2026 VFL Season Round 3: Port Melbourne v Sydney Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 2026 between Port Melbourne and the Sydney Reserves during round three of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Port Melbourne hosted the Sydney Reserves at ETU Stadium. Tom Hird captained the hosts with Kaine Baldwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brendan McCartney and the visitors were coached by Nick Malceski.

Port Melbourne (7.15.57) were defeated by the Sydney Reserves (12.6.78).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Port Melbourne v Sydney Reserves
Date: Saturday 4 April 2026
Time: 1:00 PM
Venue: ETU Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Port Melbourne def. by Sydney Reserves
Score: 7.15.57 - 12.6.78

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Port Melbourne	2	.	4	6	.	12	7	.	13	7	.	15	7	.	15	(57)
Sydney Reserves	3	.	2	5	.	2	11	.	3	12	.	6	12	.	6	(78)
Margin	SYDR by 4			PMLB by 16			SYDR by 14			SYDR by 21			SYDR by 21
Duration	28:54			29:30			30:53			28:20			1:57:37

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Port Melbourne

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

Sydney Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Nick Malceski

Player Statistics

Port Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
11	Baldwin, Kaine (vc)	CHB	?	0	0	20	14	6	6	0	2	0	?	3	2	4	2
2	Bedendo, Dominic	HFFR	?	2	0	10	5	5	4	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	1
7	Clarke, Charlie	C	?	0	1	22	12	10	2	0	5	5	?	1	0	2	5
13	Downie, Connor	WL	?	1	0	12	8	4	3	0	3	0	?	1	2	2	3
26	Dreher, Felix	BPR	?	0	0	17	11	6	3	0	3	0	?	1	2	2	3
34	George, Roy	INT	?	0	1	18	10	8	2	0	2	2	?	0	2	0	2
28	Graham, Tom	BPL	?	0	0	17	4	13	4	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	2
38	Grant, Sam	RU	?	0	0	15	4	11	4	41	4	5	?	1	1	1	2
14	Green, Josh	CHF	?	0	0	25	5	20	1	0	5	8	?	1	1	2	2
18	Hawkins, Ned	INT	?	0	0	16	5	11	5	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	1
35	Highmore, Tom	FPR	?	0	1	16	9	7	5	0	1	1	?	1	1	1	2
4	Hird, Tom (c)	RO	?	0	0	34	21	13	5	0	6	3	?	2	1	3	5
20	Johnston, Jack	FB	?	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	3	0	?	1	0	2	0
9	Lugsdin, James	INT	?	0	0	9	4	5	1	0	4	0	?	1	0	0	2
19	O'Sullivan, Jack	INT	?	2	1	10	7	3	2	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	2
24	Polkinghorne, Riley	HFFL	?	0	2	13	8	5	5	0	2	0	?	0	0	1	3
15	Rankin, Lachlan	INT	?	0	0	29	16	13	3	0	2	2	?	1	1	2	3
21	Rider, Max	FPL	?	2	2	13	7	6	2	0	7	1	?	1	0	0	2
29	Sestan, Oliver	HBFL	?	0	0	24	17	7	4	0	0	2	?	0	0	6	3
43	Sparkman, Joshua	HBFR	?	0	0	28	14	14	4	0	4	2	?	3	1	2	1
12	Stubbings, Harry	WR	?	0	0	19	8	11	2	0	1	1	?	1	2	2	2
10	Tovey, Josh	RR	?	0	2	25	14	11	5	2	5	7	?	3	1	1	4
6	Van Es, James	FF	?	0	1	5	4	1	3	1	3	1	?	1	2	0	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				7	15	407	211	196	77	44	68	40	0+	24	22	33	53

Sydney Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
23	Bowman, Ned	INT	?	0	0	15	11	4	5	0	3	1	?	2	1	4	2
59	Callegari, Julian	RO	?	0	0	8	5	3	0	0	1	0	?	0	2	0	2
33	Cleary, Caiden	INT	?	0	0	23	9	14	1	0	5	4	?	0	2	2	5
25	Cootee, Billy	FF	?	0	1	20	14	6	2	0	4	3	?	5	0	4	2
9	Dattoli, Jesse	FPR	?	2	1	16	10	6	4	0	4	3	?	0	2	1	2
28	Edwards, Will	BPR	?	0	0	16	9	7	3	0	2	0	?	1	0	6	0
58	Ellwood, Jack	INT	?	0	0	7	4	3	1	0	3	1	?	0	1	0	1
51	Giacometti, Luke	HBFL	?	0	0	10	4	6	0	0	3	0	?	0	1	2	2
68	Gibbs, Khy	HBFR	?	0	0	8	5	3	3	0	1	0	?	0	1	1	1
29	Hamling, Joel	FB	?	3	0	18	14	4	8	0	0	0	?	0	1	6	1
40	Hanily, Tom	WL	?	0	1	14	7	7	2	0	6	0	?	1	1	1	3
65	Harrison, Joe	INT	?	0	0	8	3	5	0	0	1	1	?	0	1	0	1
39	Hetherton, Liam	FPL	?	1	1	10	4	6	3	2	1	0	?	2	0	0	1
65	Kyle, Harry	CHB	?	0	0	17	5	12	1	0	6	2	?	0	1	2	1
2	McLean, Hayden	HFFR	?	3	1	11	11	0	6	8	3	0	?	1	3	0	2
50	Mellis, Mitch	RR	?	0	0	15	8	7	2	0	9	2	?	2	1	0	3
53	Peters, Charlie	C	?	1	0	12	9	3	0	0	3	0	?	1	2	2	5
18	Phillipou, Jevan	WR	?	1	0	12	5	7	3	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	4
62	Podmore-Taylor, Harrison	RU	?	0	0	4	4	0	0	8	2	3	?	1	1	0	3
64	Ryan, Tom	INT	?	1	0	4	2	2	2	11	3	0	?	0	2	0	0
52	Shipley, Nick	CHF	?	0	0	27	16	11	6	0	4	5	?	0	1	4	1
41	Snell, Patrick	BPL	?	0	0	26	15	11	7	0	0	0	?	4	0	6	3
57	Tidemann, James	HFFL	?	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	6	1	?	2	0	2	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				12	6	310	178	132	61	29	73	26	0+	22	24	43	46

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 Melbourne							Coach: Brendan McCartney
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	41	P. Snell	29	J. Hamling	28	W. Edwards	38	S. Grant	34	R. George
	35	T. Highmore	6	J. Van Es	21	M. Rider	10	J. Tovey	18	N. Hawkins
FORWARD							4	T. Hird (c)	9	J. Lugsdin
HALF-BACK									19	J. O'Sullivan
	51	L. Giacometti	65	H. Kyle	68	K. Gibbs			15	L. Rankin
	2	D. Bedendo	14	J. Green	24	R. Polkinghorne
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	40	T. Hanily	53	C. Peters	18	J. Phillipou
	12	H. Stubbings	7	C. Clarke	13	C. Downie	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							62	H. Podmore-Taylor	23	N. Bowman
HALF-FORWARD							50	M. Mellis	33	C. Cleary
	57	J. Tidemann	52	N. Shipley	2	H. McLean	59	J. Callegari	58	J. Ellwood
	43	J. Sparkman	11	K. Baldwin (vc)	29	O. Sestan			65	J. Harrison
HALF-BACK									64	T. Ryan
FORWARD
	39	L. Hetherton	25	B. Cootee	9	J. Dattoli
	26	F. Dreher	20	J. Johnston	28	T. Graham
BACK
Sydney Reserves							Coach: Nick Malceski

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	02:12
	PMLB	Charlie Clarke behind	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	03:13
	PMLB	Max Rider behind	1.2.8	-	0.0.0	03:42
	PMLB	Max Rider goal	2.2.14	-	0.0.0	05:52
	SYDR	Tom Ryan goal	2.2.14	-	1.0.6	08:48
	SYDR	Billy Cootee behind	2.2.14	-	1.1.7	10:53
	PMLB	Jack O'Sullivan behind	2.3.15	-	1.1.7	12:01
	SYDR	Charlie Peters goal	2.3.15	-	2.1.13	12:27
	PMLB	James Van Es behind	2.4.16	-	2.1.13	19:52
	SYDR	Liam Hetherton goal	2.4.16	-	3.1.19	22:12
	SYDR	Jesse Dattoli behind	2.4.16	-	3.2.20	26:00
Q2	SYDR	Jesse Dattoli goal	2.4.16	-	4.2.26	02:12
	PMLB	Max Rider behind	2.5.17	-	4.2.26	03:55
	PMLB	Rushed behind	2.6.18	-	4.2.26	04:24
	PMLB	Rushed behind	2.7.19	-	4.2.26	05:12
	SYDR	Jevan Phillipou goal	2.7.19	-	5.2.32	08:53
	PMLB	Riley Polkinghorne behind	2.8.20	-	5.2.32	11:13
	PMLB	Rushed behind	2.9.21	-	5.2.32	14:37
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	3.9.27	-	5.2.32	15:33
	PMLB	Riley Polkinghorne behind	3.10.28	-	5.2.32	17:49
	PMLB	Connor Downie goal	4.10.34	-	5.2.32	19:14
	PMLB	Jack O'Sullivan goal	5.10.40	-	5.2.32	21:32
	PMLB	Max Rider goal	6.10.46	-	5.2.32	23:37
	PMLB	Roy George behind	6.11.47	-	5.2.32	28:22
	PMLB	Roy George behind	6.12.48	-	5.2.32	29:21
Q3	PMLB	Tom Highmore behind	6.13.49	-	5.2.32	01:14
	SYDR	Hayden McLean goal	6.13.49	-	6.2.38	03:44
	SYDR	Joel Hamling goal	6.13.49	-	7.2.44	07:36
	SYDR	Joel Hamling goal	6.13.49	-	8.2.50	09:41
	SYDR	Rushed behind	6.13.49	-	8.3.51	11:30
	SYDR	Hayden McLean goal	6.13.49	-	9.3.57	12:48
	PMLB	Jack O'Sullivan goal	7.13.55	-	9.3.57	20:11
	SYDR	Joel Hamling goal	7.13.55	-	10.3.63	23:13
	SYDR	Jesse Dattoli goal	7.13.55	-	11.3.69	28:32
Q4	SYDR	Tom Hanily behind	7.13.55	-	11.4.70	08:41
	SYDR	Liam Hetherton behind	7.13.55	-	11.5.71	16:32
	SYDR	Hayden McLean behind	7.13.55	-	11.6.72	17:53
	PMLB	Josh Tovey behind	7.14.56	-	11.6.72	22:14
	SYDR	Hayden McLean goal	7.14.56	-	12.6.78	23:45
	PMLB	Josh Tovey behind	7.15.57	-	12.6.78	27:58

Links

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