2026 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray Reserves v Essendon Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 2026 between the Footscray Reserves and the Essendon Reserves during round three of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Footscray Reserves hosted the Essendon Reserves at Marvel Stadium. Daniel Orgill captained the hosts. Xavier O'Neill captained the visitors with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alex Johnson and the visitors were coached by Cameron Joyce.

The Footscray Reserves (18.10.118) defeated the Essendon Reserves (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray Reserves v Essendon Reserves
Date: Sunday 5 April 2026
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray Reserves def. Essendon Reserves
Score: 18.10.118 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Footscray Reserves	5	.	1	8	.	3	11	.	6	18	.	10	18	.	10	(118)
Essendon Reserves	5	.	3	8	.	7	9	.	8	10	.	11	10	.	11	(71)
Margin	ESSR by 2			ESSR by 4			FOOR by 10			FOOR by 47			FOOR by 47
Duration	31:07			28:37			27:25			28:46			1:55:55

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Footscray Reserves

Captain: Daniel Orgill
Coach: Alex Johnson

Essendon Reserves

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

Player Statistics

Footscray Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
51	Billings, Jack	RR	?	5	0	20	15	5	6	0	1	3	?	0	0	0	4
5	Busslinger, Jedd	BPR	?	0	1	20	16	4	6	0	2	0	?	0	1	5	0
2	Carmichael, Lachlan	FB	?	0	0	22	7	15	7	0	3	1	?	0	1	3	0
36	Cleary, Luke	FPL	?	0	0	18	10	8	4	0	4	0	?	0	0	1	0
17	Coffield, Nick	HBFR	?	0	0	27	17	10	8	0	1	0	?	0	0	6	2
61	Craig-Peters, Cooper	INT	?	1	0	28	21	7	4	0	8	6	?	2	1	1	13
15	Darcy, Will	CHB	?	3	0	9	7	2	4	0	1	0	?	3	0	0	3
25	Emmett, Louis	WL	?	3	1	23	10	13	8	7	2	8	?	4	2	1	0
12	Gallagher, Harvey	HBFL	?	0	1	19	11	8	4	0	2	2	?	0	0	0	3
43	Gardner, Ryan	FPR	?	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	0	0	?	1	1	3	0
72	Hewitt, Harrison	INT	?	0	0	13	5	8	2	0	3	2	?	0	1	1	2
6	Hynes, Cooper	BPL	?	1	0	19	7	12	1	0	7	6	?	0	2	1	1
35	Kennedy, Luke	HFFR	?	0	0	16	7	9	1	0	4	1	?	1	1	2	3
28	Lewis, Will	WR	?	2	3	13	9	4	3	0	4	0	?	2	4	1	3
65	Maple, Tristan	INT	?	1	0	12	6	6	6	0	3	2	?	0	1	1	0
30	McNeil, Lachlan	HFFL	?	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	3	1	?	0	0	0	1
56	Muratore, Luca	C	?	0	0	8	3	5	3	0	3	0	?	0	1	0	2
50	Orgill, Daniel (c)	RU	?	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	9	4	?	1	1	0	6
60	Ramshaw, Laird	CHF	?	0	0	5	2	3	1	0	7	0	?	0	0	0	1
79	Saunders, Ged	INT	?	1	1	11	6	5	4	0	2	1	?	1	2	4	0
55	Smith, Connor	INT	?	1	0	16	10	6	4	0	5	2	?	4	0	1	2
40	Smith, Lachlan	FF	?	0	0	11	4	7	3	21	4	1	?	0	2	1	1
53	Valpied, Fred	RO	?	0	0	19	16	3	7	0	1	1	?	0	0	2	3
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				18	10	356	207	149	93	28	79	41	0+	19	21	34	50

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
77	Bella, Will	INT	?	0	2	10	4	6	5	7	3	1	?	0	1	0	0
74	Binns, Jaxon	INT	?	1	0	20	13	7	3	0	4	1	?	1	0	1	3
24	Bryan, Nick	WL	?	0	0	10	4	6	2	27	4	3	?	4	3	0	2
36	Clarke, Angus	HFFL	?	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	0
13	Cox, Nik	BPR	?	2	2	14	10	4	5	0	0	0	?	1	0	0	1
33	El Achkar, Hussien	WR	?	1	1	9	2	7	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
80	Ferronato, Kristian	INT	?	1	0	19	8	11	4	0	5	2	?	2	1	0	2
69	Gallagher, Kieran	INT	?	0	0	13	10	3	8	0	4	0	?	0	2	3	1
19	Gerreyn, Kayle	CHB	?	0	1	15	13	2	7	3	0	1	?	3	2	4	1
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	FF	?	0	1	21	14	7	4	0	7	4	?	3	1	2	9
23	Jones, Harry	HBFR	?	2	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
67	Kitchell, Ty	RO	?	0	0	17	8	9	6	0	2	0	?	0	0	4	2
29	Kondogiannis, Max	C	?	0	0	14	8	6	4	0	2	0	?	1	0	1	2
51	McKay, Solly	FPR	?	0	0	22	13	9	4	0	2	2	?	0	2	5	2
48	McMahon, Liam	FPL	?	2	2	8	8	0	6	0	0	0	?	1	1	0	3
42	Nguyen, Jayden	HFFR	?	0	1	17	8	9	6	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	1
65	Nyko, Cam	RR	?	0	0	14	7	7	5	0	7	2	?	0	0	1	1
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	RU	?	0	0	20	10	10	5	0	2	2	?	1	2	2	0
14	Ridley, Jordan	HBFL	?	0	0	18	14	4	10	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	0
9	Robey, Sullivan	FB	?	0	0	11	6	5	2	0	4	0	?	1	1	1	2
75	Sellers, Tyler	INT	?	1	0	18	14	4	11	0	1	0	?	0	2	3	2
5	Tsatas, Elijah	BPL	?	0	0	36	21	15	8	0	4	8	?	0	1	2	7
38	Unwin, Rhys	CHF	?	0	0	13	7	6	0	0	7	2	?	3	0	1	4
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				10	11	345	205	140	108	37	61	28	0+	21	19	32	45

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

Footscray Reserves							Coach: Alex Johnson
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	5	E. Tsatas	9	S. Robey	13	N. Cox	50	D. Orgill (c)	61	C. Craig-Peters
	43	R. Gardner	40	L. Smith	36	L. Cleary	51	J. Billings	72	H. Hewitt
FORWARD							53	F. Valpied	65	T. Maple
HALF-BACK									79	G. Saunders
	14	J. Ridley	19	K. Gerreyn	23	H. Jones			55	C. Smith
	35	L. Kennedy	60	L. Ramshaw	30	L. McNeil
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	24	N. Bryan	29	M. Kondogiannis	33	H. El Achkar
	28	W. Lewis	56	L. Muratore	25	L. Emmett	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							55	X. O'Neill (c)	77	W. Bella
HALF-FORWARD							65	C. Nyko	74	J. Binns
	36	A. Clarke	38	R. Unwin	42	J. Nguyen	67	T. Kitchell	80	K. Ferronato
	17	N. Coffield	15	W. Darcy	12	H. Gallagher			69	K. Gallagher
HALF-BACK									75	T. Sellers
FORWARD
	48	L. McMahon	50	J. Hately (vc)	51	S. McKay
	5	J. Busslinger	2	L. Carmichael	6	C. Hynes
BACK
Essendon Reserves							Coach: Cameron Joyce

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSR	Harry Jones goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:28
	ESSR	Nik Cox behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	03:44
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	0.0.0	-	2.1.13	05:49
	FOOR	Will Lewis goal	1.0.6	-	2.1.13	07:16
	ESSR	Jaxon Binns goal	1.0.6	-	3.1.19	09:23
	ESSR	Tyler Sellers goal	1.0.6	-	4.1.25	13:36
	FOOR	Cooper Craig-Peters goal	2.0.12	-	4.1.25	15:26
	FOOR	Will Darcy goal	3.0.18	-	4.1.25	17:55
	ESSR	Harry Jones goal	3.0.18	-	5.1.31	22:04
	FOOR	Ged Saunders behind	3.1.19	-	5.1.31	24:33
	FOOR	Ged Saunders goal	4.1.25	-	5.1.31	25:31
	FOOR	Will Lewis goal	5.1.31	-	5.1.31	28:07
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen behind	5.1.31	-	5.2.32	29:09
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	5.1.31	-	5.3.33	30:27
Q2	FOOR	Louis Emmett goal	6.1.37	-	5.3.33	02:10
	FOOR	Harvey Gallagher behind	6.2.38	-	5.3.33	05:14
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	6.2.38	-	6.3.39	08:06
	FOOR	Tristan Maple goal	7.2.44	-	6.3.39	10:07
	ESSR	Nik Cox behind	7.2.44	-	6.4.40	11:53
	FOOR	Will Darcy goal	8.2.50	-	6.4.40	16:47
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar behind	8.2.50	-	6.5.41	18:03
	ESSR	Rushed behind	8.2.50	-	6.6.42	19:45
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	8.2.50	-	7.6.48	22:14
	FOOR	Will Lewis behind	8.3.51	-	7.6.48	23:15
	ESSR	Will Bella behind	8.3.51	-	7.7.49	25:46
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	8.3.51	-	8.7.55	28:30
Q3	FOOR	Jack Billings goal	9.3.57	-	8.7.55	01:48
	FOOR	Rushed behind	9.4.58	-	8.7.55	03:25
	FOOR	Will Lewis behind	9.5.59	-	8.7.55	04:22
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	9.5.59	-	9.7.61	05:59
	FOOR	Jack Billings goal	10.5.65	-	9.7.61	12:54
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	10.5.65	-	9.8.62	19:06
	FOOR	Jedd Busslinger behind	10.6.66	-	9.8.62	20:02
	FOOR	Jack Billings goal	11.6.72	-	9.8.62	24:23
Q4	FOOR	Louis Emmett behind	11.7.73	-	9.8.62	04:22
	FOOR	Jack Billings goal	12.7.79	-	9.8.62	06:28
	ESSR	Will Bella behind	12.7.79	-	9.9.63	08:29
	ESSR	Kristian Ferronato goal	12.7.79	-	10.9.69	09:26
	FOOR	Connor Smith goal	13.7.85	-	10.9.69	10:57
	FOOR	Rushed behind	13.8.86	-	10.9.69	12:13
	FOOR	Rushed behind	13.9.87	-	10.9.69	15:30
	FOOR	Will Lewis behind	13.10.88	-	10.9.69	18:21
	ESSR	Kayle Gerreyn behind	13.10.88	-	10.10.70	19:37
	FOOR	Louis Emmett goal	14.10.94	-	10.10.70	21:47
	FOOR	Will Darcy goal	15.10.100	-	10.10.70	23:26
	ESSR	Jackson Hately behind	15.10.100	-	10.11.71	24:42
	FOOR	Jack Billings goal	16.10.106	-	10.11.71	25:47
	FOOR	Cooper Hynes goal	17.10.112	-	10.11.71	27:04
	FOOR	Louis Emmett goal	18.10.118	-	10.11.71	28:40

Links

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