2026 VFL Season Round 5: Collingwood Reserves v Essendon Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 2026 between the Collingwood Reserves and the Essendon Reserves during round five of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Collingwood Reserves hosted the Essendon Reserves at the KGM Centre. Xavier O'Neill captained the visitors with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Matthew Lokan and the visitors were coached by Cameron Joyce.

The Collingwood Reserves (17.12.114) defeated the Essendon Reserves (15.13.103).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Collingwood Reserves v Essendon Reserves
Date: Friday 24 April 2026
Time: 2:05 PM
Venue: KGM Centre

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood Reserves def. Essendon Reserves
Score: 17.12.114 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Collingwood Reserves	4	.	2	9	.	4	13	.	7	17	.	12	17	.	12	(114)
Essendon Reserves	5	.	2	8	.	5	13	.	8	15	.	13	15	.	13	(103)
Margin	ESSR by 6			COLR by 5			ESSR by 1			COLR by 11			COLR by 11
Duration	33:26			30:26			34:09			29:30			2:07:31

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Collingwood Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Lokan

Essendon Reserves

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

Player Statistics

Collingwood Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
16	Allan, Ed	BPL	?	0	0	33	17	16	3	0	7	6	?	1	2	4	10
57	Browne, Joshua	INT	?	0	0	20	6	14	2	0	2	1	?	1	1	1	4
34	Buller, Jack	HFFR	?	5	2	16	8	8	6	1	1	0	?	2	0	0	1
27	Cochran, Joel	C	?	0	0	16	12	4	8	0	3	0	?	0	1	9	0
54	Faulkhead, Oskar	INT	?	0	0	18	8	10	4	0	0	2	?	0	1	0	2
55	Grey, Brady	INT	?	0	0	7	4	3	1	0	5	2	?	1	2	0	2
36	Harrison, Harvey	FPL	?	0	1	21	15	6	3	0	12	0	?	2	1	2	5
23	Hill, Bobby	CHB	?	1	1	11	7	4	0	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	2
40	Howes, Noah	FPR	?	0	0	17	10	7	9	0	4	0	?	1	0	2	3
19	Jiath, Tew	BPR	?	0	0	16	7	9	7	0	4	0	?	0	0	3	1
52	Maher, Zavier	RO	?	1	1	19	11	8	2	0	3	1	?	1	2	2	7
37	McCarthy, Zac	FF	?	0	2	5	4	1	4	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
26	McInnes, Reef	WL	?	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	0
18	Prindable, Tyan	FB	?	0	0	14	4	10	2	0	8	3	?	1	0	0	1
78	Quaynor, Luke	INT	?	0	0	7	2	5	0	0	2	1	?	1	1	1	1
24	Ryan, Jakob	HBFR	?	0	0	20	14	6	6	0	4	0	?	0	0	2	0
43	Saxena, Jai	RU	?	1	0	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	0
20	Smit, Iliro	HBFL	?	1	2	11	5	6	4	16	1	4	?	2	3	0	2
33	Sullivan, Lachlan	CHF	?	3	0	16	8	8	1	0	5	1	?	1	1	0	2
32	Swadling, Sam	HFFL	?	0	0	24	15	9	6	0	3	1	?	0	1	3	6
50	Teakle, Brynn	RR	?	1	0	17	10	7	2	17	4	5	?	1	0	1	2
29	West, Charlie	WR	?	4	1	10	8	2	9	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	0
59	Woewodin, Taj	INT	?	0	0	13	7	6	2	0	1	1	?	0	1	4	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				17	12	336	185	151	82	34	72	28	0+	16	18	35	53

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
77	Bella, Will	INT	?	0	0	13	5	8	5	0	0	1	?	0	0	4	0
74	Binns, Jaxon	INT	?	0	1	24	17	7	6	0	2	1	?	0	0	1	3
13	Cox, Nik	FB	?	1	1	19	12	7	7	0	4	1	?	2	3	0	5
73	Dowling, Boston	INT	?	0	0	11	4	7	3	28	2	3	?	2	1	0	3
58	Eckersley, Jared	RU	?	2	0	18	9	9	7	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	4
68	Eckersley, Zac	RO	?	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	1	0	?	1	0	1	1
33	El Achkar, Hussien	HBFR	?	4	3	13	11	2	3	0	1	1	?	0	0	0	1
80	Ferronato, Kristian	INT	?	1	0	26	13	13	2	0	6	7	?	1	1	1	4
19	Gerreyn, Kayle	HBFL	?	0	0	15	10	5	6	0	0	0	?	0	2	6	0
35	Guelfi, Matt	WL	?	2	1	17	12	5	4	0	0	1	?	1	0	0	2
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	HFFR	?	0	0	28	17	11	4	0	3	8	?	4	0	1	5
40	Johnson, Zak	WR	?	0	2	24	16	8	6	0	0	2	?	0	1	5	2
29	Kondogiannis, Max	CHB	?	0	0	16	10	6	8	0	3	0	?	0	2	3	3
51	McKay, Solly	FPL	?	0	0	16	8	8	5	0	3	0	?	1	1	1	0
48	McMahon, Liam	CHF	?	3	0	8	7	1	3	2	1	0	?	0	1	0	2
42	Nguyen, Jayden	HFFL	?	2	1	17	7	10	2	0	5	0	?	0	0	0	4
65	Nyko, Cam	RR	?	0	1	16	8	8	3	0	1	1	?	1	0	0	2
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	FF	?	0	0	23	18	5	8	0	1	0	?	0	0	6	1
16	Perkins, Archie	BPR	?	0	0	24	7	17	4	0	3	4	?	1	1	1	1
57	Scott, Noah	FPR	?	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	0
75	Sellers, Tyler	INT	?	0	0	15	13	2	11	0	2	0	?	2	1	5	1
12	Setterfield, Will	BPL	?	0	0	25	8	17	2	0	2	8	?	2	2	1	5
38	Unwin, Rhys	C	?	0	2	8	3	5	5	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				15	13	392	223	169	108	30	42	39	0+	18	16	36	50

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

Collingwood Reserves							Coach: Matthew Lokan
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	12	W. Setterfield	13	N. Cox	16	A. Perkins	43	J. Saxena	57	J. Browne
	40	N. Howes	37	Z. McCarthy	36	H. Harrison	50	B. Teakle	54	O. Faulkhead
FORWARD							52	Z. Maher	55	B. Grey
HALF-BACK									78	L. Quaynor
	19	K. Gerreyn	29	M. Kondogiannis	33	H. El Achkar			59	T. Woewodin
	34	J. Buller	33	L. Sullivan	32	S. Swadling
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	35	M. Guelfi	38	R. Unwin	40	Z. Johnson
	29	C. West	27	J. Cochran	26	R. McInnes	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							58	J. Eckersley	77	W. Bella
HALF-FORWARD							65	C. Nyko	74	J. Binns
	42	J. Nguyen	48	L. McMahon	50	J. Hately (vc)	68	Z. Eckersley	73	B. Dowling
	24	J. Ryan	23	B. Hill	20	I. Smit			80	K. Ferronato
HALF-BACK									75	T. Sellers
FORWARD
	51	S. McKay	55	X. O'Neill (c)	57	N. Scott
	19	T. Jiath	18	T. Prindable	16	E. Allan
BACK
Essendon Reserves							Coach: Cameron Joyce

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	02:22
	COLR	Lachlan Sullivan goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	03:35
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin behind	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	05:23
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen goal	1.0.6	-	2.1.13	07:05
	COLR	Charlie West goal	2.0.12	-	2.1.13	09:23
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar behind	2.0.12	-	2.2.14	13:56
	COLR	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	2.2.14	16:43
	COLR	Jack Buller goal	3.1.19	-	2.2.14	17:09
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	3.1.19	-	3.2.20	18:42
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	3.1.19	-	4.2.26	22:26
	COLR	Zac McCarthy behind	3.2.20	-	4.2.26	25:08
	COLR	Lachlan Sullivan goal	4.2.26	-	4.2.26	26:08
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	4.2.26	-	5.2.32	28:56
Q2	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	4.2.26	-	6.2.38	00:53
	COLR	Jack Buller goal	5.2.32	-	6.2.38	03:01
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen behind	5.2.32	-	6.3.39	04:50
	ESSR	Zak Johnson behind	5.2.32	-	6.4.40	10:22
	ESSR	Kristian Ferronato goal	5.2.32	-	7.4.46	10:47
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar behind	5.2.32	-	7.5.47	13:06
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	5.2.32	-	8.5.53	15:21
	COLR	Zavier Maher goal	6.2.38	-	8.5.53	17:16
	COLR	Charlie West goal	7.2.44	-	8.5.53	20:18
	COLR	Rushed behind	7.3.45	-	8.5.53	21:25
	COLR	Harvey Harrison behind	7.4.46	-	8.5.53	22:39
	COLR	Lachlan Sullivan goal	8.4.52	-	8.5.53	28:00
	COLR	Jack Buller goal	9.4.58	-	8.5.53	30:22
Q3	COLR	Bobby Hill behind	9.5.59	-	8.5.53	00:32
	COLR	Bobby Hill goal	10.5.65	-	8.5.53	01:50
	COLR	Jack Buller goal	11.5.71	-	8.5.53	03:11
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	11.5.71	-	9.5.59	07:37
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	11.5.71	-	10.5.65	09:23
	COLR	Iliro Smit behind	11.6.72	-	10.5.65	12:03
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	11.6.72	-	10.6.66	16:53
	COLR	Jai Saxena goal	12.6.78	-	10.6.66	18:51
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	12.6.78	-	11.6.72	20:31
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar behind	12.6.78	-	11.7.73	22:04
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	12.6.78	-	12.7.79	22:42
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	12.6.78	-	13.7.85	25:55
	COLR	Brynn Teakle goal	13.6.84	-	13.7.85	28:26
	ESSR	Cam Nyko behind	13.6.84	-	13.8.86	31:51
	COLR	Zac McCarthy behind	13.7.85	-	13.8.86	33:14
Q4	COLR	Jack Buller behind	13.8.86	-	13.8.86	00:58
	COLR	Charlie West behind	13.9.87	-	13.8.86	02:11
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin behind	13.9.87	-	13.9.87	05:35
	COLR	Iliro Smit goal	14.9.93	-	13.9.87	07:46
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	14.9.93	-	14.9.93	08:57
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen goal	14.9.93	-	15.9.99	10:06
	COLR	Iliro Smit behind	14.10.94	-	15.9.99	13:05
	ESSR	Jaxon Binns behind	14.10.94	-	15.10.100	15:39
	ESSR	Zak Johnson behind	14.10.94	-	15.11.101	16:32
	COLR	Jack Buller goal	15.10.100	-	15.11.101	17:58
	ESSR	Rushed behind	15.10.100	-	15.12.102	19:16
	COLR	Charlie West goal	16.10.106	-	15.12.102	20:18
	COLR	Charlie West goal	17.10.112	-	15.12.102	22:03
	COLR	Zavier Maher behind	17.11.113	-	15.12.102	24:09
	COLR	Jack Buller behind	17.12.114	-	15.12.102	26:17
	ESSR	Nik Cox behind	17.12.114	-	15.13.103	28:57

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