2025 VFL Season Round 8: Port Melbourne v Geelong Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 2025 between Port Melbourne and the Geelong Reserves during round eight of the 2025 season of the Victorian Football League. Port Melbourne hosted the Geelong Reserves at ETU Stadium. Harvey Hooper captained the hosts. In the absence of Daniel Capiron, vice-captain Marcus Herbert captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brendan McCartney and the visitors were coached by Mark Corrigan.

Port Melbourne (6.15.51) defeated the Geelong Reserves (6.11.47).

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Port Melbourne v Geelong Reserves
Date: Saturday 17 May 2025
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: ETU Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Port Melbourne def. Geelong Reserves
Score: 6.15.51 - 6.11.47

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Port Melbourne	2	.	2	2	.	5	4	.	11	6	.	15	6	.	15	(51)
Geelong Reserves	2	.	3	4	.	6	5	.	9	6	.	11	6	.	11	(47)
Margin	GEER by 1			GEER by 13			GEER by 4			PMLB by 4			PMLB by 4
Duration	30:33			30:16			31:44			41:05			2:13:38

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Port Melbourne

Captain: Harvey Hooper
Coach: Brendan McCartney

Geelong Reserves

Captain: Marcus Herbert (acting)
Coach: Mark Corrigan

Player Statistics

Port Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Alessio, Luca	?	?	1	0	5	2	3	1	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	1
12	Bedendo, Dominic	?	?	0	1	18	9	9	1	0	5	5	?	3	1	3	2
45	Cahill, Ned	?	?	0	2	11	7	4	2	0	4	1	?	2	0	0	1
28	Graham, Tom	?	?	0	0	18	9	9	3	0	3	1	?	2	1	5	2
14	Green, Josh	?	?	0	0	13	3	10	0	0	7	5	?	2	2	1	2
59	Heppell, Dyson	?	?	0	0	17	10	7	2	0	2	4	?	0	0	4	2
35	Highmore, Tom	?	?	0	0	7	6	1	3	1	0	0	?	1	0	5	0
4	Hird, Tom	?	?	0	0	29	23	6	2	0	4	3	?	1	1	5	6
37	Hooper, Harvey (c)	?	?	2	0	23	15	8	2	0	11	5	?	1	0	1	5
27	Kuol Mun, Ajang	?	?	0	0	12	7	5	2	35	6	4	?	3	5	1	4
1	Lazzaro, Charlie	?	?	0	1	17	9	8	0	0	12	3	?	0	2	0	2
44	Lloyd, Drew	?	?	0	1	9	2	7	0	0	4	0	?	0	1	0	0
16	Manton, Archi	?	?	2	2	12	11	1	4	0	3	0	?	1	2	0	4
8	Martyn, Will	?	?	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	10	1	?	1	3	0	1
23	Miller, Jimmy	?	?	0	1	10	7	3	1	26	9	4	?	1	1	2	2
5	Mulady, Owen	?	?	0	2	5	3	2	0	0	5	0	?	1	2	0	1
9	Philp, Sam	?	?	1	0	15	6	9	0	0	11	3	?	2	0	0	2
24	Polkinghorne, Riley	?	?	0	1	12	9	3	0	0	7	3	?	1	0	0	1
3	Rosman, Fraser	?	?	0	0	22	20	2	9	0	7	1	?	1	1	9	5
31	Stubbings, Harry	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	3	0	5	2	?	0	0	2	1
6	Van Es, James	?	?	0	0	14	8	6	3	0	5	1	?	1	3	3	3
2	Wanganeen, Tex	?	?	0	0	17	11	6	1	0	4	2	?	2	0	4	0
11	Watson, Tobe	?	?	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	7	0	?	0	0	0	0
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				6	15	309	189	120	41	62	133	48	0+	27	25	45	47

Geelong Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
79	Antonac, Lewis	?	?	0	0	6	0	6	1	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	0
57	Ballantyne, Jamieson	?	?	0	1	10	3	7	1	0	4	1	?	0	0	0	0
68	Borys, Ethan	?	?	0	1	8	4	4	2	0	5	0	?	0	0	1	1
58	Chaplin, Joseph	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	1	0	?	2	1	3	1
13	Clark, Jhye	?	?	0	0	22	9	13	3	0	10	2	?	1	1	2	3
40	Clohesy, Ted	?	?	1	2	27	17	10	3	0	9	7	?	2	4	2	6
60	De Grandi, Paddy	?	?	0	1	9	7	2	0	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	2
62	Herbert, Marcus (ac)	?	?	0	0	32	21	11	3	0	7	0	?	0	0	8	1
64	Hughes, Patrick	?	?	0	0	13	5	8	0	0	5	4	?	1	3	1	3
25	Ivisic, Xavier	?	?	1	0	15	7	8	0	0	4	5	?	1	0	0	1
74	Kelly, Patrick	?	?	1	0	20	15	5	2	0	4	4	?	5	1	1	5
69	Kreuger, Nathan	?	?	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	1	0	?	0	3	0	5
66	Lewis, Tanner	?	?	0	0	13	5	8	0	5	3	4	?	1	1	1	0
65	Madigan, Doyle	?	?	1	0	15	9	6	0	0	8	1	?	0	2	0	4
31	Matofai-Forbes, Keighton	?	?	0	0	20	18	2	2	0	1	2	?	2	2	13	5
51	McCartin, Charlie	?	?	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	4	0	?	1	1	2	0
37	Pike, Joe	?	?	0	2	14	11	3	1	37	8	9	?	3	1	1	3
2	Polkinghorne, Jay	?	?	1	0	7	3	4	1	0	5	0	?	1	2	0	0
55	Rantall, Jay	?	?	1	0	13	8	5	1	0	2	2	?	0	0	1	1
27	Retschko, Patrick	?	?	0	1	22	13	9	1	0	2	2	?	3	1	1	2
72	Sheahan, Will	?	?	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	1
15	Stevens, George	?	?	0	0	31	22	9	1	0	12	8	?	1	2	2	8
63	White, Todd	?	?	0	0	9	5	4	2	0	3	0	?	0	1	0	1
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				6	11	334	197	137	27	42	101	51	0+	25	27	39	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

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PMLB	Harvey Hooper goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	02:13
	GEER	Patrick Retschko behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	05:49
	GEER	Ted Clohesy goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	07:26
	PMLB	Owen Mulady behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	11:36
	GEER	Ted Clohesy behind	1.1.7	-	1.2.8	13:39
	PMLB	Harvey Hooper goal	2.1.13	-	1.2.8	17:32
	GEER	Patrick Kelly goal	2.1.13	-	2.2.14	23:51
	PMLB	Ned Cahill behind	2.2.14	-	2.2.14	26:26
	GEER	Paddy De Grandi behind	2.2.14	-	2.3.15	28:08
Q2	PMLB	Rushed behind	2.3.15	-	2.3.15	01:23
	GEER	Xavier Ivisic goal	2.3.15	-	3.3.21	06:49
	GEER	Joe Pike behind	2.3.15	-	3.4.22	11:36
	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne behind	2.3.15	-	3.5.23	12:34
	PMLB	Drew Lloyd behind	2.4.16	-	3.5.23	13:53
	GEER	Rushed behind	2.4.16	-	3.6.24	22:39
	GEER	Jay Polkinghorne goal	2.4.16	-	4.6.30	24:09
	PMLB	Jimmy Miller behind	2.5.17	-	4.6.30	26:00
Q3	PMLB	Rushed behind	2.6.18	-	4.6.30	01:39
	GEER	Rushed behind	2.6.18	-	4.7.31	04:55
	PMLB	Riley Polkinghorne behind	2.7.19	-	4.7.31	10:54
	GEER	Joe Pike behind	2.7.19	-	4.8.32	14:11
	PMLB	Ned Cahill behind	2.8.20	-	4.8.32	14:58
	GEER	Jay Rantall goal	2.8.20	-	5.8.38	16:56
	PMLB	Sam Philp goal	3.8.26	-	5.8.38	18:59
	PMLB	Rushed behind	3.9.27	-	5.8.38	23:19
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo behind	3.10.28	-	5.8.38	24:15
	GEER	Ted Clohesy behind	3.10.28	-	5.9.39	25:07
	PMLB	Archi Manton goal	4.10.34	-	5.9.39	27:57
	PMLB	Archi Manton behind	4.11.35	-	5.9.39	29:44
Q4	PMLB	Luca Alessio goal	5.11.41	-	5.9.39	04:27
	PMLB	Rushed behind	5.12.42	-	5.9.39	15:10
	PMLB	Archi Manton behind	5.13.43	-	5.9.39	16:58
	PMLB	Archi Manton goal	6.13.49	-	5.9.39	17:24
	PMLB	Charlie Lazzaro behind	6.14.50	-	5.9.39	18:53
	GEER	Rushed behind	6.14.50	-	5.10.40	23:01
	PMLB	Owen Mulady behind	6.15.51	-	5.10.40	27:02
	GEER	Ethan Borys behind	6.15.51	-	5.11.41	33:44
	GEER	Doyle Madigan goal	6.15.51	-	6.11.47	34:43

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