2026 VFL Season Round 5: Greater Western Sydney Reserves v North Melbourne Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 2026 between the Greater Western Sydney Reserves and the North Melbourne Reserves during round five of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Greater Western Sydney Reserves hosted the North Melbourne Reserves at Tom Wills Oval. Ryan Hebron captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Robbie Chancellor and the visitors were coached by Adam Marcon.

The Greater Western Sydney Reserves (20.22.142) defeated the North Melbourne Reserves (12.7.79).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Greater Western Sydney Reserves v North Melbourne Reserves
Date: Sunday 26 April 2026
Time: 9:30 AM
Venue: Tom Wills Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney Reserves def. North Melbourne Reserves
Score: 20.22.142 - 12.7.79

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Greater Western Sydney Reserves	2	.	10	7	.	16	13	.	22	20	.	22	20	.	22	(142)
North Melbourne Reserves	2	.	2	7	.	3	8	.	4	12	.	7	12	.	7	(79)
Margin	GWSR by 8			GWSR by 13			GWSR by 48			GWSR by 63			GWSR by 63
Duration	29:15			33:00			28:54			29:52			2:01:01

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Greater Western Sydney Reserves

Captain: Ryan Hebron
Coach: Robbie Chancellor

North Melbourne Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Marcon

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
32	Briggs, Kieren	RU	?	1	0	26	18	8	7	32	1	6	?	2	1	0	7
46	Brown, Callum	FF	?	4	1	23	15	8	10	0	2	0	?	0	0	1	3
45	Davis, Finnegan	HBFL	?	1	0	18	10	8	3	0	1	0	?	1	1	3	2
38	Delana, Josaia	CHF	?	0	1	12	8	4	2	0	5	4	?	3	1	0	3
58	Edwards, Cameron	INT	?	0	0	9	6	3	1	0	2	0	?	0	2	1	1
64	Fitzgerald, Declan	INT	?	0	0	19	10	9	2	0	1	0	?	0	2	1	3
52	Grubb, Lachie	HFFR	?	2	2	14	9	5	1	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	3
35	Gruzewski, Max	FPR	?	5	2	14	11	3	10	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	0
43	Hamilton, Riley	HFFL	?	2	1	11	5	6	5	0	2	0	?	0	1	1	2
47	Hebron, Ryan (c)	INT	?	1	2	13	10	3	5	0	0	0	?	2	0	0	2
51	Hooper, Harvey	RO	?	0	0	24	9	15	3	0	5	4	?	1	0	0	6
65	Houston, Jim	BPR	?	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
49	Kelly, Nicholas	FB	?	0	0	16	5	11	4	0	2	0	?	1	1	2	1
59	Matthews, Ethan	WR	?	1	1	10	5	5	3	0	0	0	?	1	0	0	2
62	McMeeken, Sam	INT	?	0	0	14	6	8	5	0	2	0	?	1	1	1	2
31	McMullin, Toby	RR	?	0	2	29	17	12	6	0	5	7	?	0	1	4	6
50	Montgomery, Louie	INT	?	0	1	18	8	10	7	0	0	1	?	0	2	4	2
19	Oliver, Harry	HBFR	?	0	0	20	8	12	3	0	1	1	?	0	1	3	3
28	Ough, Jack	C	?	1	0	30	11	19	7	0	2	4	?	0	0	1	6
56	Pfrengle, Kye	BPL	?	0	0	15	8	7	3	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	1
26	Riccardi, Jake	FPL	?	2	1	21	12	9	7	3	1	3	?	1	1	0	6
18	Stone, Conor	WL	?	0	1	33	18	15	10	0	3	2	?	0	1	3	7
34	Taylor, Oskar	CHB	?	0	1	24	13	11	3	0	2	0	?	1	0	5	3
Rushed					6
Total (23 players)				20	22	414	222	192	107	35	40	32	0+	15	17	30	71

North Melbourne Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
57	Bamert, Xavier	INT	?	2	0	14	9	5	4	0	2	1	?	0	4	3	3
45	Banch, Zac	RR	?	2	0	18	12	6	5	0	1	2	?	1	0	2	6
72	Byrne, Hugh	BPL	?	0	0	11	4	7	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	0
18	Dawson, Wil	BPR	?	0	0	12	12	0	3	5	5	1	?	0	1	8	2
49	Dow, Thomson	INT	?	0	1	29	12	17	4	0	4	10	?	2	1	3	3
16	Fisher, Zac	FPR	?	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
33	George, Brayden	FPL	?	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	2	0	?	4	0	1	3
22	Goad, Taylor	RU	?	0	0	4	1	3	0	12	0	1	?	1	3	0	1
31	Goater, Josh	HBFL	?	0	0	18	12	6	7	0	3	0	?	0	0	2	0
55	Gollant, Lachlan	WL	?	0	1	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	1
17	Hardeman, Riley	FB	?	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	1	0	?	1	1	5	0
37	Harvey, Cooper	HFFL	?	0	0	36	26	10	6	0	2	0	?	0	1	4	1
64	Keast, Mathew	INT	?	0	0	22	10	12	7	0	4	3	?	1	0	4	5
41	Konstanty, Jacob	CHF	?	1	0	14	7	7	7	0	1	1	?	0	1	1	2
67	Linder, Samuel	INT	?	2	0	13	8	5	1	0	3	1	?	2	0	1	2
70	Lowe, Oliver	C	?	1	1	21	12	9	6	0	1	1	?	1	0	1	3
50	MacPherson, Darcy	WR	?	0	1	27	19	8	6	0	4	4	?	1	0	2	3
28	Mikunda, Hugo	CHB	?	0	0	13	9	4	2	0	0	0	?	0	1	6	0
8	Scott, Bailey	HBFR	?	0	0	21	14	7	6	0	2	1	?	1	0	3	2
36	Stevens, River	HFFR	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
79	Tarrant, James	INT	?	2	0	15	9	6	2	9	3	1	?	2	0	2	2
74	Vandam, Oscar	RO	?	0	0	11	6	5	2	0	3	1	?	0	1	0	1
35	Whitlock, Matt	FF	?	2	3	15	12	3	7	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	2
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				12	7	348	217	131	87	26	45	28	0+	17	15	51	42

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

Greater Western Sydney Reserves							Coach: Robbie Chancellor
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	72	H. Byrne	17	R. Hardeman	18	W. Dawson	32	K. Briggs	58	C. Edwards
	35	M. Gruzewski	46	C. Brown	26	J. Riccardi	31	T. McMullin	64	D. Fitzgerald
FORWARD							51	H. Hooper	47	R. Hebron (c)
HALF-BACK									62	S. McMeeken
	31	J. Goater	28	H. Mikunda	8	B. Scott			50	L. Montgomery
	52	L. Grubb	38	J. Delana	43	R. Hamilton
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	55	L. Gollant	70	O. Lowe	50	D. MacPherson
	59	E. Matthews	28	J. Ough	18	C. Stone	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							22	T. Goad	57	X. Bamert
HALF-FORWARD							45	Z. Banch	49	T. Dow
	37	C. Harvey	41	J. Konstanty	36	R. Stevens	74	O. Vandam	64	M. Keast
	19	H. Oliver	34	O. Taylor	45	F. Davis			67	S. Linder
HALF-BACK									79	J. Tarrant
FORWARD
	33	B. George	35	M. Whitlock	16	Z. Fisher
	65	J. Houston	49	N. Kelly	56	K. Pfrengle
BACK
North Melbourne Reserves							Coach: Adam Marcon

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLR	Thomson Dow behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:13
	GWSR	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	01:05
	NMLR	Hugh Byrne goal	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	03:04
	GWSR	Callum Brown behind	0.2.2	-	1.1.7	04:39
	GWSR	Toby McMullin behind	0.3.3	-	1.1.7	08:02
	GWSR	Conor Stone behind	0.4.4	-	1.1.7	09:56
	GWSR	Ryan Hebron behind	0.5.5	-	1.1.7	11:02
	GWSR	Max Gruzewski behind	0.6.6	-	1.1.7	12:59
	GWSR	Rushed behind	0.7.7	-	1.1.7	15:08
	NMLR	Darcy MacPherson behind	0.7.7	-	1.2.8	18:00
	GWSR	Rushed behind	0.8.8	-	1.2.8	18:26
	GWSR	Max Gruzewski goal	1.8.14	-	1.2.8	20:06
	GWSR	Rushed behind	1.9.15	-	1.2.8	21:33
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	1.9.15	-	2.2.14	22:55
	GWSR	Lachie Grubb goal	2.9.21	-	2.2.14	26:43
	GWSR	Jake Riccardi behind	2.10.22	-	2.2.14	28:50
Q2	GWSR	Toby McMullin behind	2.11.23	-	2.2.14	01:54
	GWSR	Ethan Matthews goal	3.11.29	-	2.2.14	03:34
	GWSR	Riley Hamilton behind	3.12.30	-	2.2.14	05:46
	GWSR	Riley Hamilton goal	4.12.36	-	2.2.14	08:26
	GWSR	Rushed behind	4.13.37	-	2.2.14	09:31
	GWSR	Kieren Briggs goal	5.13.43	-	2.2.14	10:56
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock behind	5.13.43	-	2.3.15	12:09
	GWSR	Oskar Taylor behind	5.14.44	-	2.3.15	14:19
	NMLR	Zac Banch goal	5.14.44	-	3.3.21	15:34
	GWSR	Max Gruzewski goal	6.14.50	-	3.3.21	17:31
	NMLR	James Tarrant goal	6.14.50	-	4.3.27	19:15
	NMLR	Samuel Linder goal	6.14.50	-	5.3.33	20:55
	NMLR	Xavier Bamert goal	6.14.50	-	6.3.39	22:03
	GWSR	Rushed behind	6.15.51	-	6.3.39	24:36
	GWSR	Max Gruzewski goal	7.15.57	-	6.3.39	26:06
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	7.15.57	-	7.3.45	27:17
	GWSR	Josaia Delana behind	7.16.58	-	7.3.45	29:43
Q3	GWSR	unknown behind	7.17.59	-	7.3.45	00:33
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	7.17.59	-	8.3.51	01:58
	GWSR	Jake Riccardi goal	8.17.65	-	8.3.51	03:16
	GWSR	Finnegan Davis behind	8.18.66	-	8.3.51	05:26
	GWSR	Ethan Matthews behind	8.19.67	-	8.3.51	09:24
	GWSR	Callum Brown goal	9.19.73	-	8.3.51	14:54
	GWSR	Callum Brown goal	10.19.79	-	8.3.51	16:28
	GWSR	Finnegan Davis goal	11.19.85	-	8.3.51	18:51
	GWSR	Callum Brown goal	12.19.91	-	8.3.51	20:30
	GWSR	Lachie Grubb behind	12.20.92	-	8.3.51	22:00
	GWSR	Ryan Hebron behind	12.21.93	-	8.3.51	22:39
	GWSR	Louie Montgomery behind	12.22.94	-	8.3.51	22:59
	GWSR	Callum Brown goal	13.22.100	-	8.3.51	24:28
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe behind	13.22.100	-	8.4.52	28:03
Q4	NMLR	Jacob Konstanty goal	13.22.100	-	9.4.58	02:45
	NMLR	Lachlan Gollant behind	13.22.100	-	9.5.59	03:51
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock behind	13.22.100	-	9.6.60	05:03
	GWSR	Riley Hamilton goal	14.22.106	-	9.6.60	09:45
	GWSR	Ryan Hebron goal	15.22.112	-	9.6.60	11:19
	NMLR	Zac Banch goal	15.22.112	-	10.6.66	12:56
	GWSR	Lachie Grubb goal	16.22.118	-	10.6.66	14:28
	GWSR	Max Gruzewski goal	17.22.124	-	10.6.66	16:06
	NMLR	unknown behind	17.22.124	-	10.7.67	17:21
	NMLR	Xavier Bamert goal	17.22.124	-	11.7.73	18:46
	GWSR	Finnegan Davis goal	18.22.130	-	11.7.73	22:23
	GWSR	Jack Ough goal	19.22.136	-	11.7.73	23:56
	GWSR	Jake Riccardi goal	20.22.142	-	11.7.73	27:19
	NMLR	Samuel Linder goal	20.22.142	-	12.7.79	29:43

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