2026 VFL Season Round 18: Box Hill v Essendon Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 2026 between Box Hill and the Essendon Reserves during round eighteen of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Box Hill hosted the Essendon Reserves at the Kennedy Community Centre. Stuart Horner captained the hosts. Xavier O'Neill captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Mirra and the visitors were coached by Cameron Joyce.

Box Hill (6.10.46) were defeated by the Essendon Reserves (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Box Hill v Essendon Reserves
Date: Saturday 25 July 2026
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Kennedy Community Centre

Match Results

Outcome: Box Hill def. by Essendon Reserves
Score: 6.10.46 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Box Hill	2	.	2	2	.	5	4	.	8	6	.	10	6	.	10	(46)
Essendon Reserves	2	.	3	6	.	6	6	.	8	10	.	11	10	.	11	(71)
Margin	ESSR by 1			ESSR by 25			ESSR by 12			ESSR by 25			ESSR by 25
Duration	31:30			28:05			28:29			28:47			1:56:51

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Box Hill

Captain: Stuart Horner
Coach: David Mirra

Essendon Reserves

Captain: Xavier O'Neill
Coach: Cameron Joyce

Player Statistics

Box Hill

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
32	Anderson, Cody	C	?	0	1	10	7	3	2	0	1	2	?	1	1	1	2
72	Baldwin, Jack	INT	?	0	0	10	5	5	2	0	2	0	?	0	1	1	0
40	Beattie, Max	HFFL	?	0	0	15	7	8	2	0	2	1	?	3	2	0	3
58	Bianco, Trent	FPR	?	0	1	20	10	10	3	0	4	5	?	3	3	0	4
36	Blanck, James	WR	?	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	4	0	?	1	2	1	0
30	Butler, Sam	HBFR	?	1	0	24	13	11	4	0	3	4	?	1	1	2	2
13	Dear, Calsher	BPL	?	1	0	9	6	3	1	0	2	0	?	0	2	0	3
76	Farrer, Tom	INT	?	0	0	17	7	10	4	0	1	2	?	0	1	1	2
68	Galstians, Josh	RO	?	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	?	1	2	0	1
41	Hill, Matt	CHF	?	1	0	6	2	4	1	0	6	0	?	1	1	0	1
62	Horner, Stuart (c)	RU	?	0	0	15	9	6	5	0	4	1	?	2	1	0	0
52	Julian, Griffith	FF	?	0	0	13	7	6	6	0	1	1	?	0	0	1	0
31	LeRay, Matthew	WL	?	0	0	14	8	6	1	0	1	1	?	2	0	0	1
20	Maginness, Finn	FB	?	0	2	24	17	7	8	0	5	2	?	0	2	1	7
50	McLaughlin, Brodie	FPL	?	2	2	8	7	1	3	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	2
22	Nairn, Cam	BPR	?	0	0	16	11	5	5	0	4	0	?	0	1	1	3
39	Perez, Flynn	INT	?	0	0	19	14	5	9	0	1	1	?	0	0	6	0
79	Pewtress, Will	INT	?	0	0	8	6	2	3	0	0	1	?	0	0	5	0
38	Ramsden, Max	INT	?	0	3	15	10	5	5	10	1	4	?	2	4	0	4
26	Ryan, Bodie	HBFL	?	0	0	25	21	4	5	0	1	3	?	2	3	13	1
29	Schubert, Aidan	CHB	?	1	0	15	10	5	7	0	4	0	?	0	1	0	3
63	Sofronidis, Sam	RR	?	0	0	13	7	6	2	0	3	0	?	0	1	3	1
43	Uhr-Henry, Jaime	HFFR	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	4	0	?	0	4	0	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				6	10	308	192	116	81	22	56	28	0+	20	34	36	40

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	29	19	10	8	0	2	1	?	1	0	6	3
39	Bourke, Cillian	HBFL	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	?	0	2	1	0
60	Brodie, Ryan	FPL	?	0	0	11	8	3	3	0	1	0	?	1	0	2	1
73	Dowling, Boston	BPR	?	1	1	13	8	5	2	7	2	6	?	4	1	0	2
58	Eckersley, Jared	C	?	1	1	11	5	6	6	0	3	1	?	0	1	0	1
68	Eckersley, Zac	INT	?	0	0	8	5	3	4	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	2
11	Gresham, Jade	CHF	?	2	0	23	12	11	5	0	5	3	?	2	0	0	4
35	Guelfi, Matt	FPR	?	2	1	11	9	2	3	0	3	1	?	2	0	0	1
40	Johnson, Zak	CHB	?	0	0	27	19	8	6	0	0	1	?	2	1	4	1
23	Jones, Harry	BPL	?	0	0	16	12	4	5	0	5	0	?	2	0	5	1
52	Kalpakis, Deacon	INT	?	0	0	17	9	8	11	0	0	0	?	1	0	1	0
51	McKay, Solly	HBFR	?	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	5	0	?	1	1	2	2
48	McMahon, Liam	FF	?	2	1	6	5	1	0	1	1	0	?	2	0	0	2
42	Nguyen, Jayden	HFFR	?	1	0	14	7	7	1	0	8	0	?	1	0	0	3
65	Nyko, Cam	INT	?	0	0	13	8	5	2	0	0	0	?	2	2	2	2
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	HFFL	?	0	1	17	10	7	2	0	0	6	?	0	3	1	3
3	Parish, Darcy	RR	?	0	0	19	14	5	1	0	8	6	?	2	1	0	4
16	Perkins, Archie	FB	?	0	0	28	13	15	6	0	3	3	?	0	0	0	2
57	Scott, Noah	INT	?	0	0	12	9	3	5	0	1	0	?	1	2	0	1
75	Sellers, Tyler	INT	?	0	0	16	13	3	4	0	1	0	?	0	1	5	2
5	Tsatas, Elijah	RO	?	0	2	34	17	17	2	0	6	6	?	0	0	2	5
38	Unwin, Rhys	WL	?	1	1	8	4	4	1	0	4	0	?	4	1	0	0
17	Visentini, Vigo	RU	?	0	0	21	10	11	5	27	4	6	?	6	4	3	4
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				10	11	369	226	143	86	35	65	40	0+	34	20	34	46

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

Box Hill							Coach: David Mirra
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	23	H. Jones	16	A. Perkins	73	B. Dowling	62	S. Horner (c)	72	J. Baldwin
	58	T. Bianco	52	G. Julian	50	B. McLaughlin	63	S. Sofronidis	76	T. Farrer
FORWARD							68	J. Galstians	39	F. Perez
HALF-BACK									79	W. Pewtress
	39	C. Bourke	40	Z. Johnson	51	S. McKay			38	M. Ramsden
	43	J. Uhr-Henry	41	M. Hill	40	M. Beattie
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	38	R. Unwin	58	J. Eckersley	74	J. Binns
	36	J. Blanck	32	C. Anderson	31	M. LeRay	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							17	V. Visentini	68	Z. Eckersley
HALF-FORWARD							3	D. Parish	52	D. Kalpakis
	55	X. O'Neill (c)	11	J. Gresham	42	J. Nguyen	5	E. Tsatas	65	C. Nyko
	30	S. Butler	29	A. Schubert	26	B. Ryan			57	N. Scott
HALF-BACK									75	T. Sellers
FORWARD
	60	R. Brodie	48	L. McMahon	35	M. Guelfi
	22	C. Nairn	20	F. Maginness	13	C. Dear
BACK
Essendon Reserves							Coach: Cameron Joyce

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BOXH	Brodie McLaughlin behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:43
	ESSR	Elijah Tsatas behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	06:24
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen goal	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	07:48
	ESSR	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	1.2.8	10:24
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	0.1.1	-	2.2.14	11:58
	BOXH	Cody Anderson behind	0.2.2	-	2.2.14	15:04
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin behind	0.2.2	-	2.3.15	20:17
	BOXH	Matt Hill goal	1.2.8	-	2.3.15	22:18
	BOXH	Brodie McLaughlin goal	2.2.14	-	2.3.15	26:14
Q2	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	2.2.14	-	2.4.16	00:41
	BOXH	Rushed behind	2.3.15	-	2.4.16	02:16
	ESSR	Rushed behind	2.3.15	-	2.5.17	04:14
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	2.3.15	-	3.5.23	05:05
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	2.3.15	-	4.5.29	11:12
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	2.3.15	-	5.5.35	15:46
	ESSR	Elijah Tsatas behind	2.3.15	-	5.6.36	18:56
	BOXH	Finn Maginness behind	2.4.16	-	5.6.36	20:24
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	2.4.16	-	6.6.42	24:03
	BOXH	Max Ramsden behind	2.5.17	-	6.6.42	25:14
Q3	BOXH	Trent Bianco behind	2.6.18	-	6.6.42	02:31
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert goal	3.6.24	-	6.6.42	04:18
	BOXH	Finn Maginness behind	3.7.25	-	6.6.42	09:09
	ESSR	Xavier O'Neill behind	3.7.25	-	6.7.43	16:24
	BOXH	Brodie McLaughlin behind	3.8.26	-	6.7.43	18:07
	ESSR	Boston Dowling behind	3.8.26	-	6.8.44	23:40
	BOXH	Brodie McLaughlin goal	4.8.32	-	6.8.44	27:37
Q4	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	4.8.32	-	6.9.45	01:37
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	4.8.32	-	7.9.51	02:24
	BOXH	Max Ramsden behind	4.9.33	-	7.9.51	04:40
	ESSR	Boston Dowling goal	4.9.33	-	8.9.57	08:06
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin goal	4.9.33	-	9.9.63	12:09
	BOXH	Max Ramsden behind	4.10.34	-	9.9.63	14:16
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley behind	4.10.34	-	9.10.64	16:19
	BOXH	Calsher Dear goal	5.10.40	-	9.10.64	18:17
	ESSR	Rushed behind	5.10.40	-	9.11.65	22:33
	BOXH	Sam Butler goal	6.10.46	-	9.11.65	24:31
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	6.10.46	-	10.11.71	26:22

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