2026 VFL Season Round 6: Port Melbourne v Werribee

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 2026 between Port Melbourne and Werribee during round six of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Port Melbourne hosted Werribee at ETU Stadium. Tom Hird captained the hosts with Kaine Baldwin as vice-captain. Jesse Clark captained the visitors with Dom Brew as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brendan McCartney and the visitors were coached by Dan Lowther.

Port Melbourne (13.12.90) defeated Werribee (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Port Melbourne v Werribee
Date: Sunday 3 May 2026
Time: 2:05 PM
Venue: ETU Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Port Melbourne def. Werribee
Score: 13.12.90 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Port Melbourne	3	.	4	5	.	6	11	.	11	13	.	12	13	.	12	(90)
Werribee	1	.	2	5	.	6	7	.	7	9	.	10	9	.	10	(64)
Margin	PMLB by 14			level			PMLB by 28			PMLB by 26			PMLB by 26
Duration	30:56			32:34			33:26			29:32			2:06:28

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 (Werribee) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Port Melbourne

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

Werribee

Captain: Jesse Clark
Vice-Captain: Dom Brew
Coach: Dan Lowther

Player Statistics

Port Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Luca	INT	?	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	?	0	1	0	1
11	Baldwin, Kaine (vc)	HFFL	?	0	0	13	10	3	5	0	5	1	?	1	1	4	5
2	Bedendo, Dominic	CHF	?	3	0	13	7	6	1	0	6	2	?	4	0	0	1
7	Clarke, Charlie	WR	?	0	0	11	5	6	3	0	4	0	?	0	3	0	2
13	Downie, Connor	C	?	0	0	13	8	5	2	0	5	0	?	1	0	4	4
32	Gahan, Matt	BPL	?	0	0	15	9	6	3	0	2	2	?	1	0	3	0
28	Graham, Tom	FB	?	0	0	9	6	3	4	0	0	0	?	0	3	2	3
38	Grant, Sam	FPR	?	0	1	12	6	6	3	38	3	6	?	4	1	4	1
14	Green, Josh	INT	?	0	0	14	4	10	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	3
4	Hird, Tom (c)	RU	?	1	1	19	13	6	4	0	6	3	?	2	0	0	5
8	Hobbs, Ben	WL	?	0	1	29	14	15	2	0	7	9	?	5	2	2	5
16	Manton, Archi	FPL	?	0	1	6	5	1	2	0	3	0	?	1	2	0	1
25	Morrison, Hamish	INT	?	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	7	1	?	2	1	3	3
33	Penry, Flynn	RO	?	0	0	7	5	2	0	12	4	2	?	2	0	0	1
24	Polkinghorne, Riley	RR	?	0	0	24	14	10	3	0	7	10	?	4	1	2	3
15	Rankin, Lachlan	HBFL	?	0	0	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	?	0	3	1	0
21	Rider, Max	INT	?	3	2	11	7	4	4	0	2	1	?	0	2	0	0
3	Rosman, Fraser	CHB	?	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	1
36	Rudd, Michael	HFFR	?	2	0	8	2	6	1	0	4	0	?	2	1	0	0
29	Sestan, Oliver	INT	?	0	0	14	10	4	2	0	1	0	?	0	0	6	0
12	Stubbings, Harry	HBFR	?	1	1	18	13	5	6	0	1	3	?	0	1	4	2
10	Tovey, Josh	INT	?	2	3	17	11	6	4	0	7	5	?	2	2	0	3
6	Van Es, James	BPR	?	0	0	12	7	5	5	0	1	1	?	0	3	4	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				13	12	290	173	117	63	50	82	46	0+	31	28	39	45

Werribee

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
19	Azzi, Sam	CHB	?	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	?	2	0	3	2
29	Brew, Dom (vc)	RR	?	0	1	21	16	5	0	0	12	7	?	1	1	1	4
32	Charleson, Lachlan	FPR	?	1	1	7	3	4	2	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	0
27	Clark, Jesse (c)	HBFL	?	0	0	18	14	4	5	0	2	0	?	1	4	3	3
14	Cousins, Mace	INT	?	0	0	14	11	3	3	0	4	0	?	4	2	1	2
24	Dahlhaus, Jay	HFFL	?	0	0	5	1	4	1	0	4	0	?	0	0	0	2
12	Donegan, Sam	C	?	0	1	21	7	14	1	0	8	4	?	2	2	1	2
6	Elliott, Will	FF	?	1	1	8	4	4	2	5	1	1	?	2	3	0	2
10	Eyers, Ryan	FB	?	0	0	7	3	4	2	0	2	1	?	1	2	2	0
16	Grintell, Harry	INT	?	0	1	8	8	0	2	0	5	0	?	0	0	0	4
8	Ivisic, Xavier	INT	?	0	0	16	3	13	1	0	3	4	?	0	2	0	2
20	Kuol Mun, Ajang	RU	?	1	0	11	6	5	2	47	4	7	?	1	5	1	2
1	Lazzaro, Charlie	RO	?	0	0	22	13	9	2	0	13	8	?	5	2	2	3
30	Lloyd, Mitchell	HBFR	?	0	0	12	5	7	3	0	5	0	?	0	1	1	1
17	Maguire, Harry	INT	?	0	2	8	5	3	3	0	0	0	?	3	1	0	1
34	Pavlidis, Jaelen	BPR	?	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	0	1	?	0	0	2	2
9	Pinnuck, Louis	BPL	?	0	0	19	17	2	6	0	1	0	?	1	0	11	2
33	Riding, Jack	HFFR	?	1	0	14	6	8	2	0	15	2	?	0	0	1	3
23	Simpson, Thomas	INT	?	0	0	9	7	2	0	0	1	1	?	2	0	1	2
35	Smith, Jake	WL	?	0	0	20	8	12	1	0	5	2	?	1	2	2	3
5	Tullio, Noah	FPL	?	1	1	12	8	4	1	0	2	3	?	1	1	0	5
4	Whyte, Cooper	WR	?	1	1	9	5	4	2	0	1	1	?	1	1	0	1
28	Wright, Brady	CHF	?	3	0	7	5	2	2	0	4	0	?	0	1	0	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				9	10	283	166	117	45	52	96	42	0+	28	31	32	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

Port Melbourne							Coach: Brendan McCartney
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	9	L. Pinnuck	10	R. Eyers	34	J. Pavlidis	4	T. Hird (c)	27	L. Alessio
	38	S. Grant			16	A. Manton	24	R. Polkinghorne	14	J. Green
FORWARD							33	F. Penry	25	H. Morrison
HALF-BACK									21	M. Rider
	27	J. Clark (c)	19	S. Azzi	30	M. Lloyd			29	O. Sestan
	36	M. Rudd	2	D. Bedendo	11	K. Baldwin (vc)			10	J. Tovey
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	35	J. Smith	12	S. Donegan	4	C. Whyte
	7	C. Clarke	13	C. Downie	8	B. Hobbs	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							20	A. Kuol Mun	14	M. Cousins
HALF-FORWARD							29	D. Brew (vc)	16	H. Grintell
	24	J. Dahlhaus	28	B. Wright	33	J. Riding	1	C. Lazzaro	8	X. Ivisic
	12	H. Stubbings	3	F. Rosman	15	L. Rankin			17	H. Maguire
HALF-BACK									23	T. Simpson
FORWARD
	5	N. Tullio	6	W. Elliott	32	L. Charleson
	6	J. Van Es	28	T. Graham	32	M. Gahan
BACK
Werribee							Coach: Dan Lowther

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WERB	Brady Wright goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	04:27
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	07:46
	PMLB	Max Rider goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	12:53
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	3.0.18	-	1.0.6	15:49
	WERB	Rushed behind	3.0.18	-	1.1.7	19:07
	PMLB	Tom Hird behind	3.1.19	-	1.1.7	20:22
	WERB	Noah Tullio behind	3.1.19	-	1.2.8	22:32
	PMLB	Josh Tovey behind	3.2.20	-	1.2.8	23:39
	PMLB	Ben Hobbs behind	3.3.21	-	1.2.8	26:04
	PMLB	Sam Grant behind	3.4.22	-	1.2.8	29:39
Q2	WERB	Brady Wright goal	3.4.22	-	2.2.14	01:43
	PMLB	Rushed behind	3.5.23	-	2.2.14	03:19
	WERB	Brady Wright goal	3.5.23	-	3.2.20	03:48
	PMLB	Max Rider goal	4.5.29	-	3.2.20	08:02
	PMLB	Archi Manton behind	4.6.30	-	3.2.20	11:15
	WERB	Will Elliott goal	4.6.30	-	4.2.26	12:43
	WERB	Cooper Whyte behind	4.6.30	-	4.3.27	14:58
	WERB	Harry Maguire behind	4.6.30	-	4.4.28	19:20
	WERB	Lachlan Charleson behind	4.6.30	-	4.5.29	20:12
	WERB	Noah Tullio goal	4.6.30	-	5.5.35	22:03
	PMLB	Tom Hird goal	5.6.36	-	5.5.35	26:15
	WERB	Sam Donegan behind	5.6.36	-	5.6.36	32:27
Q3	PMLB	Harry Stubbings goal	6.6.42	-	5.6.36	05:46
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	7.6.48	-	5.6.36	06:54
	WERB	Ajang Kuol Mun goal	7.6.48	-	6.6.42	09:01
	PMLB	Harry Stubbings behind	7.7.49	-	6.6.42	13:26
	WERB	Harry Grintell behind	7.7.49	-	6.7.43	14:27
	WERB	Cooper Whyte goal	7.7.49	-	7.7.49	15:34
	PMLB	Michael Rudd goal	8.7.55	-	7.7.49	19:07
	PMLB	Rushed behind	8.8.56	-	7.7.49	20:27
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	9.8.62	-	7.7.49	21:42
	PMLB	Michael Rudd goal	10.8.68	-	7.7.49	25:53
	PMLB	Josh Tovey behind	10.9.69	-	7.7.49	28:53
	PMLB	Josh Tovey behind	10.10.70	-	7.7.49	29:56
	PMLB	Max Rider behind	10.11.71	-	7.7.49	30:27
	PMLB	Luca Alessio goal	11.11.77	-	7.7.49	31:10
Q4	WERB	Jack Riding goal	11.11.77	-	8.7.55	04:15
	PMLB	Max Rider behind	11.12.78	-	8.7.55	10:12
	PMLB	Max Rider goal	12.12.84	-	8.7.55	14:02
	WERB	Harry Maguire behind	12.12.84	-	8.8.56	16:10
	WERB	Dom Brew behind	12.12.84	-	8.9.57	17:37
	WERB	Lachlan Charleson goal	12.12.84	-	9.9.63	20:31
	WERB	Will Elliott behind	12.12.84	-	9.10.64	23:35
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	13.12.90	-	9.10.64	27:59

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