2026 VFL Season Round 20: Port Melbourne v Richmond Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 2026 between Port Melbourne and the Richmond Reserves during round twenty of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Port Melbourne hosted the Richmond 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 Jack Madgen.

Port Melbourne (13.9.87) defeated the Richmond Reserves (11.7.73).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Port Melbourne v Richmond Reserves
Date: Saturday 8 August 2026
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: ETU Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Port Melbourne def. Richmond Reserves
Score: 13.9.87 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Port Melbourne	1	.	3	4	.	6	9	.	7	13	.	9	13	.	9	(87)
Richmond Reserves	5	.	2	7	.	2	10	.	5	11	.	7	11	.	7	(73)
Margin	RICR by 23			RICR by 14			RICR by 4			PMLB by 14			PMLB by 14
Duration	28:47			32:17			31:49			30:49			2:03:42

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 (Richmond Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Port Melbourne

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

Richmond Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jack Madgen

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	?	1	0	6	2	4	1	4	6	1	?	1	1	1	0
11	Baldwin, Kaine (vc)	C	?	1	2	15	9	6	3	0	2	0	?	3	2	3	1
2	Bedendo, Dominic	BPL	?	2	2	19	12	7	5	0	5	0	?	2	1	0	5
13	Downie, Connor	HFFL	?	0	1	13	8	5	4	0	1	0	?	0	1	1	2
32	Gahan, Matt	INT	?	0	0	24	18	6	6	0	3	0	?	1	0	8	1
34	George, Roy	INT	?	0	0	13	4	9	2	0	2	1	?	1	1	0	2
28	Graham, Tom	RR	?	0	0	12	3	9	3	0	3	1	?	1	0	0	2
14	Green, Josh	CHF	?	0	1	12	4	8	3	0	5	5	?	1	0	0	3
18	Hawkins, Ned	FPL	?	1	0	14	6	8	3	0	8	4	?	1	1	1	2
4	Hird, Tom (c)	BPR	?	4	1	21	11	10	2	0	5	6	?	0	5	3	3
8	Hobbs, Ben	HBFR	?	0	0	27	16	11	4	0	3	4	?	1	3	3	8
5	Mulady, Owen	HBFL	?	0	0	13	6	7	1	0	6	1	?	2	0	0	4
33	Penry, Flynn	INT	?	0	0	13	7	6	1	34	4	6	?	3	1	0	2
24	Polkinghorne, Riley	FPR	?	0	0	5	2	3	1	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	1
15	Rankin, Lachlan	HFFR	?	0	0	27	14	13	3	0	3	4	?	2	1	6	4
21	Rider, Max	FF	?	0	1	9	3	6	2	0	6	0	?	1	2	0	0
3	Rosman, Fraser	FB	?	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	2	0	?	0	1	5	3
36	Rudd, Michael	INT	?	0	0	19	12	7	9	0	2	0	?	2	2	3	3
43	Sparkman, Joshua	INT	?	0	0	20	13	7	5	0	6	0	?	1	0	4	1
12	Stubbings, Harry	WR	?	0	0	16	7	9	5	0	2	0	?	1	1	2	2
31	Tonelli, Alex	RO	?	2	0	6	4	2	2	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	1
10	Tovey, Josh	WL	?	2	1	17	13	4	5	0	1	4	?	3	0	2	3
6	Van Es, James	CHB	?	0	0	13	8	5	3	0	1	0	?	2	1	1	1
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				13	9	347	191	156	76	38	80	37	0+	30	25	43	54

Richmond Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Alger, Jasper	HBFL	?	2	0	6	3	3	1	0	1	1	?	0	1	0	0
34	Armstrong, Harry	CHB	?	4	1	11	7	4	4	0	1	1	?	0	0	0	0
45	Burton, Tom	C	?	0	0	10	4	6	0	0	3	1	?	1	0	1	3
63	Collier, Nicholas	RU	?	0	0	12	7	5	1	0	5	0	?	0	0	1	2
57	El Nour, Mutaz	FF	?	0	0	17	15	2	7	0	3	0	?	2	1	8	0
43	Fawcett, Liam	WL	?	2	1	16	11	5	7	1	1	3	?	0	4	0	2
53	Garner, Joel	CHF	?	1	0	9	3	6	1	0	6	0	?	0	2	0	1
67	George, Liam	RO	?	0	0	14	5	9	1	0	0	1	?	0	2	1	3
50	Gray, Campbell	HFFL	?	0	0	10	7	3	6	0	1	0	?	0	2	1	3
47	Hayes-Brown, Oliver	WR	?	0	0	21	6	15	1	33	5	9	?	1	4	1	4
61	Hotton, Olli	FPR	?	0	1	21	10	11	4	0	11	4	?	2	1	1	2
77	O'Keefe, Zachary	INT	?	0	1	20	12	8	3	0	2	2	?	2	3	4	3
26	Peucker, Zane	FB	?	0	0	18	14	4	6	0	6	1	?	1	0	2	3
81	Phillips, Sam	INT	?	0	0	11	6	5	3	0	4	1	?	1	0	3	1
64	Philp, Sam	RR	?	0	0	21	10	11	2	0	7	5	?	2	0	1	6
17	Rioli, Maurice	BPL	?	0	1	16	11	5	2	0	2	6	?	2	1	0	4
27	Roberts-Thomson, Noah	BPR	?	0	0	16	6	10	1	0	4	3	?	2	3	1	3
54	Scott, Harry	HFFR	?	0	0	13	3	10	0	0	9	2	?	1	2	1	2
78	Sharkie, Aaron	INT	?	0	0	20	9	11	7	0	2	0	?	0	0	5	2
55	Street, Lachlan	FPL	?	0	0	19	11	8	3	0	1	0	?	2	1	4	2
68	Toner, Sam	INT	?	0	0	11	6	5	3	0	3	0	?	2	0	0	5
36	Trezise, James	HBFR	?	0	0	20	12	8	4	0	5	1	?	1	1	4	2
80	Varlet, JayDe	INT	?	2	1	11	5	6	0	0	4	0	?	3	2	1	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				11	7	343	183	160	67	34	86	41	0+	25	30	40	54

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
	17	M. Rioli	26	Z. Peucker	27	N. Roberts-Thomson	27	L. Alessio	32	M. Gahan
	24	R. Polkinghorne	21	M. Rider	18	N. Hawkins	28	T. Graham	34	R. George
FORWARD							31	A. Tonelli	33	F. Penry
HALF-BACK									36	M. Rudd
	29	J. Alger	34	H. Armstrong	36	J. Trezise			43	J. Sparkman
	15	L. Rankin	14	J. Green	13	C. Downie
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	43	L. Fawcett	45	T. Burton	47	O. Hayes-Brown
	12	H. Stubbings	11	K. Baldwin (vc)	10	J. Tovey	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							63	N. Collier	77	Z. O'Keefe
HALF-FORWARD							64	S. Philp	81	S. Phillips
	50	C. Gray	53	J. Garner	54	H. Scott	67	L. George	78	A. Sharkie
	8	B. Hobbs	6	J. Van Es	5	O. Mulady			68	S. Toner
HALF-BACK									80	J. Varlet
FORWARD
	55	L. Street	57	M. El Nour	61	O. Hotton
	4	T. Hird (c)	3	F. Rosman	2	D. Bedendo
BACK
Richmond Reserves							Coach: Jack Madgen

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:05
	RICR	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	04:45
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	08:22
	RICR	Harry Armstrong behind	1.1.7	-	0.2.2	12:08
	RICR	JayDe Varlet goal	1.1.7	-	1.2.8	13:15
	RICR	Harry Armstrong goal	1.1.7	-	2.2.14	15:41
	RICR	Harry Armstrong goal	1.1.7	-	3.2.20	16:59
	RICR	Jasper Alger goal	1.1.7	-	4.2.26	19:17
	RICR	Jasper Alger goal	1.1.7	-	5.2.32	21:37
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo behind	1.2.8	-	5.2.32	25:26
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo behind	1.3.9	-	5.2.32	26:48
Q2	RICR	Liam Fawcett goal	1.3.9	-	6.2.38	03:30
	RICR	Joel Garner goal	1.3.9	-	7.2.44	08:33
	PMLB	Tom Hird goal	2.3.15	-	7.2.44	10:30
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin behind	2.4.16	-	7.2.44	14:54
	PMLB	Connor Downie behind	2.5.17	-	7.2.44	16:33
	PMLB	Ned Hawkins goal	3.5.23	-	7.2.44	18:31
	PMLB	Luca Alessio goal	4.5.29	-	7.2.44	24:10
	PMLB	Max Rider behind	4.6.30	-	7.2.44	26:25
Q3	PMLB	Tom Hird goal	5.6.36	-	7.2.44	02:37
	RICR	Liam Fawcett goal	5.6.36	-	8.2.50	04:44
	PMLB	Josh Tovey behind	5.7.37	-	8.2.50	10:52
	PMLB	Tom Hird goal	6.7.43	-	8.2.50	14:46
	RICR	Harry Armstrong goal	6.7.43	-	9.2.56	16:17
	RICR	Olli Hotton behind	6.7.43	-	9.3.57	18:30
	PMLB	Alex Tonelli goal	7.7.49	-	9.3.57	20:12
	RICR	Liam Fawcett behind	7.7.49	-	9.4.58	22:13
	RICR	JayDe Varlet goal	7.7.49	-	10.4.64	25:24
	RICR	Rushed behind	7.7.49	-	10.5.65	26:44
	PMLB	Tom Hird goal	8.7.55	-	10.5.65	28:32
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	9.7.61	-	10.5.65	31:39
Q4	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	10.7.67	-	10.5.65	05:18
	RICR	JayDe Varlet behind	10.7.67	-	10.6.66	07:19
	PMLB	Tom Hird behind	10.8.68	-	10.6.66	08:38
	RICR	Maurice Rioli behind	10.8.68	-	10.7.67	10:49
	RICR	Harry Armstrong goal	10.8.68	-	11.7.73	18:16
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	11.8.74	-	11.7.73	21:41
	PMLB	Alex Tonelli goal	12.8.80	-	11.7.73	22:53
	PMLB	Josh Green behind	12.9.81	-	11.7.73	24:36
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	13.9.87	-	11.7.73	26:54

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