A 4-3 loss wouldn’t usually be the way a team would want to start their season, but in spite of this all the emphasis is on the positives for Portland, who went down in such circumstances to Corangamite in the South West Victorian Football Association on Sunday at Scotts Creek.

While they could’ve been moping after a last-minute winner from Lions stole Portland’s hopes of rescuing a point, coach Stephen Von Tunk said his group should be pleased with their performance.