Player news from R7 of 2026: Port Adelaide vs Geelong

Jason Horne-Francis (120/111): Rotating midfield and attack
Horne-Francis contributed with 34 possessions, 6 grabs, 4 tackles, 1.1 on the scoreboard and 3 frees against.
Mitch Georgiades (116/97): Playing key forward on Jack Henry
Georgiades contributed with 19 disposals, 10 grabs and managed 4.6.
Jase Burgoyne (112/88): Starting on a wing on Bowes
Burgoyne contributed with 27 disposals, 9 marks, 2 tackles and booted 1.0.
Joe Richards (106/100): Playing a forward role
Richards contributed with 20 touches, 9 marks, 5 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Ollie Wines (103/88): Playing inside midfield
Wines contributed with 27 touches, 5 grabs and 7 tackles.
Kane Farrell (101/97): Playing a HBF role
Farrell contributed with 24 disposals, 9 marks and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Jordon Sweet (101/141): Tandem ruck with Visentini
Sweet contributed with 12 touches, 5 marks, 4 tackles, 31 taps and 1.2 on the scoreboard.
Christian Moraes (96/97): Starting on a wing
Moraes contributed with 26 disposals, 6 marks, 2 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Willem Drew (89/92): Playing defensive midfield
Drew contributed with 21 touches, 5 grabs and 7 tackles.
Zak Butters (88/112): In midfield with the Mullin tag until he was freed up in Q4
Butters contributed with 30 disposals, 2 marks, 4 tackles and 5 free kicks given away.
Corey Durdin (81/97): Rotating forward
Durdin contributed with 13 touches, 6 marks, 4 tackles and 2.1 on the scoreboard.
Aliir Aliir (79/92): In defence on Neale
Aliir added 16 touches and 11 marks.
Darcy Byrne-Jones (76/68): Playing small defender
Byrne-Jones contributed with 17 possessions, 8 grabs and 2 tackles.
Dante Visentini (74/77): Tandem ruck with Sweet
Visentini contributed with 10 touches, 4 marks, 3 tackles and 22 hit outs.
Joe Berry (70/68): Rotating at half forward
Berry contributed with 12 touches, 2 marks and 7 tackles.
Josh Lai (62/61): In defence on Oliver Henry
Lai added 15 possessions and 6 marks.
Miles Bergman (61/73): Playing half back in the hole
Bergman contributed with 14 possessions, 5 marks and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Logan Evans (61/71): Standing Dangerfield
Evans added 15 touches and 6 marks.
Ewan Mackinlay (58/58): Starting on a wing on Dempsey
Mackinlay contributed with 15 possessions, 4 grabs and 2 tackles.
Jacob Wehr (44/32): Starting on a wing
Wehr contributed with 12 touches, 2 marks and 3 tackles.
Lachie Jones (43/64): The big job on Cameron
Jones added 11 touches and 4 grabs.
Jack Watkins (29/29): Late replacement for Todd Marshall but played SANFL already this week so was phantom sub… 6 possessions and 3 tackles. Rotating in midfield.

Jack Whitlock (25/22): Playing key forward on O’Sullivan
Whitlock added 8 touches and 2 grabs.
Bailey Smith (107/106): Starting on ball
Smith contributed with 30 possessions, 7 grabs and 3 tackles.
Tanner Bruhn (106/91): Starting at half back… switched forward in Q4
Bruhn contributed with 24 possessions, 8 marks, 4 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Tom Stewart (94/115): Loose in defence
Stewart added 27 disposals and 6 marks.
Connor O’Sullivan (83/100): In defence on Whitlock
O’Sullivan contributed with 21 touches, 8 grabs and 2 tackles.
Max Holmes (79/80): Starting at half back… switched to mids in Q4
Holmes added 25 disposals and 5 marks.
Lawson Humphries (77/92): Starting at half back
Humphries added 19 disposals and 7 grabs.
Oisin Mullin (73/74): Tagging Butters… switched to defence in Q4
Mullin contributed with 14 touches, 5 marks and 6 tackles.
Tom Atkins (73/75): Starting in midfield
Atkins added 15 disposals and 9 tackles.
Jack Bowes (65/55): Starting on a wing on Burgoyne… switched back in Q4
Bowes contributed with 22 possessions, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
Mark O’Connor (63/75): Doing jobs in midfield
O’Connor contributed with 15 disposals, 3 marks and 4 tackles.
Shannon Neale (60/70): Starting at FF on Aliir with ruck support
Neale contributed with 12 touches, 2 marks, 2 tackles, 6 hit outs and booted 2.0.
Jeremy Cameron (60/71): At CHF on Lachie Jones
Cameron contributed with 9 possessions, 5 marks and 3.2.
Jack Henry (59/73): At FB on Georgiades
Henry contributed with 11 possessions, 7 grabs and 2 tackles.
Oliver Dempsey (59/57): Starting on a wing on Mackinlay
Dempsey added 14 possessions and 6 marks.
Jack Martin (57/48): Playing a forward role
Martin contributed with 8 possessions, 5 marks, 4 tackles and 1.0.
Zach Guthrie (55/69): Starting at half back
Guthrie contributed with 13 disposals, 3 marks and 3 tackles.
James Worpel (49/36): Rotating as third wingman
Worpel contributed with 13 disposals, 3 marks, 2 tackles and 1.0.
Shaun Mannagh (47/30): Starting at half forward
Mannagh added 13 touches and managed 1.0.
Oliver Henry (45/37): Starting forward on Lai
Henry contributed with 12 possessions, 2 grabs and 2 tackles.
Brad Close (27/34): Late replacement for Sam De Koning… 6 possessions and 2 tackles. Playing a forward role.
Close also had kicked 1.0.
Patrick Dangerfield (23/30): First goal but did almost nothing after that… 4 possessions and 1.0. Mostly starting forward on Evans.

Mitchell Edwards (20/12): Ankle restrapped in Q1 after a knock… 14 hit outs… also 5 possessions. First ruck.

Mark Blicavs (14/13): Limped off with left knee injury after Butters came across it while kicking in Q1… strapped heavily to return in Q2 but ended up not returning… 2 tackles. Ruck and forward.
Blicavs added 1 touches and 3 ruck taps.