2026 VFL Season Round 21: Essendon Reserves v Sydney Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 2026 between the Essendon Reserves and the Sydney Reserves during round twenty-one of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Essendon Reserves hosted the Sydney 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 Nick Malceski.

The Essendon Reserves (18.17.125) defeated the Sydney Reserves (15.8.98).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon Reserves v Sydney Reserves
Date: Saturday 15 August 2026
Time: 1:05 PM
Venue: Windy Hill

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon Reserves def. Sydney Reserves
Score: 18.17.125 - 15.8.98

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon Reserves	4	.	2	7	.	8	11	.	12	18	.	17	18	.	17	(125)
Sydney Reserves	4	.	2	10	.	4	13	.	6	15	.	8	15	.	8	(98)
Margin	level			SYDR by 14			SYDR by 6			ESSR by 27			ESSR by 27
Duration	30:17			32:12			33:33			30:20			2:06:22

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 (Sydney Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon Reserves

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

Sydney Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Nick Malceski

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	?	1	0	14	7	7	3	0	2	0	?	1	0	2	3
46	Blakiston, Lachlan	RU	?	1	1	15	9	6	2	38	3	7	?	7	5	2	4
39	Bourke, Cillian	HBFL	?	0	0	13	6	7	3	0	1	0	?	1	1	1	2
60	Brodie, Ryan	WL	?	0	0	11	3	8	3	0	1	0	?	0	2	0	2
13	Cox, Nik	FPL	?	1	0	7	5	2	5	3	0	0	?	0	3	0	1
73	Dowling, Boston	INT	?	0	2	7	5	2	1	15	1	1	?	1	1	0	0
45	Edwards, Thomas	HFFL	?	3	2	22	14	8	7	0	1	2	?	1	0	0	6
41	El-Hawli, Saad	CHB	?	0	1	21	14	7	6	0	0	0	?	0	1	3	5
70	Evans, Connor	INT	?	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	0	1	?	0	0	0	1
11	Gresham, Jade	CHF	?	5	1	13	12	1	3	0	1	1	?	0	0	1	3
35	Guelfi, Matt	FPR	?	2	1	9	4	5	0	0	3	0	?	3	0	0	0
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	C	?	1	1	35	23	12	8	0	2	9	?	1	1	1	9
40	Johnson, Zak	INT	?	0	0	26	14	12	4	0	1	1	?	1	1	7	2
52	Kalpakis, Deacon	BPL	?	0	0	11	3	8	5	0	0	0	?	1	1	1	1
32	McKay, Ben	FB	?	0	0	9	2	7	4	0	0	0	?	0	0	2	0
51	McKay, Solly	INT	?	0	0	18	14	4	4	0	1	0	?	3	0	4	3
48	McMahon, Liam	FF	?	2	3	7	5	2	5	1	4	0	?	0	1	0	0
42	Nguyen, Jayden	HFFR	?	0	0	20	12	8	6	0	4	1	?	3	0	0	4
65	Nyko, Cam	HBFR	?	1	0	17	8	9	2	0	1	2	?	1	2	1	1
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	RR	?	0	1	19	9	10	6	0	11	2	?	1	0	1	3
57	Scott, Noah	INT	?	0	2	19	12	7	6	0	1	2	?	1	1	0	3
75	Sellers, Tyler	BPR	?	0	0	16	15	1	9	0	2	1	?	0	1	8	3
5	Tsatas, Elijah	RO	?	1	0	37	21	16	5	0	2	9	?	0	1	0	11
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				18	17	372	219	153	97	57	42	39	0+	26	22	34	67

Sydney Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
20	Andrew, Riak	BPL	?	0	0	14	7	7	1	0	2	0	?	1	0	2	1
23	Bowman, Ned	HBFR	?	0	0	14	8	6	2	0	5	1	?	0	0	4	3
33	Cleary, Caiden	RO	?	1	0	30	10	20	3	0	16	8	?	5	2	6	4
72	Clifton, Oscar	INT	?	0	0	10	5	5	1	4	2	4	?	2	4	1	2
7	Cunningham, Harry	INT	?	0	0	21	18	3	4	0	2	1	?	1	1	12	2
51	Giacometti, Luke	INT	?	0	0	12	7	5	2	0	2	1	?	1	0	1	3
68	Gibbs, Khy	BPR	?	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	4	1	?	0	0	0	0
40	Hanily, Tom	RR	?	1	0	9	4	5	1	0	1	1	?	0	0	1	2
66	Harbour, Kaden	FB	?	2	0	7	5	2	0	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	2
65	Harrison, Joe	HBFL	?	0	1	8	3	5	3	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	1
56	Longmire, Jedd	INT	?	3	2	9	6	3	3	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	2
2	McLean, Hayden	INT	?	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	?	1	1	0	0
50	Mellis, Mitch	FF	?	1	0	16	5	11	1	0	7	3	?	0	1	0	2
46	Norris, Alex	INT	?	0	0	10	4	6	1	0	4	0	?	0	1	2	0
53	Peters, Charlie	WR	?	1	0	11	5	6	1	0	4	0	?	2	3	0	2
18	Phillipou, Jevan	HFFL	?	2	0	9	4	5	2	0	1	2	?	1	0	0	3
10	Rosas, Malcolm	INT	?	1	2	14	6	8	0	0	3	2	?	2	2	1	4
64	Ryan, Tom	FPR	?	1	0	4	2	2	2	10	4	0	?	1	3	0	0
12	Sheldrick, Angus	C	?	1	0	27	13	14	4	0	3	2	?	1	2	3	7
41	Snell, Patrick	INT	?	0	0	14	9	5	3	0	2	0	?	1	0	8	2
54	Sutton, Jake	WL	?	0	2	26	11	15	5	0	5	8	?	2	2	1	3
57	Tidemann, James	INT	?	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	2
37	Warner, Corey	HFFR	?	0	1	28	17	11	4	0	7	3	?	0	2	6	3
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				15	8	315	157	158	46	14	82	37	0+	22	26	48	50

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
	20	R. Andrew	66	K. Harbour	68	K. Gibbs	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	40	Z. Johnson
HALF-BACK									51	S. McKay
	65	J. Harrison			23	N. Bowman			57	N. Scott
	42	J. Nguyen	11	J. Gresham	45	T. Edwards
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	54	J. Sutton	12	A. Sheldrick	53	C. Peters
	74	J. Binns	50	J. Hately (vc)	60	R. Brodie	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							40	T. Hanily	72	O. Clifton
HALF-FORWARD							33	C. Cleary	7	H. Cunningham
	18	J. Phillipou			37	C. Warner			51	L. Giacometti
	65	C. Nyko	41	S. El-Hawli	39	C. Bourke			56	J. Longmire
HALF-BACK									2	H. McLean
FORWARD									46	A. Norris
			50	M. Mellis	64	T. Ryan			10	M. Rosas
	75	T. Sellers	32	B. McKay	52	D. Kalpakis			41	P. Snell
BACK									57	J. Tidemann
Sydney Reserves							Coach: Nick Malceski

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDR	Hayden McLean goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:48
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	06:46
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	09:11
	SYDR	Jedd Longmire behind	2.0.12	-	1.1.7	10:50
	SYDR	Jake Sutton behind	2.0.12	-	1.2.8	11:51
	SYDR	Jedd Longmire goal	2.0.12	-	2.2.14	14:18
	SYDR	Tom Hanily goal	2.0.12	-	3.2.20	19:30
	ESSR	Thomas Edwards behind	2.1.13	-	3.2.20	22:55
	SYDR	Tom Ryan goal	2.1.13	-	4.2.26	25:07
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	3.1.19	-	4.2.26	26:09
	ESSR	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	4.2.26	27:13
	ESSR	Thomas Edwards goal	4.2.26	-	4.2.26	28:07
Q2	SYDR	Jedd Longmire goal	4.2.26	-	5.2.32	02:35
	SYDR	Angus Sheldrick goal	4.2.26	-	6.2.38	04:05
	SYDR	Malcolm Rosas behind	4.2.26	-	6.3.39	08:06
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	5.2.32	-	6.3.39	09:00
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou goal	5.2.32	-	7.3.45	10:10
	ESSR	Boston Dowling behind	5.3.33	-	7.3.45	11:34
	SYDR	Caiden Cleary goal	5.3.33	-	8.3.51	12:09
	ESSR	Cam Nyko goal	6.3.39	-	8.3.51	14:13
	SYDR	Malcolm Rosas goal	6.3.39	-	9.3.57	15:30
	SYDR	Mitch Mellis goal	6.3.39	-	10.3.63	16:49
	ESSR	Thomas Edwards goal	7.3.45	-	10.3.63	20:23
	SYDR	Joe Harrison behind	7.3.45	-	10.4.64	21:41
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	7.4.46	-	10.4.64	25:06
	ESSR	Noah Scott behind	7.5.47	-	10.4.64	26:51
	ESSR	Saad El-Hawli behind	7.6.48	-	10.4.64	28:51
	ESSR	Xavier O'Neill behind	7.7.49	-	10.4.64	29:39
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	7.8.50	-	10.4.64	31:33
Q3	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	8.8.56	-	10.4.64	02:09
	ESSR	Jaxon Binns goal	9.8.62	-	10.4.64	04:28
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou goal	9.8.62	-	11.4.70	06:26
	SYDR	Charlie Peters goal	9.8.62	-	12.4.76	10:02
	SYDR	Jedd Longmire behind	9.8.62	-	12.5.77	11:44
	SYDR	Jedd Longmire goal	9.8.62	-	13.5.83	12:27
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	10.8.68	-	13.5.83	19:10
	ESSR	Elijah Tsatas goal	11.8.74	-	13.5.83	21:16
	ESSR	Lachlan Blakiston behind	11.9.75	-	13.5.83	23:30
	ESSR	Thomas Edwards behind	11.10.76	-	13.5.83	27:32
	SYDR	Malcolm Rosas behind	11.10.76	-	13.6.84	28:41
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	11.11.77	-	13.6.84	30:11
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	11.12.78	-	13.6.84	33:25
Q4	ESSR	Lachlan Blakiston goal	12.12.84	-	13.6.84	00:59
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	13.12.90	-	13.6.84	02:17
	SYDR	Corey Warner behind	13.12.90	-	13.7.85	04:03
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	14.12.96	-	13.7.85	06:16
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	15.12.102	-	13.7.85	08:17
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	16.12.108	-	13.7.85	10:54
	ESSR	Jackson Hately behind	16.13.109	-	13.7.85	11:47
	SYDR	Jake Sutton behind	16.13.109	-	13.8.86	13:57
	ESSR	Rushed behind	16.14.110	-	13.8.86	15:29
	ESSR	Jade Gresham behind	16.15.111	-	13.8.86	16:41
	ESSR	Thomas Edwards goal	17.15.117	-	13.8.86	17:51
	ESSR	Jackson Hately goal	18.15.123	-	13.8.86	21:19
	ESSR	Boston Dowling behind	18.16.124	-	13.8.86	23:00
	SYDR	Kaden Harbour goal	18.16.124	-	14.8.92	25:11
	SYDR	Kaden Harbour goal	18.16.124	-	15.8.98	26:15
	ESSR	Noah Scott behind	18.17.125	-	15.8.98	28:02

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