2026 VFL Season Round 16: Port Melbourne v Sandringham

This is the match report for the match played on 12 July 2026 between Port Melbourne and Sandringham during round sixteen of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Port Melbourne hosted Sandringham 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 Daniel Ward.

Port Melbourne (7.14.56) defeated Sandringham (6.9.45).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Port Melbourne v Sandringham
Date: Sunday 12 July 2026
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: ETU Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Port Melbourne def. Sandringham
Score: 7.14.56 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Port Melbourne	1	.	6	2	.	8	4	.	10	7	.	14	7	.	14	(56)
Sandringham	0	.	3	2	.	5	2	.	7	6	.	9	6	.	9	(45)
Margin	PMLB by 9			PMLB by 3			PMLB by 15			PMLB by 11			PMLB by 11
Duration	27:23			30:47			31:44			34:28			2:04:22

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 (Sandringham) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Port Melbourne

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

Sandringham

Captain: unknown
Coach: Daniel Ward

Player Statistics

Port Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Luca	FPR	?	1	0	10	4	6	2	0	2	0	?	1	2	0	2
11	Baldwin, Kaine (vc)	HBFR	?	1	1	9	8	1	4	0	3	0	?	2	0	2	2
2	Bedendo, Dominic	BPL	?	1	0	22	16	6	1	0	3	4	?	5	4	1	3
7	Clarke, Charlie	INT	?	1	1	10	6	4	1	0	4	3	?	0	4	0	3
13	Downie, Connor	C	?	0	0	11	9	2	3	0	5	0	?	1	1	3	1
32	Gahan, Matt	RO	?	0	0	18	13	5	5	0	3	1	?	0	0	4	2
34	George, Roy	INT	?	1	2	11	5	6	2	0	2	1	?	0	1	1	1
28	Graham, Tom	RU	?	0	0	6	4	2	2	1	3	0	?	1	0	1	1
14	Green, Josh	WR	?	1	0	17	8	9	3	0	2	6	?	1	2	2	2
4	Hird, Tom (c)	BPR	?	0	0	14	12	2	3	0	6	1	?	0	1	5	1
8	Hobbs, Ben	HBFL	?	0	0	24	10	14	2	0	9	5	?	2	1	4	2
37	Lloyd, Drew	INT	?	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	?	1	0	0	0
16	Manton, Archi	HFFL	?	0	1	10	8	2	2	11	3	6	?	1	1	1	2
33	Penry, Flynn	INT	?	0	0	8	5	3	1	27	4	1	?	1	2	0	2
24	Polkinghorne, Riley	FPL	?	0	1	11	6	5	4	0	4	1	?	0	0	0	0
15	Rankin, Lachlan	INT	?	0	0	17	9	8	4	0	6	2	?	1	1	1	1
3	Rosman, Fraser	FB	?	0	0	10	7	3	2	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	3
36	Rudd, Michael	INT	?	0	1	11	7	4	7	0	4	0	?	0	1	2	2
43	Sparkman, Joshua	INT	?	0	0	17	12	5	8	0	4	1	?	0	0	4	2
12	Stubbings, Harry	WL	?	0	0	21	12	9	6	0	4	3	?	0	0	3	2
31	Tonelli, Alex	RR	?	0	2	8	5	3	1	0	5	0	?	1	0	0	2
10	Tovey, Josh	CHB	?	1	0	13	9	4	5	0	6	3	?	1	2	0	2
6	Van Es, James	FF	?	0	0	18	10	8	6	0	2	0	?	0	0	3	1
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				7	14	298	187	111	74	39	88	39	0+	19	23	37	39

Sandringham

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
41	Bater, Owen	INT	?	0	0	7	6	1	3	0	2	0	?	0	1	3	2
9	Brown, Kynan	CHB	?	0	0	19	10	9	2	0	8	8	?	1	1	2	2
26	Cheep, Jack	HBFL	?	0	0	10	6	4	1	0	3	1	?	1	0	2	0
17	Chirgwin, Darcy	WR	?	0	0	26	15	11	1	0	9	10	?	3	1	1	5
23	Coghlan, Liam	HFFR	?	0	0	17	11	6	1	0	2	1	?	1	3	3	3
45	Cooper, Kyle	INT	?	0	0	11	8	3	3	0	3	2	?	2	0	0	4
24	Haeata, Jhett	FPL	?	0	0	11	5	6	1	0	3	0	?	1	1	0	1
22	Harrop, Charlie	CHF	?	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	3	0	?	0	3	0	2
49	Heelis, Darby	FPR	?	0	0	10	6	4	1	0	3	1	?	0	0	0	3
3	Hopkins, Ben	INT	?	0	0	13	10	3	3	0	4	1	?	2	1	3	1
32	Hoult, Max	INT	?	1	2	8	5	3	5	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	2
25	Hutchings, Josh	FF	?	0	0	6	3	3	0	0	10	1	?	1	0	0	1
8	Johnson, William	FB	?	1	0	15	10	5	0	0	8	2	?	3	2	0	4
33	Peckett, Jett	RR	?	0	0	9	5	4	1	0	6	0	?	0	0	0	3
15	Philactides, Nathan	C	?	0	0	21	13	8	3	0	1	1	?	0	1	6	3
31	Pinter, Daniel	RU	?	0	1	16	10	6	4	51	13	6	?	3	2	1	3
10	Riley, Lachie	HBFR	?	0	1	12	8	4	2	0	10	6	?	3	0	1	1
36	Scollo, Nathan	RO	?	0	0	11	6	5	0	0	1	0	?	0	2	6	0
60	Theodoropoulos, Ricky	INT	?	1	1	13	5	8	3	0	4	1	?	0	0	0	1
20	Voss, Lachlan	HFFL	?	1	1	7	4	3	2	1	2	0	?	0	0	1	1
27	Watt, Kayne	WL	?	1	0	10	7	3	2	8	1	1	?	0	1	0	1
2	Williams, Ethan	BPL	?	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	5	2	?	0	0	2	0
6	Yze, Noah	BPR	?	1	0	13	6	7	5	0	5	2	?	1	0	1	1
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				6	9	279	165	114	45	60	107	46	0+	23	19	32	44

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
	2	E. Williams	8	W. Johnson	6	N. Yze	28	T. Graham	7	C. Clarke
	27	L. Alessio	6	J. Van Es	24	R. Polkinghorne	31	A. Tonelli	34	R. George
FORWARD							32	M. Gahan	37	D. Lloyd
HALF-BACK									33	F. Penry
	26	J. Cheep	9	K. Brown	10	L. Riley			15	L. Rankin
					16	A. Manton			36	M. Rudd
HALF-FORWARD									43	J. Sparkman
CENTRE
	27	K. Watt	15	N. Philactides	17	D. Chirgwin
	14	J. Green	13	C. Downie	12	H. Stubbings	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							31	D. Pinter	41	O. Bater
HALF-FORWARD							33	J. Peckett	45	K. Cooper
	20	L. Voss	22	C. Harrop	23	L. Coghlan	36	N. Scollo	3	B. Hopkins
	11	K. Baldwin (vc)	10	J. Tovey	8	B. Hobbs			32	M. Hoult
HALF-BACK									60	R. Theodoropoulos
FORWARD
	24	J. Haeata	25	J. Hutchings	49	D. Heelis
	4	T. Hird (c)	3	F. Rosman	2	D. Bedendo
BACK
Sandringham							Coach: Daniel Ward

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PMLB	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:42
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	04:13
	PMLB	Alex Tonelli behind	0.3.3	-	0.0.0	08:14
	PMLB	Rushed behind	0.4.4	-	0.0.0	08:48
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	1.4.10	-	0.0.0	10:46
	PMLB	Roy George behind	1.5.11	-	0.0.0	16:34
	SNDH	Daniel Pinter behind	1.5.11	-	0.1.1	18:51
	PMLB	Drew Lloyd behind	1.6.12	-	0.1.1	21:02
	SNDH	Rushed behind	1.6.12	-	0.2.2	24:06
	SNDH	Rushed behind	1.6.12	-	0.3.3	27:20
Q2	SNDH	Max Hoult behind	1.6.12	-	0.4.4	07:26
	SNDH	Kayne Watt goal	1.6.12	-	1.4.10	08:43
	SNDH	Rushed behind	1.6.12	-	1.5.11	11:04
	PMLB	Rushed behind	1.7.13	-	1.5.11	13:26
	SNDH	Max Hoult goal	1.7.13	-	2.5.17	20:44
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	2.7.19	-	2.5.17	23:37
	PMLB	Archi Manton behind	2.8.20	-	2.5.17	26:11
Q3	SNDH	Ricky Theodoropoulos behind	2.8.20	-	2.6.18	00:52
	PMLB	Riley Polkinghorne behind	2.9.21	-	2.6.18	15:09
	PMLB	Rushed behind	2.10.22	-	2.6.18	16:19
	SNDH	Max Hoult behind	2.10.22	-	2.7.19	21:07
	PMLB	Roy George goal	3.10.28	-	2.7.19	25:01
	PMLB	Josh Green goal	4.10.34	-	2.7.19	28:09
Q4	PMLB	Alex Tonelli behind	4.11.35	-	2.7.19	00:51
	PMLB	Charlie Clarke behind	4.12.36	-	2.7.19	02:08
	SNDH	Noah Yze goal	4.12.36	-	3.7.25	05:05
	SNDH	Rushed behind	4.12.36	-	3.8.26	07:35
	PMLB	Roy George behind	4.13.37	-	3.8.26	10:37
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	5.13.43	-	3.8.26	13:24
	SNDH	William Johnson goal	5.13.43	-	4.8.32	14:21
	SNDH	Ricky Theodoropoulos goal	5.13.43	-	5.8.38	17:21
	SNDH	Lachlan Voss goal	5.13.43	-	6.8.44	20:38
	PMLB	Charlie Clarke goal	6.13.49	-	6.8.44	22:20
	PMLB	Luca Alessio goal	7.13.55	-	6.8.44	26:34
	PMLB	Michael Rudd behind	7.14.56	-	6.8.44	28:28
	SNDH	Lachlan Voss behind	7.14.56	-	6.9.45	28:56

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