2026 VFL Season Round 14: Port Melbourne v Gold Coast Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 2026 between Port Melbourne and the Gold Coast Reserves during round fourteen of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Port Melbourne hosted the Gold Coast Reserves at ETU Stadium. Tom Hird captained the hosts with Kaine Baldwin as vice-captain. Alex Sexton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brendan McCartney and the visitors were coached by Tate Kaesler.

Port Melbourne (9.9.63) defeated the Gold Coast Reserves (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Port Melbourne v Gold Coast Reserves
Date: Sunday 28 June 2026
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: ETU Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Port Melbourne def. Gold Coast Reserves
Score: 9.9.63 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Port Melbourne	4	.	2	5	.	4	6	.	7	9	.	9	9	.	9	(63)
Gold Coast Reserves	1	.	2	4	.	6	6	.	8	8	.	9	8	.	9	(57)
Margin	PMLB by 18			PMLB by 4			GCSR by 1			PMLB by 6			PMLB by 6
Duration	29:33			27:04			27:45			31:12			1:55:34

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 (Gold Coast Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Port Melbourne

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

Gold Coast Reserves

Captain: Alex Sexton
Coach: Tate Kaesler

Player Statistics

Port Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Luca	RU	?	0	0	6	3	3	2	4	0	1	?	0	0	0	0
11	Baldwin, Kaine (vc)	C	?	2	2	5	5	0	4	0	7	0	?	1	1	0	0
2	Bedendo, Dominic	BPL	?	2	1	19	15	4	6	0	9	3	?	5	2	0	4
7	Clarke, Charlie	CHB	?	1	1	16	12	4	4	0	5	2	?	0	1	0	3
13	Downie, Connor	HFFL	?	0	1	14	8	6	4	0	3	0	?	1	1	0	3
26	Dreher, Felix	FPR	?	0	0	17	15	2	4	0	1	1	?	2	0	3	3
29	Eyre, Ryan	INT	?	0	0	13	10	3	11	0	3	0	?	0	2	1	3
22	Farrant, Patrick	FPL	?	0	1	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
34	George, Roy	INT	?	1	0	16	6	10	2	0	4	2	?	0	0	0	0
28	Graham, Tom	RR	?	0	0	10	7	3	7	0	1	1	?	0	1	3	1
14	Green, Josh	CHF	?	0	0	21	8	13	2	0	5	3	?	1	3	3	3
35	Highmore, Tom	INT	?	0	0	18	17	1	7	0	2	1	?	2	1	7	2
4	Hird, Tom (c)	BPR	?	0	0	16	11	5	4	0	6	3	?	1	2	0	4
8	Hobbs, Ben	HBFR	?	1	0	22	9	13	1	0	5	8	?	3	2	1	3
16	Manton, Archi	HFFR	?	1	1	3	3	0	3	2	1	0	?	0	0	0	1
33	Penry, Flynn	RO	?	0	0	15	13	2	4	39	5	8	?	4	0	2	5
24	Polkinghorne, Riley	FF	?	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	4	0	?	2	0	0	4
3	Rosman, Fraser	FB	?	0	0	10	8	2	4	0	5	1	?	1	0	1	2
36	Rudd, Michael	INT	?	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	0
43	Sparkman, Joshua	INT	?	0	0	14	8	6	4	0	2	3	?	0	0	4	1
12	Stubbings, Harry	WR	?	1	0	9	6	3	1	0	7	0	?	1	1	1	0
10	Tovey, Josh	WL	?	0	0	16	8	8	2	0	5	3	?	3	3	0	5
6	Van Es, James	HBFL	?	0	0	14	7	7	5	0	1	0	?	0	1	4	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				9	9	291	187	104	85	45	84	40	0+	27	21	30	47

Gold Coast Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
31	Bell, Cooper	HBFR	?	0	0	1	0	1	0	31	11	0	?	1	3	2	1
67	Chapman, Luke	INT	?	0	0	9	5	4	3	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	1
53	Cilmi, Samuel	HFFL	?	1	1	6	5	1	0	0	2	1	?	2	0	0	0
61	Collins, Cooper	RR	?	1	0	15	12	3	8	0	4	1	?	0	2	2	5
42	Eastham, Asher	WL	?	0	1	3	3	0	1	0	3	0	?	0	2	0	0
59	Enders, Miles	FPR	?	0	0	20	12	8	5	0	4	5	?	3	1	1	5
55	Francis, Nick	HFFR	?	0	0	10	7	3	3	0	5	1	?	0	2	5	1
60	Gilmore, Ryan	RU	?	0	0	10	9	1	8	0	3	0	?	0	1	3	1
46	Graham, Caleb	WR	?	0	0	21	19	2	14	0	0	0	?	0	0	5	0
58	Gray, Harrison	FF	?	0	0	6	4	2	3	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	3
74	Greenwood, Hugh	INT	?	0	0	10	4	6	0	0	10	3	?	1	1	1	0
69	Heathcote, Harry	INT	?	0	0	10	6	4	4	0	0	0	?	1	1	1	2
12	Himmelberg, Elliott	FB	?	1	1	5	3	2	2	0	3	1	?	1	0	0	0
65	Kaesler, Leroy	RO	?	1	0	16	8	8	2	0	0	3	?	1	3	1	2
45	Lewis, Caleb	C	?	0	0	17	13	4	6	0	3	1	?	2	1	6	0
70	Mayne, Isaac	INT	?	0	0	8	4	4	1	0	3	1	?	1	0	1	1
30	Patterson, Dylan	CHB	?	1	1	18	12	6	3	0	12	5	?	2	4	2	4
20	Read, Ethan	HBFL	?	2	0	13	12	1	9	9	4	1	?	2	1	0	3
13	Sexton, Alex (c)	BPR	?	0	0	19	12	7	5	0	6	2	?	0	1	4	3
54	Snowball, Lucas	CHF	?	0	0	6	1	5	0	0	5	1	?	1	1	0	0
73	Tsitas, James	INT	?	0	0	15	9	6	7	0	3	2	?	3	0	0	1
9	Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra	BPL	?	1	3	14	11	3	6	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	3
56	Wenzel, Thomas	FPL	?	0	0	13	10	3	8	0	3	1	?	0	3	3	3
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				8	9	265	181	84	98	40	90	29	0+	21	27	37	39

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	J. Ugle-Hagan	12	E. Himmelberg	13	A. Sexton (c)	27	L. Alessio	29	R. Eyre
	26	F. Dreher	24	R. Polkinghorne	22	P. Farrant	28	T. Graham	34	R. George
FORWARD							33	F. Penry	35	T. Highmore
HALF-BACK									36	M. Rudd
	20	E. Read	30	D. Patterson	31	C. Bell			43	J. Sparkman
	16	A. Manton	14	J. Green	13	C. Downie
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	42	A. Eastham	45	C. Lewis	46	C. Graham
	12	H. Stubbings	11	K. Baldwin (vc)	10	J. Tovey	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							60	R. Gilmore	67	L. Chapman
HALF-FORWARD							61	C. Collins	74	H. Greenwood
	53	S. Cilmi	54	L. Snowball	55	N. Francis	65	L. Kaesler	69	H. Heathcote
	8	B. Hobbs	7	C. Clarke	6	J. Van Es			70	I. Mayne
HALF-BACK									73	J. Tsitas
FORWARD
	56	T. Wenzel	58	H. Gray	59	M. Enders
	4	T. Hird (c)	3	F. Rosman	2	D. Bedendo
BACK
Gold Coast Reserves							Coach: Tate Kaesler

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:17
	GCSR	Dylan Patterson behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	05:20
	PMLB	Ben Hobbs goal	2.0.12	-	0.1.1	07:02
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	3.0.18	-	0.1.1	10:47
	GCSR	Leroy Kaesler goal	3.0.18	-	1.1.7	16:18
	GCSR	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	3.0.18	-	1.2.8	18:17
	PMLB	Patrick Farrant behind	3.1.19	-	1.2.8	20:16
	PMLB	Archi Manton behind	3.2.20	-	1.2.8	22:54
	PMLB	Roy George goal	4.2.26	-	1.2.8	24:36
Q2	GCSR	Ethan Read goal	4.2.26	-	2.2.14	02:50
	GCSR	Cooper Collins goal	4.2.26	-	3.2.20	05:01
	PMLB	Rushed behind	4.3.27	-	3.2.20	08:12
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin behind	4.4.28	-	3.2.20	09:34
	GCSR	Elliott Himmelberg behind	4.4.28	-	3.3.21	11:30
	GCSR	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	4.4.28	-	4.3.27	14:43
	PMLB	Charlie Clarke goal	5.4.34	-	4.3.27	17:04
	GCSR	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	5.4.34	-	4.4.28	18:21
	GCSR	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	4.5.29	19:36
	GCSR	Asher Eastham behind	5.4.34	-	4.6.30	22:56
Q3	GCSR	Elliott Himmelberg goal	5.4.34	-	5.6.36	00:54
	GCSR	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	5.7.37	03:06
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin behind	5.5.35	-	5.7.37	06:46
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	6.5.41	-	5.7.37	09:30
	PMLB	Charlie Clarke behind	6.6.42	-	5.7.37	17:01
	GCSR	Samuel Cilmi behind	6.6.42	-	5.8.38	18:43
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo behind	6.7.43	-	5.8.38	20:52
	GCSR	Hugh Greenwood goal	6.7.43	-	6.8.44	24:03
Q4	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	7.7.49	-	6.8.44	01:44
	PMLB	Rushed behind	7.8.50	-	6.8.44	04:22
	GCSR	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	7.8.50	-	6.9.45	06:32
	PMLB	Archi Manton goal	8.8.56	-	6.9.45	08:38
	PMLB	Connor Downie behind	8.9.57	-	6.9.45	12:05
	GCSR	Samuel Cilmi goal	8.9.57	-	7.9.51	13:30
	PMLB	Harry Stubbings goal	9.9.63	-	7.9.51	16:25
	GCSR	Dylan Patterson goal	9.9.63	-	8.9.57	27:36

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