2026 VFL Season Round 4: Sydney Reserves v Greater Western Sydney Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 2026 between the Sydney Reserves and the Greater Western Sydney Reserves during round four of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Sydney Reserves hosted the Greater Western Sydney Reserves at the SCG. Ryan Hebron captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Nick Malceski and the visitors were coached by Robbie Chancellor.

The Sydney Reserves (15.6.96) defeated the Greater Western Sydney Reserves (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Sydney Reserves v Greater Western Sydney Reserves
Date: Friday 17 April 2026
Time: 3:35 PM
Venue: SCG

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney Reserves def. Greater Western Sydney Reserves
Score: 15.6.96 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney Reserves	3	.	0	8	.	1	12	.	2	15	.	6	15	.	6	(96)
Greater Western Sydney Reserves	1	.	2	5	.	5	9	.	9	10	.	14	10	.	14	(74)
Margin	SYDR by 10			SYDR by 14			SYDR by 11			SYDR by 22			SYDR by 22
Duration	28:55			30:46			29:26			31:44			2:00:51

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Sydney Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Nick Malceski

Greater Western Sydney Reserves

Captain: Ryan Hebron
Coach: Robbie Chancellor

Player Statistics

Sydney Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
67	Andreacchio, Nicholas	HBFR	?	0	0	10	9	1	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	5	1
59	Callegari, Julian	RO	?	0	0	5	1	4	1	0	3	1	?	0	0	0	0
58	Chamberlain, Noah	INT	?	0	0	14	7	7	2	0	1	1	?	1	0	0	1
33	Cleary, Caiden	INT	?	1	0	28	11	17	5	0	5	2	?	0	2	2	4
25	Cootee, Billy	FF	?	3	1	12	9	3	5	0	3	1	?	2	0	0	2
9	Dattoli, Jesse	FPR	?	0	1	16	7	9	2	0	2	1	?	1	0	0	4
28	Edwards, Will	BPR	?	0	0	21	15	6	9	0	0	0	?	0	3	12	2
51	Giacometti, Luke	HBFL	?	0	0	18	12	6	3	0	4	0	?	2	1	6	4
68	Gibbs, Khy	RU	?	0	0	16	11	5	4	0	3	0	?	1	0	2	1
40	Hanily, Tom	WL	?	0	1	16	9	7	4	0	4	1	?	1	0	0	3
65	Harrison, Joe	INT	?	0	0	16	6	10	3	0	3	0	?	0	0	3	1
39	Hetherton, Liam	FPL	?	3	1	7	6	1	2	1	2	0	?	3	0	0	0
65	Kyle, Harry	CHB	?	0	0	15	9	6	4	0	3	4	?	2	3	3	2
19	Ladhams, Peter	FB	?	1	0	22	13	9	5	24	2	6	?	2	4	1	3
2	McLean, Hayden	HFFR	?	4	0	10	7	3	5	2	0	1	?	1	0	0	2
43	Melican, Lewis	INT	?	0	0	17	14	3	4	0	0	0	?	2	2	9	1
50	Mellis, Mitch	RR	?	0	1	19	11	8	2	0	5	4	?	6	0	0	0
53	Peters, Charlie	C	?	1	1	13	10	3	1	0	5	0	?	1	2	1	4
18	Phillipou, Jevan	WR	?	0	0	6	4	2	2	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	3
64	Ryan, Tom	INT	?	1	0	4	3	1	0	7	2	1	?	2	0	0	0
52	Shipley, Nick	CHF	?	0	0	22	13	9	3	0	6	2	?	1	1	1	7
41	Snell, Patrick	BPL	?	0	0	15	12	3	5	0	2	0	?	2	0	4	0
57	Tidemann, James	HFFL	?	1	0	8	4	4	1	0	2	0	?	0	0	1	1
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				15	6	330	203	127	74	34	59	25	0+	30	19	50	46

Greater Western Sydney Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Bell, James	RR	?	0	0	26	13	13	1	0	3	8	?	2	1	0	5
32	Briggs, Kieren	RO	?	1	1	18	12	6	2	21	7	10	?	3	1	0	6
46	Brown, Callum	INT	?	1	1	4	2	2	3	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	0
45	Davis, Finnegan	RU	?	0	0	12	6	6	2	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	1
38	Delana, Josaia	INT	?	1	0	11	6	5	3	0	5	0	?	1	2	1	1
60	Dillon, Riley	FPR	?	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	?	0	3	0	0
58	Edwards, Cameron	INT	?	0	0	10	8	2	3	0	0	2	?	1	2	1	1
64	Fitzgerald, Declan	HBFR	?	0	0	14	8	6	3	0	5	2	?	1	0	3	2
52	Grubb, Lachie	CHF	?	0	2	10	9	1	7	0	4	0	?	0	0	0	6
35	Gruzewski, Max	INT	?	1	1	20	14	6	10	6	1	0	?	1	0	3	6
43	Hamilton, Riley	HFFL	?	2	0	11	6	5	3	0	3	0	?	2	2	0	3
47	Hebron, Ryan (c)	FPL	?	2	2	8	6	2	3	0	3	0	?	1	1	0	0
51	Hooper, Harvey	INT	?	2	2	27	20	7	4	0	2	2	?	1	1	0	5
49	Kelly, Nicholas	FB	?	0	0	13	6	7	4	0	0	0	?	0	3	1	1
30	Leake, James	BPR	?	0	0	15	7	8	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	6	1
62	McMeeken, Sam	HFFR	?	0	0	11	5	6	3	0	2	0	?	1	2	0	1
50	Montgomery, Louie	HBFL	?	0	0	22	8	14	5	0	2	1	?	0	1	2	5
19	Oliver, Harry	INT	?	0	0	30	15	15	5	0	2	0	?	2	2	4	4
28	Ough, Jack	C	?	0	0	30	7	23	4	0	4	6	?	1	3	0	5
56	Pfrengle, Kye	BPL	?	0	0	14	7	7	2	0	4	1	?	0	4	0	2
61	Roberts, Ethan	FF	?	0	0	12	3	9	3	0	3	1	?	2	1	1	0
18	Stone, Conor	WL	?	0	0	20	15	5	6	0	5	1	?	0	0	6	1
34	Taylor, Oskar	CHB	?	0	0	20	10	10	3	0	2	0	?	0	0	2	4
Rushed					5
Total (23 players)				10	14	359	193	166	82	27	61	34	0+	19	30	31	60

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

Sydney Reserves							Coach: Nick Malceski
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	56	K. Pfrengle	49	N. Kelly	30	J. Leake	68	K. Gibbs	58	N. Chamberlain
	9	J. Dattoli	25	B. Cootee	39	L. Hetherton	50	M. Mellis	33	C. Cleary
FORWARD							59	J. Callegari	65	J. Harrison
HALF-BACK									43	L. Melican
	50	L. Montgomery	34	O. Taylor	64	D. Fitzgerald			64	T. Ryan
	2	H. McLean	52	N. Shipley	57	J. Tidemann
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	18	C. Stone	28	J. Ough
	18	J. Phillipou	53	C. Peters	40	T. Hanily	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							45	F. Davis	46	C. Brown
HALF-FORWARD							48	J. Bell	38	J. Delana
	43	R. Hamilton	52	L. Grubb	62	S. McMeeken	32	K. Briggs	58	C. Edwards
	67	N. Andreacchio	65	H. Kyle	51	L. Giacometti			35	M. Gruzewski
HALF-BACK									51	H. Hooper
FORWARD									19	H. Oliver
	47	R. Hebron (c)	61	E. Roberts	60	R. Dillon
	28	W. Edwards	19	P. Ladhams	41	P. Snell
BACK
Greater Western Sydney Reserves							Coach: Robbie Chancellor

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GWSR	Callum Brown behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:41
	GWSR	Harvey Hooper behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	04:28
	GWSR	Josaia Delana goal	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	09:22
	SYDR	Billy Cootee goal	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	12:00
	SYDR	Tom Ryan goal	2.0.12	-	1.2.8	27:05
	SYDR	Liam Hetherton goal	3.0.18	-	1.2.8	28:43
Q2	SYDR	Billy Cootee goal	4.0.24	-	1.2.8	02:55
	SYDR	Liam Hetherton goal	5.0.30	-	1.2.8	05:39
	SYDR	Billy Cootee behind	5.1.31	-	1.2.8	06:51
	GWSR	Harvey Hooper goal	5.1.31	-	2.2.14	08:28
	GWSR	Rushed behind	5.1.31	-	2.3.15	09:36
	GWSR	Kieren Briggs behind	5.1.31	-	2.4.16	11:41
	SYDR	Billy Cootee goal	6.1.37	-	2.4.16	13:46
	GWSR	Riley Hamilton goal	6.1.37	-	3.4.22	15:22
	SYDR	Hayden McLean goal	7.1.43	-	3.4.22	18:36
	GWSR	Callum Brown goal	7.1.43	-	4.4.28	21:48
	SYDR	Hayden McLean goal	8.1.49	-	4.4.28	23:55
	GWSR	Lachie Grubb behind	8.1.49	-	4.5.29	28:57
	GWSR	Ryan Hebron goal	8.1.49	-	5.5.35	30:42
Q3	GWSR	Ryan Hebron goal	8.1.49	-	6.5.41	00:49
	SYDR	Caiden Cleary goal	9.1.55	-	6.5.41	03:17
	GWSR	Ryan Hebron behind	9.1.55	-	6.6.42	04:29
	GWSR	Rushed behind	9.1.55	-	6.7.43	06:24
	GWSR	Lachie Grubb behind	9.1.55	-	6.8.44	08:40
	GWSR	Rushed behind	9.1.55	-	6.9.45	09:41
	GWSR	Harvey Hooper goal	9.1.55	-	7.9.51	12:16
	GWSR	Riley Hamilton goal	9.1.55	-	8.9.57	14:15
	SYDR	Hayden McLean goal	10.1.61	-	8.9.57	17:09
	SYDR	Hayden McLean goal	11.1.67	-	8.9.57	23:22
	SYDR	James Tidemann goal	12.1.73	-	8.9.57	25:01
	SYDR	Tom Hanily behind	12.2.74	-	8.9.57	26:33
	GWSR	Kieren Briggs goal	12.2.74	-	9.9.63	29:17
Q4	GWSR	Harvey Hooper behind	12.2.74	-	9.10.64	02:37
	GWSR	Max Gruzewski goal	12.2.74	-	10.10.70	05:50
	SYDR	Liam Hetherton behind	12.3.75	-	10.10.70	08:02
	SYDR	Mitch Mellis behind	12.4.76	-	10.10.70	09:48
	SYDR	Peter Ladhams goal	13.4.82	-	10.10.70	11:43
	SYDR	Charlie Peters behind	13.5.83	-	10.10.70	13:59
	GWSR	Rushed behind	13.5.83	-	10.11.71	15:08
	SYDR	Liam Hetherton goal	14.5.89	-	10.11.71	16:53
	GWSR	Ryan Hebron behind	14.5.89	-	10.12.72	18:54
	SYDR	Charlie Peters goal	15.5.95	-	10.12.72	20:00
	SYDR	Jesse Dattoli behind	15.6.96	-	10.12.72	24:13
	GWSR	Rushed behind	15.6.96	-	10.13.73	27:32
	GWSR	Max Gruzewski behind	15.6.96	-	10.14.74	28:06

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