2026 VFL Season Round 4: Gold Coast Reserves v Essendon Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 2026 between the Gold Coast Reserves and the Essendon Reserves during round four of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Gold Coast Reserves hosted the Essendon Reserves at People First Stadium. Alex Sexton captained the hosts. Xavier O'Neill captained the visitors with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tate Kaesler and the visitors were coached by Cameron Joyce.

The Gold Coast Reserves (16.21.117) were defeated by the Essendon Reserves (19.9.123).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Gold Coast Reserves v Essendon Reserves
Date: Saturday 18 April 2026
Time: 9:30 AM
Venue: People First Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast Reserves def. by Essendon Reserves
Score: 16.21.117 - 19.9.123

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Gold Coast Reserves	2	.	4	8	.	10	9	.	15	16	.	21	16	.	21	(117)
Essendon Reserves	8	.	3	11	.	3	17	.	7	19	.	9	19	.	9	(123)
Margin	ESSR by 35			ESSR by 11			ESSR by 40			ESSR by 6			ESSR by 6
Duration	34:44			30:14			30:22			32:09			2:07:29

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Gold Coast Reserves

Captain: Alex Sexton
Coach: Tate Kaesler

Essendon Reserves

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

Player Statistics

Gold Coast Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
38	Addinsall, Beau	C	?	0	1	17	7	10	3	0	4	4	?	0	1	0	2
31	Bell, Cooper	INT	?	2	1	5	4	1	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	0
33	Clohesy, Sam	RO	?	0	1	23	15	8	4	0	1	1	?	0	1	1	5
61	Collins, Cooper	INT	?	1	0	21	12	9	8	0	2	0	?	0	2	3	4
43	Coulson, Koby	FPR	?	1	0	19	8	11	5	0	6	0	?	1	1	1	1
5	Davies, Alex	WL	?	0	2	33	11	22	2	0	4	9	?	3	1	2	5
52	Del-Re, Willis	HBFR	?	0	0	12	6	6	6	0	2	1	?	0	0	3	1
42	Eastham, Asher	CHF	?	2	3	15	9	6	8	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	4
36	Evans, Zak	HFFR	?	1	1	13	6	7	3	0	2	0	?	0	2	0	3
55	Francis, Nick	INT	?	0	0	11	5	6	2	0	2	0	?	0	2	1	2
46	Graham, Caleb	BPR	?	0	0	21	12	9	10	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	0
39	Gulbin, Lachlan	HFFL	?	0	1	17	8	9	1	0	4	1	?	0	1	0	3
7	Holman, Nick	INT	?	0	1	23	7	16	0	0	4	6	?	3	0	1	5
44	Jepson, Ben	RR	?	0	2	20	9	11	4	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	2
37	Knobel, Max	FF	?	1	2	13	7	6	3	7	2	3	?	1	4	1	4
45	Lewis, Caleb	BPL	?	0	0	11	7	4	7	0	0	0	?	0	0	2	2
23	Moyle, Ned	RU	?	2	1	19	5	14	4	33	3	3	?	1	3	1	1
35	Murray, Jai	WR	?	1	0	20	12	8	4	0	5	7	?	1	0	1	7
30	Patterson, Dylan	CHB	?	0	0	25	15	10	3	0	2	1	?	0	0	3	6
13	Sexton, Alex (c)	HBFL	?	0	1	29	18	11	11	0	2	1	?	0	0	7	2
24	Swallow, David	INT	?	0	0	16	7	9	2	0	2	2	?	1	0	1	3
41	Thomas, Avery	FB	?	0	0	8	7	1	2	0	2	0	?	1	1	3	2
9	Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra	FPL	?	5	2	13	12	1	5	0	4	0	?	2	2	0	5
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				16	21	404	209	195	99	40	59	39	0+	15	23	34	69

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
77	Bella, Will	FPL	?	1	0	12	6	6	6	3	1	2	?	0	0	0	2
74	Binns, Jaxon	WL	?	1	0	19	14	5	5	0	3	1	?	0	0	1	3
24	Bryan, Nick	RU	?	0	0	16	9	7	2	18	2	7	?	4	2	3	3
13	Cox, Nik	FPR	?	3	0	10	4	6	4	0	3	0	?	0	0	1	3
58	Eckersley, Jared	INT	?	2	0	13	7	6	3	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	1
68	Eckersley, Zac	INT	?	0	0	8	1	7	0	0	6	0	?	1	0	2	0
80	Ferronato, Kristian	CHF	?	0	1	21	13	8	4	0	2	1	?	1	0	0	1
19	Gerreyn, Kayle	FB	?	0	0	13	11	2	6	0	0	0	?	0	2	5	0
35	Guelfi, Matt	WR	?	0	0	13	7	6	2	0	2	1	?	0	1	1	2
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	INT	?	0	0	18	10	8	2	0	5	3	?	0	1	0	4
40	Johnson, Zak	HBFL	?	0	0	31	20	11	5	0	0	0	?	0	0	5	3
29	Kondogiannis, Max	BPL	?	0	0	20	10	10	6	0	0	0	?	0	1	4	1
51	McKay, Solly	INT	?	0	0	17	8	9	4	0	1	0	?	1	1	4	2
48	McMahon, Liam	FF	?	3	4	14	10	4	5	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	1
42	Nguyen, Jayden	HFFR	?	3	3	23	16	7	6	0	6	3	?	5	1	0	7
65	Nyko, Cam	HBFR	?	0	0	21	8	13	7	0	0	3	?	2	1	3	2
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	CHB	?	2	0	28	21	7	5	0	3	0	?	3	0	6	3
16	Perkins, Archie	C	?	1	0	27	6	21	3	0	7	3	?	1	0	4	1
57	Scott, Noah	INT	?	0	0	16	8	8	3	0	5	1	?	3	2	0	4
75	Sellers, Tyler	BPR	?	0	0	16	14	2	11	0	1	0	?	1	1	9	1
12	Setterfield, Will	RR	?	0	0	10	5	5	3	0	4	1	?	0	0	1	2
15	Sharp, Dyson	RO	?	0	0	23	13	10	5	0	5	5	?	1	1	3	5
38	Unwin, Rhys	HFFL	?	3	0	13	6	7	2	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	4
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				19	9	402	227	175	99	21	60	32	0+	23	15	52	55

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

Gold Coast Reserves							Coach: Tate Kaesler
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	29	M. Kondogiannis	19	K. Gerreyn	75	T. Sellers	23	N. Moyle	31	C. Bell
	43	K. Coulson	37	M. Knobel	9	J. Ugle-Hagan	44	B. Jepson	61	C. Collins
FORWARD							33	S. Clohesy	55	N. Francis
HALF-BACK									7	N. Holman
	40	Z. Johnson	55	X. O'Neill (c)	65	C. Nyko			24	D. Swallow
	36	Z. Evans	42	A. Eastham	39	L. Gulbin
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	74	J. Binns	16	A. Perkins	35	M. Guelfi
	35	J. Murray	38	B. Addinsall	5	A. Davies	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							24	N. Bryan	58	J. Eckersley
HALF-FORWARD							12	W. Setterfield	68	Z. Eckersley
	38	R. Unwin	80	K. Ferronato	42	J. Nguyen	15	D. Sharp	50	J. Hately (vc)
	52	W. Del-Re	30	D. Patterson	13	A. Sexton (c)			51	S. McKay
HALF-BACK									57	N. Scott
FORWARD
	77	W. Bella	48	L. McMahon	13	N. Cox
	46	C. Graham	41	A. Thomas	45	C. Lewis
BACK
Essendon Reserves							Coach: Cameron Joyce

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSR	Archie Perkins goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	04:58
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin goal	0.0.0	-	2.0.12	06:37
	GCSR	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	1.0.6	-	2.0.12	07:36
	ESSR	Jaxon Binns goal	1.0.6	-	3.0.18	09:48
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	1.0.6	-	4.0.24	11:21
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	1.0.6	-	4.1.25	12:57
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	1.0.6	-	5.1.31	14:53
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	1.0.6	-	5.2.32	17:42
	GCSR	Ben Jepson behind	1.1.7	-	5.2.32	18:49
	GCSR	Cooper Bell goal	2.1.13	-	5.2.32	21:53
	GCSR	Max Knobel behind	2.2.14	-	5.2.32	24:00
	GCSR	Alex Sexton behind	2.3.15	-	5.2.32	25:13
	GCSR	Beau Addinsall behind	2.4.16	-	5.2.32	26:47
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	2.4.16	-	6.2.38	29:14
	ESSR	Will Bella goal	2.4.16	-	7.2.44	30:32
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	2.4.16	-	8.2.50	32:25
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	2.4.16	-	8.3.51	34:33
Q2	GCSR	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	3.4.22	-	8.3.51	02:06
	GCSR	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	3.5.23	-	8.3.51	03:34
	GCSR	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	4.5.29	-	8.3.51	06:46
	GCSR	Jai Murray goal	5.5.35	-	8.3.51	07:58
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	5.5.35	-	9.3.57	10:46
	GCSR	Ned Moyle goal	6.5.41	-	9.3.57	12:31
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin goal	6.5.41	-	10.3.63	13:41
	GCSR	Alex Davies behind	6.6.42	-	10.3.63	15:29
	GCSR	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	7.6.48	-	10.3.63	16:36
	GCSR	Lachlan Gulbin behind	7.7.49	-	10.3.63	17:38
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	7.7.49	-	11.3.69	21:18
	GCSR	Koby Coulson goal	8.7.55	-	11.3.69	22:58
	GCSR	Ned Moyle behind	8.8.56	-	11.3.69	26:22
	GCSR	Rushed behind	8.9.57	-	11.3.69	26:46
	GCSR	Asher Eastham behind	8.10.58	-	11.3.69	29:04
Q3	ESSR	Rushed behind	8.10.58	-	11.4.70	01:05
	GCSR	Sam Clohesy behind	8.11.59	-	11.4.70	03:39
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	8.11.59	-	11.5.71	05:13
	GCSR	Asher Eastham behind	8.12.60	-	11.5.71	06:24
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	8.12.60	-	12.5.77	07:28
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen goal	8.12.60	-	13.5.83	10:53
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen behind	8.12.60	-	13.6.84	13:14
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen behind	8.12.60	-	13.7.85	14:03
	GCSR	Cooper Bell behind	8.13.61	-	13.7.85	15:11
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen goal	8.13.61	-	14.7.91	16:06
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	8.13.61	-	15.7.97	18:30
	GCSR	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	8.14.62	-	15.7.97	20:27
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin goal	8.14.62	-	16.7.103	21:10
	GCSR	Cooper Bell goal	9.14.68	-	16.7.103	22:30
	GCSR	Ben Jepson behind	9.15.69	-	16.7.103	28:02
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen goal	9.15.69	-	17.7.109	28:50
Q4	GCSR	Asher Eastham behind	9.16.70	-	17.7.109	03:47
	GCSR	Asher Eastham goal	10.16.76	-	17.7.109	04:38
	GCSR	Zak Evans behind	10.17.77	-	17.7.109	05:47
	GCSR	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	11.17.83	-	17.7.109	07:21
	GCSR	Rushed behind	11.18.84	-	17.7.109	11:29
	GCSR	Max Knobel behind	11.19.85	-	17.7.109	14:19
	ESSR	Xavier O'Neill goal	11.19.85	-	18.7.115	15:33
	ESSR	Kristian Ferronato behind	11.19.85	-	18.8.116	16:45
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen behind	11.19.85	-	18.9.117	17:50
	GCSR	Asher Eastham goal	12.19.91	-	18.9.117	19:10
	GCSR	Ned Moyle goal	13.19.97	-	18.9.117	20:47
	GCSR	Alex Davies behind	13.20.98	-	18.9.117	22:12
	GCSR	Nick Holman behind	13.21.99	-	18.9.117	23:17
	ESSR	Xavier O'Neill goal	13.21.99	-	19.9.123	25:53
	GCSR	Cooper Collins goal	14.21.105	-	19.9.123	27:11
	GCSR	Zak Evans goal	15.21.111	-	19.9.123	28:22
	GCSR	Max Knobel goal	16.21.117	-	19.9.123	32:00

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