2026 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon Reserves v St Kilda Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 2026 between the Essendon Reserves and the St Kilda Reserves during round fifteen of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Essendon Reserves hosted the St Kilda Reserves at Windy Hill. Xavier O'Neill captained the hosts with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. Billy McGee Galimberti captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Cameron Joyce and the visitors were coached by Brendon Goddard.

The Essendon Reserves (18.8.116) defeated the St Kilda Reserves (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon Reserves v St Kilda Reserves
Date: Sunday 5 July 2026
Time: 12:00 PM
Venue: Windy Hill

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon Reserves def. St Kilda Reserves
Score: 18.8.116 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon Reserves	4	.	1	9	.	3	13	.	6	18	.	8	18	.	8	(116)
St Kilda Reserves	6	.	4	11	.	5	11	.	10	13	.	13	13	.	13	(91)
Margin	STKR by 15			STKR by 14			ESSR by 8			ESSR by 25			ESSR by 25
Duration	34:23			33:16			29:41			31:19			2:08:39

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 (St Kilda Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon Reserves

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

St Kilda Reserves

Captain: Billy McGee Galimberti
Coach: Brendon Goddard

Player Statistics

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
74	Binns, Jaxon	INT	?	1	0	21	14	7	8	0	2	0	?	0	0	2	2
46	Blakiston, Lachlan	HFFL	?	1	1	12	7	5	2	13	2	4	?	3	4	0	3
39	Bourke, Cillian	C	?	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	3	0	?	0	0	3	0
36	Clarke, Angus	WL	?	2	0	21	18	3	6	0	1	1	?	1	2	1	4
73	Dowling, Boston	INT	?	0	2	12	8	4	7	5	0	1	?	0	1	0	6
33	El Achkar, Hussien	CHB	?	1	2	13	5	8	0	0	1	1	?	1	1	1	2
80	Ferronato, Kristian	INT	?	2	0	19	14	5	1	0	3	5	?	1	1	0	5
11	Gresham, Jade	FB	?	2	0	11	8	3	5	0	1	0	?	0	2	1	2
35	Guelfi, Matt	HBFR	?	2	0	14	10	4	5	0	3	1	?	0	1	1	4
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	HFFR	?	0	0	28	20	8	7	0	8	5	?	2	1	3	6
23	Jones, Harry	HBFL	?	0	0	17	13	4	4	0	4	0	?	1	0	4	1
52	Kalpakis, Deacon	FF	?	0	0	15	11	4	8	0	3	0	?	1	1	1	0
51	McKay, Solly	FPL	?	0	0	25	18	7	10	0	5	2	?	0	2	3	0
48	McMahon, Liam	CHF	?	4	2	8	6	2	5	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	0
42	Nguyen, Jayden	WR	?	1	1	14	10	4	4	0	3	1	?	1	0	2	2
65	Nyko, Cam	RO	?	0	0	17	7	10	5	0	1	1	?	0	1	2	0
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	FPR	?	0	0	14	9	5	1	0	6	1	?	0	1	1	4
57	Scott, Noah	RU	?	0	0	11	5	6	6	0	1	1	?	0	0	0	2
75	Sellers, Tyler	INT	?	0	0	19	17	2	4	0	2	1	?	1	0	9	0
82	Staropoli, Nicholas	INT	?	0	0	14	10	4	7	0	2	1	?	0	0	4	1
5	Tsatas, Elijah	BPL	?	1	0	29	10	19	2	0	7	6	?	1	1	0	2
59	Uerata, Dayten	RR	?	1	0	16	8	8	2	0	0	2	?	1	0	2	1
17	Visentini, Vigo	BPR	?	0	0	11	2	9	2	33	1	0	?	1	1	1	0
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				18	8	368	235	133	103	51	61	34	0+	16	20	41	47

St Kilda Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
77	Algeri, Christian	INT	?	0	2	19	10	9	4	0	5	4	?	2	0	0	6
46	Armstrong, Eamonn	FPL	?	0	1	15	5	10	4	0	3	1	?	1	0	1	3
36	Banfield, Charlie	HFFL	?	0	2	23	16	7	8	0	2	3	?	1	2	3	3
38	Boxshall, Hugh	HFFR	?	0	0	30	11	19	5	0	6	7	?	2	2	0	3
16	Butler, Dan	HBFL	?	3	0	15	10	5	2	0	6	2	?	2	1	0	4
64	Campigli, Jonah	INT	?	3	0	6	3	3	1	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	0
18	Carroll, Jack	HBFR	?	0	0	24	10	14	4	0	2	0	?	1	0	2	0
11	Clark, Hunter	FB	?	0	0	25	20	5	6	0	4	0	?	0	2	6	4
59	Clarke, Josh	RO	?	0	0	19	9	10	2	0	6	5	?	1	0	1	4
4	Collard, Lance	BPL	?	0	0	23	15	8	8	0	1	0	?	0	1	5	4
69	Davey, Jayden	INT	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
30	Dodson, Alex	C	?	0	0	17	8	9	4	30	1	3	?	2	2	1	2
81	Dollman, Archie	INT	?	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	1	2	?	1	0	0	3
15	Dow, Paddy	BPR	?	0	0	30	11	19	3	0	3	9	?	1	1	0	3
37	Fincher, Kye	CHF	?	0	0	22	15	7	2	0	4	1	?	2	0	3	4
20	Howard, Dougal	WL	?	0	0	16	12	4	4	0	0	1	?	0	0	2	1
17	Keeler, Isaac	CHB	?	0	3	16	9	7	3	1	0	2	?	1	0	1	3
52	Maginness, Ned	RU	?	1	0	8	5	3	2	0	3	1	?	1	0	0	3
50	McGee Galimberti, Billy (c)	FF	?	0	0	10	7	3	7	0	1	1	?	0	0	3	3
53	McKenzie, Bailey	RR	?	3	1	13	8	5	4	0	3	0	?	0	2	0	1
	Phillips, Ethan	INT	?	0	0	12	5	7	7	0	2	0	?	1	2	1	0
51	Richardson, Billy	FPR	?	2	1	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	?	1	0	0	1
33	Said, Patrick	WR	?	1	1	10	5	5	1	0	6	0	?	0	0	0	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				13	13	365	203	162	85	32	61	42	0+	20	16	29	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

Essendon Reserves							Coach: Cameron Joyce
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	4	L. Collard	11	H. Clark	15	P. Dow	57	N. Scott	74	J. Binns
	55	X. O'Neill (c)	52	D. Kalpakis	51	S. McKay	59	D. Uerata	73	B. Dowling
FORWARD							65	C. Nyko	80	K. Ferronato
HALF-BACK									75	T. Sellers
	16	D. Butler	17	I. Keeler	18	J. Carroll			82	N. Staropoli
	50	J. Hately (vc)	48	L. McMahon	46	L. Blakiston
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	20	D. Howard	30	A. Dodson	33	P. Said
	42	J. Nguyen	39	C. Bourke	36	A. Clarke	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							52	N. Maginness	77	C. Algeri
HALF-FORWARD							53	B. McKenzie	64	J. Campigli
	36	C. Banfield	37	K. Fincher	38	H. Boxshall	59	J. Clarke	69	J. Davey
	35	M. Guelfi	33	H. El Achkar	23	H. Jones			81	A. Dollman
HALF-BACK										E. Phillips
FORWARD
	46	E. Armstrong	50	B. McGee Galimberti (c)	51	B. Richardson
	17	V. Visentini	11	J. Gresham	5	E. Tsatas
BACK
St Kilda Reserves							Coach: Brendon Goddard

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	STKR	Charlie Banfield behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:48
	ESSR	Angus Clarke goal	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	06:38
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	2.0.12	-	0.1.1	08:52
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	3.0.18	-	0.1.1	11:13
	STKR	Bailey McKenzie goal	3.0.18	-	1.1.7	15:03
	STKR	Billy Richardson goal	3.0.18	-	2.1.13	17:24
	STKR	Patrick Said goal	3.0.18	-	3.1.19	18:22
	STKR	Dan Butler goal	3.0.18	-	4.1.25	20:06
	ESSR	Dayten Uerata goal	4.0.24	-	4.1.25	22:43
	STKR	Dan Butler goal	4.0.24	-	5.1.31	23:42
	STKR	Christian Algeri behind	4.0.24	-	5.2.32	26:26
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar behind	4.1.25	-	5.2.32	26:58
	STKR	Dan Butler goal	4.1.25	-	6.2.38	32:01
	STKR	Isaac Keeler behind	4.1.25	-	6.3.39	33:11
	STKR	Christian Algeri behind	4.1.25	-	6.4.40	34:23
Q2	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	5.1.31	-	6.4.40	03:57
	STKR	Ned Maginness goal	5.1.31	-	7.4.46	06:08
	STKR	Isaac Keeler behind	5.1.31	-	7.5.47	07:53
	STKR	Bailey McKenzie goal	5.1.31	-	8.5.53	12:42
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen behind	5.2.32	-	8.5.53	14:58
	STKR	Billy Richardson goal	5.2.32	-	9.5.59	16:26
	STKR	Jonah Campigli goal	5.2.32	-	10.5.65	18:28
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar behind	5.3.33	-	10.5.65	20:10
	ESSR	Kristian Ferronato goal	6.3.39	-	10.5.65	21:35
	STKR	Bailey McKenzie goal	6.3.39	-	11.5.71	23:46
	ESSR	Jaxon Binns goal	7.3.45	-	11.5.71	26:31
	ESSR	Kristian Ferronato goal	8.3.51	-	11.5.71	30:38
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen goal	9.3.57	-	11.5.71	31:58
Q3	STKR	Billy Richardson behind	9.3.57	-	11.6.72	00:47
	STKR	Isaac Keeler behind	9.3.57	-	11.7.73	02:39
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	9.4.58	-	11.7.73	03:55
	ESSR	Elijah Tsatas goal	10.4.64	-	11.7.73	04:17
	ESSR	Angus Clarke goal	11.4.70	-	11.7.73	05:41
	STKR	Patrick Said behind	11.4.70	-	11.8.74	08:50
	ESSR	Lachlan Blakiston goal	12.4.76	-	11.8.74	10:39
	STKR	Bailey McKenzie behind	12.4.76	-	11.9.75	14:34
	STKR	Charlie Banfield behind	12.4.76	-	11.10.76	14:54
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	13.4.82	-	11.10.76	19:28
	ESSR	Boston Dowling behind	13.5.83	-	11.10.76	24:15
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	13.6.84	-	11.10.76	28:48
Q4	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	14.6.90	-	11.10.76	03:01
	STKR	Rushed behind	14.6.90	-	11.11.77	05:12
	ESSR	Lachlan Blakiston behind	14.7.91	-	11.11.77	07:57
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	15.7.97	-	11.11.77	09:05
	STKR	Jonah Campigli goal	15.7.97	-	12.11.83	10:17
	ESSR	Boston Dowling behind	15.8.98	-	12.11.83	11:57
	STKR	Eamonn Armstrong behind	15.8.98	-	12.12.84	14:48
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	16.8.104	-	12.12.84	15:38
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	17.8.110	-	12.12.84	18:17
	STKR	Jonah Campigli goal	17.8.110	-	13.12.90	23:06
	STKR	Rushed behind	17.8.110	-	13.13.91	26:36
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	18.8.116	-	13.13.91	30:18

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