2026 VFL Season Round 8: Port Melbourne v North Melbourne Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 2026 between Port Melbourne and the North Melbourne Reserves during round eight of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Port Melbourne hosted the North Melbourne 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 Adam Marcon.

Port Melbourne (15.13.103) defeated the North Melbourne Reserves (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Port Melbourne v North Melbourne Reserves
Date: Saturday 16 May 2026
Time: 2:05 PM
Venue: ETU Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Port Melbourne def. North Melbourne Reserves
Score: 15.13.103 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Port Melbourne	4	.	4	5	.	7	11	.	11	15	.	13	15	.	13	(103)
North Melbourne Reserves	3	.	4	10	.	6	11	.	7	13	.	12	13	.	12	(90)
Margin	PMLB by 6			NMLR by 29			PMLB by 4			PMLB by 13			PMLB by 13
Duration	29:35			31:10			32:10			33:59			2:06:54

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 (North Melbourne Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Port Melbourne

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

North Melbourne Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Marcon

Player Statistics

Port Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Luca	RR	?	1	0	7	4	3	2	0	0	0	?	0	1	1	2
11	Baldwin, Kaine (vc)	WL	?	4	0	13	8	5	6	0	0	1	?	0	0	1	3
2	Bedendo, Dominic	BPL	?	5	0	13	8	5	4	0	3	0	?	1	2	0	2
23	Dimattina, Kai	FF	?	0	0	8	3	5	3	0	0	0	?	0	2	1	0
13	Downie, Connor	WR	?	1	0	11	5	6	2	0	3	2	?	0	0	0	3
32	Gahan, Matt	INT	?	0	1	15	10	5	4	0	0	0	?	1	1	5	3
34	George, Roy	INT	?	0	1	17	9	8	3	0	1	2	?	0	2	1	5
28	Graham, Tom	RO	?	0	0	14	12	2	6	0	6	0	?	1	1	2	5
38	Grant, Sam	INT	?	0	0	18	10	8	4	33	4	3	?	3	2	4	0
14	Green, Josh	HFFL	?	0	1	17	8	9	1	0	1	4	?	0	3	1	1
4	Hird, Tom (c)	BPR	?	1	0	21	15	6	1	0	10	6	?	3	1	4	9
8	Hobbs, Ben	CHB	?	1	0	32	19	13	3	0	6	7	?	1	0	3	5
16	Manton, Archi	HFFR	?	1	1	11	6	5	4	0	2	1	?	0	1	0	2
25	Morrison, Hamish	RU	?	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	0
33	Penry, Flynn	INT	?	0	0	4	2	2	0	5	1	2	?	1	1	0	0
24	Polkinghorne, Riley	FPR	?	0	1	13	7	6	1	0	4	1	?	1	1	3	4
15	Rankin, Lachlan	CHF	?	0	0	18	12	6	1	0	3	1	?	0	2	7	1
21	Rider, Max	FPL	?	0	2	7	4	3	1	0	1	1	?	0	1	0	1
3	Rosman, Fraser	FB	?	0	0	10	8	2	7	0	2	0	?	1	2	6	0
36	Rudd, Michael	INT	?	0	1	14	7	7	5	0	0	0	?	1	0	0	2
12	Stubbings, Harry	C	?	0	0	13	3	10	1	0	2	2	?	0	0	1	1
10	Tovey, Josh	HBFR	?	1	2	15	9	6	2	0	7	3	?	2	0	0	5
6	Van Es, James	HBFL	?	0	0	8	7	1	4	0	2	0	?	0	1	3	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				15	13	301	177	124	65	38	59	36	0+	17	25	43	55

North Melbourne Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
72	Byrne, Hugh	INT	?	0	0	10	6	4	3	0	1	0	?	0	1	2	1
21	Coleman-Jones, Callum	HBFL	?	0	0	19	12	7	3	26	5	6	?	1	2	0	2
4	Corr, Aidan	FB	?	0	0	13	9	4	2	0	3	0	?	1	2	6	0
1	Dovaston, Lachy	BPL	?	2	2	13	9	4	1	0	4	3	?	4	0	0	3
49	Dow, Thomson	HFFR	?	1	0	27	12	15	0	0	4	9	?	1	1	2	7
51	Fairlie, Patrick	FF	?	0	1	14	9	5	3	0	2	0	?	0	0	2	2
33	George, Brayden	WR	?	3	0	4	3	1	1	0	2	1	?	1	1	0	0
22	Goad, Taylor	CHB	?	0	1	11	6	5	3	19	2	5	?	3	4	2	4
37	Harvey, Cooper	CHF	?	0	0	23	16	7	2	0	1	0	?	2	0	3	3
64	Keast, Mathew	RO	?	0	1	12	5	7	2	0	8	3	?	0	1	1	2
62	Kneipp, Felix	RR	?	0	1	17	6	11	2	0	1	1	?	1	0	0	0
67	Linder, Samuel	INT	?	0	0	13	9	4	6	0	0	0	?	0	0	4	0
70	Lowe, Oliver	INT	?	3	1	15	13	2	8	0	5	1	?	2	1	2	2
50	MacPherson, Darcy	FPL	?	0	1	25	15	10	5	0	8	3	?	2	0	1	5
59	Markovsky, Isaiah	RU	?	1	3	12	8	4	4	0	4	1	?	1	1	0	2
28	Mikunda, Hugo	WL	?	0	0	18	12	6	3	0	1	1	?	0	0	5	2
56	Noblett, Alex	FPR	?	0	0	16	12	4	6	0	1	0	?	2	0	4	3
32	Pink, Toby	C	?	0	0	6	4	2	4	0	4	0	?	0	0	2	1
24	Powell, Tom	HBFR	?	0	0	24	13	11	5	0	9	5	?	1	2	1	7
78	Scoble, Tyson	INT	?	1	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	0
8	Scott, Bailey	BPR	?	0	0	17	14	3	6	0	7	2	?	0	0	1	5
74	Vandam, Oscar	INT	?	0	0	14	6	8	3	0	3	1	?	1	0	1	3
35	Whitlock, Matt	HFFL	?	2	0	10	7	3	4	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				13	12	336	207	129	77	45	77	42	0+	25	17	39	56

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
	1	L. Dovaston	4	A. Corr	8	B. Scott	25	H. Morrison	32	M. Gahan
	24	R. Polkinghorne	23	K. Dimattina	21	M. Rider	27	L. Alessio	34	R. George
FORWARD							28	T. Graham	38	S. Grant
HALF-BACK									33	F. Penry
	21	C. Coleman-Jones	22	T. Goad	24	T. Powell			36	M. Rudd
	16	A. Manton	15	L. Rankin	14	J. Green
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	28	H. Mikunda	32	T. Pink	33	B. George
	13	C. Downie	12	H. Stubbings	11	K. Baldwin (vc)	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							59	I. Markovsky	72	H. Byrne
HALF-FORWARD							62	F. Kneipp	67	S. Linder
	35	M. Whitlock	37	C. Harvey	49	T. Dow	64	M. Keast	70	O. Lowe
	10	J. Tovey	8	B. Hobbs	6	J. Van Es			78	T. Scoble
HALF-BACK									74	O. Vandam
FORWARD
	50	D. MacPherson	51	P. Fairlie	56	A. Noblett
	4	T. Hird (c)	3	F. Rosman	2	D. Bedendo
BACK
North Melbourne Reserves							Coach: Adam Marcon

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PMLB	Luca Alessio goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:51
	NMLR	Taylor Goad behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	03:12
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	03:28
	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston behind	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	05:47
	NMLR	Darcy MacPherson behind	1.0.6	-	1.3.9	07:16
	PMLB	Josh Tovey behind	1.1.7	-	1.3.9	09:36
	PMLB	Roy George behind	1.2.8	-	1.3.9	10:05
	PMLB	Max Rider behind	1.3.9	-	1.3.9	11:49
	NMLR	Tyson Scoble goal	1.3.9	-	2.3.15	15:08
	PMLB	Tom Hird goal	2.3.15	-	2.3.15	16:07
	NMLR	Isaiah Markovsky behind	2.3.15	-	2.4.16	17:35
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	3.3.21	-	2.4.16	18:07
	PMLB	Archi Manton behind	3.4.22	-	2.4.16	20:28
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	3.4.22	-	3.4.22	23:32
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	4.4.28	-	3.4.22	25:54
Q2	PMLB	Michael Rudd behind	4.5.29	-	3.4.22	05:16
	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston goal	4.5.29	-	4.4.28	06:31
	NMLR	Brayden George goal	4.5.29	-	5.4.34	09:45
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	4.5.29	-	6.4.40	12:18
	NMLR	Brayden George goal	4.5.29	-	7.4.46	14:09
	NMLR	Brayden George goal	4.5.29	-	8.4.52	15:24
	PMLB	Matt Gahan behind	4.6.30	-	8.4.52	18:18
	PMLB	Josh Tovey behind	4.7.31	-	8.4.52	19:16
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	5.7.37	-	8.4.52	20:57
	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston goal	5.7.37	-	9.4.58	25:42
	NMLR	Rushed behind	5.7.37	-	9.5.59	27:47
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe behind	5.7.37	-	9.6.60	29:29
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	5.7.37	-	10.6.66	31:05
Q3	PMLB	Josh Green behind	5.8.38	-	10.6.66	02:34
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	6.8.44	-	10.6.66	04:16
	PMLB	Max Rider behind	6.9.45	-	10.6.66	05:21
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	7.9.51	-	10.6.66	09:35
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	8.9.57	-	10.6.66	15:59
	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston behind	8.9.57	-	10.7.67	21:38
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	8.9.57	-	11.7.73	25:19
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	9.9.63	-	11.7.73	26:25
	PMLB	Rushed behind	9.10.64	-	11.7.73	27:37
	PMLB	Ben Hobbs goal	10.10.70	-	11.7.73	28:32
	PMLB	Rushed behind	10.11.71	-	11.7.73	30:57
	PMLB	Archi Manton goal	11.11.77	-	11.7.73	32:05
Q4	PMLB	Riley Polkinghorne behind	11.12.78	-	11.7.73	01:17
	PMLB	Connor Downie goal	12.12.84	-	11.7.73	03:43
	NMLR	Felix Kneipp behind	12.12.84	-	11.8.74	06:28
	NMLR	Isaiah Markovsky goal	12.12.84	-	12.8.80	07:31
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	13.12.90	-	12.8.80	09:40
	NMLR	Isaiah Markovsky behind	13.12.90	-	12.9.81	12:19
	PMLB	Rushed behind	13.13.91	-	12.9.81	14:34
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	14.13.97	-	12.9.81	17:33
	NMLR	Patrick Fairlie behind	14.13.97	-	12.10.82	20:00
	NMLR	Mathew Keast behind	14.13.97	-	12.11.83	22:18
	NMLR	Thomson Dow goal	14.13.97	-	13.11.89	24:22
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	15.13.103	-	13.11.89	28:24
	NMLR	Isaiah Markovsky behind	15.13.103	-	13.12.90	31:24

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