2026 VFL Season Round 10: Essendon Reserves v Werribee
This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 2026 between the Essendon Reserves and Werribee during round ten of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League.
The Essendon Reserves hosted Werribee at Windy Hill.
Xavier O'Neill captained the hosts with Jackson Hately as vice-captain.
Jesse Clark captained the visitors with Dom Brew as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Cameron Joyce and the visitors were coached by Dan Lowther.
The Essendon Reserves (18.6.114) were defeated by Werribee (27.12.174).
Match Details
Season:
2026 VFL Season
Round:
Round 10
Teams:
Essendon Reserves
v
Werribee
Date:
Sunday 31 May 2026
Time:
12:05 PM
Venue:
Windy Hill
Match Results
Outcome:
Essendon Reserves
def. by
Werribee
Score:
18.6.114 - 27.12.174
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Essendon Reserves | 2 | . | 0 | 10 | . | 1 | 12 | . | 1 | 18 | . | 6 | 18 | . | 6 | (114) |
| Werribee | 7 | . | 4 | 11 | . | 8 | 22 | . | 12 | 27 | . | 12 | 27 | . | 12 | (174) |
| Margin | WERB by 34 | WERB by 13 | WERB by 71 | WERB by 60 | WERB by 60 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 33:24 | 34:11 | 34:40 | 34:35 | 2:16:50 | |||||||||||
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 (Werribee) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Essendon Reserves
Captain: Xavier O'NeillVice-Captain: Jackson Hately
Coach: Cameron Joyce
Werribee
Captain: Jesse ClarkVice-Captain: Dom Brew
Coach: Dan Lowther
Player Statistics
Essendon Reserves
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 72 | Allison, James | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 74 | Binns, Jaxon | WL | ? | 1 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 39 | Bourke, Cillian | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ? | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Brodie, Ryan | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 56 | Clough, Shane | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 73 | Dowling, Boston | RU | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 8 | ? | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 58 | Eckersley, Jared | INT | ? | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 53 | Egan, Jake | C | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | El Achkar, Hussien | HFFL | ? | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ? | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 80 | Ferronato, Kristian | INT | ? | 2 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | ? | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 69 | Gallagher, Kieran | RO | ? | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | Gerreyn, Kayle | FB | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 50 | Hately, Jackson (vc) | RR | ? | 2 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ? | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | Hayes, Lewis | FPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | Jones, Harry | FPR | ? | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 67 | Kitchell, Ty | HFFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 61 | Leedham, Riley | CHF | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | McKay, Solly | WR | ? | 2 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ? | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 71 | Monteath, Lachlan | INT | ? | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 81 | Naish, Charlie | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 | Nyko, Cam | HBFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | ? | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 55 | O'Neill, Xavier (c) | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 75 | Sellers, Tyler | BPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Rushed | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 18 | 6 | 283 | 170 | 113 | 59 | 45 | 67 | 45 | 0+ | 12 | 22 | 31 | 48 | |||
Werribee
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 19 | Azzi, Sam | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Brew, Dom (vc) | RR | ? | 1 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | ? | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Busuttil, Jordan | INT | ? | 3 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ? | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 32 | Charleson, Lachlan | FPR | ? | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Clark, Jesse (c) | HBFL | ? | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | Cousins, Mace | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Donegan, Sam | C | ? | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | ? | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Elliott, Will | FF | ? | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ? | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Eyers, Ryan | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Grintell, Harry | HBFR | ? | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Ivisic, Xavier | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Keighran, Zane | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Kuol Mun, Ajang | RU | ? | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 2 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Lazzaro, Charlie | RO | ? | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | ? | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Maguire, Harry | INT | ? | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Pavlidis, Jaelen | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Pinnuck, Louis | BPL | ? | 1 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 13 | Raso, Massimo | HFFL | ? | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ? | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | Riding, Jack | HFFR | ? | 3 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 35 | Smith, Jake | WL | ? | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Tullio, Noah | FPL | ? | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Whyte, Cooper | WR | ? | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Wright, Brady | CHF | ? | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 27 | 12 | 378 | 203 | 175 | 84 | 48 | 70 | 53 | 0+ | 22 | 12 | 30 | 59 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Essendon Reserves | Coach: Cameron Joyce | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
| 9 | L. Pinnuck | 10 | R. Eyers | 34 | J. Pavlidis | 73 | B. Dowling | 72 | J. Allison | ||||||
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18 | L. Hayes | 50 | J. Hately (vc) | 60 | R. Brodie | ||||||
| FORWARD | 69 | K. Gallagher | 58 | J. Eckersley | |||||||||||
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80 | K. Ferronato | |||||||||||
| 27 | J. Clark (c) | 19 | S. Azzi | 16 | H. Grintell |
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71 | L. Monteath | ||||||
| 67 | T. Kitchell | 61 | R. Leedham | 33 | H. El Achkar |
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| 35 | J. Smith | 12 | S. Donegan | 4 | C. Whyte |
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| 51 | S. McKay | 53 | J. Egan | 74 | J. Binns | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 20 | A. Kuol Mun | 3 | J. Busuttil | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 29 | D. Brew (vc) | 14 | M. Cousins | |||||||||||
| 13 | M. Raso | 28 | B. Wright | 33 | J. Riding | 1 | C. Lazzaro | 8 | X. Ivisic | ||||||
| 39 | C. Bourke | 55 | X. O'Neill (c) | 65 | C. Nyko |
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| 5 | N. Tullio | 6 | W. Elliott | 32 | L. Charleson |
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| 56 | S. Clough | 19 | K. Gerreyn | 75 | T. Sellers |
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| Werribee | Coach: Dan Lowther | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | WERB | Xavier Ivisic goal | 0.0.0 | - | 1.0.6 | 05:41 |
| WERB | Cooper Whyte goal | 0.0.0 | - | 2.0.12 | 08:39 | |
| WERB | Harry Grintell behind | 0.0.0 | - | 2.1.13 | 10:32 | |
| WERB | Jack Riding goal | 0.0.0 | - | 3.1.19 | 11:31 | |
| WERB | Noah Tullio goal | 0.0.0 | - | 4.1.25 | 12:47 | |
| ESSR | Charlie Naish goal | 1.0.6 | - | 4.1.25 | 14:49 | |
| WERB | Brady Wright goal | 1.0.6 | - | 5.1.31 | 16:29 | |
| ESSR | Solly McKay goal | 2.0.12 | - | 5.1.31 | 21:08 | |
| WERB | Jesse Clark goal | 2.0.12 | - | 6.1.37 | 23:57 | |
| WERB | Harry Grintell behind | 2.0.12 | - | 6.2.38 | 24:55 | |
| WERB | Harry Maguire behind | 2.0.12 | - | 6.3.39 | 26:17 | |
| WERB | Will Elliott goal | 2.0.12 | - | 7.3.45 | 31:46 | |
| WERB | Brady Wright behind | 2.0.12 | - | 7.4.46 | 33:17 | |
| Q2 | ESSR | Lachlan Monteath goal | 3.0.18 | - | 7.4.46 | 01:54 |
| ESSR | Kieran Gallagher goal | 4.0.24 | - | 7.4.46 | 02:59 | |
| WERB | Jack Riding goal | 4.0.24 | - | 8.4.52 | 03:57 | |
| WERB | Noah Tullio behind | 4.0.24 | - | 8.5.53 | 06:42 | |
| WERB | Massimo Raso goal | 4.0.24 | - | 9.5.59 | 07:37 | |
| ESSR | Jared Eckersley goal | 5.0.30 | - | 9.5.59 | 09:32 | |
| ESSR | Jared Eckersley goal | 6.0.36 | - | 9.5.59 | 11:58 | |
| ESSR | Hussien El Achkar goal | 7.0.42 | - | 9.5.59 | 13:33 | |
| ESSR | Lachlan Monteath goal | 8.0.48 | - | 9.5.59 | 15:58 | |
| WERB | Lachlan Charleson behind | 8.0.48 | - | 9.6.60 | 18:13 | |
| WERB | Brady Wright goal | 8.0.48 | - | 10.6.66 | 19:07 | |
| WERB | Rushed behind | 8.0.48 | - | 10.7.67 | 20:15 | |
| ESSR | Hussien El Achkar goal | 9.0.54 | - | 10.7.67 | 21:23 | |
| ESSR | Jackson Hately goal | 10.0.60 | - | 10.7.67 | 22:54 | |
| WERB | Rushed behind | 10.0.60 | - | 10.8.68 | 24:42 | |
| WERB | Dom Brew goal | 10.0.60 | - | 11.8.74 | 26:04 | |
| ESSR | Kristian Ferronato behind | 10.1.61 | - | 11.8.74 | 33:12 | |
| Q3 | WERB | Jack Riding goal | 10.1.61 | - | 12.8.80 | 00:41 |
| WERB | Jordan Busuttil goal | 10.1.61 | - | 13.8.86 | 01:41 | |
| WERB | Lachlan Charleson goal | 10.1.61 | - | 14.8.92 | 08:08 | |
| WERB | Jordan Busuttil goal | 10.1.61 | - | 15.8.98 | 10:26 | |
| WERB | Will Elliott goal | 10.1.61 | - | 16.8.104 | 12:08 | |
| WERB | Noah Tullio goal | 10.1.61 | - | 17.8.110 | 15:06 | |
| ESSR | Jared Eckersley goal | 11.1.67 | - | 17.8.110 | 16:49 | |
| ESSR | Jackson Hately goal | 12.1.73 | - | 17.8.110 | 18:46 | |
| WERB | Jake Smith behind | 12.1.73 | - | 17.9.111 | 20:09 | |
| WERB | Brady Wright goal | 12.1.73 | - | 18.9.117 | 22:17 | |
| WERB | Brady Wright goal | 12.1.73 | - | 19.9.123 | 23:55 | |
| WERB | Brady Wright goal | 12.1.73 | - | 20.9.129 | 25:23 | |
| WERB | Brady Wright goal | 12.1.73 | - | 21.9.135 | 29:42 | |
| WERB | Cooper Whyte behind | 12.1.73 | - | 21.10.136 | 30:44 | |
| WERB | Rushed behind | 12.1.73 | - | 21.11.137 | 31:44 | |
| WERB | Massimo Raso behind | 12.1.73 | - | 21.12.138 | 32:43 | |
| WERB | Ajang Kuol Mun goal | 12.1.73 | - | 22.12.144 | 33:46 | |
| Q4 | ESSR | Boston Dowling behind | 12.2.74 | - | 22.12.144 | 01:53 |
| ESSR | Lachlan Monteath goal | 13.2.80 | - | 22.12.144 | 02:48 | |
| ESSR | Harry Jones behind | 13.3.81 | - | 22.12.144 | 04:18 | |
| ESSR | Solly McKay goal | 14.3.87 | - | 22.12.144 | 05:41 | |
| ESSR | Jaxon Binns behind | 14.4.88 | - | 22.12.144 | 07:46 | |
| ESSR | Kayle Gerreyn goal | 15.4.94 | - | 22.12.144 | 11:34 | |
| WERB | Lachlan Charleson goal | 15.4.94 | - | 23.12.150 | 13:31 | |
| ESSR | Kristian Ferronato goal | 16.4.100 | - | 23.12.150 | 14:58 | |
| WERB | Louis Pinnuck goal | 16.4.100 | - | 24.12.156 | 16:21 | |
| ESSR | Kristian Ferronato goal | 17.4.106 | - | 24.12.156 | 18:55 | |
| ESSR | Jaxon Binns behind | 17.5.107 | - | 24.12.156 | 23:25 | |
| WERB | Jordan Busuttil goal | 17.5.107 | - | 25.12.162 | 24:34 | |
| WERB | Charlie Lazzaro goal | 17.5.107 | - | 26.12.168 | 28:14 | |
| WERB | Will Elliott goal | 17.5.107 | - | 27.12.174 | 30:46 | |
| ESSR | Hussien El Achkar behind | 17.6.108 | - | 27.12.174 | 32:22 | |
| ESSR | Ryan Brodie goal | 18.6.114 | - | 27.12.174 | 33:25 | |