Port Adelaide vs Melbourne - Round 23, 2026 - Live Scores & Stats

Port Adelaide vs Melbourne – Round 23, 2026

The Port Adelaide Power face the Melbourne Demons in Round 23 of the 2026 AFL season. Follow the live scores, team lists, match statistics and key moments from the game at Adelaide Oval.

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

Port Adelaide

DATE	OPP	RESULT
8/8/26	Sydney	L 167 - 70
1/8/26	GWS	L 63 - 75
26/7/26	Brisbane	L 126 - 67
18/7/26	Fremantle	L 75 - 103
11/7/26	St Kilda	L 87 - 73

Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
8/8/26	Fremantle	W 113 - 109
2/8/26	Gold Coast	W 105 - 114
24/7/26	Geelong	L 97 - 117
18/7/26	North Melbourne	W 76 - 92
12/7/26	Richmond	W 111 - 65

Score Breakdown

	1	2	3	4
	1.2 8	3.2 20	6.6 42	8.8 56
	7.2 44	9.3 57	15.5 95	20.12 132

Best On Ground

Ollie Wines O Wines31 disposals

Joe Richards J Richards29 disposals

Mitch Georgiades M Georgiades4 goals

Jack Steele J Steele27 disposals
1 goal

Max Gawn M Gawn25 disposals

Bayley Fritsch B Fritsch4 goals

Port Adelaide

Melbourne

Port Adelaide

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Alex Van Wyk	4	4	8	4	7	0	0	1	0	0
Aliir Aliir	7	0	7	5	0	1	1	1	0	0
Balyn O'Brien	8	7	15	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
Corey Durdin	6	2	8	3	0	1	2	1	1	1
Dante Visentini	6	3	9	5	0	0	3	2	0	0
Harrison Ramm	4	5	9	3	0	0	2	1	0	0
Jack Whitlock	5	1	6	3	0	1	3	0	0	1
Jacob Wehr	12	4	16	4	0	0	0	3	0	0
Jase Burgoyne	18	9	27	7	0	1	2	1	0	0
J. Horne-Francis	17	6	23	5	0	1	2	3	0	1
Joe Berry	9	0	9	4	0	0	1	5	0	0
Joe Richards	16	13	29	6	0	1	1	3	0	1
Jordon Sweet	12	6	18	7	25	1	1	3	2	0
Josh Lai	7	5	12	5	0	0	2	1	0	0
Lachlan Jones	8	4	12	2	0	0	0	5	0	0
Miles Bergman	16	11	27	7	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mitch Zadow	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
Mitch Georgiades	12	3	15	6	0	0	2	1	4	0
Ollie Wines	12	19	31	4	0	1	0	7	0	0
Todd Marshall	9	4	13	7	0	1	0	1	1	1
Tom Anastasopoulos	4	2	6	3	0	0	1	6	0	0
Willem Drew	8	12	20	1	0	1	0	4	0	0
Xavier Bamert	10	4	14	4	0	1	0	0	0	0

Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Bailey Laurie	13	7	20	4	0	0	0	1	2	1
Bayley Fritsch	10	5	15	3	0	1	1	0	4	2
Caleb Windsor	10	4	14	1	0	3	0	4	1	2
Changkuoth Jiath	8	8	16	4	0	2	1	2	0	0
Christian Salem	8	7	15	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
Daniel Turner	14	5	19	5	0	3	0	2	0	0
Ed Langdon	7	14	21	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Harrison Petty	8	5	13	6	0	1	0	0	2	2
Harry Sharp	4	11	15	2	0	0	0	3	0	0
Harvey Langford	8	7	15	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jack Steele	11	16	27	3	0	2	1	7	1	0
Jacob van Rooyen	9	4	13	5	3	2	1	5	2	2
Jake Bowey	11	8	19	3	0	1	0	4	0	0
Jake Lever	8	12	20	4	0	2	1	3	0	0
Joel Fitzgerald	7	11	18	0	0	0	2	9	0	0
Kade Chandler	10	8	18	4	0	1	0	9	4	0
Koltyn Tholstrup	11	10	21	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kysaiah Pickett	14	10	24	1	0	1	1	6	0	1
Matthew Jefferson	8	2	10	2	0	1	0	0	3	0
Max Gawn	12	13	25	4	22	2	2	4	0	0
Tom McDonald	6	3	9	3	0	1	1	2	0	0
Tom Sparrow	9	7	16	1	0	0	0	5	1	0
Trent Rivers	10	11	21	1	0	0	0	2	0	0

Port Adelaide

Melbourne

IN	Lachlan Jones, Xavier Bamert, Joe Richards, Mitch Georgiades
OUT	Darcy Byrne-Jones (Suspension), Christian Moraes (Omitted), Jackson Mead (Omitted), Will Lorenz (Omitted)

IN	Nil
OUT	Nil

FB	43	Josh Lai	32	Harrison Ramm	14	Miles Bergman
FF	12	Koltyn Tholstrup	2	Jacob van Rooyen	37	Kade Chandler
HB	41	Balyn O'Brien	21	Aliir Aliir	34	Lachlan Jones
HF	36	Kysaiah Pickett	21	Matthew Jefferson	15	Ed Langdon
C	15	Jacob Wehr	18	J. Horne-Francis	7	Jase Burgoyne
C	30	Harry Sharp	32	Tom Sparrow	4	Harvey Langford
HF	46	Xavier Bamert	4	Todd Marshall	35	Joe Richards
HB	3	Christian Salem	25	Tom McDonald	14	Changkuoth Jiath
FF	44	Corey Durdin	19	Mitch Georgiades	17	Jack Whitlock
FB	17	Jake Bowey	8	Jake Lever	10	Daniel Turner

FOLLOWERS
24	Jordon Sweet
16	Ollie Wines
28	Willem Drew

INTERCHANGE
29	Tom Anastasopoulos
39	Mitch Zadow
47	Alex Van Wyk
5	Joe Berry
38	Dante Visentini

EMERGENCIES
3	Jackson Mead
36	Will Lorenz
45	Xavier Walsh

FOLLOWERS
11	Max Gawn
9	Jack Steele
6	Caleb Windsor

INTERCHANGE
16	Bailey Laurie
24	Trent Rivers
31	Bayley Fritsch
35	Harrison Petty
47	Joel Fitzgerald

EMERGENCIES
19	Xavier Taylor
27	Max Heath
41	Paddy Cross

Port Adelaide

IN

L. Jones, X. Bamert, J. Richards, M. Georgiades

OUT

D. Byrne-Jones, C. Moraes, J. Mead, W. Lorenz

B	J. Lai, H. Ramm, M. Bergman
HB	B. O'Brien, A. Aliir, L. Jones
C	J. Wehr, J. Horne-Francis, J. Burgoyne
HF	X. Bamert, T. Marshall, J. Richards
F	C. Durdin, M. Georgiades, J. Whitlock
FOL	J. Sweet, O. Wines, W. Drew
I/C	T. Anastasopoulos, M. Zadow, A. Van Wyk, J. Berry, D. Visentini
EMG	J. Mead, W. Lorenz, X. Walsh

Melbourne

IN

Nil

OUT

Nil

B	J. Bowey, J. Lever, D. Turner
HB	C. Salem, T. McDonald, C. Jiath
C	H. Sharp, T. Sparrow, H. Langford
HF	K. Pickett, M. Jefferson, E. Langdon
F	K. Tholstrup, J. van Rooyen, K. Chandler
FOL	M. Gawn, J. Steele, C. Windsor
I/C	B. Laurie, T. Rivers, B. Fritsch, H. Petty, J. Fitzgerald
EMG	X. Taylor, M. Heath, P. Cross

PORT ADELAIDE

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MELBOURNE

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Port Adelaide vs Melbourne – Round 23, 2026

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

Port Adelaide

Melbourne

Match Summary

Score Breakdown

Best On Ground

Team Stats

Port Adelaide

Melbourne

Player Stats

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Melbourne

Team Lists

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