2026 VFL Season Round 16: Brisbane Lions Reserves v Essendon Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 12 July 2026 between the Brisbane Lions Reserves and the Essendon Reserves during round sixteen of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Brisbane Lions Reserves hosted the Essendon Reserves at Brighton Homes Arena. Xavier O'Neill captained the visitors with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Scott Borlace and the visitors were coached by Cameron Joyce.

The Brisbane Lions Reserves (10.13.73) were defeated by the Essendon Reserves (15.13.103).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Brisbane Lions Reserves v Essendon Reserves
Date: Sunday 12 July 2026
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Brighton Homes Arena

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions Reserves def. by Essendon Reserves
Score: 10.13.73 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions Reserves	1	.	6	5	.	7	7	.	9	10	.	13	10	.	13	(73)
Essendon Reserves	2	.	1	7	.	3	10	.	9	15	.	13	15	.	13	(103)
Margin	ESSR by 1			ESSR by 8			ESSR by 18			ESSR by 30			ESSR by 30
Duration	27:11			32:12			32:33			32:33			2:04:29

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Brisbane Lions Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Scott Borlace

Essendon Reserves

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

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Abberley, Tahj	HBFR	?	0	0	17	11	6	5	0	1	2	?	1	0	5	1
14	Annable, Daniel	C	?	0	1	32	18	14	8	0	6	6	?	4	2	2	5
17	Beecken, Luke	WL	?	1	0	18	12	6	10	0	0	2	?	0	1	4	4
34	Brain, Shadeau	CHB	?	0	0	17	13	4	0	0	1	0	?	0	1	5	1
18	Coleman, Keidean	FPL	?	1	2	16	8	8	2	0	3	2	?	3	1	0	5
37	Curtin, Cody	FF	?	1	0	10	9	1	5	9	4	0	?	1	1	3	2
12	Doedee, Tom	BPR	?	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	1	1	?	2	2	2	0
63	Duke, Ethan	INT	?	0	0	17	11	6	5	0	2	1	?	0	3	1	2
24	Evans, Koby	HFFL	?	1	1	13	8	5	3	0	1	0	?	0	1	1	1
59	Greenaway, Wyatt	INT	?	0	0	20	17	3	9	0	4	1	?	2	0	5	1
67	Jones, Liam	INT	?	0	0	15	12	3	8	0	1	0	?	2	0	5	1
41	Joyce, Darragh	BPL	?	1	0	6	3	3	1	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
20	Marshall, Sam	RR	?	1	0	32	23	9	7	0	1	4	?	1	1	4	5
49	McCarthy, Curtis	INT	?	0	3	7	6	1	5	0	1	0	?	0	2	1	3
56	McFadyen, Fergus	INT	?	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	0
28	McLachlan, Will	HFFR	?	2	3	12	11	1	7	0	0	0	?	2	1	0	3
39	Murphy, Ben	CHF	?	0	0	6	3	3	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	1
51	Smith, Dylan	INT	?	0	0	12	9	3	7	0	3	0	?	0	0	2	0
25	Smith, Henry	RU	?	1	0	8	4	4	2	18	4	2	?	2	3	0	1
67	Tilley, Sam	WR	?	1	0	18	12	6	2	0	3	4	?	2	3	0	9
36	Torrent, Reece	RO	?	0	0	17	10	7	7	0	2	3	?	1	2	1	3
53	Watts, Archie	INT	?	0	1	9	5	4	2	0	1	0	?	2	1	0	1
21	Zakostelsky, Zane	FB	?	0	0	11	8	3	5	0	0	0	?	0	1	3	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				10	13	329	220	109	106	27	41	28	0+	25	28	44	50

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
34	Artemis, Jaxon	CHB	?	1	0	19	11	8	2	0	2	0	?	0	2	4	2
74	Binns, Jaxon	WR	?	0	0	26	18	8	10	0	3	1	?	0	0	6	5
39	Bourke, Cillian	HBFL	?	0	0	10	6	4	4	0	6	0	?	1	2	2	2
73	Dowling, Boston	INT	?	2	0	9	7	2	2	9	0	0	?	1	1	0	3
68	Eckersley, Zac	INT	?	0	1	8	5	3	3	0	1	1	?	0	1	0	3
33	El Achkar, Hussien	HFFL	?	1	1	9	5	4	1	0	8	1	?	2	0	0	3
41	El-Hawli, Saad	BPR	?	0	0	17	13	4	5	0	2	2	?	3	1	5	0
80	Ferronato, Kristian	INT	?	1	1	15	11	4	3	0	1	4	?	2	1	1	4
11	Gresham, Jade	CHF	?	1	2	23	15	8	6	0	1	4	?	1	0	0	7
35	Guelfi, Matt	FPR	?	1	3	9	7	2	1	0	5	2	?	1	0	1	1
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	INT	?	0	0	16	8	8	1	0	4	5	?	4	1	0	2
40	Johnson, Zak	HBFR	?	0	0	28	16	12	7	0	0	0	?	1	1	5	2
52	Kalpakis, Deacon	BPL	?	0	0	15	10	5	12	0	0	0	?	0	0	2	0
32	McKay, Ben	FF	?	0	0	2	0	2	0	5	2	0	?	0	3	0	1
51	McKay, Solly	WL	?	0	0	17	7	10	5	0	1	1	?	1	2	2	0
48	McMahon, Liam	FPL	?	6	1	11	10	1	7	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	2
42	Nguyen, Jayden	HFFR	?	0	2	9	5	4	3	0	2	0	?	3	1	0	1
65	Nyko, Cam	INT	?	1	0	15	6	9	4	0	0	0	?	0	1	1	1
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	RR	?	0	0	23	14	9	7	0	3	3	?	1	1	2	6
75	Sellers, Tyler	FB	?	0	0	18	17	1	10	0	1	0	?	3	2	5	2
12	Setterfield, Will	C	?	1	1	29	14	15	8	0	4	7	?	2	2	2	6
5	Tsatas, Elijah	RO	?	0	0	35	11	24	5	0	3	7	?	0	0	1	5
17	Visentini, Vigo	RU	?	0	0	10	6	4	1	35	0	2	?	1	3	0	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				15	13	373	222	151	107	49	51	40	0+	28	25	39	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 50s

Player Line-Up

Brisbane Lions Reserves							Coach: Scott Borlace
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	52	D. Kalpakis	75	T. Sellers	41	S. El-Hawli	25	H. Smith	63	E. Duke
			37	C. Curtin	18	K. Coleman	20	S. Marshall	59	W. Greenaway
FORWARD							36	R. Torrent	67	L. Jones
HALF-BACK									49	C. McCarthy
	39	C. Bourke	34	J. Artemis	40	Z. Johnson			56	F. McFadyen
	28	W. McLachlan	39	B. Murphy	24	K. Evans			51	D. Smith
HALF-FORWARD									53	A. Watts
CENTRE
	51	S. McKay	12	W. Setterfield	74	J. Binns
	67	S. Tilley	14	D. Annable	17	L. Beecken	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							17	V. Visentini	73	B. Dowling
HALF-FORWARD							55	X. O'Neill (c)	68	Z. Eckersley
	33	H. El Achkar	11	J. Gresham	42	J. Nguyen	5	E. Tsatas	80	K. Ferronato
	48	T. Abberley	34	S. Brain					50	J. Hately (vc)
HALF-BACK									65	C. Nyko
FORWARD
	48	L. McMahon	32	B. McKay	35	M. Guelfi
	12	T. Doedee	21	Z. Zakostelsky	41	D. Joyce
BACK
Essendon Reserves							Coach: Cameron Joyce

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BRLR	Will McLachlan behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:04
	BRLR	Keidean Coleman behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	04:12
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	1.2.8	-	0.0.0	05:42
	BRLR	Will McLachlan behind	1.3.9	-	0.0.0	09:06
	BRLR	Keidean Coleman behind	1.4.10	-	0.0.0	10:01
	ESSR	Jade Gresham behind	1.4.10	-	0.1.1	12:41
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	1.4.10	-	1.1.7	13:49
	ESSR	Kristian Ferronato goal	1.4.10	-	2.1.13	17:39
	BRLR	Rushed behind	1.5.11	-	2.1.13	21:40
	BRLR	Curtis McCarthy behind	1.6.12	-	2.1.13	22:56
Q2	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	1.6.12	-	3.1.19	01:49
	BRLR	Cody Curtin goal	2.6.18	-	3.1.19	03:29
	ESSR	Jaxon Artemis goal	2.6.18	-	4.1.25	05:06
	BRLR	Archie Watts behind	2.7.19	-	4.1.25	08:16
	BRLR	Sam Tilley goal	3.7.25	-	4.1.25	09:04
	BRLR	Koby Evans goal	4.7.31	-	4.1.25	11:35
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	4.7.31	-	5.1.31	13:46
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	4.7.31	-	5.2.32	16:54
	ESSR	Zac Eckersley behind	4.7.31	-	5.3.33	19:47
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	5.7.37	-	5.3.33	21:22
	ESSR	Cam Nyko goal	5.7.37	-	6.3.39	28:07
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	5.7.37	-	7.3.45	29:54
Q3	BRLR	Daniel Annable behind	5.8.38	-	7.3.45	00:23
	BRLR	Darragh Joyce goal	6.8.44	-	7.3.45	03:00
	BRLR	Henry Smith goal	7.8.50	-	7.3.45	05:28
	ESSR	Kristian Ferronato behind	7.8.50	-	7.4.46	06:51
	ESSR	Boston Dowling goal	7.8.50	-	8.4.52	11:05
	BRLR	Koby Evans behind	7.9.51	-	8.4.52	15:13
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen behind	7.9.51	-	8.5.53	17:33
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	7.9.51	-	9.5.59	19:11
	ESSR	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	9.6.60	20:54
	ESSR	Will Setterfield behind	7.9.51	-	9.7.61	23:00
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	7.9.51	-	9.8.62	26:26
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	7.9.51	-	10.8.68	27:48
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen behind	7.9.51	-	10.9.69	31:20
Q4	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar goal	7.9.51	-	11.9.75	03:52
	BRLR	Curtis McCarthy behind	7.10.52	-	11.9.75	05:12
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar behind	7.10.52	-	11.10.76	08:47
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	7.10.52	-	12.10.82	11:53
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	7.10.52	-	12.11.83	13:31
	BRLR	Curtis McCarthy behind	7.11.53	-	12.11.83	14:33
	BRLR	Keidean Coleman goal	8.11.59	-	12.11.83	16:18
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	8.11.59	-	13.11.89	19:08
	ESSR	Boston Dowling goal	8.11.59	-	14.11.95	20:24
	ESSR	Jade Gresham behind	8.11.59	-	14.12.96	22:44
	BRLR	Will McLachlan behind	8.12.60	-	14.12.96	25:09
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	8.12.60	-	14.13.97	27:10
	ESSR	Will Setterfield goal	8.12.60	-	15.13.103	28:02
	BRLR	Rushed behind	8.13.61	-	15.13.103	29:30
	BRLR	Sam Marshall goal	9.13.67	-	15.13.103	30:02
	BRLR	Luke Beecken goal	10.13.73	-	15.13.103	31:42

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