2026 VFL Season Round 18: Greater Western Sydney Reserves v Sydney Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 2026 between the Greater Western Sydney Reserves and the Sydney Reserves during round eighteen of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Greater Western Sydney Reserves hosted the Sydney Reserves at ENGIE Stadium. The hosts were coached by Robbie Chancellor and the visitors were coached by Nick Malceski.

The Greater Western Sydney Reserves (14.6.90) were defeated by the Sydney Reserves (25.18.168).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Greater Western Sydney Reserves v Sydney Reserves
Date: Saturday 25 July 2026
Time: 12:35 PM
Venue: ENGIE Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney Reserves def. by Sydney Reserves
Score: 14.6.90 - 25.18.168

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Greater Western Sydney Reserves	2	.	2	6	.	3	8	.	4	14	.	6	14	.	6	(90)
Sydney Reserves	7	.	6	15	.	10	23	.	15	25	.	18	25	.	18	(168)
Margin	SYDR by 34			SYDR by 61			SYDR by 101			SYDR by 78			SYDR by 78
Duration	33:18			33:46			34:01			28:42			2:09:47

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Greater Western Sydney Reserves) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Sydney Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Greater Western Sydney Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Robbie Chancellor

Sydney Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Nick Malceski

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Angove, Cody	FB	?	1	0	20	12	8	4	0	3	1	?	2	1	4	1
55	Birks, Hugo	CHF	?	3	1	10	8	2	3	0	0	0	?	3	1	0	2
45	Davis, Finnegan	HBFR	?	1	0	16	13	3	4	0	0	0	?	0	2	6	1
38	Delana, Josaia	CHB	?	2	1	22	9	13	1	0	8	6	?	2	0	1	4
60	Dennis-Lane, Trent	RU	?	4	2	8	6	2	6	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	0
60	Dillon, Riley	HFFL	?	0	0	7	3	4	4	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	1
58	Edwards, Cameron	FF	?	0	1	15	8	7	5	0	1	0	?	1	1	2	0
65	Foster, William	INT	?	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	0	1	?	1	0	4	0
52	Grubb, Lachie	WR	?	0	0	9	2	7	1	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	0
63	Hitchens, Tom	INT	?	0	0	19	14	5	3	0	0	1	?	1	2	1	6
51	Hooper, Harvey	C	?	0	0	30	11	19	7	0	4	6	?	1	4	1	5
69	Hunt, Toby	INT	?	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	1	0	?	1	2	1	0
59	Kane, Brody	FPR	?	2	0	12	8	4	0	0	5	2	?	4	0	0	2
49	Kelly, Nicholas	WL	?	0	0	16	5	11	3	0	2	1	?	1	1	0	0
57	Lawrence, Jerome	FPL	?	1	0	11	6	5	1	2	0	1	?	0	0	0	4
62	McMeeken, Sam	RO	?	0	0	16	5	11	2	0	2	1	?	0	0	3	2
31	McMullin, Toby	BPR	?	0	0	19	9	10	3	0	6	5	?	1	0	1	6
19	Oliver, Harry	BPL	?	0	0	19	10	9	6	0	3	1	?	1	1	2	1
56	Pfrengle, Kye	HFFR	?	0	0	12	3	9	4	0	6	1	?	0	0	1	2
61	Roberts, Ethan	RR	?	0	0	17	5	12	0	0	1	1	?	0	0	1	1
70	Simmons, Reeve	INT	?	0	0	12	4	8	1	15	1	4	?	1	2	0	2
65	Szybkowski, Mitch	INT	?	0	0	35	16	19	2	0	3	10	?	0	2	1	10
34	Taylor, Oskar	HBFL	?	0	0	27	14	13	3	0	3	0	?	0	1	9	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				14	6	368	179	189	66	17	53	42	0+	20	22	38	50

Sydney Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
20	Andrew, Riak	HBFL	?	0	0	8	2	6	2	0	4	0	?	0	0	2	0
23	Bowman, Ned	CHB	?	0	0	21	14	7	3	0	2	1	?	0	0	6	4
33	Cleary, Caiden	WL	?	0	0	19	8	11	4	0	3	5	?	1	3	1	5
9	Dattoli, Jesse	BPL	?	3	2	20	11	9	3	0	2	4	?	1	0	0	6
63	Davis, Oscar	RR	?	0	1	8	3	5	0	0	4	0	?	2	1	1	1
68	Gibbs, Khy	INT	?	0	0	12	6	6	1	0	3	2	?	1	1	3	1
45	Green, Will	HFFR	?	0	0	14	7	7	2	41	4	6	?	4	1	0	3
29	Hamling, Joel	HBFR	?	6	1	11	11	0	6	0	2	0	?	1	2	0	0
40	Hanily, Tom	WR	?	3	1	12	5	7	2	0	1	3	?	0	1	0	1
66	Harbour, Kaden	INT	?	1	0	7	3	4	0	0	5	0	?	0	0	0	1
65	Harrison, Joe	INT	?	0	0	18	8	10	3	0	2	0	?	0	1	2	3
56	Longmire, Jedd	FPR	?	4	1	10	6	4	4	0	1	1	?	1	0	0	2
68	Meaney, Henry	INT	?	0	0	18	6	12	1	0	5	3	?	1	1	1	1
72	Medved, Jake	INT	?	1	0	19	9	10	2	0	3	0	?	2	3	4	2
43	Melican, Lewis	CHF	?	0	0	15	10	5	9	0	0	0	?	0	1	5	2
50	Mellis, Mitch	FPL	?	0	2	31	13	18	5	0	5	4	?	3	1	1	7
53	Peters, Charlie	FF	?	0	0	19	10	9	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	7
18	Phillipou, Jevan	BPR	?	3	1	16	9	7	3	0	3	0	?	2	0	2	1
64	Ryan, Tom	RO	?	3	2	13	7	6	4	16	2	1	?	2	0	0	2
12	Sheldrick, Angus	FB	?	0	3	31	11	20	4	0	3	6	?	0	1	2	4
41	Snell, Patrick	HFFL	?	0	0	14	6	8	5	0	1	0	?	0	2	4	0
57	Tidemann, James	RU	?	0	0	13	4	9	3	0	2	0	?	0	0	1	2
37	Warner, Corey	C	?	1	0	31	17	14	4	0	3	1	?	1	1	1	8
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				25	18	380	186	194	75	57	61	37	0+	22	20	36	63

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

Greater Western Sydney Reserves							Coach: Robbie Chancellor
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	9	J. Dattoli	12	A. Sheldrick	18	J. Phillipou	60	T. Dennis-Lane	65	W. Foster
	59	B. Kane	58	C. Edwards	57	J. Lawrence	61	E. Roberts	63	T. Hitchens
FORWARD							62	S. McMeeken	69	T. Hunt
HALF-BACK									70	R. Simmons
	20	R. Andrew	23	N. Bowman	29	J. Hamling			65	M. Szybkowski
	56	K. Pfrengle	55	H. Birks	60	R. Dillon
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	33	C. Cleary	37	C. Warner	40	T. Hanily
	52	L. Grubb	51	H. Hooper	49	N. Kelly	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							57	J. Tidemann	68	K. Gibbs
HALF-FORWARD							63	O. Davis	66	K. Harbour
	41	P. Snell	43	L. Melican	45	W. Green	64	T. Ryan	65	J. Harrison
	45	F. Davis	38	J. Delana	34	O. Taylor			68	H. Meaney
HALF-BACK									72	J. Medved
FORWARD
	50	M. Mellis	53	C. Peters	56	J. Longmire
	31	T. McMullin	29	C. Angove	19	H. Oliver
BACK
Sydney Reserves							Coach: Nick Malceski

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDR	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:39
	SYDR	Caiden Cleary behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	02:06
	SYDR	Joel Hamling goal	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	02:28
	SYDR	Angus Sheldrick behind	0.0.0	-	1.3.9	04:41
	SYDR	Jesse Dattoli goal	0.0.0	-	2.3.15	07:10
	SYDR	Mitch Mellis behind	0.0.0	-	2.4.16	09:46
	SYDR	Corey Warner goal	0.0.0	-	3.4.22	10:26
	GWSR	Cameron Edwards behind	0.1.1	-	3.4.22	12:49
	GWSR	Hugo Birks goal	1.1.7	-	3.4.22	15:06
	SYDR	Jedd Longmire goal	1.1.7	-	4.4.28	16:43
	GWSR	Josaia Delana behind	1.2.8	-	4.4.28	21:31
	SYDR	Tom Hanily behind	1.2.8	-	4.5.29	24:25
	SYDR	Kaden Harbour goal	1.2.8	-	5.5.35	25:26
	GWSR	Cody Angove goal	2.2.14	-	5.5.35	26:46
	SYDR	Jesse Dattoli behind	2.2.14	-	5.6.36	28:55
	SYDR	Jake Medved goal	2.2.14	-	6.6.42	30:36
	SYDR	Jedd Longmire goal	2.2.14	-	7.6.48	32:21
Q2	SYDR	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	7.7.49	02:49
	GWSR	Josaia Delana goal	3.2.20	-	7.7.49	03:38
	GWSR	Hugo Birks goal	4.2.26	-	7.7.49	04:42
	SYDR	Tom Hanily goal	4.2.26	-	8.7.55	05:40
	SYDR	Oscar Davis behind	4.2.26	-	8.8.56	08:52
	SYDR	Joel Hamling goal	4.2.26	-	9.8.62	10:54
	SYDR	Tom Ryan behind	4.2.26	-	9.9.63	12:47
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou goal	4.2.26	-	10.9.69	13:57
	GWSR	Jerome Lawrence goal	5.2.32	-	10.9.69	16:09
	SYDR	Jesse Dattoli behind	5.2.32	-	10.10.70	17:36
	SYDR	Joel Hamling goal	5.2.32	-	11.10.76	18:44
	GWSR	Trent Dennis-Lane goal	6.2.38	-	11.10.76	19:48
	GWSR	Rushed behind	6.3.39	-	11.10.76	21:58
	SYDR	Joel Hamling goal	6.3.39	-	12.10.82	23:10
	SYDR	Joel Hamling goal	6.3.39	-	13.10.88	26:32
	SYDR	Tom Ryan goal	6.3.39	-	14.10.94	29:57
	SYDR	Joel Hamling goal	6.3.39	-	15.10.100	32:24
Q3	SYDR	Rushed behind	6.3.39	-	15.11.101	00:21
	SYDR	Jedd Longmire goal	6.3.39	-	16.11.107	01:51
	SYDR	Tom Hanily goal	6.3.39	-	17.11.113	03:45
	GWSR	Hugo Birks behind	6.4.40	-	17.11.113	05:35
	SYDR	Joel Hamling behind	6.4.40	-	17.12.114	06:27
	SYDR	Jesse Dattoli goal	6.4.40	-	18.12.120	08:53
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou behind	6.4.40	-	18.13.121	09:58
	SYDR	Tom Ryan goal	6.4.40	-	19.13.127	10:56
	SYDR	Jesse Dattoli goal	6.4.40	-	20.13.133	16:31
	SYDR	Tom Hanily goal	6.4.40	-	21.13.139	18:30
	GWSR	Josaia Delana goal	7.4.46	-	21.13.139	22:14
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou goal	7.4.46	-	22.13.145	23:29
	SYDR	Rushed behind	7.4.46	-	22.14.146	25:09
	GWSR	Trent Dennis-Lane goal	8.4.52	-	22.14.146	26:33
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou goal	8.4.52	-	23.14.152	28:57
	SYDR	Angus Sheldrick behind	8.4.52	-	23.15.153	30:51
Q4	GWSR	Trent Dennis-Lane behind	8.5.53	-	23.15.153	00:43
	GWSR	Hugo Birks goal	9.5.59	-	23.15.153	02:43
	SYDR	Jedd Longmire behind	9.5.59	-	23.16.154	05:22
	SYDR	Tom Ryan goal	9.5.59	-	24.16.160	07:12
	GWSR	Brody Kane goal	10.5.65	-	24.16.160	08:34
	GWSR	Finnegan Davis goal	11.5.71	-	24.16.160	11:49
	SYDR	Jedd Longmire goal	11.5.71	-	25.16.166	13:12
	GWSR	Trent Dennis-Lane goal	12.5.77	-	25.16.166	15:09
	GWSR	Trent Dennis-Lane behind	12.6.78	-	25.16.166	18:40
	SYDR	Mitch Mellis behind	12.6.78	-	25.17.167	21:36
	SYDR	Tom Ryan behind	12.6.78	-	25.18.168	22:42
	GWSR	Brody Kane goal	13.6.84	-	25.18.168	26:06
	GWSR	Trent Dennis-Lane goal	14.6.90	-	25.18.168	27:47

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