2026 VFL Season Round 1: Sandringham v Port Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 March 2026 between Sandringham and Port Melbourne during round one of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Sandringham hosted Port Melbourne at Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval. Tom Hird captained the visitors with Kaine Baldwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Daniel Ward and the visitors were coached by Brendan McCartney.

Sandringham (12.15.87) were defeated by Port Melbourne (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Sandringham v Port Melbourne
Date: Sunday 22 March 2026
Time: 2:05 PM
Venue: Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Sandringham def. by Port Melbourne
Score: 12.15.87 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sandringham	2	.	3	6	.	7	9	.	10	12	.	15	12	.	15	(87)
Port Melbourne	4	.	5	7	.	9	11	.	14	14	.	17	14	.	17	(101)
Margin	PMLB by 14			PMLB by 8			PMLB by 16			PMLB by 14			PMLB by 14
Duration	31:07			30:08			31:58			32:49			2:06:02

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Sandringham

Captain: unknown
Coach: Daniel Ward

Port Melbourne

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

Player Statistics

Sandringham

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
18	Alao, Leon	CHF	?	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	0	0	?	1	0	2	1
34	Atkins, Brodie	RO	?	1	1	13	7	6	1	0	7	3	?	5	4	1	4
41	Bater, Owen	INT	?	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	1	0	?	2	1	1	1
9	Brown, Kynan	CHB	?	0	0	12	8	4	4	0	2	4	?	0	1	0	2
17	Chirgwin, Darcy	HFFL	?	1	0	18	5	13	3	0	8	4	?	3	0	0	2
12	Cole, Adrian	WL	?	0	0	8	3	5	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	1	1
43	Ferraro, Jack	INT	?	2	0	10	6	4	2	0	0	2	?	1	0	1	1
30	Findlay, Brodie	FF	?	0	0	5	1	4	1	22	2	1	?	1	3	2	0
42	Gedi, Jess	INT	?	1	0	16	10	6	4	0	10	0	?	4	0	1	3
32	Greeves, Zachary	RU	?	0	3	11	8	3	5	0	2	2	?	1	1	1	2
3	Hopkins, Ben	FB	?	0	0	8	6	2	5	0	4	0	?	0	2	2	1
25	Hutchings, Josh	FPL	?	0	1	13	10	3	3	0	3	1	?	5	1	1	2
5	O'Rourke, Tom	HBFL	?	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	3	0	?	1	0	2	2
33	Peckett, Jett	RR	?	0	0	8	5	3	3	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	3
15	Philactides, Nathan	WR	?	0	0	22	16	6	2	0	2	1	?	0	1	6	3
31	Pinter, Daniel	FPR	?	2	2	16	11	5	1	6	1	5	?	3	0	0	3
21	Purcell, Liam	HFFR	?	2	3	10	8	2	7	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	1
48	Reidy, Willis	INT	?	1	1	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	2
4	Ryan, Mitchell	BPR	?	0	0	14	9	5	3	0	2	3	?	2	1	4	3
13	Stefanakis, Andreas	C	?	1	2	17	10	7	1	0	3	3	?	2	2	0	4
11	Stephenson, Benjamin	HBFR	?	0	0	10	5	5	1	0	9	3	?	3	2	1	0
2	Williams, Ethan	BPL	?	0	0	21	19	2	3	0	8	2	?	1	2	11	1
6	Yze, Noah	INT	?	1	2	11	6	5	4	2	3	0	?	1	0	0	1
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				12	15	269	172	97	61	30	75	34	0+	36	23	37	43

Port Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
11	Baldwin, Kaine (vc)	C	?	0	0	13	9	4	6	0	1	0	?	0	1	3	1
2	Bedendo, Dominic	BPL	?	3	2	15	11	4	7	0	0	1	?	1	0	0	2
7	Clarke, Charlie	CHB	?	3	0	19	13	6	3	0	10	6	?	0	3	0	3
13	Downie, Connor	HFFL	?	0	0	21	13	8	7	0	0	1	?	0	0	1	3
34	George, Roy	INT	?	2	1	17	8	9	4	0	2	1	?	1	2	0	5
28	Graham, Tom	RR	?	0	0	12	10	2	8	0	0	0	?	0	4	4	1
38	Grant, Sam	INT	?	0	1	12	7	5	4	53	4	3	?	4	2	1	3
14	Green, Josh	CHF	?	0	1	18	6	12	3	0	3	3	?	0	2	1	2
35	Highmore, Tom	INT	?	1	0	14	10	4	8	0	0	0	?	0	3	0	0
4	Hird, Tom (c)	BPR	?	0	1	20	13	7	4	0	5	4	?	2	1	3	4
8	Hobbs, Ben	HBFR	?	0	0	29	13	16	3	0	4	4	?	2	1	1	8
20	Johnston, Jack	FF	?	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	0
19	O'Sullivan, Jack	FPL	?	0	1	16	7	9	2	0	2	6	?	1	1	2	1
24	Polkinghorne, Riley	RU	?	2	2	12	9	3	3	0	1	1	?	1	1	0	4
15	Rankin, Lachlan	HFFR	?	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	2	1	?	0	2	0	1
21	Rider, Max	FPR	?	2	0	9	5	4	4	0	5	0	?	1	0	0	2
3	Rosman, Fraser	FB	?	0	0	12	8	4	4	0	1	0	?	0	4	3	3
36	Rudd, Michael	INT	?	0	1	10	6	4	3	1	2	0	?	1	2	0	1
29	Sestan, Oliver	RO	?	0	0	22	16	6	5	0	1	0	?	3	0	5	1
43	Sparkman, Joshua	INT	?	0	0	18	12	6	7	0	5	0	?	1	0	5	1
12	Stubbings, Harry	WR	?	0	0	19	7	12	5	0	1	1	?	0	1	1	2
10	Tovey, Josh	WL	?	0	3	22	9	13	5	0	3	6	?	3	2	0	4
6	Van Es, James	HBFL	?	1	2	8	5	3	5	0	1	0	?	2	3	1	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				14	17	355	207	148	104	54	53	38	0+	23	36	31	52

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

Sandringham							Coach: Daniel Ward
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	2	D. Bedendo	3	F. Rosman	4	T. Hird (c)	32	Z. Greeves	41	O. Bater
	31	D. Pinter	30	B. Findlay	25	J. Hutchings	33	J. Peckett	43	J. Ferraro
FORWARD							34	B. Atkins	42	J. Gedi
HALF-BACK									48	W. Reidy
	6	J. Van Es	7	C. Clarke	8	B. Hobbs			6	N. Yze
	21	L. Purcell	18	L. Alao	17	D. Chirgwin
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	10	J. Tovey	11	K. Baldwin (vc)	12	H. Stubbings
	15	N. Philactides	13	A. Stefanakis	12	A. Cole	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							24	R. Polkinghorne	34	R. George
HALF-FORWARD							28	T. Graham	38	S. Grant
	13	C. Downie	14	J. Green	15	L. Rankin	29	O. Sestan	35	T. Highmore
	11	B. Stephenson	9	K. Brown	5	T. O'Rourke			36	M. Rudd
HALF-BACK									43	J. Sparkman
FORWARD
	19	J. O'Sullivan	20	J. Johnston	21	M. Rider
	4	M. Ryan	3	B. Hopkins	2	E. Williams
BACK
Port Melbourne							Coach: Brendan McCartney

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:37
	SNDH	Josh Hutchings behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	06:01
	SNDH	Zachary Greeves behind	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	06:40
	SNDH	Brodie Atkins behind	0.3.3	-	1.0.6	07:19
	PMLB	Riley Polkinghorne goal	0.3.3	-	2.0.12	08:21
	SNDH	Willis Reidy goal	1.3.9	-	2.0.12	10:18
	PMLB	Tom Highmore goal	1.3.9	-	3.0.18	12:04
	PMLB	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	3.1.19	13:57
	PMLB	Tom Hird behind	1.3.9	-	3.2.20	16:34
	SNDH	Daniel Pinter goal	2.3.15	-	3.2.20	19:00
	PMLB	Jack Johnston behind	2.3.15	-	3.3.21	21:32
	PMLB	Riley Polkinghorne goal	2.3.15	-	4.3.27	22:41
	PMLB	Riley Polkinghorne behind	2.3.15	-	4.4.28	25:05
	PMLB	Josh Tovey behind	2.3.15	-	4.5.29	30:07
Q2	PMLB	Charlie Clarke goal	2.3.15	-	5.5.35	01:10
	SNDH	Jack Ferraro goal	3.3.21	-	5.5.35	03:01
	SNDH	Andreas Stefanakis behind	3.4.22	-	5.5.35	04:29
	SNDH	Jess Gedi goal	4.4.28	-	5.5.35	06:16
	PMLB	James Van Es goal	4.4.28	-	6.5.41	07:41
	SNDH	Andreas Stefanakis goal	5.4.34	-	6.5.41	09:18
	PMLB	Riley Polkinghorne behind	5.4.34	-	6.6.42	12:15
	SNDH	Willis Reidy behind	5.5.35	-	6.6.42	12:50
	PMLB	Roy George goal	5.5.35	-	7.6.48	13:23
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo behind	5.5.35	-	7.7.49	15:14
	SNDH	Daniel Pinter behind	5.6.36	-	7.7.49	17:45
	PMLB	Josh Tovey behind	5.6.36	-	7.8.50	18:45
	SNDH	Noah Yze behind	5.7.37	-	7.8.50	24:58
	SNDH	Brodie Atkins goal	6.7.43	-	7.8.50	25:52
	PMLB	Roy George behind	6.7.43	-	7.9.51	26:58
Q3	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	6.7.43	-	8.9.57	02:37
	PMLB	Charlie Clarke goal	6.7.43	-	9.9.63	05:03
	PMLB	Michael Rudd behind	6.7.43	-	9.10.64	06:18
	PMLB	James Van Es behind	6.7.43	-	9.11.65	07:24
	SNDH	Zachary Greeves behind	6.8.44	-	9.11.65	10:21
	PMLB	Sam Grant behind	6.8.44	-	9.12.66	11:37
	SNDH	Liam Purcell goal	7.8.50	-	9.12.66	13:13
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	7.8.50	-	10.12.72	14:57
	SNDH	Darcy Chirgwin goal	8.8.56	-	10.12.72	18:35
	PMLB	Josh Green behind	8.8.56	-	10.13.73	20:27
	SNDH	Daniel Pinter behind	8.9.57	-	10.13.73	21:40
	PMLB	Josh Tovey behind	8.9.57	-	10.14.74	22:28
	SNDH	Noah Yze behind	8.10.58	-	10.14.74	23:55
	SNDH	Jack Ferraro goal	9.10.64	-	10.14.74	26:22
	PMLB	Max Rider goal	9.10.64	-	11.14.80	28:22
Q4	PMLB	Max Rider goal	9.10.64	-	12.14.86	01:06
	SNDH	Liam Purcell goal	10.10.70	-	12.14.86	03:09
	SNDH	Noah Yze goal	11.10.76	-	12.14.86	06:40
	PMLB	Roy George goal	11.10.76	-	13.14.92	07:58
	PMLB	James Van Es behind	11.10.76	-	13.15.93	11:27
	SNDH	Liam Purcell behind	11.11.77	-	13.15.93	12:15
	SNDH	Liam Purcell behind	11.12.78	-	13.15.93	14:14
	PMLB	Charlie Clarke goal	11.12.78	-	14.15.99	16:05
	SNDH	Andreas Stefanakis behind	11.13.79	-	14.15.99	17:40
	SNDH	Daniel Pinter goal	12.13.85	-	14.15.99	18:23
	SNDH	Liam Purcell behind	12.14.86	-	14.15.99	19:45
	SNDH	Zachary Greeves behind	12.15.87	-	14.15.99	22:24
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo behind	12.15.87	-	14.16.100	28:59
	PMLB	Rushed behind	12.15.87	-	14.17.101	31:39

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