2026 VFL Season Round 5: Brisbane Lions Reserves v Port Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 2026 between the Brisbane Lions Reserves and Port Melbourne during round five of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Brisbane Lions Reserves hosted Port Melbourne at Brighton Homes Arena. Tom Hird captained the visitors with Kaine Baldwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Scott Borlace and the visitors were coached by Brendan McCartney.

The Brisbane Lions Reserves (6.8.44) were defeated by Port Melbourne (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Brisbane Lions Reserves v Port Melbourne
Date: Sunday 26 April 2026
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Brighton Homes Arena

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions Reserves def. by Port Melbourne
Score: 6.8.44 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions Reserves	2	.	5	3	.	5	5	.	7	6	.	8	6	.	8	(44)
Port Melbourne	2	.	0	5	.	4	7	.	6	13	.	11	13	.	11	(89)
Margin	BRLR by 5			PMLB by 11			PMLB by 11			PMLB by 45			PMLB by 45
Duration	30:40			30:29			29:30			30:47			2:01:26

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Brisbane Lions Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Scott Borlace

Port Melbourne

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

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Abberley, Tahj	INT	?	0	0	14	11	3	6	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	4
17	Beecken, Luke	HBFL	?	0	0	18	13	5	6	0	1	0	?	0	4	4	2
34	Brain, Shadeau	HBFR	?	0	0	8	4	4	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	1
37	Curtin, Cody	FF	?	0	2	8	7	1	3	9	2	4	?	0	1	0	2
12	Doedee, Tom	CHB	?	0	0	20	11	9	6	0	2	1	?	0	0	6	1
52	Dunkley, Kyle	INT	?	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	7	3	?	1	0	1	3
24	Evans, Koby	HFFL	?	0	0	8	3	5	2	0	7	1	?	0	3	0	1
62	Fazldeen, Jake	FPR	?	1	0	6	6	0	4	0	3	2	?	0	0	1	1
42	Hayes, Tai	WL	?	1	0	16	8	8	3	0	6	3	?	1	1	1	1
67	Jones, Liam	HFFR	?	1	1	14	10	4	7	0	1	0	?	3	0	3	1
41	Joyce, Darragh	BPL	?	0	0	29	22	7	7	0	0	0	?	1	1	7	3
19	Lloyd, Luke	FB	?	0	0	13	11	2	5	0	4	0	?	3	0	3	0
20	Marshall, Sam	RO	?	0	0	17	6	11	1	0	4	6	?	1	1	0	2
49	McCarthy, Curtis	INT	?	0	1	10	6	4	2	0	3	1	?	2	1	0	3
56	McFadyen, Fergus	FPL	?	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	2	1	?	0	2	0	1
28	McLachlan, Will	CHF	?	1	1	8	6	2	4	0	1	0	?	0	3	0	2
53	Moore, Hunter	INT	?	0	0	9	6	3	3	0	4	2	?	2	0	0	3
39	Murphy, Ben	BPR	?	0	0	13	5	8	2	0	3	2	?	1	0	4	2
56	Offermans, Charlton	RR	?	1	0	19	9	10	1	0	10	4	?	0	3	0	3
51	Smith, Dylan	WR	?	0	1	7	6	1	5	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	2
36	Torrent, Reece	C	?	0	0	27	21	6	8	0	13	7	?	0	1	3	8
65	Waller, Isaac	INT	?	1	0	10	7	3	1	8	2	5	?	4	2	1	1
21	Zakostelsky, Zane	RU	?	0	0	4	0	4	1	14	1	0	?	0	1	0	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				6	8	297	190	107	86	31	81	42	0+	20	25	36	47

Port Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
11	Baldwin, Kaine (vc)	CHF	?	1	1	13	8	5	5	0	6	0	?	0	2	0	3
2	Bedendo, Dominic	HFFR	?	0	1	23	13	10	6	0	1	3	?	3	0	0	2
7	Clarke, Charlie	HFFL	?	1	0	19	9	10	3	0	3	4	?	0	1	0	4
13	Downie, Connor	WR	?	0	0	11	3	8	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	1	0
32	Gahan, Matt	BPL	?	0	0	22	14	8	5	0	2	0	?	3	0	7	0
34	George, Roy	FPR	?	0	0	15	7	8	3	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	3
28	Graham, Tom	FB	?	0	0	12	11	1	5	0	1	2	?	0	1	4	0
38	Grant, Sam	RU	?	0	0	19	9	10	5	41	1	2	?	1	4	0	4
14	Green, Josh	INT	?	0	0	18	5	13	1	0	4	4	?	0	1	2	2
18	Hawkins, Ned	INT	?	0	0	6	3	3	2	0	6	0	?	0	1	1	1
4	Hird, Tom (c)	RR	?	1	0	28	17	11	5	0	7	7	?	4	1	4	3
8	Hobbs, Ben	C	?	0	1	30	15	15	4	0	6	6	?	1	1	1	9
16	Manton, Archi	FF	?	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	1
25	Morrison, Hamish	INT	?	0	1	13	5	8	4	0	2	2	?	0	1	2	0
33	Penry, Flynn	INT	?	0	0	7	4	3	2	18	0	0	?	0	0	2	0
24	Polkinghorne, Riley	RO	?	1	0	21	11	10	2	0	3	4	?	2	0	1	7
15	Rankin, Lachlan	HBFL	?	0	0	29	21	8	2	0	0	0	?	1	1	6	4
21	Rider, Max	INT	?	2	0	5	2	3	1	0	7	0	?	2	1	0	0
3	Rosman, Fraser	HBFR	?	0	0	10	6	4	4	0	1	0	?	1	0	2	3
36	Rudd, Michael	FPL	?	2	0	11	5	6	5	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	1
12	Stubbings, Harry	WL	?	0	0	23	7	16	3	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	1
10	Tovey, Josh	INT	?	5	2	13	9	4	5	0	5	1	?	3	0	0	1
6	Van Es, James	BPR	?	0	0	12	8	4	3	0	3	1	?	3	2	7	0
Rushed					5
Total (23 players)				13	11	363	194	169	78	59	64	37	0+	25	19	40	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

Brisbane Lions Reserves							Coach: Scott Borlace
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	32	M. Gahan	28	T. Graham	6	J. Van Es	21	Z. Zakostelsky	48	T. Abberley
	62	J. Fazldeen	37	C. Curtin	56	F. McFadyen	56	C. Offermans	52	K. Dunkley
FORWARD							20	S. Marshall	49	C. McCarthy
HALF-BACK									53	H. Moore
	15	L. Rankin			3	F. Rosman			65	I. Waller
	67	L. Jones	28	W. McLachlan	24	K. Evans
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	12	H. Stubbings	8	B. Hobbs	13	C. Downie
	51	D. Smith	36	R. Torrent	42	T. Hayes	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							38	S. Grant	14	J. Green
HALF-FORWARD							4	T. Hird (c)	18	N. Hawkins
	7	C. Clarke	11	K. Baldwin (vc)	2	D. Bedendo	24	R. Polkinghorne	25	H. Morrison
	34	S. Brain	12	T. Doedee	17	L. Beecken			33	F. Penry
HALF-BACK									21	M. Rider
FORWARD									10	J. Tovey
	36	M. Rudd	16	A. Manton	34	R. George
	39	B. Murphy	19	L. Lloyd	41	D. Joyce
BACK
Port Melbourne							Coach: Brendan McCartney

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BRLR	Will McLachlan behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:45
	BRLR	Cody Curtin behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	06:19
	BRLR	Will McLachlan goal	1.2.8	-	0.0.0	08:17
	BRLR	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	0.0.0	09:47
	BRLR	Rushed behind	1.4.10	-	0.0.0	12:52
	BRLR	Dylan Smith behind	1.5.11	-	0.0.0	15:27
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	1.5.11	-	1.0.6	22:42
	PMLB	Max Rider goal	1.5.11	-	2.0.12	24:49
	BRLR	Charlton Offermans goal	2.5.17	-	2.0.12	26:03
Q2	BRLR	Isaac Waller goal	3.5.23	-	2.0.12	02:07
	PMLB	Josh Tovey behind	3.5.23	-	2.1.13	09:08
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	3.5.23	-	3.1.19	10:37
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin behind	3.5.23	-	3.2.20	14:10
	PMLB	Ben Hobbs behind	3.5.23	-	3.3.21	15:13
	PMLB	Michael Rudd goal	3.5.23	-	4.3.27	16:14
	PMLB	Rushed behind	3.5.23	-	4.4.28	23:52
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	3.5.23	-	5.4.34	29:11
Q3	BRLR	Cody Curtin behind	3.6.24	-	5.4.34	05:26
	PMLB	Rushed behind	3.6.24	-	5.5.35	10:26
	BRLR	Tai Hayes goal	4.6.30	-	5.5.35	11:40
	BRLR	Jake Fazldeen goal	5.6.36	-	5.5.35	13:48
	PMLB	Riley Polkinghorne goal	5.6.36	-	6.5.41	17:25
	PMLB	Rushed behind	5.6.36	-	6.6.42	24:07
	PMLB	Tom Hird goal	5.6.36	-	7.6.48	25:29
	BRLR	Curtis McCarthy behind	5.7.37	-	7.6.48	27:44
Q4	PMLB	Charlie Clarke goal	5.7.37	-	8.6.54	02:18
	BRLR	Liam Jones goal	6.7.43	-	8.6.54	05:40
	PMLB	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	8.7.55	06:54
	PMLB	Josh Tovey behind	6.7.43	-	8.8.56	08:59
	PMLB	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	8.9.57	10:17
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	6.7.43	-	9.9.63	11:11
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	6.7.43	-	10.9.69	13:47
	BRLR	Liam Jones behind	6.8.44	-	10.9.69	15:47
	PMLB	Michael Rudd goal	6.8.44	-	11.9.75	17:54
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo behind	6.8.44	-	11.10.76	21:48
	PMLB	Hamish Morrison behind	6.8.44	-	11.11.77	23:44
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	6.8.44	-	12.11.83	25:31
	PMLB	Max Rider goal	6.8.44	-	13.11.89	29:31

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