{"id":628079,"date":"2026-04-24T15:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/628079\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:14:10","slug":"key-forward-duo-combines-for-nine-goals-in-vfl-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/628079\/","title":{"rendered":"Key forward duo combines for nine goals in VFL win"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Match Report\n <\/p>\n

\n Jack Buller and Charlie West had a day out in Collingwood\u2019s 11-point win over Essendon\n <\/p>\n

Collingwood key forward duo Jack Buller and Charlie West had a day out in the Pies\u2019 second VFL win of the season, with the pair notching a combined nine goals at the KGM Centre on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

What started as a back-and-forth tussle in the opening quarter, midfielder Lachie Sullivan was the one to get Pies rolling, kicking the Pies\u2019 first of the afternoon.<\/p>\n

An early knee injury to Collingwood\u2019s Reef McInnes<\/a> in the opening 10 minutes saw the Pies\u2019 need to stand tall, as the 23-year-old defender took no further part in the match. Scans later revealed McInnes had sustained an ACL injury to his left knee, a heartbreaking blow for the young Magpie who had recently recovered from the same injury to his right knee.<\/p>\n

Having quickly become an on-field leader for the young VFL side, it was Buller who willed his side on, quickly followed by a major from West.<\/p>\n

Sullivan found himself on the end of another goal to end the first term trailing by a goal.<\/p>\n

While Essendon started the second quarter with another quick goal to extend their lead, a two-goal haul to West and Buller along with singles from Sullivan and Zavier Maher saw Collingwood end the half with a five-point lead.<\/p>\n

Bobby Hill \u2013 who missed most of the first half after copping cut above his eye in the opening quarter \u2013 set the tone early in the third quarter by turning on his signature lightning speed to clear his opponent and find the goals.<\/p>\n

Buller again followed with his fourth of the day, before Essendon turned on the jets to bring the game back into their terms.<\/p>\n

Entering the final quarter trailing by a point, the Pies had to dig deep to fight their way back into the contest.<\/p>\n

Buller\u2019s fifth goal sparked the comeback early, before another two majors from West helped seal the deal and bring Collingwood their second VFL victory of the season with a 11-point win over Essendon.<\/p>\n

MATCH CENTRE: COLLINGWOOD V ESSENDON<\/a><\/p>\n

The numbers:<\/p>\n

Collingwood\u2019s win over Essendon was headlined by key forwards Jack Buller (five goals) and Charlie West (four goals), with Buller extending his VFL goal tally to 12 in four games.<\/p>\n

Midfielder Ed Allan was prolific in the middle, finishing with 31 disposals and 10 inside 50s, while Harvey Harrison (24 disposals, 11 tackles) was also influential.<\/p>\n

Noah Howes\u2019 move to the backline saw him finish with an equal game-high 10 intercept possessions along with his 16 disposals, while Sam Swadling continued his strong form with 24 disposals and six score involvements.<\/p>\n

COLLINGWOOD\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04.2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 9.4\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 13.7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 17.12\u00a0 \u00a0 (114)
ESSENDON\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a05.2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 8.5\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 13.8\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 15.13\u00a0 \u00a0 (103)<\/p>\n

GOALS:
COLLINGWOOD: Jack Buller (5), Charlie West (4), Lachie Sullivan (3), Brynn Teakle, Iliro Smit, Jai Saxena, Zavier Maher, Bobby Hill
ESSENDON: Hussien El Achkar (4), Liam McMahon (3), Jayden Nguyen (2), Matt Guelfi (2), Jared Eckersley (2), Kristian Ferronato, Nik Cox<\/p>\n

BEST:
COLLINGWOOD: Jack Buller, Ed Allan, Lachie Sullivan, Noah Howes, Charlie West, Brynn Teakle<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Match Report Jack Buller and Charlie West had a day out in Collingwood\u2019s 11-point win over Essendon Collingwood…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-628079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-text","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}