2026 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon Reserves v Coburg

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 2026 between the Essendon Reserves and Coburg during round seventeen of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Essendon Reserves hosted Coburg at Windy Hill. Xavier O'Neill captained the hosts with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Cameron Joyce and the visitors were coached by Jamie Cassidy-McNamara.

The Essendon Reserves (17.11.113) defeated Coburg (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon Reserves v Coburg
Date: Sunday 19 July 2026
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Windy Hill

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon Reserves def. Coburg
Score: 17.11.113 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon Reserves	4	.	3	8	.	5	13	.	8	17	.	11	17	.	11	(113)
Coburg	1	.	7	4	.	9	7	.	11	8	.	12	8	.	12	(60)
Margin	ESSR by 14			ESSR by 20			ESSR by 33			ESSR by 53			ESSR by 53
Duration	29:54			31:28			31:48			29:53			2:03:03

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 (Coburg) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon Reserves

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

Coburg

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jamie Cassidy-McNamara

Player Statistics

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
74	Binns, Jaxon	WR	?	0	0	13	10	3	6	0	4	0	?	0	0	2	2
39	Bourke, Cillian	HBFL	?	0	0	11	5	6	5	0	1	1	?	0	2	2	2
13	Cox, Nik	FPL	?	7	1	19	12	7	6	1	4	0	?	2	0	0	1
73	Dowling, Boston	BPR	?	1	0	10	7	3	5	7	5	2	?	0	1	0	3
41	El-Hawli, Saad	HBFR	?	0	0	26	22	4	8	0	2	0	?	1	0	6	8
11	Gresham, Jade	CHF	?	1	0	15	10	5	5	0	5	2	?	1	0	1	5
35	Guelfi, Matt	FPR	?	2	2	6	5	1	2	0	0	1	?	0	1	0	1
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	INT	?	0	0	20	6	14	2	0	4	3	?	1	2	1	4
40	Johnson, Zak	CHB	?	0	0	30	21	9	1	0	6	1	?	1	1	5	8
23	Jones, Harry	BPL	?	0	0	11	9	2	5	0	2	0	?	2	0	4	0
76	Justice, Blake	INT	?	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	1
52	Kalpakis, Deacon	INT	?	0	0	14	7	7	7	0	2	1	?	1	2	1	0
32	McKay, Ben	FB	?	0	0	15	6	9	5	0	3	0	?	1	1	2	0
48	McMahon, Liam	FF	?	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	?	0	4	0	0
42	Nguyen, Jayden	HFFR	?	1	1	15	7	8	3	0	1	2	?	0	0	1	1
65	Nyko, Cam	INT	?	0	2	16	7	9	1	0	2	1	?	1	0	2	1
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	HFFL	?	1	0	18	10	8	4	0	3	1	?	0	1	1	1
3	Parish, Darcy	RR	?	0	0	22	13	9	1	0	9	10	?	1	0	0	10
75	Sellers, Tyler	INT	?	0	0	18	16	2	13	0	1	0	?	0	0	6	2
12	Setterfield, Will	C	?	1	0	26	11	15	4	0	10	4	?	1	5	1	5
5	Tsatas, Elijah	RO	?	2	1	36	14	22	6	0	1	5	?	1	1	4	5
38	Unwin, Rhys	WL	?	0	0	9	2	7	0	0	3	0	?	1	1	0	2
17	Visentini, Vigo	RU	?	0	0	12	7	5	4	34	2	5	?	3	1	0	2
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				17	11	371	212	159	96	42	71	39	0+	18	24	39	64

Coburg

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
30	Allison, Hugh	CHF	?	0	0	10	4	6	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	0
5	Bromell, Hugo	C	?	0	0	22	12	10	5	0	2	5	?	0	1	2	7
6	Bytel, Jack	HBFL	?	0	0	26	9	17	2	0	5	8	?	3	1	2	4
15	Dammersmith, Ingo	FB	?	0	0	23	14	9	11	0	0	0	?	1	0	5	1
31	Di Lizio, Luke	INT	?	1	1	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	0
37	Galvin, Rhys	INT	?	0	0	9	5	4	3	0	0	0	?	0	0	4	0
4	Gentile, Flynn	RO	?	0	1	26	14	12	4	0	7	4	?	1	1	3	6
11	Gillard, Braedyn	HBFR	?	0	0	24	14	10	7	0	2	1	?	0	1	3	1
1	Hoare, Will	FF	?	0	0	16	8	8	6	0	2	0	?	1	1	2	1
24	Kennedy, Max	WR	?	0	0	21	10	11	2	0	3	2	?	0	0	6	3
29	Keogh, Cooper	RU	?	0	0	19	5	14	1	29	2	7	?	3	3	1	3
20	Kiraly, Michael	INT	?	0	0	13	2	11	0	0	0	0	?	2	1	0	2
21	Murphy, Sebastian	HFFR	?	3	1	13	7	6	4	0	5	0	?	3	3	0	2
32	Payman, Dom	CHB	?	1	0	5	3	2	0	7	0	1	?	1	0	0	1
40	Shepherd, Josh	INT	?	0	1	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	?	0	1	1	2
35	Stephenson, Jaidyn	FPR	?	1	3	8	8	0	3	0	0	1	?	2	0	0	1
9	Sturgess, Ryan	BPL	?	0	0	13	6	7	0	0	1	0	?	2	1	5	0
42	Thompson, Max	HFFL	?	0	1	18	5	13	7	0	3	1	?	0	0	0	0
33	Toohey, Donovan	BPR	?	0	0	25	16	9	7	0	4	0	?	1	0	6	3
18	Trudgeon, Joel	RR	?	0	0	26	12	14	5	0	1	3	?	2	2	3	6
3	Valentine, Ryan	FPL	?	0	0	5	2	3	3	0	0	0	?	1	0	0	1
39	Walker, Josh	INT	?	1	1	13	7	6	5	0	1	1	?	0	1	1	1
25	Walker, Lachlan	WL	?	1	0	20	10	10	4	0	3	2	?	1	0	2	3
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				8	12	364	181	183	90	36	42	36	0+	24	18	48	48

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
	9	R. Sturgess	15	I. Dammersmith	33	D. Toohey	17	V. Visentini	50	J. Hately (vc)
	35	M. Guelfi	48	L. McMahon	13	N. Cox	3	D. Parish	76	B. Justice
FORWARD							5	E. Tsatas	52	D. Kalpakis
HALF-BACK									65	C. Nyko
	6	J. Bytel	32	D. Payman	11	B. Gillard			75	T. Sellers
	42	J. Nguyen	11	J. Gresham	55	X. O'Neill (c)
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	25	L. Walker	5	H. Bromell	24	M. Kennedy
	74	J. Binns	12	W. Setterfield	38	R. Unwin	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							29	C. Keogh	31	L. Di Lizio
HALF-FORWARD							18	J. Trudgeon	37	R. Galvin
	42	M. Thompson	30	H. Allison	21	S. Murphy	4	F. Gentile	20	M. Kiraly
	41	S. El-Hawli	40	Z. Johnson	39	C. Bourke			40	J. Shepherd
HALF-BACK									39	J. Walker
FORWARD
	3	R. Valentine	1	W. Hoare	35	J. Stephenson
	73	B. Dowling	32	B. McKay	23	H. Jones
BACK
Coburg							Coach: Jamie Cassidy-McNamara

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:59
	COBG	Flynn Gentile behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	02:59
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson behind	1.0.6	-	0.2.2	04:42
	ESSR	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	0.2.2	05:55
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	2.1.13	-	0.2.2	08:40
	COBG	Sebastian Murphy behind	2.1.13	-	0.3.3	10:01
	COBG	Sebastian Murphy goal	2.1.13	-	1.3.9	11:58
	COBG	Josh Shepherd behind	2.1.13	-	1.4.10	15:00
	COBG	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	1.5.11	15:57
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	3.1.19	-	1.5.11	16:48
	ESSR	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	1.5.11	19:10
	ESSR	Nik Cox behind	3.3.21	-	1.5.11	19:30
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	4.3.27	-	1.5.11	21:16
	COBG	Rushed behind	4.3.27	-	1.6.12	23:09
	COBG	Luke Di Lizio behind	4.3.27	-	1.7.13	26:33
Q2	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	5.3.33	-	1.7.13	05:03
	COBG	Josh Walker goal	5.3.33	-	2.7.19	07:53
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	6.3.39	-	2.7.19	09:28
	ESSR	Elijah Tsatas goal	7.3.45	-	2.7.19	11:39
	COBG	Josh Walker behind	7.3.45	-	2.8.20	14:15
	COBG	Rushed behind	7.3.45	-	2.9.21	18:59
	COBG	Lachlan Walker goal	7.3.45	-	3.9.27	20:38
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	7.4.46	-	3.9.27	22:23
	COBG	Luke Di Lizio goal	7.4.46	-	4.9.33	24:25
	ESSR	Cam Nyko behind	7.5.47	-	4.9.33	26:05
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen goal	8.5.53	-	4.9.33	28:49
Q3	ESSR	Elijah Tsatas behind	8.6.54	-	4.9.33	00:32
	ESSR	Xavier O'Neill goal	9.6.60	-	4.9.33	02:46
	COBG	Sebastian Murphy goal	9.6.60	-	5.9.39	07:20
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	9.6.60	-	6.9.45	09:06
	COBG	Max Thompson behind	9.6.60	-	6.10.46	12:42
	ESSR	Will Setterfield goal	10.6.66	-	6.10.46	18:49
	ESSR	Boston Dowling goal	11.6.72	-	6.10.46	20:25
	ESSR	Cam Nyko behind	11.7.73	-	6.10.46	21:53
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	12.7.79	-	6.10.46	22:24
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	13.7.85	-	6.10.46	23:55
	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson behind	13.7.85	-	6.11.47	26:46
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen behind	13.8.86	-	6.11.47	28:04
	COBG	Sebastian Murphy goal	13.8.86	-	7.11.53	31:43
Q4	COBG	Jaidyn Stephenson behind	13.8.86	-	7.12.54	03:16
	ESSR	Rushed behind	13.9.87	-	7.12.54	05:30
	ESSR	Elijah Tsatas goal	14.9.93	-	7.12.54	06:55
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	15.9.99	-	7.12.54	09:32
	ESSR	Rushed behind	15.10.100	-	7.12.54	12:24
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	16.10.106	-	7.12.54	15:37
	COBG	Dom Payman goal	16.10.106	-	8.12.60	19:06
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	16.11.107	-	8.12.60	21:04
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	17.11.113	-	8.12.60	25:24

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