BOXH	Calsher Dear goal	4.2.26	-	0.2.2	13:29
	BOXH	Rushed behind	4.3.27	-	0.2.2	15:57
	BOXH	Max Ramsden behind	4.4.28	-	0.2.2	19:47
	BOXH	Calsher Dear behind	4.5.29	-	0.2.2	21:18
	SYDR	Rushed behind	4.5.29	-	0.3.3	22:32
	SYDR	Tom Hanily goal	4.5.29	-	1.3.9	23:12
Q2	BOXH	Rushed behind	4.6.30	-	1.3.9	03:26
	BOXH	Cam Nairn behind	4.7.31	-	1.3.9	05:25
	SYDR	Liam Hetherton behind	4.7.31	-	1.4.10	10:00
	SYDR	Jesse Dattoli behind	4.7.31	-	1.5.11	11:57
	SYDR	Jedd Longmire goal	4.7.31	-	2.5.17	13:25
	SYDR	Tom Hanily behind	4.7.31	-	2.6.18	15:30
	SYDR	Jesse Dattoli goal	4.7.31	-	3.6.24	21:44
Q3	BOXH	Finn Maginness goal	5.7.37	-	3.6.24	00:45
	BOXH	Rushed behind	5.8.38	-	3.6.24	12:00
	BOXH	Calsher Dear goal	6.8.44	-	3.6.24	13:13
	BOXH	Calsher Dear behind	6.9.45	-	3.6.24	14:23
	BOXH	Trent Bianco goal	7.9.51	-	3.6.24	14:55
	BOXH	Max Ramsden behind	7.10.52	-	3.6.24	17:57
	BOXH	Will McCabe goal	8.10.58	-	3.6.24	20:19
	SYDR	James Tidemann goal	8.10.58	-	4.6.30	23:27
	SYDR	Kaden Harbour behind	8.10.58	-	4.7.31	26:07
	BOXH	Jack Dalton goal	9.10.64	-	4.7.31	26:48
	BOXH	Will McCabe goal	10.10.70	-	4.7.31	28:26
	BOXH	Kye Declase goal	11.10.76	-	4.7.31	29:36
	BOXH	Will McCabe goal	12.10.82	-	4.7.31	31:29
Q4	BOXH	Ollie Greeves goal	13.10.88	-	4.7.31	00:31
	SYDR	Rushed behind	13.10.88	-	4.8.32	05:56
	SYDR	Hayden McLean goal	13.10.88	-	5.8.38	07:02
	SYDR	Joe Harrison goal	13.10.88	-	6.8.44	09:02
	BOXH	Rushed behind	13.11.89	-	6.8.44	10:06
	BOXH	Tyler Brown goal	14.11.95	-	6.8.44	10:38
	SYDR	Taylor Adams goal	14.11.95	-	7.8.50	12:27
	BOXH	Max Ramsden goal	15.11.101	-	7.8.50	13:58
	SYDR	Tom Hanily behind	15.11.101	-	7.9.51	16:22
	SYDR	Taylor Adams behind	15.11.101	-	7.10.52	20:04
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert goal	16.11.107	-	7.10.52	22:12
	SYDR	Noah Chamberlain goal	16.11.107	-	8.10.58	24:26
	SYDR	Jesse Dattoli goal	16.11.107	-	9.10.64	25:34
	SYDR	Charlie Peters behind	16.11.107	-	9.11.65	29:05
	SYDR	Luke Giacometti goal	16.11.107	-	10.11.71	30:55

Links

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