2026 VFL Season Round 15: Casey v Port Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 2026 between Casey and Port Melbourne during round fifteen of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Casey hosted Port Melbourne at Casey Fields. Tom Hird captained the visitors with Kaine Baldwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rhett McLennan and the visitors were coached by Brendan McCartney.

Casey (9.12.66) were defeated by Port Melbourne (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Casey v Port Melbourne
Date: Sunday 5 July 2026
Time: 1:30 PM
Venue: Casey Fields

Match Results

Outcome: Casey def. by Port Melbourne
Score: 9.12.66 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Casey	4	.	3	7	.	8	9	.	10	9	.	12	9	.	12	(66)
Port Melbourne	1	.	1	5	.	3	8	.	7	12	.	12	12	.	12	(84)
Margin	CASY by 20			CASY by 17			CASY by 9			PMLB by 18			PMLB by 18
Duration	30:41			31:19			28:37			29:37			2:00:14

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Casey

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rhett McLennan

Port Melbourne

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

Player Statistics

Casey

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
55	Bergman, Miller	FPR	?	0	1	25	13	12	6	0	3	1	?	0	0	3	3
38	Berry, Oscar	CHB	?	0	0	8	4	4	1	0	2	0	?	2	0	1	1
52	Bonner, Riley	FPL	?	0	0	19	14	5	1	0	1	1	?	1	0	8	3
72	Cheffers, Luke	INT	?	1	1	15	8	7	2	0	1	2	?	4	0	0	4
75	Craven, Jesse	INT	?	0	0	5	2	3	1	0	6	1	?	0	0	0	2
41	Cross, Paddy	C	?	0	1	13	5	8	4	0	3	0	?	0	2	2	1
56	D'Angelo, Luis	RU	?	0	0	12	4	8	1	0	2	2	?	1	2	1	2
76	Gatt, Jarrod	INT	?	1	0	16	7	9	0	0	0	3	?	2	0	3	2
43	Henderson, Jack	HFFL	?	0	1	23	10	13	5	0	6	4	?	3	2	2	5
42	Johnson, Aidan	WR	?	3	0	16	9	7	3	8	4	4	?	3	1	0	2
44	Kentfield, Luker	CHF	?	0	4	13	11	2	8	2	3	3	?	0	1	1	3
58	Lual, Luamon	RR	?	0	0	12	6	6	5	0	1	1	?	1	2	4	0
74	Lual, Wardell	INT	?	0	0	12	6	6	4	0	3	0	?	1	1	0	0
	Mapley, Max	HFFR	?	0	0	12	5	7	0	24	4	2	?	0	2	2	2
25	McDonald, Tom	BPR	?	0	0	19	14	5	7	0	1	0	?	2	1	7	0
18	Melksham, Jake	BPL	?	1	1	11	10	1	3	0	1	0	?	2	0	0	2
39	Mentha, Ricky	HBFR	?	0	0	19	11	8	3	0	2	1	?	0	0	3	4
40	Onley, Riley	WL	?	1	0	11	5	6	4	0	3	2	?	0	2	0	0
62	Pope, Clancy	RO	?	0	0	9	2	7	1	0	0	1	?	0	1	1	1
53	Sruk, Tyson	FF	?	0	0	21	11	10	6	0	2	4	?	0	1	2	2
64	Stanley, Ethan	INT	?	0	1	13	9	4	2	0	1	1	?	1	0	0	2
19	Taylor, Xavier	FB	?	0	0	18	11	7	5	0	5	0	?	1	2	5	3
34	White, Kalani	HBFL	?	2	0	8	4	4	5	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				9	12	330	181	149	77	34	54	33	0+	24	20	45	44

Port Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Luca	FPR	?	0	1	5	3	2	3	0	4	0	?	0	1	0	0
11	Baldwin, Kaine (vc)	HBFR	?	1	0	18	10	8	8	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	0
2	Bedendo, Dominic	BPL	?	2	0	15	11	4	4	0	4	2	?	3	3	0	6
23	Dimattina, Kai	HFFR	?	0	0	11	9	2	5	0	4	1	?	0	0	1	2
13	Downie, Connor	C	?	1	0	13	9	4	3	0	2	1	?	1	1	2	4
26	Dreher, Felix	FF	?	0	0	12	8	4	2	0	4	0	?	3	1	3	3
32	Gahan, Matt	RO	?	0	0	23	14	9	6	0	1	1	?	0	0	6	2
34	George, Roy	INT	?	1	3	16	7	9	3	0	1	1	?	0	2	0	2
28	Graham, Tom	RU	?	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	2	0	?	0	4	1	3
14	Green, Josh	WR	?	0	0	19	6	13	0	0	2	5	?	0	0	1	3
4	Hird, Tom (c)	BPR	?	0	0	14	8	6	3	0	5	3	?	1	1	0	4
8	Hobbs, Ben	HBFL	?	0	0	28	15	13	5	0	5	6	?	1	2	1	5
37	Lloyd, Drew	INT	?	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	2	1	?	1	0	0	3
16	Manton, Archi	HFFL	?	2	2	19	16	3	9	4	1	2	?	0	2	1	5
33	Penry, Flynn	INT	?	0	0	14	7	7	0	36	6	6	?	3	0	0	2
24	Polkinghorne, Riley	FPL	?	1	1	8	5	3	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	3
21	Rider, Max	CHF	?	0	0	8	4	4	1	0	3	0	?	1	2	0	2
3	Rosman, Fraser	FB	?	0	0	13	9	4	6	0	3	0	?	0	1	6	0
36	Rudd, Michael	INT	?	1	1	13	6	7	6	0	1	0	?	0	1	1	0
43	Sparkman, Joshua	INT	?	0	0	21	15	6	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	8	1
12	Stubbings, Harry	WL	?	0	0	22	16	6	9	0	4	0	?	1	1	3	4
31	Tonelli, Alex	RR	?	2	2	9	6	3	2	0	2	0	?	2	0	0	1
10	Tovey, Josh	CHB	?	1	1	23	9	14	5	0	3	7	?	3	1	1	4
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				12	12	342	203	139	92	40	63	36	0+	20	24	35	59

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

Casey							Coach: Rhett McLennan
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	2	D. Bedendo	3	F. Rosman	4	T. Hird (c)	56	L. D'Angelo	72	L. Cheffers
	55	M. Bergman	53	T. Sruk	52	R. Bonner	58	L. Lual	75	J. Craven
FORWARD							62	C. Pope	76	J. Gatt
HALF-BACK									74	W. Lual
	8	B. Hobbs	10	J. Tovey	11	K. Baldwin (vc)			64	E. Stanley
		M. Mapley	44	L. Kentfield	43	J. Henderson
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	12	H. Stubbings	13	C. Downie	14	J. Green
	42	A. Johnson	41	P. Cross	40	R. Onley	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							28	T. Graham	34	R. George
HALF-FORWARD							31	A. Tonelli	37	D. Lloyd
	16	A. Manton	21	M. Rider	23	K. Dimattina	32	M. Gahan	33	F. Penry
	39	R. Mentha	38	O. Berry	34	K. White			36	M. Rudd
HALF-BACK									43	J. Sparkman
FORWARD
	24	R. Polkinghorne	26	F. Dreher	27	L. Alessio
	25	T. McDonald	19	X. Taylor	18	J. Melksham
BACK
Port Melbourne							Coach: Brendan McCartney

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PMLB	Roy George behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	02:04
	CASY	Jake Melksham behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	04:45
	CASY	Jake Melksham goal	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	08:37
	PMLB	Roy George goal	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	09:47
	CASY	Luker Kentfield behind	1.2.8	-	1.1.7	11:19
	CASY	Luke Cheffers goal	2.2.14	-	1.1.7	14:27
	CASY	Kalani White goal	3.2.20	-	1.1.7	23:47
	CASY	Aidan Johnson goal	4.2.26	-	1.1.7	28:31
	CASY	Paddy Cross behind	4.3.27	-	1.1.7	30:12
Q2	CASY	Jack Henderson behind	4.4.28	-	1.1.7	01:32
	CASY	Luke Cheffers behind	4.5.29	-	1.1.7	02:32
	CASY	Ethan Stanley behind	4.6.30	-	1.1.7	03:39
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	4.6.30	-	2.1.13	05:56
	CASY	Kalani White goal	5.6.36	-	2.1.13	09:21
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	5.6.36	-	3.1.19	11:45
	PMLB	Riley Polkinghorne goal	5.6.36	-	4.1.25	13:17
	CASY	Jarrod Gatt goal	6.6.42	-	4.1.25	14:38
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	6.6.42	-	5.1.31	16:41
	PMLB	Archi Manton behind	6.6.42	-	5.2.32	19:54
	CASY	Luker Kentfield behind	6.7.43	-	5.2.32	21:21
	CASY	Aidan Johnson goal	7.7.49	-	5.2.32	23:53
	CASY	Luker Kentfield behind	7.8.50	-	5.2.32	27:40
	PMLB	Josh Tovey behind	7.8.50	-	5.3.33	31:10
Q3	CASY	Aidan Johnson goal	8.8.56	-	5.3.33	01:32
	PMLB	Riley Polkinghorne behind	8.8.56	-	5.4.34	03:03
	CASY	Rushed behind	8.9.57	-	5.4.34	03:54
	PMLB	Luca Alessio behind	8.9.57	-	5.5.35	05:48
	CASY	Luker Kentfield behind	8.10.58	-	5.5.35	07:08
	PMLB	Alex Tonelli behind	8.10.58	-	5.6.36	14:50
	PMLB	Alex Tonelli goal	8.10.58	-	6.6.42	18:33
	CASY	Riley Onley goal	9.10.64	-	6.6.42	22:31
	PMLB	Archi Manton behind	9.10.64	-	6.7.43	24:22
	PMLB	Archi Manton goal	9.10.64	-	7.7.49	25:29
	PMLB	Alex Tonelli goal	9.10.64	-	8.7.55	27:29
Q4	PMLB	Michael Rudd goal	9.10.64	-	9.7.61	01:38
	PMLB	Archi Manton goal	9.10.64	-	10.7.67	04:23
	PMLB	Connor Downie goal	9.10.64	-	11.7.73	07:46
	PMLB	Roy George behind	9.10.64	-	11.8.74	09:59
	PMLB	Alex Tonelli behind	9.10.64	-	11.9.75	11:39
	PMLB	Roy George behind	9.10.64	-	11.10.76	12:19
	PMLB	Michael Rudd behind	9.10.64	-	11.11.77	13:12
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	9.10.64	-	12.11.83	15:36
	CASY	Rushed behind	9.11.65	-	12.11.83	20:57
	PMLB	Rushed behind	9.11.65	-	12.12.84	25:28
	CASY	Miller Bergman behind	9.12.66	-	12.12.84	27:53

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