From The Age (Realfooty website)
Reported by Brent Diamond
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Port Melbourne coach Gary Ayres has declared there is a ''transitional change'' at the Borough after it suffered a rare third consecutive defeat at the hands of Collingwood at Victoria Park on Saturday.

Seen to be invincible when undefeated in its premiership year in 2011, Port appears out of its depth midway through the season.

''There is a transitional change or a generational change in the group. It was always going to come and it's coming now,'' Ayres said after Saturday's 11-point loss. ''I actually thought it was going to happen last year.''

Who else but the co-runner of this website Michael 'Robbo' Robinson has reached one hell of a milestone this weekend. Robbo has been a timekeeper for 350 VFA/VFL games. A sensational effort I'm sure you'll agree. Please join me in congratulating Robbo on this outstanding achievement!

Keep an eye out for Paul Amy's interview with Robbo in Inside Football this week.

SATURDAY JUNE 29
Collingwood vs Port Melbourne at Victoria Park 1pm
Casey Scorpions vs Northern Blues at Casey Fields 1:10pm(ABC1TV)
(Development League match starts at 10am)
Werribee vs Essendon at Avalon Airport Oval,Werribee 2pm
(Development League match Werribee vs Coburg starts at 11am)
North Ballarat vs Sandringham at Eureka Stadium 2pm
(Development League match starts at 11am)
Bendigo Gold vs Frankston at QEO,Bendigo 2:30pm
(Curtain Raiser TAC Cup Bendigo Pioneers vs Murray Bushrangers starts at 12pm)

SUNDAY JUNE 30
(Dev League)Port Melbourne vs Frankston at Northport Oval 11am
Box Hill Hawks vs Williamstown at Box Hill 2pm(3WBC)
(Development League match starts at 11am)
Coburg Tigers vs Geelong at Mantello Holden Oval,Coburg 2pm(Aussie Digital,Vision Australia Radio)

From The Sunday Age
Reported by Brent Diamond
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Port Melbourne's weaknesses were heavily exposed by reigning premier Geelong, which inflicted an 85-point belting on the former powerhouse at Simonds Stadium on Saturday.

The Borough's second successive loss leaves it outside the top four with Hawthorn's feeder team Box Hill and Geelong the top two teams at the halfway mark.

The Cats exposed Port's lack of speed at Etihad Stadium in last year's grand final and did so again on Saturday with some of the Borough's veterans left trailing behind their quick and talented opposition.

Cats coach Matthew Knights said he didn't have to go back to the tape of the grand final win to learn how to stop a team they rated as the benchmark. Instead, he looked at North Ballarat coach Gerard FitzGerald's team's mammoth effort to snatch a come-from-behind win over Port last week.

From the Geelong Advertiser
Reported by Ryan Reynolds
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GEELONG'S VFL side put in its most complete performance of the season to trounce VFL powerhouse Port Melbourne by 85 points today.

Senior emergencies Josh Caddy, Jackson Thurlow and Billie Smedts were all influential in the big 21.17 (143) to 9.4 (58) win at Simonds Stadium.

Dawson Simpson was a late withdrawal before the game.

Caddy and Smedts proved they were a class above VFL level with dominant performances in the midfield.

"Obviously I would love to be playing in the ones," Caddy said after the match.

"But it's great when we come into the twos and the top-ups, as they are called, play their role every week and play to the structures.