North Melbourne v Port Adelaide – Round 1 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 1Sun, 15 Mar, 1:10 pm AEDT

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17.119.13

North by 46

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
NTH	3.4 22	8.5 53	13.10 88	17.11 113
POR	2.2 14	4.4 28	7.8 50	9.13 67

Marvel Stadium, MelbourneLead changes 1

Recap

North 17.11 (113) beat Port 9.13 (67) at Marvel Stadium in Round 1, a 46-point win.

North led at every change.

Nick Larkey kicked four goals for North and Cooper Trembath three; Mitch Georgiades kicked three for Port.

Dylan Stephens led the way with 29 disposals, a goal and 11 marks.

A run of six straight goals across the second and third quarters stretched the lead from 7 to 41.

North won the clearances 40–29 and won the contested ball 132–112.

More from Round 1

North Melbourne17.11113

Port Adelaide9.1367

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

3:24GoalD. Byrne-JonesPOR0.0 (0) – 1.0 (6)
5:02BehindP. CurtisNTH0.1 (1) – 1.0 (6)
6:48BehindC. ZurhaarNTH0.2 (2) – 1.0 (6)
8:31GoalM. GeorgiadesPOR0.2 (2) – 2.0 (12)
15:22BehindC. TrembathNTH0.3 (3) – 2.0 (12)
20:04BehindZ. ButtersPOR0.3 (3) – 2.1 (13)
21:30GoalN. LarkeyNTH1.3 (9) – 2.1 (13)
24:00GoalC. ZurhaarNTHLead change2.3 (15) – 2.1 (13)
25:29BehindP. CurtisNTH2.4 (16) – 2.1 (13)
26:17GoalC. ZurhaarNTH3.4 (22) – 2.1 (13)
28:10BehindO. LordPOR3.4 (22) – 2.2 (14)

1:41GoalJ. WhitlockPOR3.4 (22) – 3.2 (20)
6:05GoalD. StephensNTH4.4 (28) – 3.2 (20)
10:40BehindC. DurdinPOR4.4 (28) – 3.3 (21)
14:47GoalC. TrembathNTH5.4 (34) – 3.3 (21)
19:20GoalM. BergmanPOR5.4 (34) – 4.3 (27)
25:32BehindJ. WhitlockPOR5.4 (34) – 4.4 (28)
27:06BehindL. Davies-UniackeNTH5.5 (35) – 4.4 (28)
28:22GoalC. CombenNTH6.5 (41) – 4.4 (28)
29:43GoalC. McKercherNTH7.5 (47) – 4.4 (28)
31:01GoalZ. DuursmaNTH8.5 (53) – 4.4 (28)

0:41GoalJ. SimpkinNTH9.5 (59) – 4.4 (28)
3:17BehindP. CurtisNTH9.6 (60) – 4.4 (28)
4:10GoalN. LarkeyNTH10.6 (66) – 4.4 (28)
5:57BehindM. BergmanPOR10.6 (66) – 4.5 (29)
7:20BehindJ. Horne-FrancisPOR10.6 (66) – 4.6 (30)
8:17RushedPortPOR10.6 (66) – 4.7 (31)
11:07GoalL. ParkerNTH11.6 (72) – 4.7 (31)
13:34GoalM. GeorgiadesPOR11.6 (72) – 5.7 (37)
14:56BehindC. DurdinPOR11.6 (72) – 5.8 (38)
18:25GoalN. LarkeyNTH12.6 (78) – 5.8 (38)
20:12BehindC. ZurhaarNTH12.7 (79) – 5.8 (38)
24:23BehindT. PowellNTH12.8 (80) – 5.8 (38)
25:02BehindD. StephensNTH12.9 (81) – 5.8 (38)
26:15GoalC. DurdinPOR12.9 (81) – 6.8 (44)
29:57GoalJ. DarlingNTH13.9 (87) – 6.8 (44)
31:46GoalM. GeorgiadesPOR13.9 (87) – 7.8 (50)
35:41RushedNorthNTH13.10 (88) – 7.8 (50)