2026 VFL Season Round 7: Greater Western Sydney Reserves v Essendon Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 2026 between the Greater Western Sydney Reserves and the Essendon Reserves during round seven of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Greater Western Sydney Reserves hosted the Essendon Reserves at Tom Wills Oval. Ryan Hebron captained the hosts. Xavier O'Neill captained the visitors with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Robbie Chancellor and the visitors were coached by Cameron Joyce.

The Greater Western Sydney Reserves (8.15.63) were defeated by the Essendon Reserves (17.12.114).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Greater Western Sydney Reserves v Essendon Reserves
Date: Sunday 10 May 2026
Time: 11:05 AM
Venue: Tom Wills Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney Reserves def. by Essendon Reserves
Score: 8.15.63 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Greater Western Sydney Reserves	1	.	8	6	.	9	6	.	10	8	.	15	8	.	15	(63)
Essendon Reserves	3	.	3	6	.	7	13	.	9	17	.	12	17	.	12	(114)
Margin	ESSR by 7			GWSR by 2			ESSR by 41			ESSR by 51			ESSR by 51
Duration	28:02			32:29			31:55			31:39			2:04:05

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 (Essendon Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Greater Western Sydney Reserves

Captain: Ryan Hebron
Coach: Robbie Chancellor

Essendon Reserves

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

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
71	Belbasis, Matthew	INT	?	0	0	9	4	5	3	0	1	0	?	0	1	2	0
46	Brown, Callum	FF	?	2	1	20	12	8	6	5	1	4	?	1	1	1	7
45	Davis, Finnegan	HBFL	?	0	0	16	11	5	4	0	2	1	?	1	0	3	2
38	Delana, Josaia	HFFR	?	0	3	18	6	12	1	0	6	2	?	0	1	1	0
60	Dillon, Riley	FPR	?	0	0	13	8	5	6	0	0	0	?	1	2	3	1
68	East, Jaxon	RR	?	0	1	26	15	11	3	0	6	6	?	1	0	1	4
58	Edwards, Cameron	WL	?	0	1	6	3	3	2	0	1	0	?	0	2	0	0
64	Fitzgerald, Declan	INT	?	0	0	14	9	5	1	0	2	0	?	0	0	5	3
65	Foster, William	BPR	?	0	1	6	3	3	3	0	0	0	?	1	1	0	2
52	Grubb, Lachie	INT	?	1	0	6	5	1	2	0	2	1	?	0	1	0	2
43	Hamilton, Riley	HFFL	?	3	1	10	7	3	3	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	1
47	Hebron, Ryan (c)	FPL	?	0	1	18	10	8	9	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	3
63	Hitchens, Tom	INT	?	0	1	14	11	3	5	0	1	2	?	1	1	0	5
51	Hooper, Harvey	CHF	?	1	1	28	16	12	4	0	1	3	?	2	2	2	2
49	Kelly, Nicholas	FB	?	0	0	15	5	10	6	0	3	0	?	0	0	2	0
62	McMeeken, Sam	INT	?	0	0	15	5	10	2	0	1	0	?	1	0	1	3
50	Montgomery, Louie	CHB	?	0	0	20	9	11	4	0	5	1	?	1	1	6	2
19	Oliver, Harry	HBFR	?	1	0	18	11	7	5	0	4	3	?	1	2	2	2
28	Ough, Jack	C	?	0	0	35	11	24	6	0	7	8	?	0	1	2	1
56	Pfrengle, Kye	BPL	?	0	0	9	6	3	4	0	2	0	?	1	0	2	0
61	Roberts, Ethan	INT	?	0	0	14	6	8	2	0	5	2	?	1	1	1	1
70	Simmons, Reeve	RU	?	0	0	11	3	8	2	24	3	1	?	0	3	1	0
18	Stone, Conor	WR	?	0	1	20	13	7	8	0	3	1	?	0	0	0	5
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				8	15	361	189	172	91	29	60	35	0+	14	20	35	46

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
74	Binns, Jaxon	WL	?	0	0	29	13	16	7	0	1	6	?	1	0	1	3
39	Bourke, Cillian	HBFR	?	0	0	12	8	4	2	0	0	1	?	1	1	4	2
58	Eckersley, Jared	FPL	?	2	2	15	10	5	6	1	4	0	?	1	2	0	3
45	Edwards, Thomas	HFFL	?	2	1	13	7	6	6	0	2	0	?	1	4	0	3
33	El Achkar, Hussien	HFFR	?	3	1	11	8	3	2	0	1	1	?	0	0	0	0
80	Ferronato, Kristian	INT	?	1	0	19	10	9	1	0	6	2	?	3	0	1	8
19	Gerreyn, Kayle	BPR	?	0	0	21	15	6	11	0	0	1	?	1	0	5	1
11	Gresham, Jade	CHF	?	4	1	20	12	8	5	0	3	2	?	0	0	1	2
35	Guelfi, Matt	WR	?	0	0	16	7	9	6	0	0	2	?	0	2	1	2
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	RR	?	1	0	20	9	11	4	0	2	3	?	0	0	0	3
23	Jones, Harry	FPR	?	2	2	18	11	7	6	4	3	0	?	1	0	0	5
67	Kitchell, Ty	INT	?	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
29	Kondogiannis, Max	BPL	?	0	0	15	11	4	2	0	0	0	?	3	0	3	3
32	McKay, Ben	FB	?	0	0	15	7	8	5	0	2	0	?	2	0	1	1
48	McMahon, Liam	FF	?	1	0	4	2	2	2	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	0
71	Monteath, Lachlan	INT	?	0	0	13	5	8	2	12	3	0	?	0	0	0	1
65	Nyko, Cam	HBFL	?	0	0	14	11	3	7	0	4	0	?	2	0	1	2
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	CHB	?	0	0	22	15	7	5	0	1	1	?	2	1	4	1
75	Sellers, Tyler	INT	?	0	0	17	15	2	8	0	2	0	?	0	1	4	1
12	Setterfield, Will	RO	?	0	0	27	14	13	6	0	5	5	?	0	0	2	3
82	Staropoli, Nicholas	INT	?	0	1	7	6	1	4	0	1	0	?	0	1	1	0
5	Tsatas, Elijah	C	?	1	1	35	16	19	6	0	3	4	?	0	0	7	5
17	Visentini, Vigo	RU	?	0	0	13	12	1	6	31	0	1	?	2	2	1	4
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				17	12	385	227	158	110	48	46	29	0+	20	14	37	53

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
	29	M. Kondogiannis	32	B. McKay	19	K. Gerreyn	70	R. Simmons	71	M. Belbasis
	60	R. Dillon	46	C. Brown	47	R. Hebron (c)	68	J. East	64	D. Fitzgerald
FORWARD									52	L. Grubb
HALF-BACK									63	T. Hitchens
	65	C. Nyko	55	X. O'Neill (c)	39	C. Bourke			62	S. McMeeken
	38	J. Delana	51	H. Hooper	43	R. Hamilton			61	E. Roberts
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	74	J. Binns	5	E. Tsatas	35	M. Guelfi
	18	C. Stone	28	J. Ough	58	C. Edwards	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							17	V. Visentini	80	K. Ferronato
HALF-FORWARD							50	J. Hately (vc)	67	T. Kitchell
	45	T. Edwards	11	J. Gresham	33	H. El Achkar	12	W. Setterfield	71	L. Monteath
	19	H. Oliver	50	L. Montgomery	45	F. Davis			75	T. Sellers
HALF-BACK									82	N. Staropoli
FORWARD
	58	J. Eckersley	48	L. McMahon	23	H. Jones
	65	W. Foster	49	N. Kelly	56	K. Pfrengle
BACK
Essendon Reserves							Coach: Cameron Joyce

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GWSR	Jaxon East behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:58
	GWSR	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	02:20
	ESSR	Elijah Tsatas goal	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	04:17
	GWSR	Ryan Hebron behind	0.3.3	-	1.0.6	06:16
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	0.3.3	-	2.0.12	07:25
	GWSR	Josaia Delana behind	0.4.4	-	2.0.12	10:06
	GWSR	Rushed behind	0.5.5	-	2.0.12	11:46
	GWSR	Cameron Edwards behind	0.6.6	-	2.0.12	14:22
	ESSR	Harry Jones behind	0.6.6	-	2.1.13	15:56
	GWSR	Harvey Hooper goal	1.6.12	-	2.1.13	18:11
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	1.6.12	-	3.1.19	22:10
	GWSR	Harvey Hooper behind	1.7.13	-	3.1.19	24:05
	ESSR	Jade Gresham behind	1.7.13	-	3.2.20	24:48
	ESSR	Harry Jones behind	1.7.13	-	3.3.21	26:20
	GWSR	Riley Hamilton behind	1.8.14	-	3.3.21	27:01
Q2	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	1.8.14	-	4.3.27	01:34
	GWSR	Riley Hamilton goal	2.8.20	-	4.3.27	04:44
	ESSR	Elijah Tsatas behind	2.8.20	-	4.4.28	06:12
	ESSR	Harry Jones goal	2.8.20	-	5.4.34	07:53
	GWSR	Josaia Delana behind	2.9.21	-	5.4.34	10:17
	GWSR	Lachie Grubb goal	3.9.27	-	5.4.34	12:53
	GWSR	Callum Brown goal	4.9.33	-	5.4.34	15:16
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar behind	4.9.33	-	5.5.35	20:18
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley behind	4.9.33	-	5.6.36	22:42
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	4.9.33	-	6.6.42	23:19
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley behind	4.9.33	-	6.7.43	24:58
	GWSR	Riley Hamilton goal	5.9.39	-	6.7.43	28:30
	GWSR	Harry Oliver goal	6.9.45	-	6.7.43	32:19
Q3	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	6.9.45	-	7.7.49	07:21
	GWSR	Tom Hitchens behind	6.10.46	-	7.7.49	09:32
	ESSR	Rushed behind	6.10.46	-	7.8.50	12:02
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	6.10.46	-	8.8.56	13:14
	ESSR	Thomas Edwards goal	6.10.46	-	9.8.62	17:22
	ESSR	Kristian Ferronato goal	6.10.46	-	10.8.68	19:09
	ESSR	Thomas Edwards goal	6.10.46	-	11.8.74	22:31
	ESSR	Harry Jones goal	6.10.46	-	12.8.80	24:06
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	6.10.46	-	13.8.86	26:29
	ESSR	Rushed behind	6.10.46	-	13.9.87	30:03
Q4	GWSR	Conor Stone behind	6.11.47	-	13.9.87	00:45
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	6.11.47	-	14.9.93	02:47
	GWSR	Riley Hamilton goal	7.11.53	-	14.9.93	05:55
	ESSR	Thomas Edwards behind	7.11.53	-	14.10.94	10:25
	ESSR	Rushed behind	7.11.53	-	14.11.95	12:39
	GWSR	Callum Brown goal	8.11.59	-	14.11.95	15:59
	ESSR	Nicholas Staropoli behind	8.11.59	-	14.12.96	18:36
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	8.11.59	-	15.12.102	20:03
	GWSR	William Foster behind	8.12.60	-	15.12.102	22:30
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	8.12.60	-	16.12.108	23:16
	ESSR	Jackson Hately goal	8.12.60	-	17.12.114	24:41
	GWSR	Josaia Delana behind	8.13.61	-	17.12.114	27:32
	GWSR	Callum Brown behind	8.14.62	-	17.12.114	29:31
	GWSR	Rushed behind	8.15.63	-	17.12.114	30:28

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