2026 VFL Season Round 20: Essendon Reserves v Collingwood Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 2026 between the Essendon Reserves and the Collingwood Reserves during round twenty of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Essendon Reserves hosted the Collingwood Reserves 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 Matthew Lokan.

The Essendon Reserves (10.15.75) defeated the Collingwood Reserves (11.8.74).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon Reserves v Collingwood Reserves
Date: Saturday 8 August 2026
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: Windy Hill

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon Reserves def. Collingwood Reserves
Score: 10.15.75 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon Reserves	2	.	2	6	.	7	7	.	9	10	.	15	10	.	15	(75)
Collingwood Reserves	1	.	2	3	.	5	10	.	8	11	.	8	11	.	8	(74)
Margin	ESSR by 6			ESSR by 20			COLR by 17			ESSR by 1			ESSR by 1
Duration	28:16			29:44			32:13			30:45			2:00:58

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 (Collingwood Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon Reserves

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

Collingwood Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Lokan

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	3	18	11	7	2	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	3
46	Blakiston, Lachlan	RU	?	0	0	15	7	8	1	21	7	4	?	2	4	0	2
39	Bourke, Cillian	HBFL	?	0	0	15	11	4	6	0	1	1	?	0	0	3	1
60	Brodie, Ryan	WL	?	0	1	10	5	5	3	0	2	1	?	0	0	1	2
13	Cox, Nik	FPL	?	2	2	12	8	4	5	0	4	0	?	0	2	0	2
73	Dowling, Boston	INT	?	1	0	11	4	7	1	15	0	3	?	2	1	0	1
45	Edwards, Thomas	HFFL	?	1	1	16	8	8	8	0	1	0	?	1	3	0	4
41	El-Hawli, Saad	CHB	?	0	0	20	14	6	7	0	5	5	?	1	1	3	6
70	Evans, Connor	INT	?	0	0	7	2	5	1	0	1	1	?	0	0	0	1
80	Ferronato, Kristian	INT	?	1	0	14	10	4	1	0	3	3	?	2	1	0	1
11	Gresham, Jade	CHF	?	4	3	24	15	9	6	0	1	5	?	1	1	0	5
35	Guelfi, Matt	FPR	?	0	3	14	9	5	2	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	1
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	C	?	0	0	21	13	8	5	0	2	3	?	0	1	2	6
52	Kalpakis, Deacon	BPL	?	0	0	8	5	3	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	1
32	McKay, Ben	FB	?	0	0	13	8	5	6	0	0	0	?	0	1	5	1
51	McKay, Solly	INT	?	0	0	16	11	5	6	0	1	0	?	1	3	5	0
48	McMahon, Liam	FF	?	0	1	5	4	1	2	0	1	1	?	1	0	0	2
42	Nguyen, Jayden	HFFR	?	0	0	12	3	9	3	0	5	1	?	0	1	0	7
65	Nyko, Cam	HBFR	?	0	0	14	10	4	4	0	1	0	?	0	2	4	3
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	RR	?	1	0	26	15	11	3	0	8	4	?	2	1	3	5
57	Scott, Noah	INT	?	0	0	13	5	8	2	0	2	0	?	0	3	0	3
75	Sellers, Tyler	BPR	?	0	0	22	18	4	6	0	2	0	?	0	0	6	2
5	Tsatas, Elijah	RO	?	0	0	31	14	17	3	0	5	8	?	1	0	0	4
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				10	15	357	210	147	87	36	56	40	0+	14	26	33	63

Collingwood Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
57	Browne, Joshua	CHF	?	0	1	27	11	16	0	0	3	5	?	2	0	2	4
34	Buller, Jack	FPL	?	4	1	16	10	6	7	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	2
	Coe, Harrison	FPR	?	0	0	22	6	16	1	18	3	8	?	6	1	2	1
54	Faulkhead, Oskar	HBFL	?	0	0	25	16	9	4	0	3	1	?	1	0	8	2
55	Grey, Brady	C	?	0	1	13	9	4	4	0	3	4	?	0	0	2	4
53	Kennedy, Harrison	INT	?	0	0	21	14	7	6	0	6	1	?	0	0	6	3
68	Landy, Josiah	WR	?	0	0	16	7	9	1	0	5	0	?	2	0	0	3
75	Laverty, Xavier	INT	?	1	1	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	1
64	Lewis, Michael	INT	?	0	0	10	6	4	3	0	2	0	?	0	2	3	1
52	Maher, Zavier	INT	?	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	3	1	?	0	0	1	2
72	Mahoney, Harry	INT	?	1	1	15	8	7	1	0	4	0	?	2	1	3	3
77	Mahoney, Max	WL	?	3	0	17	8	9	4	0	2	1	?	2	2	0	5
63	Phillips, Will	RO	?	1	0	15	7	8	2	0	5	4	?	2	2	0	4
46	Podhajski, Mitch	FF	?	1	1	11	7	4	4	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	1
18	Prindable, Tyan	RR	?	0	0	16	6	10	1	0	6	3	?	2	0	1	0
78	Quaynor, Luke	HBFR	?	0	0	10	4	6	1	0	3	2	?	2	2	2	0
24	Ryan, Jakob	BPL	?	0	0	26	18	8	2	0	2	1	?	1	0	10	0
43	Saxena, Jai	HFFL	?	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	1
20	Smit, Iliro	FB	?	0	0	7	1	6	2	10	0	0	?	0	2	0	1
83	Snell, Clancy	BPR	?	0	0	9	4	5	5	0	3	0	?	0	0	2	0
50	Teakle, Brynn	RU	?	0	0	21	14	7	6	0	5	0	?	1	0	10	0
74	Watts, Jake	HFFR	?	0	0	10	5	5	2	0	2	1	?	2	1	0	3
59	Woewodin, Taj	CHB	?	0	1	20	8	12	2	0	5	3	?	1	0	1	5
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				11	8	343	179	164	61	28	68	36	0+	26	14	53	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

Essendon Reserves							Coach: Cameron Joyce
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	24	J. Ryan	20	I. Smit	83	C. Snell	46	L. Blakiston	73	B. Dowling
	35	M. Guelfi	48	L. McMahon	13	N. Cox	55	X. O'Neill (c)	70	C. Evans
FORWARD							5	E. Tsatas	80	K. Ferronato
HALF-BACK									51	S. McKay
	54	O. Faulkhead	59	T. Woewodin	78	L. Quaynor			57	N. Scott
	42	J. Nguyen	11	J. Gresham	45	T. Edwards
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	77	M. Mahoney	55	B. Grey	68	J. Landy
	74	J. Binns	50	J. Hately (vc)	60	R. Brodie	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							50	B. Teakle	53	H. Kennedy
HALF-FORWARD							18	T. Prindable	75	X. Laverty
	43	J. Saxena	57	J. Browne	74	J. Watts	63	W. Phillips	64	M. Lewis
	65	C. Nyko	41	S. El-Hawli	39	C. Bourke			52	Z. Maher
HALF-BACK									72	H. Mahoney
FORWARD
	34	J. Buller	46	M. Podhajski		H. Coe
	75	T. Sellers	32	B. McKay	52	D. Kalpakis
BACK
Collingwood Reserves							Coach: Matthew Lokan

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	COLR	Jack Buller behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	06:37
	COLR	Jack Buller goal	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	10:50
	COLR	Brady Grey behind	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	13:11
	ESSR	Xavier O'Neill goal	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	16:48
	ESSR	Thomas Edwards behind	1.1.7	-	1.2.8	19:20
	ESSR	Thomas Edwards goal	2.1.13	-	1.2.8	26:22
	ESSR	Jaxon Binns behind	2.2.14	-	1.2.8	27:52
Q2	ESSR	Jaxon Binns behind	2.3.15	-	1.2.8	01:57
	ESSR	Nik Cox behind	2.4.16	-	1.2.8	02:59
	COLR	Harry Mahoney behind	2.4.16	-	1.3.9	03:36
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	2.5.17	-	1.3.9	05:44
	COLR	Xavier Laverty goal	2.5.17	-	2.3.15	10:10
	COLR	Mitch Podhajski behind	2.5.17	-	2.4.16	11:35
	ESSR	Jade Gresham behind	2.6.18	-	2.4.16	12:39
	ESSR	Ryan Brodie behind	2.7.19	-	2.4.16	16:11
	COLR	Max Mahoney goal	2.7.19	-	3.4.22	18:03
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	3.7.25	-	3.4.22	19:39
	ESSR	Boston Dowling goal	4.7.31	-	3.4.22	21:31
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	5.7.37	-	3.4.22	24:21
	COLR	Xavier Laverty behind	5.7.37	-	3.5.23	26:44
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	6.7.43	-	3.5.23	28:04
Q3	COLR	Max Mahoney goal	6.7.43	-	4.5.29	01:30
	COLR	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	4.6.30	03:07
	COLR	Will Phillips goal	6.7.43	-	5.6.36	03:55
	COLR	Taj Woewodin behind	6.7.43	-	5.7.37	04:53
	COLR	Jack Buller goal	6.7.43	-	6.7.43	05:59
	COLR	Max Mahoney goal	6.7.43	-	7.7.49	10:14
	ESSR	Nik Cox behind	6.8.44	-	7.7.49	11:50
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	6.9.45	-	7.7.49	12:22
	COLR	Jack Buller goal	6.9.45	-	8.7.55	14:15
	COLR	Harry Mahoney goal	6.9.45	-	9.7.61	17:45
	COLR	Joshua Browne behind	6.9.45	-	9.8.62	19:11
	ESSR	Kristian Ferronato goal	7.9.51	-	9.8.62	25:56
	COLR	Jack Buller goal	7.9.51	-	10.8.68	30:19
Q4	ESSR	Jaxon Binns behind	7.10.52	-	10.8.68	00:39
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	8.10.58	-	10.8.68	01:39
	COLR	Mitch Podhajski goal	8.10.58	-	11.8.74	05:48
	ESSR	Jade Gresham behind	8.11.59	-	11.8.74	13:09
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	8.12.60	-	11.8.74	15:30
	ESSR	Jade Gresham behind	8.13.61	-	11.8.74	17:49
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	8.14.62	-	11.8.74	18:55
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	9.14.68	-	11.8.74	21:48
	ESSR	Rushed behind	9.15.69	-	11.8.74	26:50
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	10.15.75	-	11.8.74	28:25

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