2026 VFL Season Round 8: Sydney Reserves v Collingwood Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 2026 between the Sydney Reserves and the Collingwood Reserves during round eight of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Sydney Reserves hosted the Collingwood Reserves at Lakeside Oval. With the presence of multiple Collingwood Reserves co-captains, namely Ben De Bolfo and Brady Grey, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Nick Malceski and the visitors were coached by Matthew Lokan.

The Sydney Reserves (19.12.126) defeated the Collingwood Reserves (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Sydney Reserves v Collingwood Reserves
Date: Friday 15 May 2026
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney Reserves def. Collingwood Reserves
Score: 19.12.126 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney Reserves	5	.	3	9	.	7	16	.	8	19	.	12	19	.	12	(126)
Collingwood Reserves	2	.	5	4	.	6	6	.	9	10	.	14	10	.	14	(74)
Margin	SYDR by 16			SYDR by 31			SYDR by 59			SYDR by 52			SYDR by 52
Duration	29:32			30:51			29:06			30:55			2:00:24

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 (Collingwood Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Sydney Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Nick Malceski

Collingwood Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Lokan

Player Statistics

Sydney Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
67	Andreacchio, Nicholas	FPR	?	0	0	13	3	10	1	0	3	0	?	0	0	1	1
59	Callegari, Julian	RR	?	1	0	10	3	7	1	0	5	1	?	1	0	1	0
58	Chamberlain, Noah	HFFL	?	0	0	13	9	4	4	0	3	0	?	2	1	3	3
33	Cleary, Caiden	HBFR	?	2	1	25	7	18	6	0	1	5	?	2	0	0	3
9	Dattoli, Jesse	BPL	?	0	0	19	7	12	0	0	2	7	?	1	1	0	2
61	Geddes, Max	RO	?	0	0	15	8	7	0	0	0	1	?	0	1	2	0
51	Giacometti, Luke	HFFR	?	1	0	16	9	7	4	0	1	2	?	0	0	1	4
68	Gibbs, Khy	INT	?	0	0	21	10	11	5	0	3	0	?	0	1	7	0
29	Hamling, Joel	HBFL	?	5	2	13	8	5	9	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	0
40	Hanily, Tom	C	?	0	0	24	4	20	6	0	7	0	?	1	2	0	2
65	Harrison, Joe	INT	?	0	1	20	8	12	5	0	2	1	?	1	0	3	3
65	Kyle, Harry	CHB	?	0	0	27	13	14	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	5	2
19	Ladhams, Peter	BPR	?	0	0	20	11	9	1	30	1	4	?	3	2	2	2
56	Longmire, Jedd	RU	?	1	0	15	8	7	3	0	1	2	?	2	1	0	6
2	McLean, Hayden	INT	?	2	1	6	5	1	4	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	2
50	Mellis, Mitch	CHF	?	3	0	30	16	14	0	0	5	3	?	1	1	2	5
53	Peters, Charlie	FF	?	1	1	17	8	9	2	0	4	5	?	1	1	0	5
18	Phillipou, Jevan	FB	?	1	4	21	12	9	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	4
62	Podmore-Taylor, Harrison	INT	?	0	0	5	4	1	3	0	1	0	?	0	1	3	0
64	Ryan, Tom	INT	?	1	0	11	6	5	3	5	2	1	?	1	0	2	1
52	Shipley, Nick	FPL	?	0	0	25	10	15	3	0	2	0	?	1	0	4	1
41	Snell, Patrick	WR	?	0	0	20	12	8	8	0	3	0	?	1	4	6	3
37	Warner, Corey	WL	?	1	0	28	12	16	2	0	6	2	?	3	3	1	8
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				19	12	414	193	221	78	35	57	34	0+	22	20	45	57

Collingwood Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
57	Browne, Joshua	INT	?	0	0	15	7	8	3	0	0	2	?	1	1	0	5
51	De Bolfo, Ben	FB	?	0	1	12	6	6	6	0	1	0	?	1	2	4	0
13	Demattia, Harry	C	?	0	1	23	4	19	3	0	5	4	?	1	0	1	3
54	Faulkhead, Oskar	INT	?	0	2	26	13	13	3	0	2	3	?	1	2	1	5
55	Grey, Brady	HFFL	?	0	0	5	2	3	1	0	2	0	?	1	1	2	1
36	Harrison, Harvey	FF	?	0	0	12	8	4	2	0	7	1	?	2	1	1	5
40	Howes, Noah	CHB	?	0	0	13	11	2	3	0	1	1	?	0	0	5	2
60	Hude, Liam	FPR	?	1	0	12	6	6	5	0	1	1	?	0	1	1	3
19	Jiath, Tew	HBFR	?	0	0	19	13	6	7	0	3	0	?	2	2	5	1
53	Kennedy, Harrison	WL	?	1	0	17	12	5	2	0	3	0	?	1	1	0	4
75	Laverty, Xavier	FPL	?	2	5	13	11	2	4	2	1	2	?	2	2	1	0
52	Maher, Zavier	INT	?	0	0	21	13	8	3	0	7	5	?	2	2	1	7
77	Mahoney, Max	RR	?	0	1	17	9	8	5	0	3	1	?	0	0	0	3
37	McCarthy, Zac	BPL	?	1	1	12	7	5	4	0	0	0	?	3	0	0	1
78	McMenamin, Noah	INT	?	0	0	8	3	5	2	0	2	0	?	0	0	3	1
63	Phillips, Will	CHF	?	0	1	22	8	14	3	0	4	1	?	0	1	1	3
18	Prindable, Tyan	WR	?	0	0	24	8	16	3	0	3	4	?	0	3	1	5
24	Ryan, Jakob	BPR	?	0	0	10	5	5	1	0	2	0	?	0	0	1	0
43	Saxena, Jai	RO	?	2	0	12	8	4	5	0	0	0	?	0	0	3	1
20	Smit, Iliro	RU	?	2	0	8	5	3	1	14	4	1	?	1	1	1	3
32	Swadling, Sam	HBFL	?	1	0	40	16	24	9	0	4	4	?	0	1	3	2
50	Teakle, Brynn	HFFR	?	0	1	8	4	4	2	15	2	1	?	1	1	1	1
59	Woewodin, Taj	INT	?	0	0	16	8	8	1	0	2	0	?	1	0	2	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				10	14	365	187	178	78	31	59	31	0+	20	22	38	57

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
	37	Z. McCarthy	51	B. De Bolfo	24	J. Ryan	56	J. Longmire	68	K. Gibbs
	67	N. Andreacchio	53	C. Peters	52	N. Shipley	59	J. Callegari	65	J. Harrison
FORWARD							61	M. Geddes	2	H. McLean
HALF-BACK									62	H. Podmore-Taylor
	32	S. Swadling	40	N. Howes	19	T. Jiath			64	T. Ryan
	51	L. Giacometti	50	M. Mellis	58	N. Chamberlain
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	53	H. Kennedy	13	H. Demattia	18	T. Prindable
	41	P. Snell	40	T. Hanily	37	C. Warner	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							20	I. Smit	57	J. Browne
HALF-FORWARD							77	M. Mahoney	54	O. Faulkhead
	55	B. Grey	63	W. Phillips	50	B. Teakle	43	J. Saxena	52	Z. Maher
	33	C. Cleary	65	H. Kyle	29	J. Hamling			78	N. McMenamin
HALF-BACK									59	T. Woewodin
FORWARD
	75	X. Laverty	36	H. Harrison	60	L. Hude
	19	P. Ladhams	18	J. Phillipou	9	J. Dattoli
BACK
Collingwood Reserves							Coach: Matthew Lokan

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	COLR	Xavier Laverty behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	02:07
	SYDR	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	03:41
	SYDR	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	05:06
	SYDR	Joel Hamling goal	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	06:34
	SYDR	Mitch Mellis goal	2.2.14	-	0.1.1	07:47
	SYDR	Corey Warner goal	3.2.20	-	0.1.1	09:16
	SYDR	Joel Hamling goal	4.2.26	-	0.1.1	12:33
	COLR	Xavier Laverty goal	4.2.26	-	1.1.7	15:32
	COLR	Will Phillips behind	4.2.26	-	1.2.8	16:31
	COLR	Xavier Laverty behind	4.2.26	-	1.3.9	17:33
	COLR	Xavier Laverty behind	4.2.26	-	1.4.10	18:20
	COLR	Jai Saxena goal	4.2.26	-	2.4.16	20:51
	COLR	Harry Demattia behind	4.2.26	-	2.5.17	22:10
	SYDR	Hayden McLean goal	5.2.32	-	2.5.17	24:33
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou behind	5.3.33	-	2.5.17	28:03
Q2	SYDR	Hayden McLean goal	6.3.39	-	2.5.17	03:14
	COLR	Zac McCarthy goal	6.3.39	-	3.5.23	04:57
	SYDR	Joel Hamling behind	6.4.40	-	3.5.23	08:43
	SYDR	Caiden Cleary goal	7.4.46	-	3.5.23	09:58
	COLR	Liam Hude goal	7.4.46	-	4.5.29	13:12
	SYDR	Mitch Mellis goal	8.4.52	-	4.5.29	14:21
	SYDR	Caiden Cleary behind	8.5.53	-	4.5.29	16:21
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou behind	8.6.54	-	4.5.29	22:15
	COLR	Xavier Laverty behind	8.6.54	-	4.6.30	25:47
	SYDR	Caiden Cleary goal	9.6.60	-	4.6.30	27:09
	SYDR	Joel Hamling behind	9.7.61	-	4.6.30	30:09
Q3	SYDR	Mitch Mellis goal	10.7.67	-	4.6.30	00:27
	COLR	Xavier Laverty behind	10.7.67	-	4.7.31	03:33
	SYDR	Joel Hamling goal	11.7.73	-	4.7.31	05:41
	COLR	Rushed behind	11.7.73	-	4.8.32	07:19
	COLR	Jai Saxena goal	11.7.73	-	5.8.38	08:02
	SYDR	Jedd Longmire goal	12.7.79	-	5.8.38	10:27
	COLR	Zac McCarthy behind	12.7.79	-	5.9.39	14:19
	SYDR	Julian Callegari goal	13.7.85	-	5.9.39	17:38
	SYDR	Tom Ryan goal	14.7.91	-	5.9.39	20:03
	COLR	Iliro Smit goal	14.7.91	-	6.9.45	21:17
	SYDR	Joel Hamling goal	15.7.97	-	6.9.45	22:51
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou behind	15.8.98	-	6.9.45	25:57
	SYDR	Luke Giacometti goal	16.8.104	-	6.9.45	28:10
Q4	COLR	Iliro Smit goal	16.8.104	-	7.9.51	00:15
	COLR	Brynn Teakle behind	16.8.104	-	7.10.52	02:04
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou behind	16.9.105	-	7.10.52	04:27
	COLR	Oskar Faulkhead behind	16.9.105	-	7.11.53	07:05
	COLR	Ben De Bolfo behind	16.9.105	-	7.12.54	08:00
	SYDR	Joe Harrison behind	16.10.106	-	7.12.54	09:28
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou goal	17.10.112	-	7.12.54	10:20
	SYDR	Joel Hamling goal	18.10.118	-	7.12.54	13:18
	SYDR	Charlie Peters behind	18.11.119	-	7.12.54	16:09
	COLR	Xavier Laverty goal	18.11.119	-	8.12.60	17:29
	COLR	Sam Swadling goal	18.11.119	-	9.12.66	19:46
	SYDR	Hayden McLean behind	18.12.120	-	9.12.66	21:32
	COLR	Max Mahoney behind	18.12.120	-	9.13.67	23:05
	COLR	Oskar Faulkhead behind	18.12.120	-	9.14.68	24:34
	SYDR	Charlie Peters goal	19.12.126	-	9.14.68	26:00
	COLR	Harrison Kennedy goal	19.12.126	-	10.14.74	28:46

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