Chat about 2023 VFL Season
What a game! I haven't watched the replay but Sundays win will go down as one of the best.
Port faced a Geelong side with 17 AFL listed players and on an 8 game winning streak.
Port played a great 4 quarter effort.
From the latest Sandy news letter
Big news regarding our affiliation with St Kilda! The Saints have made a commitment to use one of its rookie list places to draft a Sandringham player, commencing next year.
Other news Items
The pre-season countdown is on! With the VFLW pre-season only 13 days away and the VFL pre-season 19 days away, stay tuned for news on re-signings and more!
Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Monday 4th December at 6:30pm at Sandy by the Bay. Members are strongly encouraged to attend for an update on club happenings.
2023 Smithy's VFL Grand Final - Gold Coast v Werribee
Sunday 24th September 2023
3:10PM - Ikon Park.
Match thread.
Match thread.
First market I can find - from Blue Bet
I thought I'd start up a thread to capture each clubs player award winners.
If you also know of when your club is hosting, post them up. I'm still waiting to find out when Port's are on.
PORT MELBOURNE vs COBURG
Friday 28 July, 7:35pm, ETU Stadium
Head-to-head: Port Melbourne 97-69-4. At ETU Stadium: Port Melbourne 52-27-2. Streak: Coburg 2
PORT MELBOURNE
B: S. Collins (9), E. Phillips (30), T. Cameron (24)
HB: A. Fyfe (1), F. Rosman (3), Z. Adams (33)
C: H. Stubbings (12), T. Hird (4), N. Stuhldreier (31)
HF: K. Viccars (25), A. Manton (16), J. Gasper (26)
F: A. Anastasio (19), J. Green (14), A. Curry (36)
R: S. Naismith (10), D. Clarke (2), H. Hooper (37)
INT: N. Holmes (5), C. Walker (29), B. Milford (42), J. Cucinotta (15), T. Hofert (21)
EMG: C. Stackelberg (22), N. Burke (11), F. Flockart (27), O. Manton (41), J. Johnston (20), O. Roberts (50)
IN: B. Milford, C. Walker
OUT: J. O'Sullivan (concussion), M. Signorello (hamstring)
COBURG
B: H. Nolan (6), L. Walker (25), I. Dammersmith (43)
HB: B. Jepson (21), L. Nelson (1), R. Exon (5)
C: M. Kennedy (24), F. Gentile (4), S. Mason (22)
HF: K. Weightman (26), R. Sturgess (9), N. Boucher (17)
F: M. Podhajski (10), M. Simpson (27), A. Clarke (12)
R: L. Podhajski (14), B. Gillard (11), L. Bailey (47)
INT: H. McGlashan (15), J. Corigliano (2), B. Rigoni (32), T. McKenzie (3), J. Kemp (38)
EMG: C. Beasley (8), B. Cameron (40), A. Carafa (35), W. Bella (31), D. Johnston (41)
IN: R. Exon, J. Kemp
OUT: C. Beasley, D. Johnston
UMPIRES
Port Melbourne vs Coburg
FIELD: 29.Andrew Heffernan, 31.Paul Rebeschini, 40.Harry Birch, 42.Nick McGinness (all AFL). BOUNDARY: Jake D’Angelo, Kyle Fisher, Greta Miller. GOAL: Tom Gath, Adam Steger.
To those who are watching the 5th Test
During the crowd scenes keep watch for our regular correspondent "VFA", he will be wearing a Richmond jumper. VFA is touring the globe as Australia's sports attache.
That bloody wind!
It's season over for Port Melbourne after Werribee notched up another win and will remain Victoria's best chance for a standalone premiership.
In what might be a reflection on Port's season, this game was played in front of the smallest crowd that I can recall.
What was even more telling was that the crowd was a majority Werribee supporter base. I don't think that has ever happened at Port, being outnumbered by a another VFA/VFL club at home.
Maybe it was a reflection on the conditions, the likelihood of missing finals or the late start that kept people away... Even the social rooms were very sparsely attended.
Port's women's side take on Collingwood tomorrow at another poorly fixtured start time of 11am.
I actually thought Port weren't too bad, but tend to go in and out of the game, and good passages of play are brought undone by skill or decision making errors.
