2026 AFL Season Round 2: North Melbourne v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 15 March 2026 between North Melbourne and Port Adelaide during round two of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Port Adelaide at Marvel Stadium. Nick Larkey captained the hosts with Harry Sheezel as vice-captain. Connor Rozee captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Josh Carr.

North Melbourne (17.11.113) defeated Port Adelaide (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Port Adelaide
Date: Sunday 15 March 2026
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 23,318

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Port Adelaide
Score: 17.11.113 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	3	.	4	8	.	5	13	.	10	17	.	11	17	.	11	(113)
Port Adelaide	2	.	2	4	.	4	7	.	8	9	.	13	9	.	13	(67)
Margin	NMLB by 8			NMLB by 25			NMLB by 38			NMLB by 46			NMLB by 46
Duration	28:13			33:50			35:43			30:27			2:08:13

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Nick Larkey
Vice-Captain: Harry Sheezel
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Port Adelaide

Captain: Connor Rozee
Coach: Josh Carr

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Luke Davies-Uniacke	NMLB	9	3
Dylan Stephens	NMLB	15	2
Harry Sheezel	NMLB	3	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
39	Blamires, Tom	HBFR	82%	0	0	23	14	9	5	0	1	0	2	1	1	3	1
30	Comben, Charlie	BPR	93%	1	0	18	13	5	11	0	2	0	2	1	1	3	2
25	Curtis, Paul	HFFL	79%	1	3	7	6	1	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	78%	0	0	23	17	6	7	0	0	2	3	0	1	5	2
27	Darling, Jack	INT	61%	1	0	12	9	3	7	3	4	2	3	1	2	0	3
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	RR	85%	0	1	24	15	9	6	0	5	6	6	1	3	2	5
1	Dovaston, Lachy	INT	61%	0	0	10	8	2	5	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	6
7	Duursma, Zane	INT	69%	1	0	5	2	3	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	1
41	Konstanty, Jacob	HFFR	59%	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	1
20	Larkey, Nick (c)	FF	84%	4	0	7	5	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0
19	Logue, Griffin	FB	87%	0	0	14	11	3	8	0	0	0	5	1	3	3	1
11	McDonald, Luke	INT	82%	0	0	20	14	6	9	0	1	1	6	0	2	2	2
10	McKercher, Colby	INT	64%	1	0	11	4	7	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	HBFL	84%	0	0	15	6	9	5	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	2
26	Parker, Luke	FPR	87%	1	0	24	13	11	8	0	2	2	1	1	0	8	1
32	Pink, Toby	BPL	91%	0	0	15	10	5	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
24	Powell, Tom	C	76%	0	1	20	15	5	3	0	1	4	1	1	0	0	3
3	Sheezel, Harry (vc)	RO	79%	0	0	31	18	13	8	0	5	5	4	0	2	4	5
12	Simpkin, Jy	WL	88%	1	0	17	11	6	3	0	3	3	1	2	1	3	2
15	Stephens, Dylan	WR	91%	1	1	29	20	9	11	0	4	1	2	1	0	2	5
47	Trembath, Cooper	CHF	71%	3	1	9	7	2	4	2	1	0	1	3	1	0	1
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	80%	0	0	19	4	15	1	16	10	5	4	1	2	0	3
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPL	71%	2	3	11	8	3	4	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				17	11	370	232	138	119	21	58	40	51	22	22	36	51

Port Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Aliir, Aliir	CHB	100%	0	0	15	10	5	5	0	1	0	5	2	2	2	0
14	Bergman, Miles	INT	79%	1	2	12	7	5	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
5	Berry, Joe	HFFR	70%	0	0	11	7	4	1	0	2	1	2	2	1	0	6
7	Burgoyne, Jase	INT	85%	0	0	17	7	10	5	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
9	Butters, Zak	RR	82%	0	2	23	14	9	0	0	7	9	2	2	0	1	5
33	Byrne-Jones, Darcy	FPL	77%	1	1	7	6	1	2	0	5	1	2	0	0	0	0
28	Drew, Willem	RO	72%	0	0	21	11	10	2	0	4	4	2	3	0	0	7
44	Durdin, Corey	INT	55%	2	2	7	6	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
22	Evans, Logan	HBFL	87%	0	0	16	14	2	3	0	1	1	4	1	2	7	0
6	Farrell, Kane	HBFR	81%	0	0	17	11	6	6	0	1	1	2	0	1	4	1
19	Georgiades, Mitch	CHF	90%	3	1	8	6	2	3	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	1
18	Horne-Francis, Jason	HFFL	73%	0	1	12	8	4	2	0	3	3	4	2	1	0	3
34	Jones, Lachie	BPL	84%	0	0	9	9	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	5	2
30	Lord, Ollie	FF	79%	0	1	7	4	3	1	7	2	1	2	1	0	0	0
31	MacKinlay, Ewan	WL	79%	0	0	13	7	6	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	1
4	Marshall, Todd	BPR	63%	0	0	14	9	5	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	0
27	Ratugolea, Esava	FB	85%	0	0	8	4	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	0
35	Richards, Joe	FPR	75%	0	0	14	11	3	6	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	5
1	Rozee, Connor (c)	C	84%	0	0	24	13	11	7	0	3	1	5	1	2	3	4
38	Visentini, Dante	RU	82%	0	0	6	4	2	1	30	6	1	5	1	2	1	2
37	Watkins, Jack	INT	65%	0	0	10	7	3	5	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4
15	Wehr, Jacob	WR	83%	0	0	13	8	5	4	0	1	3	4	1	2	2	1
17	Whitlock, Jack	INT	72%	2	1	3	3	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				9	13	287	186	101	74	37	52	29	58	22	22	33	47

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

North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	34	L. Jones	27	E. Ratugolea	4	T. Marshall	38	T. Xerri	27	J. Darling
	26	L. Parker	20	N. Larkey (c)	44	C. Zurhaar	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	1	L. Dovaston
FORWARD							3	H. Sheezel (vc)	7	Z. Duursma
HALF-BACK									11	L. McDonald
	22	L. Evans	21	A. Aliir	6	K. Farrell			10	C. McKercher
	41	J. Konstanty	47	C. Trembath	25	P. Curtis
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	31	E. MacKinlay	1	C. Rozee (c)	15	J. Wehr
	15	D. Stephens	24	T. Powell	12	J. Simpkin	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							38	D. Visentini	14	M. Bergman
HALF-FORWARD							9	Z. Butters	7	J. Burgoyne
	18	J. Horne-Francis	19	M. Georgiades	5	J. Berry	28	W. Drew	44	C. Durdin
	39	T. Blamires	5	C. Daniel	2	F. O'Sullivan			37	J. Watkins
HALF-BACK									17	J. Whitlock
FORWARD
	33	D. Byrne-Jones	30	O. Lord	35	J. Richards
	30	C. Comben	19	G. Logue	32	T. Pink
BACK
Port Adelaide							Coach: Josh Carr

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PADL	Darcy Byrne-Jones goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	03:24
	NMLB	Paul Curtis behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	05:02
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	06:48
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades goal	0.2.2	-	2.0.12	08:31
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath behind	0.3.3	-	2.0.12	15:22
	PADL	Zak Butters behind	0.3.3	-	2.1.13	20:04
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	1.3.9	-	2.1.13	21:30
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	2.3.15	-	2.1.13	24:00
	NMLB	Paul Curtis behind	2.4.16	-	2.1.13	25:29
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	3.4.22	-	2.1.13	26:17
	PADL	Ollie Lord behind	3.4.22	-	2.2.14	28:10
Q2	PADL	Jack Whitlock goal	3.4.22	-	3.2.20	01:41
	NMLB	Dylan Stephens goal	4.4.28	-	3.2.20	06:05
	PADL	Corey Durdin behind	4.4.28	-	3.3.21	10:40
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	5.4.34	-	3.3.21	14:47
	PADL	Miles Bergman goal	5.4.34	-	4.3.27	19:20
	PADL	Jack Whitlock behind	5.4.34	-	4.4.28	25:32
	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke behind	5.5.35	-	4.4.28	27:06
	NMLB	Charlie Comben goal	6.5.41	-	4.4.28	28:22
	NMLB	Colby McKercher goal	7.5.47	-	4.4.28	29:43
	NMLB	Zane Duursma goal	8.5.53	-	4.4.28	31:01
Q3	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	9.5.59	-	4.4.28	00:41
	NMLB	Paul Curtis behind	9.6.60	-	4.4.28	03:17
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	10.6.66	-	4.4.28	04:10
	PADL	Miles Bergman behind	10.6.66	-	4.5.29	05:57
	PADL	Jason Horne-Francis behind	10.6.66	-	4.6.30	07:20
	PADL	Rushed behind	10.6.66	-	4.7.31	08:17
	NMLB	Luke Parker goal	11.6.72	-	4.7.31	11:07
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades goal	11.6.72	-	5.7.37	13:34
	PADL	Corey Durdin behind	11.6.72	-	5.8.38	14:56
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	12.6.78	-	5.8.38	18:25
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	12.7.79	-	5.8.38	20:12
	NMLB	Tom Powell behind	12.8.80	-	5.8.38	24:23
	NMLB	Dylan Stephens behind	12.9.81	-	5.8.38	25:02
	PADL	Corey Durdin goal	12.9.81	-	6.8.44	26:15
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	13.9.87	-	6.8.44	29:57
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades goal	13.9.87	-	7.8.50	31:46
	NMLB	Rushed behind	13.10.88	-	7.8.50	35:41
Q4	PADL	Rushed behind	13.10.88	-	7.9.51	01:52
	PADL	Corey Durdin goal	13.10.88	-	8.9.57	03:29
	PADL	Jack Whitlock goal	13.10.88	-	9.9.63	06:18
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	13.11.89	-	9.9.63	08:06
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	14.11.95	-	9.9.63	08:46
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	15.11.101	-	9.9.63	11:07
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	16.11.107	-	9.9.63	13:21
	PADL	Zak Butters behind	16.11.107	-	9.10.64	18:02
	PADL	Darcy Byrne-Jones behind	16.11.107	-	9.11.65	20:58
	PADL	Miles Bergman behind	16.11.107	-	9.12.66	24:52
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	17.11.113	-	9.12.66	27:45
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades behind	17.11.113	-	9.13.67	30:20

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