2026 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Tasmania Devils v Essendon Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 2026 between the Tasmania Devils and the Essendon Reserves in the first semi final of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Tasmania Devils hosted the Essendon Reserves at North Hobart Oval. Robbie Fox captained the hosts with Jye Menzie as vice-captain. Xavier O'Neill captained the visitors with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jeromey Webberley and the visitors were coached by Cameron Joyce.

The Tasmania Devils (10.14.74) were defeated by the Essendon Reserves (15.11.101).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Tasmania Devils v Essendon Reserves
Date: Saturday 5 September 2026
Time: 11:05 AM
Venue: North Hobart Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Tasmania Devils def. by Essendon Reserves
Score: 10.14.74 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Tasmania Devils	2	.	2	7	.	7	9	.	11	10	.	14	10	.	14	(74)
Essendon Reserves	4	.	1	9	.	3	12	.	8	15	.	11	15	.	11	(101)
Margin	ESSR by 11			ESSR by 8			ESSR by 15			ESSR by 27			ESSR by 27
Duration	30:15			36:55			30:12			29:15			2:06:37

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Tasmania Devils

Captain: Robbie Fox
Vice-Captain: Jye Menzie
Coach: Jeromey Webberley

Essendon Reserves

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

Player Statistics

Tasmania Devils

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
33	Adams, Zach	WR	?	1	1	17	14	3	8	0	2	3	?	1	1	4	3
11	Boag, Bailey	RO	?	0	0	40	12	28	7	0	9	7	?	2	1	2	3
18	Callinan, Jack	CHB	?	1	0	18	15	3	4	0	0	0	?	3	0	5	1
41	Chaplin, Joseph	FB	?	0	0	9	6	3	3	1	0	0	?	0	0	1	1
12	Cooney, Daniel	INT	?	0	0	7	5	2	4	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	1
9	Cox-Goodyer, Brad	WL	?	1	0	15	9	6	6	0	1	2	?	0	1	2	1
29	Dixon, Hugh	FF	?	0	3	10	5	5	5	9	6	0	?	0	2	1	1
50	Dolliver, Jack	INT	?	1	0	7	3	4	1	0	1	1	?	1	1	0	3
26	Elmer, Harry	RR	?	0	0	17	8	9	5	0	4	2	?	4	0	1	5
5	Fox, Robbie (c)	HBFL	?	0	0	23	10	13	7	0	3	0	?	0	2	2	1
2	Hagan, Jed	FPR	?	1	1	9	9	0	0	0	1	2	?	2	0	0	1
39	Hay, Lachlan	HFFL	?	2	1	13	8	5	4	0	4	0	?	1	0	2	1
34	Iverach, Maddox	HFFR	?	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
8	Leary, Brandon	C	?	1	2	19	10	9	2	0	1	3	?	2	0	2	4
1	Menzie, Jye (vc)	FPL	?	0	2	15	11	4	1	0	3	5	?	2	1	0	3
4	Mitchell, Caleb	INT	?	0	0	19	10	9	3	0	3	4	?	2	3	1	5
23	Owen, Cameron	RU	?	0	0	17	11	6	0	33	5	11	?	2	1	0	6
42	Paprotny, Oscar	INT	?	1	0	9	4	5	2	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	1
7	Payne, Geordie	HBFR	?	0	0	20	15	5	7	0	1	0	?	1	2	6	2
16	Wilkinson, Archie	BPL	?	0	0	10	6	4	4	0	2	0	?	1	2	1	0
10	Williams, Nick	BPR	?	0	1	19	12	7	5	0	6	1	?	4	1	4	3
31	Wolfe, Josh	CHF	?	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	2	0	?	2	1	0	1
19	Wootton, Lucas	INT	?	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	4	2	?	0	1	3	0
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				10	14	331	191	140	82	43	60	43	0+	30	20	37	47

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
34	Artemis, Jaxon	BPL	?	0	0	8	7	1	2	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	2
39	Bourke, Cillian	HBFL	?	0	0	8	3	5	3	0	6	1	?	0	3	1	1
36	Clarke, Angus	WR	?	0	0	15	6	9	4	0	3	0	?	1	1	1	0
13	Cox, Nik	FPL	?	1	0	12	7	5	2	7	4	0	?	2	3	1	2
45	Edwards, Thomas	HFFR	?	2	0	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	?	2	2	0	1
33	El Achkar, Hussien	C	?	0	1	4	1	3	0	0	4	1	?	0	0	0	0
41	El-Hawli, Saad	HBFR	?	0	0	17	13	4	3	0	4	0	?	0	1	4	5
11	Gresham, Jade	CHF	?	4	0	10	8	2	2	0	1	1	?	0	3	1	0
35	Guelfi, Matt	FPR	?	2	2	9	7	2	2	0	12	1	?	1	0	0	1
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	INT	?	0	2	21	13	8	4	0	5	6	?	2	1	2	4
40	Johnson, Zak	CHB	?	0	0	32	24	8	11	0	1	1	?	1	0	9	1
23	Jones, Harry	FB	?	0	0	14	9	5	4	0	2	1	?	1	0	2	2
52	Kalpakis, Deacon	INT	?	0	0	14	10	4	8	0	3	0	?	1	1	4	0
67	Kitchell, Ty	INT	?	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	2	1	?	0	0	1	0
29	Kondogiannis, Max	WL	?	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	3	1	?	0	4	1	4
48	McMahon, Liam	FF	?	3	0	5	4	1	3	4	0	0	?	1	0	0	3
42	Nguyen, Jayden	BPR	?	2	0	7	4	3	0	0	3	2	?	2	2	0	1
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	INT	?	0	0	8	5	3	3	0	6	1	?	0	5	1	6
75	Sellers, Tyler	INT	?	1	0	18	13	5	6	3	2	1	?	2	1	2	4
12	Setterfield, Will	RR	?	0	2	24	10	14	1	0	9	6	?	2	2	0	3
5	Tsatas, Elijah	RO	?	0	0	32	13	19	1	0	2	6	?	1	0	1	8
38	Unwin, Rhys	HFFL	?	0	1	8	3	5	2	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	3
17	Visentini, Vigo	RU	?	0	0	5	3	2	2	23	1	2	?	1	1	2	2
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				15	11	293	177	116	68	37	77	32	0+	20	30	36	53

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

Tasmania Devils							Coach: Jeromey Webberley
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	34	J. Artemis	23	H. Jones	42	J. Nguyen	23	C. Owen	12	D. Cooney
	2	J. Hagan	29	H. Dixon	1	J. Menzie (vc)	26	H. Elmer	50	J. Dolliver
FORWARD							11	B. Boag	4	C. Mitchell
HALF-BACK									42	O. Paprotny
	39	C. Bourke	40	Z. Johnson	41	S. El-Hawli			19	L. Wootton
	34	M. Iverach	31	J. Wolfe	39	L. Hay
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	29	M. Kondogiannis	33	H. El Achkar	36	A. Clarke
	33	Z. Adams	8	B. Leary	9	B. Cox-Goodyer	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							17	V. Visentini	50	J. Hately (vc)
HALF-FORWARD							12	W. Setterfield	52	D. Kalpakis
	38	R. Unwin	11	J. Gresham	45	T. Edwards	5	E. Tsatas	67	T. Kitchell
	7	G. Payne	18	J. Callinan	5	R. Fox (c)			55	X. O'Neill (c)
HALF-BACK									75	T. Sellers
FORWARD
	13	N. Cox	48	L. McMahon	35	M. Guelfi
	10	N. Williams	41	J. Chaplin	16	A. Wilkinson
BACK
Essendon Reserves							Coach: Cameron Joyce

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	TASD	Brandon Leary behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	03:43
	ESSR	Thomas Edwards goal	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	04:59
	TASD	Jed Hagan goal	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	10:43
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen goal	1.1.7	-	2.0.12	12:57
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	1.1.7	-	2.1.13	14:34
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	1.1.7	-	3.1.19	18:01
	TASD	Oscar Paprotny goal	2.1.13	-	3.1.19	23:29
	TASD	Hugh Dixon behind	2.2.14	-	3.1.19	26:57
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	2.2.14	-	4.1.25	28:46
Q2	TASD	Jye Menzie behind	2.3.15	-	4.1.25	00:41
	TASD	Lachlan Hay goal	3.3.21	-	4.1.25	02:36
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	3.3.21	-	5.1.31	05:12
	ESSR	Nik Cox goal	3.3.21	-	6.1.37	06:38
	ESSR	Jayden Nguyen goal	3.3.21	-	7.1.43	12:49
	ESSR	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	7.2.44	14:18
	TASD	Brad Cox-Goodyer goal	4.3.27	-	7.2.44	17:27
	ESSR	Thomas Edwards goal	4.3.27	-	8.2.50	19:25
	ESSR	Will Setterfield behind	4.3.27	-	8.3.51	22:31
	TASD	Rushed behind	4.4.28	-	8.3.51	23:35
	TASD	Zach Adams goal	5.4.34	-	8.3.51	26:13
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	5.4.34	-	9.3.57	28:28
	TASD	Rushed behind	5.5.35	-	9.3.57	29:36
	TASD	Rushed behind	5.6.36	-	9.3.57	33:35
	TASD	Jack Callinan goal	6.6.42	-	9.3.57	33:59
	TASD	Lachlan Hay goal	7.6.48	-	9.3.57	35:07
	TASD	Brandon Leary behind	7.7.49	-	9.3.57	36:49
Q3	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	7.7.49	-	10.3.63	04:05
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	7.7.49	-	11.3.69	05:51
	ESSR	Rushed behind	7.7.49	-	11.4.70	08:55
	TASD	Hugh Dixon behind	7.8.50	-	11.4.70	10:15
	TASD	Jed Hagan behind	7.9.51	-	11.4.70	11:43
	ESSR	Jackson Hately behind	7.9.51	-	11.5.71	13:32
	ESSR	Jackson Hately behind	7.9.51	-	11.6.72	15:10
	ESSR	Tyler Sellers goal	7.9.51	-	12.6.78	16:30
	TASD	Lachlan Hay behind	7.10.52	-	12.6.78	17:45
	TASD	Jack Dolliver goal	8.10.58	-	12.6.78	19:17
	ESSR	Rushed behind	8.10.58	-	12.7.79	20:54
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin behind	8.10.58	-	12.8.80	22:25
	TASD	Zach Adams behind	8.11.59	-	12.8.80	26:11
	TASD	Brandon Leary goal	9.11.65	-	12.8.80	28:04
Q4	ESSR	Matt Guelfi goal	9.11.65	-	13.8.86	05:23
	TASD	Jye Menzie behind	9.12.66	-	13.8.86	06:58
	ESSR	Hussien El Achkar behind	9.12.66	-	13.9.87	08:09
	TASD	Nick Williams behind	9.13.67	-	13.9.87	09:47
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	9.13.67	-	14.9.93	13:08
	TASD	Maddox Iverach goal	10.13.73	-	14.9.93	15:21
	ESSR	Will Setterfield behind	10.13.73	-	14.10.94	20:23
	TASD	Hugh Dixon behind	10.14.74	-	14.10.94	22:54
	ESSR	Jade Gresham goal	10.14.74	-	15.10.100	25:37
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	10.14.74	-	15.11.101	28:55

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