PORTLAND’S 2024 senior football season hasn’t gotten off to the start it was hoping for, as they were defeated by Port Fairy 17.13 (115) to 4.4 (28) in round one of the Hampden Football League on Saturday.

The Tigers started brightly, as Toby Jennings kicked the first goal of their season with a snap around his body from the pocket, before Tom Sharp kicked their second in short succession to have them leading by two goals early.