2026 VFL Season Round 9: Richmond Reserves v Essendon Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 2026 between the Richmond Reserves and the Essendon Reserves during round nine of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Richmond Reserves "hosted" the Essendon Reserves at Windy Hill. Xavier O'Neill captained the visitors with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Madgen and the visitors were coached by Cameron Joyce.

The Richmond Reserves (14.5.89) were defeated by the Essendon Reserves (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Richmond Reserves v Essendon Reserves
Date: Saturday 23 May 2026
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Windy Hill

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond Reserves def. by Essendon Reserves
Score: 14.5.89 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Richmond Reserves	6	.	3	9	.	5	10	.	5	14	.	5	14	.	5	(89)
Essendon Reserves	4	.	5	10	.	8	12	.	11	15	.	17	15	.	17	(107)
Margin	RICR by 10			ESSR by 9			ESSR by 18			ESSR by 18			ESSR by 18
Duration	34:05			36:56			27:57			30:20			2:09:18

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Richmond Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jack Madgen

Essendon Reserves

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

Player Statistics

Richmond Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
65	Cantwell, Ry	FPL	?	1	0	12	6	6	3	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	4
63	Collier, Nicholas	RO	?	0	0	19	10	9	3	0	8	2	?	1	2	0	6
58	Connolly, Leo	HBFL	?	0	0	22	17	5	4	0	0	0	?	0	0	7	3
57	El Nour, Mutaz	FB	?	1	0	18	13	5	6	0	1	0	?	1	0	5	2
43	Fawcett, Liam	FPR	?	1	0	8	8	0	7	0	2	0	?	0	3	0	2
53	Garner, Joel	RR	?	0	0	15	6	9	1	0	5	4	?	2	1	1	5
67	George, Liam	CHF	?	0	1	15	8	7	3	0	2	0	?	3	0	1	2
61	Hotton, Olli	HFFR	?	0	0	23	9	14	6	0	1	3	?	0	0	1	7
76	Lai, Sean	INT	?	2	0	14	10	4	5	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	3
59	Lockwood, Zaydyn	BPR	?	0	0	6	3	3	2	4	2	1	?	0	1	1	0
69	Loftus, Kane	WR	?	0	0	10	7	3	1	0	4	1	?	0	0	4	1
60	McKenzie, Tom	INT	?	0	0	20	5	15	2	0	3	2	?	1	1	2	1
75	Nancarrow, Caleb	INT	?	0	0	10	5	5	4	0	0	1	?	0	0	3	0
70	Pollocks, Joshua	BPL	?	0	0	17	12	5	8	0	3	1	?	2	1	7	0
32	Ryan, Samson	RU	?	2	0	17	6	11	1	27	0	4	?	3	1	1	3
54	Scott, Harry	C	?	1	0	18	9	9	1	0	7	8	?	2	2	0	4
78	Sharkie, Aaron	INT	?	0	0	22	17	5	7	0	1	2	?	2	3	6	2
38	Sims, Tom	FF	?	0	0	3	1	2	0	2	1	1	?	0	0	0	1
49	Smith, Kaleb	HBFR	?	0	0	21	16	5	5	0	4	3	?	2	0	3	6
79	Stewart, Kai	INT	?	1	1	6	5	1	1	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	1
55	Street, Lachlan	CHB	?	0	0	16	7	9	2	0	0	1	?	0	0	4	1
68	Toner, Sam	WL	?	3	1	24	17	7	10	0	2	1	?	2	1	1	6
52	Yassine, Mohammed	HFFL	?	2	1	7	5	2	3	0	3	0	?	1	2	0	3
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				14	5	343	202	141	85	33	55	35	0+	22	18	48	63

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
77	Bella, Will	FF	?	1	0	10	4	6	6	4	1	0	?	1	0	0	1
74	Binns, Jaxon	WL	?	1	0	22	14	8	4	0	1	2	?	0	0	2	5
39	Bourke, Cillian	HBFR	?	0	0	18	9	9	2	0	2	1	?	1	1	2	2
60	Brodie, Ryan	INT	?	0	0	9	8	1	2	0	4	1	?	0	1	5	2
13	Cox, Nik	FPL	?	2	2	21	14	7	11	6	4	0	?	0	3	1	2
73	Dowling, Boston	RU	?	0	0	12	8	4	4	26	1	3	?	1	0	3	3
58	Eckersley, Jared	INT	?	4	1	16	11	5	7	0	4	0	?	0	2	0	1
53	Egan, Jake	C	?	0	2	10	8	2	1	0	1	1	?	0	2	0	4
33	El Achkar, Hussien	HFFL	?	3	2	12	6	6	1	0	3	4	?	0	3	0	1
80	Ferronato, Kristian	INT	?	0	0	29	17	12	3	0	8	6	?	1	1	1	9
69	Gallagher, Kieran	RO	?	0	0	10	8	2	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	3
19	Gerreyn, Kayle	FB	?	0	0	19	12	7	6	0	2	1	?	3	1	3	2
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	RR	?	2	0	28	19	9	4	0	5	10	?	4	0	3	6
23	Jones, Harry	FPR	?	0	0	7	4	3	1	2	3	0	?	0	1	1	1
29	Kondogiannis, Max	BPR	?	0	0	21	11	10	2	0	0	0	?	1	0	5	2
51	McKay, Solly	WR	?	0	0	20	11	9	6	0	5	3	?	2	1	3	2
81	Naish, Charlie	INT	?	0	3	13	10	3	5	0	2	1	?	0	1	1	3
42	Nguyen, Jayden	CHF	?	2	0	14	4	10	2	0	4	2	?	1	0	0	1
65	Nyko, Cam	HBFL	?	0	0	18	9	9	4	0	2	1	?	0	0	1	2
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	CHB	?	0	0	25	15	10	8	0	5	2	?	1	2	4	3
57	Scott, Noah	HFFR	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	0
75	Sellers, Tyler	BPL	?	0	0	22	21	1	10	0	3	1	?	2	1	7	7
82	Staropoli, Nicholas	INT	?	0	0	13	7	6	6	0	0	1	?	0	0	3	1
Rushed					7
Total (23 players)				15	17	369	230	139	99	38	61	40	0+	18	21	48	63

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

Richmond Reserves							Coach: Jack Madgen
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	75	T. Sellers	19	K. Gerreyn	29	M. Kondogiannis	32	S. Ryan	76	S. Lai
	43	L. Fawcett	38	T. Sims	65	R. Cantwell	53	J. Garner	60	T. McKenzie
FORWARD							63	N. Collier	75	C. Nancarrow
HALF-BACK									78	A. Sharkie
	65	C. Nyko	55	X. O'Neill (c)	39	C. Bourke			79	K. Stewart
	61	O. Hotton	67	L. George	52	M. Yassine
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	74	J. Binns	53	J. Egan	51	S. McKay
	69	K. Loftus	54	H. Scott	68	S. Toner	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							73	B. Dowling	60	R. Brodie
HALF-FORWARD							50	J. Hately (vc)	58	J. Eckersley
	33	H. El Achkar	42	J. Nguyen	57	N. Scott	69	K. Gallagher	80	K. Ferronato
	49	K. Smith	55	L. Street	58	L. Connolly			81	C. Naish
HALF-BACK									82	N. Staropoli
FORWARD
	13	N. Cox	77	W. Bella	23	H. Jones
	59	Z. Lockwood	57	M. El Nour	70	J. Pollocks
BACK
Essendon Reserves							Coach: Cameron Joyce

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	RICR	Mohammed Yassine behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:33
	RICR	Mutaz El Nour goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	02:27
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	04:51
	ESSR	Jaxon Binns goal	1.1.7	-	2.0.12	07:52
	RICR	Kai Stewart behind	1.2.8	-	2.0.12	09:03
	ESSR	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	2.1.13	10:14
	RICR	Sean Lai goal	2.2.14	-	2.1.13	10:49
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	2.2.14	-	3.1.19	14:21
	ESSR	Jake Egan behind	2.2.14	-	3.2.20	15:42
	RICR	Sam Toner behind	2.3.15	-	3.2.20	16:44
	ESSR	Charlie Naish behind	2.3.15	-	3.3.21	17:42
	RICR	Kai Stewart goal	3.3.21	-	3.3.21	19:17
	RICR	Sean Lai goal	4.3.27	-	3.3.21	20:43
	RICR	Sam Toner goal	5.3.33	-	3.3.21	23:21
	RICR	Liam Fawcett goal	6.3.39	-	3.3.21	26:20
	ESSR	Will Bella goal	6.3.39	-	4.3.27	28:52
	ESSR	Rushed behind	6.3.39	-	4.4.28	31:45
	ESSR	Rushed behind	6.3.39	-	4.5.29	33:50
Q2	ESSR	Rushed behind	6.3.39	-	4.6.30	00:34
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	6.3.39	-	5.6.36	02:11
	RICR	Samson Ryan goal	7.3.45	-	5.6.36	03:59
	RICR	Rushed behind	7.4.46	-	5.6.36	06:59
	RICR	Ry Cantwell goal	8.4.52	-	5.6.36	10:25
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen goal	8.4.52	-	6.6.42	13:42
	RICR	Liam George behind	8.5.53	-	6.6.42	16:43
	ESSR	Jake Egan behind	8.5.53	-	6.7.43	19:30
	ESSR	Rushed behind	8.5.53	-	6.8.44	20:02
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	8.5.53	-	7.8.50	21:01
	ESSR	Jackson Hately goal	8.5.53	-	8.8.56	22:43
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen goal	8.5.53	-	9.8.62	29:22
	RICR	Mohammed Yassine goal	9.5.59	-	9.8.62	32:44
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	9.5.59	-	10.8.68	35:43
Q3	ESSR	Charlie Naish behind	9.5.59	-	10.9.69	01:43
	ESSR	Jackson Hately goal	9.5.59	-	11.9.75	07:35
	RICR	Sam Toner goal	10.5.65	-	11.9.75	11:15
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	10.5.65	-	12.9.81	16:52
	ESSR	Nik Cox behind	10.5.65	-	12.10.82	25:43
	ESSR	Nik Cox behind	10.5.65	-	12.11.83	26:22
Q4	RICR	Sam Toner goal	11.5.71	-	12.11.83	01:25
	ESSR	Charlie Naish behind	11.5.71	-	12.12.84	03:00
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	11.5.71	-	13.12.90	04:14
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar behind	11.5.71	-	13.13.91	05:34
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	11.5.71	-	14.13.97	07:51
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	11.5.71	-	15.13.103	12:58
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar behind	11.5.71	-	15.14.104	18:59
	RICR	Mohammed Yassine goal	12.5.77	-	15.14.104	19:35
	RICR	Harry Scott goal	13.5.83	-	15.14.104	23:48
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley behind	13.5.83	-	15.15.105	24:58
	ESSR	Rushed behind	13.5.83	-	15.16.106	25:46
	RICR	Samson Ryan goal	14.5.89	-	15.16.106	27:12
	ESSR	Rushed behind	14.5.89	-	15.17.107	29:46

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