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Player news from R17 of 2026: Port Adelaide vs North Melbourne

News snippets for Port Adelaide vs North Melbourne, R17 of 2026

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Darcy Byrne-Jones (109/109): Playing small defender but zoning upfield a lot
Byrne-Jones contributed with 24 possessions, 8 marks and 5 tackles.
Ollie Wines (102/94): Playing inside midfield
Wines contributed with 22 possessions, 9 grabs, 5 tackles and 0.2.
Jason Horne-Francis (94/129): Rotating midfield and attack
Horne-Francis contributed with 24 disposals, 4 grabs, 4 tackles, managed 1.0 and 4 frees against.
Zak Butters (89/102): Tagged by O’Sullivan… 26 possessions including 19 kicks… also 4 marks and 3 tackles… and booted 0.1… gave away 3 FA. In midfield.

Jase Burgoyne (85/99): Starting at half back
Burgoyne added 22 disposals and 6 marks.
Logan Evans (75/90): Doing jobs in defence
Evans contributed with 17 possessions, 3 marks and 6 tackles.
Jordon Sweet (71/111): Tandem ruck with Visentini
Sweet contributed with 9 touches, 3 tackles, 27 hit outs and booted 1.1.
Miles Bergman (69/78): On managed minutes returning from injury… 13 possessions and 5 marks plus 5 tackles. Playing half back.

Joe Richards (68/85): Playing a forward role
Richards contributed with 14 possessions, 3 marks, 5 tackles and managed 0.2.
Josh Lai (66/71): In defence on Darling
Lai added 14 disposals and 7 marks.
Lachie Jones (63/74): Starting deep in defence
Jones contributed with 15 touches, 4 grabs and 2 tackles.
Mitch Georgiades (60/76): Head knock in Q1 from a random elbow of Xerri but stayed on… a stray boot to the back of the head in Q2 as well… then a rib knock in Q4… 3.2 from 10 possessions and 5 marks. Playing key forward on Corr.

Jack Lukosius (58/64): Starting on a wing on Simpkin
Lukosius contributed with 11 touches, 6 grabs and 3 tackles.
Jack Whitlock (58/80): Sore ribs after a heavy clash with Stephens in Q1… 3.0 from 9 possessions and 3 marks… helped out by 4FF. Playing key forward on McDonald.

Willem Drew (54/71): Started on a wing on Blamires
Drew contributed with 13 touches, 2 grabs and 3 tackles.
Aliir Aliir (53/67): At FB on Larkey
Aliir added 13 disposals and 8 marks.
Jackson Mead (42/46): Rotating half forward and midfield
Mead contributed with 11 possessions, 2 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Corey Durdin (33/34): Rotating forward
Durdin contributed with 6 disposals, 4 marks and managed 1.0.
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (26/20): Standing Trembath
Zerk-Thatcher added 7 touches and 5 grabs.
Joe Berry (21/5): Starting at half forward
Berry contributed with 4 disposals, 2 marks, 3 tackles, kicked 0.1 and 3 frees against.
Dante Visentini (17/19): Tandem ruck with Sweet
Visentini added 4 possessions and 8 hit outs.
Xavier Bamert (16/12): Donuts in Q1… 2 possessions and 2 marks. Rotating forward.

Mitch Zadow (12/20): Very low TOG in the first half… 4 possessions and 0.1… gave away 3 FA. Rotating forward.

Harry Sheezel (157/181): Superlative Q3 to get North the lead… 1.0 from 40 possessions and 7 marks plus 9 tackles. Starting on ball.

Colby McKercher (101/112): Playing midfield
McKercher contributed with 28 disposals, 6 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Luke Davies-Uniacke (100/121): Playing central midfield
Davies-Uniacke contributed with 31 touches, 6 grabs, kicked 1.0 and 4 frees against.
Luke Parker (96/142): Starting at half back
Parker contributed with 27 touches, 6 marks and 2 tackles.
Cooper Harvey (81/108): Rotating in defence
Harvey contributed with 25 disposals, 8 marks and 3 frees against.
Caleb Daniel (71/89): Starting at half back
Daniel contributed with 19 possessions, 2 marks and 3 tackles.
Tom Blamires (66/72): Starting on a wing on Drew
Blamires added 22 possessions and 3 marks.
Charlie Comben (63/113): In defence on the resting ruck
Comben contributed with 20 disposals, 6 marks, 2 tackles and 6 free kicks given away.
George Wardlaw (63/73): Left hamstring injury in Q4… 12 possessions and 2 marks plus 8 tackles… gave away 3 FA. Playing inside midfield.

Charlie Spargo (61/42): Playing a forward role
Spargo contributed with 13 disposals, 7 grabs and 2 tackles.
Luke McDonald (58/58): In defence on Whitlock
McDonald contributed with 15 possessions, 3 marks and 4 tackles.
Tristan Xerri (56/69): First ruck
Xerri contributed with 12 touches, 2 marks, 3 tackles and 14 hit outs.
Aidan Corr (56/71): At FB on Georgiades
Corr added 13 touches and 8 grabs.
Josh Goater (54/74): Rotating at half back
Goater added 16 touches and 6 grabs.
Finn O’Sullivan (54/52): Tagging Butters
O’Sullivan contributed with 16 disposals, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Dylan Stephens (53/64): Starting on a wing
Stephens contributed with 18 disposals, 2 grabs and booted 0.1.
Jack Darling (46/48): Up forward on Lai
Darling contributed with 7 disposals, 3 grabs and 2.1 on the scoreboard.
Jy Simpkin (46/52): Starting on a wing on Lukosius
Simpkin contributed with 13 disposals, 3 grabs and kicked 1.0.
Cameron Zurhaar (42/46): Starting in attack
Zurhaar contributed with 9 disposals, 3 grabs, 3 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Cooper Trembath (38/47): In attack on Zerk-Thatcher with ruck support
Trembath contributed with 9 touches, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and 5 ruck taps.
Nick Larkey (37/48): First goal… 1.2 from 8 possessions and 4 marks. Starting forward on Aliir.

Jacob Konstanty (18/23): Playing small forward
Konstanty added 5 disposals and 2 grabs.
Wil Dawson (18/21): Ridiculously low TOG… 2 possessions and 2 tackles. Ruck support.
Dawson also had 4 hit outs.

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