2026 VFL Season Round 17: Werribee v Port Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 2026 between Werribee and Port Melbourne during round seventeen of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Werribee hosted Port Melbourne at Avalon Airport Oval. Jesse Clark captained the hosts with Dom Brew as vice-captain. Tom Hird captained the visitors with Kaine Baldwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dan Lowther and the visitors were coached by Brendan McCartney.

Werribee (16.13.109) defeated Port Melbourne (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Werribee v Port Melbourne
Date: Sunday 19 July 2026
Time: 2:05 PM
Venue: Avalon Airport Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Werribee def. Port Melbourne
Score: 16.13.109 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Werribee	4	.	2	9	.	6	12	.	10	16	.	13	16	.	13	(109)
Port Melbourne	4	.	1	4	.	4	8	.	8	10	.	11	10	.	11	(71)
Margin	WERB by 1			WERB by 32			WERB by 26			WERB by 38			WERB by 38
Duration	37:04			31:17			31:57			31:28			2:11:46

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Werribee

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

Port Melbourne

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

Player Statistics

Werribee

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Andrews, Daly	FB	?	0	1	18	9	9	4	0	2	6	?	0	2	2	4
19	Azzi, Sam	CHF	?	0	0	11	9	2	6	0	2	0	?	1	0	1	0
29	Brew, Dom (vc)	RO	?	0	0	23	15	8	3	0	9	4	?	1	0	5	5
32	Charleson, Lachlan	INT	?	3	0	7	6	1	1	0	2	2	?	2	2	0	0
27	Clark, Jesse (c)	RU	?	0	0	22	15	7	4	0	4	1	?	0	1	5	0
14	Cousins, Mace	HFFL	?	0	0	12	8	4	6	0	5	0	?	1	1	3	0
24	Dahlhaus, Jay	FPR	?	5	0	11	10	1	7	0	2	0	?	2	2	0	3
7	Depasquale, Anthony	HBFR	?	4	1	11	9	2	7	0	2	0	?	2	1	0	1
6	Elliott, Will	CHB	?	2	3	13	9	4	6	6	1	2	?	2	0	0	2
10	Eyers, Ryan	WR	?	0	0	11	5	6	9	0	2	0	?	0	0	2	1
8	Ivisic, Xavier	WL	?	0	0	15	11	4	7	0	2	2	?	1	0	2	4
21	Keighran, Zane	FPL	?	0	0	16	10	6	7	0	1	1	?	0	0	2	2
38	King, Nash	INT	?	0	1	17	13	4	1	0	6	5	?	1	0	1	7
20	Kuol Mun, Ajang	HFFR	?	0	0	17	9	8	1	53	7	12	?	1	4	4	4
1	Lazzaro, Charlie	BPL	?	1	2	19	12	7	0	0	5	9	?	4	4	1	6
34	Pavlidis, Jaelen	INT	?	0	0	21	16	5	10	0	2	2	?	0	1	5	1
9	Pinnuck, Louis	C	?	0	0	15	14	1	2	0	2	0	?	0	1	4	2
33	Riding, Jack	INT	?	1	1	18	9	9	1	0	4	4	?	1	0	0	2
45	Robb, Micah	INT	?	0	0	7	3	4	2	0	4	0	?	0	0	0	2
23	Simpson, Thomas	FF	?	0	0	7	6	1	0	0	0	2	?	0	0	1	2
5	Tullio, Noah	HBFL	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
4	Whyte, Cooper	BPR	?	0	0	6	4	2	2	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	2
28	Wright, Brady	RR	?	0	2	8	5	3	4	0	3	0	?	2	1	0	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				16	13	305	207	98	90	59	68	52	0+	22	20	38	52

Port Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Luca	FPR	?	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	1
11	Baldwin, Kaine (vc)	WL	?	4	1	14	10	4	6	0	5	0	?	2	0	0	1
2	Bedendo, Dominic	BPL	?	1	2	10	7	3	2	0	4	0	?	1	1	0	2
7	Clarke, Charlie	CHB	?	0	0	8	5	3	1	0	5	0	?	0	0	0	2
23	Dimattina, Kai	FPL	?	0	0	13	8	5	1	0	1	0	?	0	1	2	1
13	Downie, Connor	WR	?	0	0	13	9	4	4	0	4	1	?	0	0	2	5
32	Gahan, Matt	RO	?	0	0	17	10	7	2	0	0	0	?	1	1	6	1
34	George, Roy	INT	?	1	0	11	3	8	3	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	2
28	Graham, Tom	RU	?	0	0	12	8	4	3	0	2	1	?	3	2	4	2
14	Green, Josh	HFFL	?	0	0	17	3	14	1	0	4	4	?	1	0	2	0
18	Hawkins, Ned	INT	?	0	0	11	7	4	5	0	3	1	?	1	3	3	0
4	Hird, Tom (c)	FB	?	0	0	17	10	7	1	0	8	4	?	1	1	1	5
8	Hobbs, Ben	HBFR	?	0	0	23	11	12	2	0	10	9	?	2	4	2	5
16	Manton, Archi	HFFR	?	0	2	10	9	1	2	7	2	3	?	1	3	2	2
5	Mulady, Owen	BPR	?	0	1	8	5	3	0	0	2	0	?	1	0	2	3
33	Penry, Flynn	INT	?	1	0	11	8	3	0	20	3	5	?	2	0	1	2
24	Polkinghorne, Riley	FF	?	1	0	8	5	3	2	0	2	2	?	1	1	0	3
15	Rankin, Lachlan	CHF	?	0	0	20	9	11	2	0	6	4	?	2	0	1	4
36	Rudd, Michael	INT	?	1	2	8	7	1	4	0	3	0	?	0	2	0	3
43	Sparkman, Joshua	INT	?	0	0	19	10	9	4	0	2	2	?	0	2	6	2
12	Stubbings, Harry	C	?	0	0	9	5	4	1	0	2	0	?	0	1	1	2
31	Tonelli, Alex	RR	?	1	0	5	2	3	1	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
6	Van Es, James	HBFL	?	0	0	9	7	2	4	0	1	0	?	1	0	1	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				10	11	275	159	116	51	27	75	36	0+	20	22	36	50

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

Werribee							Coach: Dan Lowther
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	2	D. Bedendo	4	T. Hird (c)	5	O. Mulady	27	J. Clark (c)	32	L. Charleson
	24	J. Dahlhaus	23	T. Simpson	21	Z. Keighran	28	B. Wright	38	N. King
FORWARD							29	D. Brew (vc)	34	J. Pavlidis
HALF-BACK									33	J. Riding
	6	J. Van Es	7	C. Clarke	8	B. Hobbs			45	M. Robb
	20	A. Kuol Mun	19	S. Azzi	14	M. Cousins
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	11	K. Baldwin (vc)	12	H. Stubbings	13	C. Downie
	10	R. Eyers	9	L. Pinnuck	8	X. Ivisic	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							28	T. Graham	34	R. George
HALF-FORWARD							31	A. Tonelli	18	N. Hawkins
	14	J. Green	15	L. Rankin	16	A. Manton	32	M. Gahan	33	F. Penry
	7	A. Depasquale	6	W. Elliott	5	N. Tullio			36	M. Rudd
HALF-BACK									43	J. Sparkman
FORWARD
	23	K. Dimattina	24	R. Polkinghorne	27	L. Alessio
	4	C. Whyte	2	D. Andrews	1	C. Lazzaro
BACK
Port Melbourne							Coach: Brendan McCartney

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WERB	Anthony Depasquale goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	03:56
	PMLB	Flynn Penry goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	06:49
	WERB	Nash King behind	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	08:59
	WERB	Jay Dahlhaus goal	2.1.13	-	1.0.6	13:11
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	2.1.13	-	2.0.12	18:21
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	2.1.13	-	3.0.18	20:19
	WERB	Will Elliott goal	3.1.19	-	3.0.18	21:59
	PMLB	Roy George goal	3.1.19	-	4.0.24	25:15
	WERB	Charlie Lazzaro behind	3.2.20	-	4.0.24	31:46
	WERB	Jack Riding goal	4.2.26	-	4.0.24	33:03
	PMLB	Archi Manton behind	4.2.26	-	4.1.25	36:44
Q2	WERB	Jay Dahlhaus behind	4.3.27	-	4.1.25	02:45
	WERB	Charlie Lazzaro goal	5.3.33	-	4.1.25	04:52
	WERB	Lachlan Charleson goal	6.3.39	-	4.1.25	08:43
	WERB	Charlie Lazzaro behind	6.4.40	-	4.1.25	10:56
	WERB	Jay Dahlhaus goal	7.4.46	-	4.1.25	12:57
	WERB	Will Elliott behind	7.5.47	-	4.1.25	15:32
	PMLB	Owen Mulady behind	7.5.47	-	4.2.26	19:48
	WERB	Will Elliott behind	7.6.48	-	4.2.26	21:47
	PMLB	Rushed behind	7.6.48	-	4.3.27	22:41
	PMLB	Archi Manton behind	7.6.48	-	4.4.28	23:49
	WERB	Lachlan Charleson goal	8.6.54	-	4.4.28	26:05
	WERB	Will Elliott goal	9.6.60	-	4.4.28	28:56
Q3	PMLB	Michael Rudd behind	9.6.60	-	4.5.29	00:40
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo behind	9.6.60	-	4.6.30	03:38
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo behind	9.6.60	-	4.7.31	05:08
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	9.6.60	-	5.7.37	10:52
	WERB	Jay Dahlhaus goal	10.6.66	-	5.7.37	14:10
	WERB	Jack Riding behind	10.7.67	-	5.7.37	15:16
	WERB	Rushed behind	10.8.68	-	5.7.37	15:50
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	10.8.68	-	6.7.43	17:18
	PMLB	Alex Tonelli behind	10.8.68	-	6.8.44	19:20
	WERB	Anthony Depasquale goal	11.8.74	-	6.8.44	21:34
	WERB	Daly Andrews behind	11.9.75	-	6.8.44	22:34
	PMLB	Riley Polkinghorne goal	11.9.75	-	7.8.50	24:44
	WERB	Will Elliott behind	11.10.76	-	7.8.50	25:34
	WERB	Anthony Depasquale goal	12.10.82	-	7.8.50	27:10
	PMLB	Alex Tonelli goal	12.10.82	-	8.8.56	29:02
Q4	WERB	Brady Wright behind	12.11.83	-	8.8.56	01:39
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin behind	12.11.83	-	8.9.57	02:48
	WERB	Anthony Depasquale behind	12.12.84	-	8.9.57	07:22
	WERB	Lachlan Charleson goal	13.12.90	-	8.9.57	09:16
	PMLB	Josh Green behind	13.12.90	-	8.10.58	11:20
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	13.12.90	-	9.10.64	17:09
	PMLB	Michael Rudd behind	13.12.90	-	9.11.65	19:04
	PMLB	Michael Rudd goal	13.12.90	-	10.11.71	19:42
	WERB	Brady Wright behind	13.13.91	-	10.11.71	22:22
	WERB	Jay Dahlhaus goal	14.13.97	-	10.11.71	23:47
	WERB	Jay Dahlhaus goal	15.13.103	-	10.11.71	27:13
	WERB	Anthony Depasquale goal	16.13.109	-	10.11.71	29:18

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