2026 VFL Season Wildcard Final 1: Sydney Reserves v Frankston

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 2026 between the Sydney Reserves and Frankston in the first wildcard final of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Sydney Reserves hosted Frankston at Blacktown Olympic Park. The hosts were coached by Nick Malceski and the visitors were coached by Jackson Kornberg.

The Sydney Reserves (22.14.146) defeated Frankston (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: First Wildcard Final
Teams: Sydney Reserves v Frankston
Date: Saturday 22 August 2026
Time: 11:05 AM
Venue: Blacktown Olympic Park

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney Reserves def. Frankston
Score: 22.14.146 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney Reserves	6	.	4	12	.	4	19	.	8	22	.	14	22	.	14	(146)
Frankston	1	.	5	5	.	8	7	.	10	11	.	12	11	.	12	(78)
Margin	SYDR by 29			SYDR by 38			SYDR by 70			SYDR by 68			SYDR by 68
Duration	29:32			31:55			30:50			30:57			2:03:14

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Sydney Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Nick Malceski

Frankston

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jackson Kornberg

Player Statistics

Sydney Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
67	Andreacchio, Nicholas	INT	?	0	0	24	12	12	6	0	7	2	?	1	0	3	5
20	Andrew, Riak	BPL	?	1	1	13	7	6	5	0	4	0	?	1	0	3	0
23	Bowman, Ned	HBFL	?	0	0	24	15	9	3	0	2	1	?	0	0	13	0
69	Cameron, Harry	CHF	?	0	1	13	7	6	3	0	3	0	?	0	0	1	3
72	Clifton, Oscar	FPR	?	0	0	15	3	12	1	7	1	4	?	0	2	2	1
51	Giacometti, Luke	INT	?	0	0	20	8	12	1	0	1	4	?	1	1	0	3
68	Gibbs, Khy	FPL	?	0	0	14	9	5	8	0	2	0	?	0	1	6	0
66	Harbour, Kaden	INT	?	1	0	8	5	3	1	0	2	0	?	1	2	0	1
65	Harrison, Joe	HBFR	?	2	0	25	19	6	3	0	6	7	?	1	1	1	7
56	Longmire, Jedd	INT	?	1	1	12	5	7	1	0	2	0	?	2	1	0	4
68	Meaney, Henry	HFFR	?	0	0	17	9	8	4	0	3	3	?	1	0	2	5
50	Mellis, Mitch	RO	?	1	0	17	10	7	4	0	2	2	?	1	0	0	2
55	Morahan, Will	FB	?	0	1	13	7	6	4	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	1
46	Norris, Alex	BPR	?	0	0	17	5	12	2	0	1	0	?	0	0	5	2
53	Peters, Charlie	WR	?	1	1	11	5	6	3	0	1	1	?	0	0	1	1
18	Phillipou, Jevan	FF	?	6	3	25	19	6	9	0	1	1	?	1	0	0	8
62	Pignatelli, Benjamin	INT	?	2	1	9	8	1	4	0	0	0	?	2	1	0	2
10	Rosas, Malcolm	HFFL	?	0	1	9	4	5	1	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	2
64	Ryan, Tom	RU	?	1	1	10	8	2	4	13	2	2	?	0	2	0	2
41	Snell, Patrick	C	?	0	0	18	8	10	6	0	2	0	?	0	1	4	3
54	Sutton, Jake	RR	?	5	0	17	7	10	1	0	7	2	?	1	0	0	2
57	Tidemann, James	WL	?	0	1	15	8	7	5	0	3	0	?	1	1	1	2
37	Warner, Corey	CHB	?	1	0	26	16	10	4	0	3	3	?	2	2	2	5
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				22	14	372	204	168	83	20	58	32	0+	16	15	45	61

Frankston

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Barlow, Taine	CHB	?	0	1	14	13	1	11	0	0	0	?	1	1	4	0
41	Commons, Lachlan	INT	?	0	0	6	1	5	0	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	1
26	Cotter, Patrick	BPL	?	0	0	6	6	0	6	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	0
4	Ellison, Corey	FPR	?	1	1	8	6	2	4	1	3	0	?	0	1	0	2
40	Foster, Kade	CHF	?	2	2	7	5	2	3	0	0	2	?	1	0	0	1
19	Grant, Angus	FF	?	0	1	7	2	5	1	11	1	1	?	0	0	0	2
38	Gregory, Max	INT	?	0	0	19	12	7	7	0	0	0	?	0	0	4	1
9	Hamill, Will	WL	?	0	0	24	14	10	6	0	0	0	?	0	0	9	2
14	Hipwell, Darby	FPL	?	0	1	34	14	20	11	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	7
30	Hofert, Tom	RU	?	0	0	17	9	8	1	17	1	8	?	3	0	1	5
8	Jones, Harrison	INT	?	2	0	6	4	2	2	0	1	0	?	1	2	0	1
5	Lewis, Oscar	INT	?	0	0	11	3	8	2	0	1	1	?	1	0	2	1
31	Lloyd, Bailey	INT	?	0	0	9	6	3	3	0	0	1	?	0	0	0	1
18	Lloyd, Joe	BPR	?	1	0	11	9	2	7	0	1	0	?	0	3	3	0
15	Milne, Tyson	FB	?	1	1	37	29	8	13	0	1	3	?	1	0	2	7
37	Noble, Jacob	HBFL	?	0	0	18	10	8	9	0	1	0	?	0	0	5	0
29	O'Leary, Tarkyn	HBFR	?	1	1	10	5	5	4	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	1
7	Owens, Tomoya	RR	?	0	0	16	7	9	4	0	0	0	?	1	2	2	1
20	Papley, Will	RO	?	0	1	13	10	3	2	0	0	0	?	1	1	2	3
11	Quirk, Sebastian	HFFR	?	1	0	29	15	14	6	0	4	4	?	2	1	1	7
2	Reidy, Lochlan	HFFL	?	2	1	31	15	16	6	0	4	4	?	1	2	1	8
13	Voss, Jackson	C	?	0	0	37	24	13	12	0	4	4	?	2	1	2	4
48	Williames, Max	WR	?	0	1	9	3	6	2	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				11	12	379	222	157	122	29	28	29	0+	15	16	38	56

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

Sydney Reserves							Coach: Nick Malceski
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	26	P. Cotter	15	T. Milne	18	J. Lloyd	64	T. Ryan	67	N. Andreacchio
	72	O. Clifton	18	J. Phillipou	68	K. Gibbs	54	J. Sutton	51	L. Giacometti
FORWARD							50	M. Mellis	66	K. Harbour
HALF-BACK									56	J. Longmire
	37	J. Noble	3	T. Barlow	29	T. O'Leary			62	B. Pignatelli
	68	H. Meaney	69	H. Cameron	10	M. Rosas
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	9	W. Hamill	13	J. Voss	48	M. Williames
	53	C. Peters	41	P. Snell	57	J. Tidemann	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							30	T. Hofert	41	L. Commons
HALF-FORWARD							7	T. Owens	38	M. Gregory
	2	L. Reidy	40	K. Foster	11	S. Quirk	20	W. Papley	8	H. Jones
	65	J. Harrison	37	C. Warner	23	N. Bowman			5	O. Lewis
HALF-BACK									31	B. Lloyd
FORWARD
	14	D. Hipwell	19	A. Grant	4	C. Ellison
	46	A. Norris	55	W. Morahan	20	R. Andrew
BACK
Frankston							Coach: Jackson Kornberg

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	FRNK	Darby Hipwell behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:49
	FRNK	Kade Foster behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	01:47
	SYDR	Jake Sutton goal	1.0.6	-	0.2.2	02:45
	SYDR	Tom Ryan goal	2.0.12	-	0.2.2	04:42
	FRNK	Corey Ellison behind	2.0.12	-	0.3.3	06:55
	SYDR	Jake Sutton goal	3.0.18	-	0.3.3	07:33
	FRNK	Rushed behind	3.0.18	-	0.4.4	09:56
	FRNK	Lochlan Reidy goal	3.0.18	-	1.4.10	11:34
	SYDR	Corey Warner goal	4.0.24	-	1.4.10	13:23
	SYDR	James Tidemann behind	4.1.25	-	1.4.10	16:29
	SYDR	Charlie Peters goal	5.1.31	-	1.4.10	19:25
	SYDR	Benjamin Pignatelli behind	5.2.32	-	1.4.10	21:05
	FRNK	Taine Barlow behind	5.2.32	-	1.5.11	22:57
	SYDR	Jake Sutton goal	6.2.38	-	1.5.11	24:20
	SYDR	Malcolm Rosas behind	6.3.39	-	1.5.11	26:37
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou behind	6.4.40	-	1.5.11	29:01
Q2	FRNK	Kade Foster goal	6.4.40	-	2.5.17	01:25
	FRNK	Kade Foster behind	6.4.40	-	2.6.18	04:07
	SYDR	Jake Sutton goal	7.4.46	-	2.6.18	06:13
	FRNK	Tarkyn O'Leary behind	7.4.46	-	2.7.19	09:25
	FRNK	Corey Ellison goal	7.4.46	-	3.7.25	11:04
	SYDR	Benjamin Pignatelli goal	8.4.52	-	3.7.25	12:11
	SYDR	Joe Harrison goal	9.4.58	-	3.7.25	13:30
	FRNK	Lochlan Reidy goal	9.4.58	-	4.7.31	15:20
	FRNK	Lochlan Reidy behind	9.4.58	-	4.8.32	17:14
	FRNK	Sebastian Quirk goal	9.4.58	-	5.8.38	18:56
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou goal	10.4.64	-	5.8.38	20:47
	SYDR	Joe Harrison goal	11.4.70	-	5.8.38	22:15
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou goal	12.4.76	-	5.8.38	27:11
Q3	SYDR	Rushed behind	12.5.77	-	5.8.38	03:41
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou goal	13.5.83	-	5.8.38	04:29
	SYDR	Rushed behind	13.6.84	-	5.8.38	05:43
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou goal	14.6.90	-	5.8.38	08:08
	SYDR	Harry Cameron behind	14.7.91	-	5.8.38	11:57
	SYDR	Mitch Mellis goal	15.7.97	-	5.8.38	12:46
	FRNK	Kade Foster goal	15.7.97	-	6.8.44	15:50
	SYDR	Jedd Longmire goal	16.7.103	-	6.8.44	17:06
	SYDR	Kaden Harbour goal	17.7.109	-	6.8.44	20:18
	FRNK	Angus Grant behind	17.7.109	-	6.9.45	21:49
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou goal	18.7.115	-	6.9.45	23:00
	FRNK	Max Williames behind	18.7.115	-	6.10.46	24:40
	FRNK	Harrison Jones goal	18.7.115	-	7.10.52	25:52
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou behind	18.8.116	-	7.10.52	26:53
	SYDR	Benjamin Pignatelli goal	19.8.122	-	7.10.52	30:43
Q4	SYDR	Tom Ryan behind	19.9.123	-	7.10.52	03:33
	SYDR	Jedd Longmire behind	19.10.124	-	7.10.52	04:41
	SYDR	Jake Sutton goal	20.10.130	-	7.10.52	06:09
	FRNK	Tyson Milne behind	20.10.130	-	7.11.53	07:26
	FRNK	Tyson Milne goal	20.10.130	-	8.11.59	08:37
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou goal	21.10.136	-	8.11.59	12:02
	SYDR	Riak Andrew behind	21.11.137	-	8.11.59	14:30
	SYDR	Will Morahan behind	21.12.138	-	8.11.59	15:34
	FRNK	Will Papley behind	21.12.138	-	8.12.60	17:19
	FRNK	Harrison Jones goal	21.12.138	-	9.12.66	18:55
	FRNK	Tarkyn O'Leary goal	21.12.138	-	10.12.72	21:34
	SYDR	Riak Andrew goal	22.12.144	-	10.12.72	26:02
	FRNK	Joe Lloyd goal	22.12.144	-	11.12.78	27:54
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou behind	22.13.145	-	11.12.78	29:11
	SYDR	Charlie Peters behind	22.14.146	-	11.12.78	29:38

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