2026 VFL Season Preliminary Final 1: Geelong Reserves v Port Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 September 2026 between the Geelong Reserves and Port Melbourne in the first preliminary final of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Geelong Reserves hosted Port Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium. Daniel Capiron captained the hosts. Tom Hird captained the visitors with Kaine Baldwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Mark Corrigan and the visitors were coached by Brendan McCartney.

The Geelong Reserves (14.12.96) defeated Port Melbourne (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: First Preliminary Final
Teams: Geelong Reserves v Port Melbourne
Date: Sunday 13 September 2026
Time: 1:35 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong Reserves def. Port Melbourne
Score: 14.12.96 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong Reserves 2 . 5 8 . 5 11 . 8 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Port Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 6 5 . 9 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin GEER by 3 GEER by 17 GEER by 35 GEER by 47 GEER by 47
Duration 30:45 32:22 28:15 30:31 2:01:53

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Geelong Reserves

Captain: Daniel Capiron
Coach: Mark Corrigan

Port Melbourne

Captain: Tom Hird
Vice-Captain: Kaine Baldwin
Coach: Brendan McCartney

Player Statistics

Geelong Reserves

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
57 Ballantyne, Jamieson ? ? 4 1 14 10 4 5 0 3 0 ? 1 2 0 4
24 Bews, Jed ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 2 ? 0 0 2 1
12 Bowes, Jack ? ? 1 2 27 18 9 4 0 8 5 ? 2 4 1 4
41 Burke, Cillian ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 6 0 3 0 ? 0 3 3 3
50 Capiron, Daniel (c) ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 0 ? 1 0 0 0
13 Clark, Jhye ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 5 0 3 0 ? 2 0 5 1
27 Driscoll, Nick ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 4 0 2 2 ? 2 1 1 4
67 George, Kobe ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 0 0 ? 0 3 2 1
23 Hofmann, Lennox ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 1 0 ? 1 1 3 3
22 Holmes, Hunter ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 2 0 1 2 ? 0 0 1 1
74 Kelly, Patrick ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 6 4 ? 5 1 3 4
10 Knevitt, Mitch ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 5 0 9 8 ? 1 1 3 7
69 Kreuger, Nathan ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 0 ? 1 0 6 1
31 Matofai-Forbes, Keighton ? ? 2 1 8 7 1 2 0 2 0 ? 1 1 1 4
25 Mellor, Jesse ? ? 0 3 14 8 6 2 0 5 0 ? 2 0 0 6
20 Molier, Jacob ? ? 2 2 10 5 5 4 8 2 1 ? 0 3 0 2
81 Peirce, Tom ? ? 1 1 12 5 7 6 1 2 0 ? 0 1 0 2
37 Pike, Joe ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 2 33 4 3 ? 2 4 0 4
55 Rantall, Jay ? ? 2 0 19 5 14 4 0 4 3 ? 0 2 0 0
1 Stanley, Rhys ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 ? 0 1 0 0
15 Stevens, George ? ? 1 0 30 11 19 5 0 12 9 ? 1 1 1 4
78 Stevens, Zach ? ? 0 1 9 3 6 2 0 4 0 ? 0 4 1 1
76 Weidemann, Lachlan ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 ? 0 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 14 12 322 173 149 71 44 77 39 0+ 22 33 34 58

Port Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Luca FPR ? 1 1 7 3 4 1 0 1 0 ? 0 1 0 0
11 Baldwin, Kaine (vc) FF ? 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 ? 0 0 0 0
2 Bedendo, Dominic HFFR ? 2 2 11 6 5 3 0 2 1 ? 1 2 0 3
13 Downie, Connor WR ? 0 1 17 13 4 7 0 1 0 ? 0 0 4 4
32 Gahan, Matt BPR ? 0 0 26 16 10 3 0 3 2 ? 1 0 5 3
34 George, Roy FPL ? 0 1 12 5 7 3 0 1 1 ? 1 0 0 2
28 Graham, Tom FB ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 1 ? 2 1 4 0
14 Green, Josh C ? 0 0 19 9 10 3 0 6 5 ? 1 2 2 4
18 Hawkins, Ned HBFR ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 5 0 ? 2 2 3 1
4 Hird, Tom (c) RR ? 0 0 27 16 11 11 0 4 2 ? 1 1 5 2
8 Hobbs, Ben RO ? 0 1 24 13 11 1 0 3 8 ? 3 1 2 5
45 Hughes, Fletcher INT ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 22 2 0 ? 0 5 0 1
5 Mulady, Owen INT ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 4 1 ? 2 0 1 1
33 Penry, Flynn RU ? 1 0 9 7 2 0 20 3 5 ? 5 0 2 2
24 Polkinghorne, Riley CHF ? 0 1 12 10 2 4 0 4 0 ? 2 1 0 6
15 Rankin, Lachlan HBFL ? 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 3 3 ? 1 3 2 1
21 Rider, Max HFFL ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 4 0 ? 2 2 0 2
36 Rudd, Michael BPL ? 0 1 16 9 7 6 0 7 0 ? 2 0 1 1
43 Sparkman, Joshua INT ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 3 2 ? 2 0 3 3
12 Stubbings, Harry WL ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 1 ? 1 0 1 0
31 Tonelli, Alex INT ? 1 1 8 6 2 2 0 3 0 ? 1 1 1 0
10 Tovey, Josh INT ? 0 1 15 4 11 4 0 2 2 ? 1 0 1 0
6 Van Es, James CHB ? 0 0 16 9 7 9 0 4 0 ? 2 0 7 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 6 13 309 184 125 84 42 69 34 0+ 33 22 44 41

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

Geelong Reserves Coach: Mark Corrigan
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
36 M. Rudd 28 T. Graham 32 M. Gahan













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



15 L. Rankin 6 J. Van Es 18 N. Hawkins













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 H. Stubbings 14 J. Green 13 C. Downie









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 33 F. Penry 45 F. Hughes
HALF-FORWARD 4 T. Hird (c) 5 O. Mulady
21 M. Rider 24 R. Polkinghorne 2 D. Bedendo 8 B. Hobbs 43 J. Sparkman








31 A. Tonelli
HALF-BACK

10 J. Tovey
FORWARD



34 R. George 11 K. Baldwin (vc) 27 L. Alessio













BACK



Port Melbourne Coach: Brendan McCartney

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 PMLB Luca Alessio goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:52
GEER Jesse Mellor behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 04:47
PMLB Kaine Baldwin goal 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 05:59
GEER Keighton Matofai-Forbes goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 07:04
GEER Jamieson Ballantyne goal 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 10:20
GEER Jesse Mellor behind 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 12:47
PMLB Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 2.1.13 15:12
GEER Jamieson Ballantyne behind 2.3.15 - 2.1.13 21:34
GEER Jack Bowes behind 2.4.16 - 2.1.13 23:06
PMLB Luca Alessio behind 2.4.16 - 2.2.14 26:07
GEER Jesse Mellor behind 2.5.17 - 2.2.14 27:14
Q2 GEER Keighton Matofai-Forbes goal 3.5.23 - 2.2.14 03:15
GEER Jack Bowes goal 4.5.29 - 2.2.14 05:06
GEER Jay Rantall goal 5.5.35 - 2.2.14 06:24
PMLB Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 2.3.15 08:39
PMLB Alex Tonelli goal 5.5.35 - 3.3.21 10:25
GEER Jacob Molier goal 6.5.41 - 3.3.21 14:05
PMLB Dominic Bedendo goal 6.5.41 - 4.3.27 19:40
PMLB Dominic Bedendo goal 6.5.41 - 5.3.33 21:55
PMLB Dominic Bedendo behind 6.5.41 - 5.4.34 24:57
GEER Jay Rantall goal 7.5.47 - 5.4.34 25:45
GEER George Stevens goal 8.5.53 - 5.4.34 26:58
PMLB Ben Hobbs behind 8.5.53 - 5.5.35 30:13
PMLB Alex Tonelli behind 8.5.53 - 5.6.36 31:01
Q3 PMLB Dominic Bedendo behind 8.5.53 - 5.7.37 01:48
GEER Jacob Molier goal 9.5.59 - 5.7.37 04:26
GEER Tom Peirce goal 10.5.65 - 5.7.37 07:44
GEER Tom Peirce behind 10.6.66 - 5.7.37 11:38
PMLB Josh Tovey behind 10.6.66 - 5.8.38 13:51
GEER Jacob Molier behind 10.7.67 - 5.8.38 14:29
GEER Zach Stevens behind 10.8.68 - 5.8.38 16:50
GEER Jamieson Ballantyne goal 11.8.74 - 5.8.38 26:07
PMLB Riley Polkinghorne behind 11.8.74 - 5.9.39 28:07
Q4 GEER Jamieson Ballantyne goal 12.8.80 - 5.9.39 01:53
PMLB Roy George behind 12.8.80 - 5.10.40 03:46
GEER Jed Bews goal 13.8.86 - 5.10.40 06:42
PMLB Connor Downie behind 13.8.86 - 5.11.41 08:55
PMLB Rushed behind 13.8.86 - 5.12.42 10:24
GEER Jacob Molier behind 13.9.87 - 5.12.42 14:50
PMLB Flynn Penry goal 13.9.87 - 6.12.48 16:40
GEER Cillian Burke behind 13.10.88 - 6.12.48 19:44
GEER Jack Bowes behind 13.11.89 - 6.12.48 20:41
GEER Keighton Matofai-Forbes behind 13.12.90 - 6.12.48 21:37
GEER Jamieson Ballantyne goal 14.12.96 - 6.12.48 24:50
PMLB Michael Rudd behind 14.12.96 - 6.13.49 30:03