2026 VFL Season Round 6: Essendon Reserves v Williamstown

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 2026 between the Essendon Reserves and Williamstown during round six of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Essendon Reserves hosted Williamstown at Windy Hill. Xavier O'Neill captained the hosts. Finbar O'Dwyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Cameron Joyce and the visitors were coached by Justin Plapp.

The Essendon Reserves (11.9.75) were defeated by Williamstown (12.16.88).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon Reserves v Williamstown
Date: Saturday 2 May 2026
Time: 2:05 PM
Venue: Windy Hill

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon Reserves def. by Williamstown
Score: 11.9.75 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon Reserves	4	.	3	9	.	5	9	.	7	11	.	9	11	.	9	(75)
Williamstown	3	.	2	4	.	7	8	.	13	12	.	16	12	.	16	(88)
Margin	ESSR by 7			ESSR by 28			level			WILL by 13			WILL by 13
Duration	30:13			32:06			29:02			29:06			2:00:27

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Essendon Reserves

Captain: Xavier O'Neill
Coach: Cameron Joyce

Williamstown

Captain: Finbar O'Dwyer
Coach: Justin Plapp

Player Statistics

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
77	Bella, Will	INT	?	1	0	2	2	0	0	4	1	0	?	1	3	0	0
74	Binns, Jaxon	INT	?	0	0	18	9	9	0	0	0	0	?	0	1	3	0
39	Bourke, Cillian	HFFL	?	0	0	11	3	8	2	0	2	1	?	1	3	1	0
24	Bryan, Nick	CHB	?	0	0	15	7	8	4	22	2	4	?	2	2	1	2
73	Dowling, Boston	INT	?	1	1	5	3	2	3	5	2	0	?	0	1	1	0
58	Eckersley, Jared	FPR	?	2	2	11	8	3	6	0	4	0	?	2	1	0	3
33	El Achkar, Hussien	WL	?	3	0	13	6	7	1	0	1	2	?	0	1	0	3
80	Ferronato, Kristian	INT	?	0	0	15	12	3	3	0	2	2	?	2	1	0	5
69	Gallagher, Kieran	RO	?	0	0	16	9	7	6	0	2	0	?	0	2	5	2
19	Gerreyn, Kayle	HBFL	?	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	1	0	?	2	0	5	1
35	Guelfi, Matt	C	?	0	0	18	11	7	4	0	7	5	?	2	0	1	3
40	Johnson, Zak	CHF	?	0	0	28	17	11	1	0	3	1	?	1	0	4	6
67	Kitchell, Ty	RR	?	1	0	12	5	7	4	0	0	1	?	1	0	0	1
51	McKay, Solly	FPL	?	0	1	13	5	8	3	0	2	0	?	0	1	2	0
48	McMahon, Liam	HFFR	?	3	3	11	9	2	5	0	0	0	?	1	0	0	2
65	Nyko, Cam	RU	?	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	2	0	?	1	2	0	1
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	FF	?	0	0	12	8	4	4	0	4	0	?	0	1	2	1
16	Perkins, Archie	BPR	?	0	0	20	11	9	2	0	8	4	?	3	2	1	4
27	Redman, Mason	HBFR	?	0	0	13	10	3	4	0	4	0	?	0	0	4	3
75	Sellers, Tyler	INT	?	0	0	19	12	7	7	0	1	3	?	0	1	5	3
12	Setterfield, Will	FB	?	0	1	25	13	12	3	0	9	4	?	3	1	5	3
5	Tsatas, Elijah	BPL	?	0	0	34	11	23	3	0	2	10	?	1	0	8	5
38	Unwin, Rhys	WR	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				11	9	326	180	146	69	31	59	37	0+	23	23	48	48

Williamstown

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
10	Colenso, Nathan	WL	?	1	0	14	8	6	6	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	3
34	Conway, Liam	INT	?	1	0	12	1	11	5	0	1	0	?	0	3	0	0
13	Dawson, Kallan	WR	?	0	0	17	8	9	6	0	0	0	?	0	1	3	2
30	D'Intinosante, Josh	INT	?	0	1	9	8	1	3	0	2	0	?	0	1	1	3
8	Fitzgerald, Joel	CHB	?	2	1	40	26	14	8	0	7	6	?	3	0	3	8
16	Fullarton, Tom	CHF	?	1	1	11	5	6	2	2	1	2	?	1	1	1	2
18	Greiser, Jake	FPL	?	0	1	27	22	5	7	0	0	0	?	0	0	6	6
6	Hall-Kahan, Hugo	BPR	?	0	0	18	11	7	2	0	2	1	?	4	3	0	4
21	Hamilton, Josh	FPR	?	0	0	22	8	14	4	0	0	0	?	1	0	2	3
12	Hollow, Damon	C	?	1	3	8	6	2	1	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	1
23	Kennedy, Ben	RR	?	0	2	11	5	6	4	0	3	1	?	2	1	1	3
1	McHale, Jack	BPL	?	0	0	7	3	4	2	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	0
49	Mirkov, Alex	INT	?	0	1	20	13	7	4	23	3	5	?	3	2	2	2
9	Moloney, Diesel	HBFR	?	4	1	12	7	5	3	0	3	0	?	2	1	0	2
17	O'Dwyer, Finbar (c)	HFFR	?	0	0	20	13	7	5	0	0	0	?	0	2	5	1
15	Ollington, Heath	HFFL	?	1	0	12	5	7	2	0	6	1	?	3	0	1	2
22	Parks, Luke	RU	?	0	0	18	13	5	10	0	0	0	?	0	0	2	0
32	Pendergast, Ned	INT	?	0	0	11	7	4	4	0	3	0	?	1	1	1	4
19	Philpot, Max	FF	?	0	0	17	7	10	3	0	0	1	?	0	0	0	4
5	Polson, Cameron	FB	?	0	0	16	6	10	2	0	3	1	?	0	0	2	3
45	Seivers, Angus	INT	?	0	1	9	6	3	2	2	0	1	?	0	0	1	2
7	Triffett, Toby	HBFL	?	0	0	21	6	15	2	0	3	7	?	2	5	3	1
26	Willis, Conor	RO	?	1	0	12	8	4	5	0	2	1	?	0	2	0	4
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				12	16	364	202	162	92	27	44	28	0+	23	23	35	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

Essendon Reserves							Coach: Cameron Joyce
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	1	J. McHale	5	C. Polson	6	H. Hall-Kahan	65	C. Nyko	77	W. Bella
	58	J. Eckersley	55	X. O'Neill (c)	51	S. McKay	67	T. Kitchell	74	J. Binns
FORWARD							69	K. Gallagher	73	B. Dowling
HALF-BACK									80	K. Ferronato
	7	T. Triffett	8	J. Fitzgerald	9	D. Moloney			75	T. Sellers
	48	L. McMahon	40	Z. Johnson	39	C. Bourke
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	10	N. Colenso	12	D. Hollow	13	K. Dawson
	38	R. Unwin	35	M. Guelfi	33	H. El Achkar	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							22	L. Parks	34	L. Conway
HALF-FORWARD							23	B. Kennedy	30	J. D'Intinosante
	15	H. Ollington	16	T. Fullarton	17	F. O'Dwyer (c)	26	C. Willis	49	A. Mirkov
	27	M. Redman	24	N. Bryan	19	K. Gerreyn			32	N. Pendergast
HALF-BACK									45	A. Seivers
FORWARD
	18	J. Greiser	19	M. Philpot	21	J. Hamilton
	16	A. Perkins	12	W. Setterfield	5	E. Tsatas
BACK
Williamstown							Coach: Justin Plapp

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	05:25
	ESSR	Solly McKay behind	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	07:19
	ESSR	Boston Dowling goal	2.1.13	-	0.0.0	08:30
	WILL	Diesel Moloney goal	2.1.13	-	1.0.6	11:14
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	2.2.14	-	1.0.6	13:07
	ESSR	Will Bella goal	3.2.20	-	1.0.6	15:17
	WILL	Damon Hollow behind	3.2.20	-	1.1.7	16:45
	WILL	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	1.2.8	18:33
	WILL	Liam Conway goal	3.2.20	-	2.2.14	21:20
	ESSR	Will Setterfield behind	3.3.21	-	2.2.14	25:01
	WILL	Joel Fitzgerald goal	3.3.21	-	3.2.20	25:50
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	4.3.27	-	3.2.20	28:46
Q2	ESSR	Rushed behind	4.4.28	-	3.2.20	02:28
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	5.4.34	-	3.2.20	09:46
	WILL	Tom Fullarton behind	5.4.34	-	3.3.21	11:23
	WILL	Angus Seivers behind	5.4.34	-	3.4.22	13:42
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	6.4.40	-	3.4.22	14:45
	WILL	Ben Kennedy behind	6.4.40	-	3.5.23	16:37
	ESSR	Ty Kitchell goal	7.4.46	-	3.5.23	19:02
	WILL	Ben Kennedy behind	7.4.46	-	3.6.24	20:40
	WILL	Joel Fitzgerald goal	7.4.46	-	4.6.30	21:40
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	8.4.52	-	4.6.30	23:29
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	9.4.58	-	4.6.30	27:57
	WILL	Rushed behind	9.4.58	-	4.7.31	30:26
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	9.5.59	-	4.7.31	31:55
Q3	WILL	Rushed behind	9.5.59	-	4.8.32	00:20
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	9.6.60	-	4.8.32	02:05
	WILL	Diesel Moloney goal	9.6.60	-	5.8.38	06:20
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley behind	9.7.61	-	5.8.38	08:39
	WILL	Jake Greiser behind	9.7.61	-	5.9.39	13:20
	WILL	Diesel Moloney behind	9.7.61	-	5.10.40	14:47
	WILL	Diesel Moloney goal	9.7.61	-	6.10.46	17:02
	WILL	Joel Fitzgerald behind	9.7.61	-	6.11.47	20:37
	WILL	Josh D'Intinosante behind	9.7.61	-	6.12.48	22:14
	WILL	Damon Hollow behind	9.7.61	-	6.13.49	24:29
	WILL	Damon Hollow goal	9.7.61	-	7.13.55	25:06
	WILL	Tom Fullarton goal	9.7.61	-	8.13.61	26:12
Q4	ESSR	Jared Eckersley behind	9.8.62	-	8.13.61	01:31
	WILL	Damon Hollow behind	9.8.62	-	8.14.62	02:35
	WILL	Rushed behind	9.8.62	-	8.15.63	05:13
	ESSR	Boston Dowling behind	9.9.63	-	8.15.63	07:26
	WILL	Alex Mirkov behind	9.9.63	-	8.16.64	09:22
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	10.9.69	-	8.16.64	12:54
	WILL	Conor Willis goal	10.9.69	-	9.16.70	14:08
	WILL	Heath Ollington goal	10.9.69	-	10.16.76	18:10
	WILL	Diesel Moloney goal	10.9.69	-	11.16.82	20:18
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	11.9.75	-	11.16.82	24:30
	WILL	Nathan Colenso goal	11.9.75	-	12.16.88	27:16

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