North Melbourne v Port Adelaide, Round 1 2026
2026 AFLRound 1
| 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 too strong for Port
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.
In context
- North’s first win over Port since 2019.
- AFL debuts for Tom Blamires and Lachy Dovaston.
- AFL debut for Jack Watkins.
- First game for Port: Jacob Wehr, Corey Durdin.
- A career-high 135 AFL Fantasy points for Dylan Stephens (previous best 110).
Best on ground
North · #15 · 91% game time
- 29
- D
- 1
- G
- 11
- M
- 4
- T
1 clearances · 5 inside 50s · AFL Fantasy 135
Brownlow votes2026 count
Score worm
North aheadPort aheadGoalFour or more goals in a row
- 6 goals in a row to NorthQ2 28:22 – Q3 11:07
- 4 goals in a row to NorthQ4 8:46 – 27:45
- North lead by 47Q4 27:45
NorthGoals
- N. Larkey 4
- C. Trembath 3.1
- C. Zurhaar 2.3
- P. Curtis 1.3
- D. Stephens 1.1
- C. Comben 1
- J. Darling 1
- Z. Duursma 1
- C. McKercher 1
- L. Parker 1
- J. Simpkin 1
PortGoals
- M. Georgiades 3.1
- C. Durdin 2.2
- J. Whitlock 2.1
- M. Bergman 1.2
- D. Byrne-Jones 1.1
- Field umpires
- Mathew Nicholls, Tom Bryce, Joel Clamp, Eleni Tee
North MelbourneFinal team
Interchange
EmergenciesC. Coleman-Jones, Z. Banch, R. Hansen Jr
Milestones
- Tom Blamires · Debut game
- Lachy Dovaston · Debut game
First game for the club
- Tom Blamires · Old Brighton/Swinburne University/Frankston (VFL)
- Lachy Dovaston · Blackburn (Vic)/Eastern Ranges U18
Port AdelaideFinal team
Interchange
EmergenciesJ. Mead, J. Lukosius, J. Sweet
Milestones
- Jack Watkins · Debut game
First game for the club
- Jacob Wehr · Balaklava (SA)/Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL)/GWS Giants
- Corey Durdin · Golden Grove (SA)/Central District (SANFL)/Carlton
- Jack Watkins · Melton South FC/Crc Melton/Port Adelaide (SANFL)
How the FanCrew rating works
FanCrew rating: Champion Data rating points and AFL Fantasy points together, on a 0–10 scale against every AFL game since 2001 (Fantasy points alone before 2012). 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need 15% game time to be rated.
North won the clearances 40–29 and won the contested ball 132–112.
NTHAttackPOR
- Inside 50s 47
- Scoring shots 9.1322
- Accuracy 41%
51
2817.11
61%
The ball
- Disposals 287
- Contested possessions 112
- Clearances 29
- Marks 74
- Tackles 52
- Free kicks 22
- Biggest lead 10
370
132
40
119
58
22
47
Disposals
- SheezelNTH31
- StephensNTH29
- Davies-UniackeNTH24
Goals
- LarkeyNTH4.0
- TrembathNTH3.1
- GeorgiadesPOR3.1
Marks
Tackles
North Melbourne17.11113
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15D. Stephens | 29 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 135 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| 26L. Parker | 24 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3H. Sheezel | 31 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 118 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | |
| 38T. Xerri | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 96 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 16 | |
| 30C. Comben | 18 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 9L. Davies-Uniacke | 24 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 94 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| 12J. Simpkin | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 27J. DarlingInt | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 74 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 5C. Daniel | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 24T. Powell | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 70 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2F. O'Sullivan | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 67 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| 47C. Trembath | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 20N. Larkey | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11L. McDonaldInt | 20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 32T. Pink | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| 39T. Blamires | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| 44C. Zurhaar | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1L. DovastonInt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 10C. McKercherInt | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19G. Logue | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25P. Curtis | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7Z. DuursmaInt | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 41J. Konstanty | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | 370 | 17 | 10 | 119 | 58 | 40 | 1650 | 232 | 138 | 51 | 21 |
Port Adelaide9.1367
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9Z. Butters | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 92 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| 28W. Drew | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 78 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1C. Rozee | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 89 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
| 7J. BurgoyneInt | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| 38D. Visentini | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 30 | |
| 6K. Farrell | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21A. Aliir | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35J. Richards | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 31E. Mackinlay | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14M. BergmanInt | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 34L. Jones | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 33D. Byrne-Jones | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19M. Georgiades | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 44C. DurdinInt | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4T. Marshall | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18J. Horne-Francis | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 37J. WatkinsInt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 22L. Evans | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15J. Wehr | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5J. Berry | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
| 27E. Ratugolea | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30O. Lord | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| 17J. WhitlockInt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 287 | 9 | 11 | 74 | 52 | 29 | 1248 | 186 | 101 | 47 | 37 |
Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.
First quarterNTH 3.4 (22) · POR 2.2 (14)
- 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)
Second quarterNTH 5.1 (31) · POR 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)
Third quarterNTH 5.5 (35) · POR 3.4 (22)
- 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)
Last quarterNTH 4.1 (25) · POR 2.5 (17)
- 1:52RushedPortPOR13.10 (88) – 7.9 (51)
- 3:29GoalC. DurdinPOR13.10 (88) – 8.9 (57)
- 6:18GoalJ. WhitlockPOR13.10 (88) – 9.9 (63)
- 8:06BehindC. ZurhaarNTH13.11 (89) – 9.9 (63)
- 8:46GoalP. CurtisNTH14.11 (95) – 9.9 (63)
- 11:07GoalN. LarkeyNTH15.11 (101) – 9.9 (63)
- 13:21GoalC. TrembathNTH16.11 (107) – 9.9 (63)
- 18:02BehindZ. ButtersPOR16.11 (107) – 9.10 (64)
- 20:58BehindD. Byrne-JonesPOR16.11 (107) – 9.11 (65)
- 24:52BehindM. BergmanPOR16.11 (107) – 9.12 (66)
- 27:45GoalC. TrembathNTH17.11 (113) – 9.12 (66)
- 30:20BehindM. GeorgiadesPOR17.11 (113) – 9.13 (67)