2026 VFL Season Round 2: Tasmania Devils v Port Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 March 2026 between the Tasmania Devils and Port Melbourne during round two of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Tasmania Devils hosted Port Melbourne at University of Tasmania Stadium. In the absence of Robbie Fox, vice-captain Jye Menzie captained the hosts. Tom Hird captained the visitors with Kaine Baldwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jeromey Webberley and the visitors were coached by Brendan McCartney.

The Tasmania Devils (15.11.101) defeated Port Melbourne (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Tasmania Devils v Port Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 March 2026
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: University of Tasmania Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Tasmania Devils def. Port Melbourne
Score: 15.11.101 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Tasmania Devils	3	.	2	7	.	4	12	.	8	15	.	11	15	.	11	(101)
Port Melbourne	4	.	2	7	.	7	12	.	8	14	.	9	14	.	9	(93)
Margin	PMLB by 6			PMLB by 3			level			TASD by 8			TASD by 8
Duration	37:53			31:02			33:07			29:35			2:11:37

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Tasmania Devils

Captain: Jye Menzie (acting)
Coach: Jeromey Webberley

Port Melbourne

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

Player Statistics

Tasmania Devils

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
33	Adams, Zach	INT	?	0	0	20	10	10	3	0	2	2	?	1	0	1	3
	Artemis, Jaxon	FPR	?	1	1	23	17	6	5	0	5	0	?	3	1	6	1
11	Boag, Bailey	WR	?	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	4	3	?	1	3	1	0
18	Callinan, Jack	HFFR	?	0	0	12	8	4	2	0	3	1	?	0	1	1	0
32	Cameron, Kai	INT	?	1	2	9	6	3	5	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	4
41	Chaplin, Joseph	INT	?	0	0	11	11	0	8	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	0
12	Cooney, Daniel	CHB	?	1	1	10	6	4	5	0	0	1	?	0	0	0	0
9	Cox-Goodyer, Brad	WL	?	0	1	21	12	9	7	0	1	3	?	0	0	0	3
29	Dixon, Hugh	RO	?	1	0	11	6	5	6	2	3	1	?	4	0	0	3
26	Elmer, Harry	RR	?	0	1	17	9	8	3	0	4	2	?	0	2	2	7
2	Hagan, Jed	FB	?	2	1	12	6	6	1	0	13	2	?	2	1	1	2
39	Hay, Lachlan	INT	?	0	1	11	5	6	2	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	1
8	Leary, Brandon	HBFR	?	1	2	11	8	3	4	0	2	1	?	1	0	0	3
38	Mapley, Max	INT	?	0	0	19	5	14	4	23	4	5	?	2	1	1	2
1	Menzie, Jye (ac)	BPL	?	4	0	15	12	3	1	0	7	5	?	0	2	0	6
4	Mitchell, Caleb	HBFL	?	2	0	21	12	9	3	0	3	0	?	2	1	2	2
21	Norton, Baxter	FF	?	0	0	13	6	7	6	0	2	1	?	0	1	3	0
20	Roney, Max	FPL	?	0	0	25	14	11	5	0	1	0	?	0	2	5	2
3	Siggins, Sam	BPR	?	2	0	10	5	5	0	3	1	3	?	1	2	0	2
13	Sulzberger, Nathaniel	HFFL	?	0	0	12	3	9	1	0	1	1	?	0	2	0	3
16	Wilkinson, Archie	CHF	?	0	0	11	7	4	6	0	0	0	?	0	0	2	0
10	Williams, Nick	C	?	0	0	16	11	5	4	0	1	1	?	2	1	4	1
15	Wright, Rory	RU	?	0	0	19	13	6	3	0	1	1	?	2	0	3	3
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				15	11	338	195	143	85	28	60	33	0+	22	20	33	48

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	11	9	2	7	0	1	0	?	2	0	1	2
2	Bedendo, Dominic	BPL	?	3	1	17	9	8	6	0	1	0	?	2	2	0	3
7	Clarke, Charlie	CHB	?	3	0	20	14	6	5	0	4	4	?	1	0	1	2
13	Downie, Connor	HFFL	?	2	0	28	19	9	11	0	1	2	?	0	0	2	3
26	Dreher, Felix	INT	?	0	0	16	12	4	9	0	6	0	?	1	2	2	2
34	George, Roy	INT	?	0	1	23	14	9	4	0	3	3	?	1	1	0	4
28	Graham, Tom	RR	?	0	0	16	7	9	6	0	0	0	?	0	1	1	0
38	Grant, Sam	INT	?	0	0	18	5	13	7	41	3	3	?	0	3	1	1
14	Green, Josh	CHF	?	0	1	18	6	12	3	0	2	4	?	0	4	1	1
4	Hird, Tom (c)	BPR	?	0	0	23	12	11	4	0	7	2	?	0	1	2	4
20	Johnston, Jack	FF	?	0	0	15	11	4	6	3	1	1	?	2	0	5	1
9	Lugsdin, James	HBFR	?	1	0	11	7	4	4	0	0	0	?	2	0	0	3
19	O'Sullivan, Jack	FPL	?	2	0	9	5	4	4	0	0	1	?	1	1	0	4
24	Polkinghorne, Riley	RU	?	0	1	15	11	4	5	0	0	3	?	2	1	0	1
15	Rankin, Lachlan	HFFR	?	0	0	20	13	7	4	0	3	4	?	2	0	4	2
21	Rider, Max	FPR	?	0	2	9	5	4	4	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	2
3	Rosman, Fraser	FB	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
36	Rudd, Michael	INT	?	0	0	7	4	3	3	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	2
29	Sestan, Oliver	RO	?	0	0	22	18	4	6	0	1	0	?	0	1	5	0
43	Sparkman, Joshua	INT	?	0	0	18	8	10	3	0	1	1	?	0	1	6	1
12	Stubbings, Harry	WR	?	0	0	23	11	12	6	0	1	1	?	0	1	1	3
10	Tovey, Josh	WL	?	2	0	28	17	11	7	1	1	7	?	4	0	1	8
6	Van Es, James	HBFL	?	1	0	7	2	5	1	0	1	0	?	0	2	0	0
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				14	9	374	219	155	115	45	41	36	0+	20	22	33	49

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

Tasmania Devils							Coach: Jeromey Webberley
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	2	D. Bedendo	3	F. Rosman	4	T. Hird (c)	15	R. Wright	33	Z. Adams
		J. Artemis	21	B. Norton	20	M. Roney	26	H. Elmer	32	K. Cameron
FORWARD							29	H. Dixon	41	J. Chaplin
HALF-BACK									39	L. Hay
	6	J. Van Es	7	C. Clarke	9	J. Lugsdin			38	M. Mapley
	18	J. Callinan	16	A. Wilkinson	13	N. Sulzberger
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	10	J. Tovey	11	K. Baldwin (vc)	12	H. Stubbings
	11	B. Boag	10	N. Williams	9	B. Cox-Goodyer	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							24	R. Polkinghorne	26	F. Dreher
HALF-FORWARD							28	T. Graham	34	R. George
	13	C. Downie	14	J. Green	15	L. Rankin	29	O. Sestan	38	S. Grant
	8	B. Leary	12	D. Cooney	4	C. Mitchell			36	M. Rudd
HALF-BACK									43	J. Sparkman
FORWARD
	19	J. O'Sullivan	20	J. Johnston	21	M. Rider
	3	S. Siggins	2	J. Hagan	1	J. Menzie (ac)
BACK
Port Melbourne							Coach: Brendan McCartney

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	TASD	Jye Menzie goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	03:12
	TASD	Daniel Cooney goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	04:22
	PMLB	Max Rider behind	2.0.12	-	0.1.1	06:00
	TASD	Brad Cox-Goodyer behind	2.1.13	-	0.1.1	10:38
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	12:15
	TASD	Jye Menzie goal	3.1.19	-	1.1.7	14:19
	PMLB	Rushed behind	3.1.19	-	1.2.8	22:54
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	3.1.19	-	2.2.14	24:14
	TASD	Brandon Leary behind	3.2.20	-	2.2.14	28:22
	PMLB	Connor Downie goal	3.2.20	-	3.2.20	30:20
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	3.2.20	-	4.2.26	33:42
Q2	PMLB	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	4.3.27	03:00
	PMLB	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	4.4.28	04:29
	TASD	Caleb Mitchell goal	4.2.26	-	4.4.28	05:28
	TASD	Jye Menzie goal	5.2.32	-	4.4.28	07:08
	TASD	Sam Siggins goal	6.2.38	-	4.4.28	11:48
	TASD	Brandon Leary goal	7.2.44	-	4.4.28	15:31
	PMLB	Max Rider behind	7.2.44	-	4.5.29	17:32
	TASD	Rushed behind	7.3.45	-	4.5.29	20:03
	PMLB	Charlie Clarke goal	7.3.45	-	5.5.35	21:36
	PMLB	Roy George behind	7.3.45	-	5.6.36	23:07
	PMLB	Charlie Clarke goal	7.3.45	-	6.6.42	24:28
	TASD	Brandon Leary behind	7.4.46	-	6.6.42	25:39
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo behind	7.4.46	-	6.7.43	27:58
	PMLB	Charlie Clarke goal	7.4.46	-	7.7.49	29:32
Q3	TASD	Jaxon Artemis goal	8.4.52	-	7.7.49	02:31
	TASD	Kai Cameron goal	9.4.58	-	7.7.49	05:14
	TASD	Sam Siggins goal	10.4.64	-	7.7.49	07:24
	TASD	Lachlan Hay behind	10.5.65	-	7.7.49	08:55
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	10.5.65	-	8.7.55	10:19
	TASD	Daniel Cooney behind	10.6.66	-	8.7.55	11:13
	PMLB	Jack O'Sullivan goal	10.6.66	-	9.7.61	12:55
	TASD	Hugh Dixon goal	11.6.72	-	9.7.61	14:44
	PMLB	Connor Downie goal	11.6.72	-	10.7.67	15:57
	TASD	Caleb Mitchell goal	12.6.78	-	10.7.67	19:31
	TASD	Harry Elmer behind	12.7.79	-	10.7.67	21:01
	TASD	Jed Hagan behind	12.8.80	-	10.7.67	27:02
	PMLB	Josh Green behind	12.8.80	-	10.8.68	29:01
	PMLB	Jack O'Sullivan goal	12.8.80	-	11.8.74	30:31
	PMLB	James Lugsdin goal	12.8.80	-	12.8.80	31:59
Q4	TASD	Jaxon Artemis behind	12.9.81	-	12.8.80	02:42
	PMLB	Riley Polkinghorne behind	12.9.81	-	12.9.81	06:05
	TASD	Jed Hagan goal	13.9.87	-	12.9.81	06:48
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	13.9.87	-	13.9.87	08:14
	TASD	Jed Hagan goal	14.9.93	-	13.9.87	11:29
	PMLB	James Van Es goal	14.9.93	-	14.9.93	18:24
	TASD	Kai Cameron behind	14.10.94	-	14.9.93	22:17
	TASD	Kai Cameron behind	14.11.95	-	14.9.93	24:28
	TASD	Jye Menzie goal	15.11.101	-	14.9.93	27:37

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