2026 AFL Season Round 24: Port Adelaide v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 2026 between Port Adelaide and Melbourne during round twenty-four of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Port Adelaide hosted Melbourne at Adelaide Oval. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Josh Carr and the visitors were coached by Steven King.

Port Adelaide (8.8.56) were defeated by Melbourne (20.12.132).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 24
Teams: Port Adelaide v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 August 2026
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 28,417

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.8.56 - 20.12.132

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 1 . 2 3 . 2 6 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Melbourne 7 . 2 9 . 3 15 . 5 20 . 12 20 . 12 (132)
Margin MELB by 36 MELB by 37 MELB by 53 MELB by 76 MELB by 76
Duration 31:50 28:27 32:21 30:36 2:03:14

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Port Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Josh Carr

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Coach: Steven King

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Max Gawn MELB 11 3
Kade Chandler MELB 37 2
Jack Steele MELB 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Aliir, Aliir CHB 45% 0 0 7 7 0 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0
29 Anastasopoulos, Tom INT 67% 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 6 0 3 0 1 1 1
46 Bamert, Xavier HFFL 79% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
14 Bergman, Miles BPR 84% 0 0 27 16 11 7 0 1 3 2 1 0 3 5
5 Berry, Joe WR 82% 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 5 0 3 0 1 1 4
7 Burgoyne, Jase INT 89% 0 0 27 18 9 7 0 1 0 8 1 2 7 1
28 Drew, Willem RO 84% 0 0 20 8 12 1 0 4 3 6 1 0 0 3
44 Durdin, Corey FPL 90% 1 1 8 6 2 3 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 1
19 Georgiades, Mitch FF 93% 4 0 15 12 3 6 0 1 0 6 0 2 0 2
18 Horne-Francis, Jason C 67% 0 1 23 17 6 5 0 3 6 3 1 2 2 4
34 Jones, Lachie HBFR 85% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 5 0 3 0 0 6 0
43 Lai, Josh BPL 90% 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 1
4 Marshall, Todd CHF 86% 1 1 13 9 4 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
41 O'Brien, Balyn HBFL 71% 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 3 3 0 1 3 2
32 Ramm, Harrison INT 82% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1
35 Richards, Joe RR 80% 0 1 29 16 13 6 0 3 9 3 1 1 0 4
24 Sweet, Jordon RU 81% 2 0 18 12 6 7 25 3 6 3 1 1 6 4
47 van Wyk, Alex INT 39% 0 0 8 4 4 4 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
38 Visentini, Dante FB 97% 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 1
15 Wehr, Jacob WL 76% 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 3 2 4 0 0 4 2
17 Whitlock, Jack FPR 88% 0 1 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 1
16 Wines, Ollie INT 64% 0 0 31 12 19 4 0 7 8 1 1 0 2 4
39 Zadow, Mitch HFFR 80% 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 8 8 338 214 124 98 32 53 44 67 12 24 40 49

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake BPL 86% 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 4 2 0 1 0 5 4
37 Chandler, Kade FPR 76% 4 0 18 10 8 4 0 9 0 3 1 0 0 6
47 Fitzgerald, Joel INT 66% 0 0 18 7 11 0 0 9 4 3 0 2 0 6
31 Fritsch, Bayley CHF 88% 4 2 15 10 5 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 78% 0 0 25 12 13 4 22 4 9 3 2 2 3 2
21 Jefferson, Matthew INT 69% 3 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
14 Jiath, Changkuoth INT 68% 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 2 0 1 2 1 3 0
15 Langdon, Ed HFFR 84% 0 0 21 7 14 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2
4 Langford, Harvey WR 74% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 4
16 Laurie, Bailey INT 67% 2 1 20 13 7 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3
8 Lever, Jake FB 100% 0 0 20 8 12 4 0 3 0 1 2 1 2 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 95% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 1
35 Petty, Harry HBFR 76% 2 2 13 8 5 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 82% 0 1 24 14 10 1 0 6 3 8 1 1 1 5
24 Rivers, Trent HBFL 74% 0 0 21 10 11 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 1
3 Salem, Christian INT 53% 0 1 15 8 7 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 2 1
30 Sharp, Harry WL 80% 0 0 15 4 11 2 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 2
32 Sparrow, Tom C 69% 1 0 16 9 7 1 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 3
9 Steele, Jack RR 83% 1 0 27 11 16 3 0 7 3 5 2 1 1 4
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn FPL 81% 0 0 21 11 10 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3
10 Turner, Daniel BPR 100% 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 2 0 3 3 0 8 0
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 81% 2 2 13 9 4 5 3 5 1 1 2 1 0 1
6 Windsor, Caleb RO 70% 1 2 14 10 4 1 0 4 2 1 3 0 0 4
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 20 12 404 216 188 68 25 73 30 48 24 12 40 62

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

Port Adelaide Coach: Josh Carr
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
17 J. Bowey 8 J. Lever 10 D. Turner 24 J. Sweet 29 T. Anastasopoulos
17 J. Whitlock 19 M. Georgiades 44 C. Durdin 35 J. Richards 7 J. Burgoyne
FORWARD 28 W. Drew 32 H. Ramm
HALF-BACK

47 A. van Wyk
24 T. Rivers 25 T. McDonald 35 H. Petty

16 O. Wines
39 M. Zadow 4 T. Marshall 46 X. Bamert



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 H. Sharp 32 T. Sparrow 4 H. Langford



5 J. Berry 18 J. Horne-Francis 15 J. Wehr FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 47 J. Fitzgerald
HALF-FORWARD 9 J. Steele 21 M. Jefferson
36 K. Pickett 31 B. Fritsch 15 E. Langdon 6 C. Windsor 14 C. Jiath
34 L. Jones 21 A. Aliir 41 B. O'Brien

16 B. Laurie
HALF-BACK

3 C. Salem
FORWARD



12 K. Tholstrup 2 J. van Rooyen 37 K. Chandler



14 M. Bergman 38 D. Visentini 43 J. Lai



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Steven King

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:13
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 05:41
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 09:34
MELB Bailey Laurie goal 0.0.0 - 3.1.19 14:19
MELB Kade Chandler goal 0.0.0 - 4.1.25 16:52
PADL Joe Richards behind 0.1.1 - 4.1.25 18:40
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 1.1.7 - 4.1.25 19:47
MELB Caleb Windsor behind 1.1.7 - 4.2.26 22:51
MELB Caleb Windsor goal 1.1.7 - 5.2.32 24:26
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.1.7 - 6.2.38 25:52
PADL Jack Whitlock behind 1.2.8 - 6.2.38 27:50
MELB Kade Chandler goal 1.2.8 - 7.2.44 30:21
Q2 PADL Todd Marshall goal 2.2.14 - 7.2.44 01:02
PADL Corey Durdin goal 3.2.20 - 7.2.44 04:02
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 3.2.20 - 8.2.50 11:50
MELB Harry Petty goal 3.2.20 - 9.2.56 15:34
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 3.2.20 - 9.3.57 28:25
Q3 MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 3.2.20 - 10.3.63 01:10
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 4.2.26 - 10.3.63 03:05
PADL Jason Horne-Francis behind 4.3.27 - 10.3.63 05:02
MELB Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 10.4.64 08:04
MELB Matthew Jefferson goal 4.3.27 - 11.4.70 09:27
MELB Harry Petty goal 4.3.27 - 12.4.76 13:18
PADL Corey Durdin behind 4.4.28 - 12.4.76 14:48
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 4.4.28 - 13.4.82 16:28
PADL Jordon Sweet goal 5.4.34 - 13.4.82 18:08
MELB Harry Petty behind 5.4.34 - 13.5.83 20:51
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 5.4.34 - 14.5.89 22:15
PADL Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 14.5.89 25:25
PADL Todd Marshall behind 5.6.36 - 14.5.89 26:33
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 6.6.42 - 14.5.89 27:21
MELB Matthew Jefferson goal 6.6.42 - 15.5.95 29:52
Q4 MELB Matthew Jefferson goal 6.6.42 - 16.5.101 01:01
PADL Jordon Sweet goal 7.6.48 - 16.5.101 03:25
PADL Mitch Zadow behind 7.7.49 - 16.5.101 04:31
MELB Jack Steele goal 7.7.49 - 17.5.107 05:51
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 7.7.49 - 17.6.108 07:42
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 7.7.49 - 17.7.109 08:38
MELB Harry Petty behind 7.7.49 - 17.8.110 10:01
MELB Christian Salem behind 7.7.49 - 17.9.111 11:30
MELB Bailey Laurie behind 7.7.49 - 17.10.112 14:44
MELB Kade Chandler goal 7.7.49 - 18.10.118 16:10
MELB Kade Chandler goal 7.7.49 - 19.10.124 20:08
MELB Caleb Windsor behind 7.7.49 - 19.11.125 25:28
MELB Bailey Laurie goal 7.7.49 - 20.11.131 26:21
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 8.7.55 - 20.11.131 28:05
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 8.7.55 - 20.12.132 29:48
PADL Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 20.12.132 30:26