2025 AFL Round 4: Adelaide v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 2025 between Adelaide and North Melbourne during round 4 of the 2025 AFL season. Adelaide hosted North Melbourne at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. Jy Simpkin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Adelaide
Back: J. Worrell, J. Borlase, R. Laird
Half-back: W. Milera, M. Keane, M. Michalanney
Centre: I. Cumming, J. Dawson (capt.), L. Sholl
Half-forward: B. Keays, R. Thilthorpe, I. Rankine
Forward: D. Fogarty, T. Walker, A. Neal-Bullen
Follower: R. O'Brien, J. Soligo, J. Peatling
Int.: M. Crouch, D. Curtin, M. Hinge, J. Rachele
Sub.: S. Draper

North Melbourne
Back: C. Comben, A. Corr, L. McDonald
Half-back: B. Scott, C. Daniel, C. McKercher
Centre: F. O'Sullivan, L. Davies-Uniacke, J. Simpkin (capt.)
Half-forward: H. Sheezel, N. Larkey, T. Pink
Forward: P. Curtis, J. Darling, C. Zurhaar
Follower: T. Xerri, T. Powell, L. Parker
Int.: R. Hansen, J. Konstanty, W. Phillips, D. Tucker
Sub.: D. Stephens

Adelaide (17.12.114) defeated North Melbourne (12.6.78).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: T. Walker (4), R. Thilthorpe (3), D. Curtin (2), S. Draper (2), D. Fogarty (2), B. Keays (2), A. Neal-Bullen, J. Soligo
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (4), P. Curtis (2), J. Konstanty (2), J. Darling, J. Simpkin, D. Stephens, C. Zurhaar

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 4th) and North Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Adelaide v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 30 March 2025
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 46,511

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. North Melbourne
Score: 17.12.114 - 12.6.78

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Adelaide	4	.	1	8	.	5	13	.	8	17	.	12	17	.	12	(114)
North Melbourne	3	.	3	5	.	5	9	.	5	12	.	6	12	.	6	(78)
Margin	ADEL by 4			ADEL by 18			ADEL by 27			ADEL by 36			ADEL by 36
Duration	32:47			31:49			34:19			32:38			2:11:33

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Nicks (Adelaide), Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne)
Captains: Jordan Dawson (Adelaide), Jy Simpkin (North Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Rory Laird	ADEL	29	3
Riley Thilthorpe	ADEL	7	2
Taylor Walker	ADEL	13	1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
35	Borlase, James	FB	90%	0	0	8	5	3	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0
5	Crouch, Matt	INT	62%	0	0	19	8	11	2	0	2	4	4	1	2	1	1
44	Cumming, Isaac	WL	71%	0	0	13	8	5	5	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1
6	Curtin, Dan	INT	77%	2	0	15	11	4	5	0	3	0	1	1	0	2	2
12	Dawson, Jordan (c)	C	86%	0	1	19	11	8	3	0	6	6	2	2	0	3	6
34	Draper, Sid	SUB↑	59%	2	0	7	4	3	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0
32	Fogarty, Darcy	FPL	83%	2	1	6	4	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1
20	Hinge, Mitch	INT	82%	0	0	20	16	4	7	0	4	0	2	3	0	8	1
48	Keane, Mark	CHB	90%	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
2	Keays, Ben	HFFL	87%	2	0	20	12	8	7	0	3	1	3	0	0	1	3
29	Laird, Rory	BPR	85%	0	0	32	12	20	7	0	2	3	1	3	0	0	1
16	Michalanney, Max	HBFR	91%	0	0	10	8	2	5	0	2	0	1	2	1	4	1
30	Milera, Wayne	HBFL	76%	0	0	9	6	3	1	0	4	0	5	0	2	3	1
28	Neal-Bullen, Alex	FPR	85%	1	1	12	8	4	3	0	3	0	1	2	1	1	4
43	O'Brien, Reilly	RU	89%	0	0	16	7	9	5	32	2	5	4	0	2	0	3
25	Peatling, James	RO	77%	0	1	23	12	11	4	0	2	6	2	0	0	1	5
8	Rachele, Josh	INT↓	14%	0	0	5	4	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
23	Rankine, Izak	HFFR	83%	0	2	30	18	12	5	0	5	8	4	4	1	1	4
38	Sholl, Lachlan	WR	88%	0	0	9	6	3	4	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	2
14	Soligo, Jake	RR	81%	1	0	28	19	9	5	0	5	6	7	2	1	0	9
7	Thilthorpe, Riley	CHF	82%	3	1	17	11	6	8	8	1	0	2	1	1	0	3
13	Walker, Taylor	FF	76%	4	2	14	11	3	5	4	1	3	6	0	1	0	4
24	Worrell, Josh	BPL	86%	0	0	18	13	5	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	2
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				17	12	354	217	137	95	44	58	43	58	21	19	34	55

S. Draper replaced J. Rachele.

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
30	Comben, Charlie	BPL	83%	0	0	13	12	1	7	0	2	0	3	0	2	3	1
4	Corr, Aidan	FB	95%	0	0	14	12	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	0
25	Curtis, Paul	FPL	81%	2	0	9	5	4	3	0	4	0	5	2	3	0	1
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	76%	0	0	33	22	11	9	0	0	2	3	0	0	4	2
28	Darling, Jack	FF	77%	1	0	11	8	3	4	7	2	2	1	1	0	1	3
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	C	85%	0	1	19	11	8	5	0	2	3	2	0	1	1	5
46	Hansen, Robert	INT↓	54%	0	0	6	6	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2
41	Konstanty, Jacob	INT	72%	2	1	7	3	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
20	Larkey, Nick	CHF	93%	4	2	11	9	2	5	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
11	McDonald, Luke	BPR	86%	0	0	15	8	7	4	0	4	0	0	2	0	2	1
10	McKercher, Colby	HBFR	78%	0	0	19	14	5	8	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	4
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	WL	80%	0	0	16	8	8	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	2
26	Parker, Luke	RO	76%	0	0	21	10	11	3	0	6	5	6	1	1	2	1
29	Phillips, Will	INT	69%	0	0	12	4	8	2	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	3
32	Pink, Toby	HFFR	95%	0	0	13	11	2	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	1
24	Powell, Tom	RR	75%	0	0	21	8	13	4	0	3	3	4	1	1	1	2
8	Scott, Bailey	HBFL	82%	0	0	12	8	4	7	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	3
3	Sheezel, Harry	HFFL	84%	0	0	26	11	15	2	0	5	4	2	1	0	4	2
12	Simpkin, Jy (c)	WR	87%	1	0	31	22	9	7	0	1	9	5	2	0	2	8
15	Stephens, Dylan	SUB↑	30%	1	0	11	7	4	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1
13	Tucker, Darcy	INT	77%	0	0	19	12	7	4	0	3	1	2	2	0	2	2
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	76%	0	0	17	4	13	1	28	4	6	9	4	4	0	1
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPR	89%	1	0	8	5	3	2	0	5	0	3	0	1	0	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				12	6	364	220	144	100	35	47	40	64	19	21	38	47

D. Stephens replaced R. Hansen.

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Adelaide							Coach: Matthew Nicks
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	30	C. Comben	4	A. Corr	11	L. McDonald	43	R. O'Brien	5	M. Crouch
	28	A. Neal-Bullen	13	T. Walker	32	D. Fogarty	14	J. Soligo	6	D. Curtin
FORWARD							25	J. Peatling	20	M. Hinge
HALF-BACK									8	J. Rachele
	8	B. Scott	5	C. Daniel	10	C. McKercher			34	S. Draper
	23	I. Rankine	7	R. Thilthorpe	2	B. Keays
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	2	F. O'Sullivan	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	12	J. Simpkin (c)
	38	L. Sholl	12	J. Dawson (c)	44	I. Cumming	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							38	T. Xerri	46	R. Hansen
HALF-FORWARD							24	T. Powell	41	J. Konstanty
	3	H. Sheezel	20	N. Larkey	32	T. Pink	26	L. Parker	29	W. Phillips
	16	M. Michalanney	48	M. Keane	30	W. Milera			13	D. Tucker
HALF-BACK									15	D. Stephens
FORWARD
	25	P. Curtis	28	J. Darling	44	C. Zurhaar
	29	R. Laird	35	J. Borlase	24	J. Worrell
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:26
	NMLB	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	02:13
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	1.0.6	-	0.2.2	05:26
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	2.0.12	-	0.2.2	08:03
	ADEL	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	0.2.2	10:07
	ADEL	Dan Curtin goal	3.1.19	-	0.2.2	13:00
	NMLB	Jacob Konstanty behind	3.1.19	-	0.3.3	19:56
	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	4.1.25	-	0.3.3	25:50
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	4.1.25	-	1.3.9	27:46
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	4.1.25	-	2.3.15	29:20
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	4.1.25	-	3.3.21	31:43
Q2	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	5.1.31	-	3.3.21	01:35
	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen behind	5.2.32	-	3.3.21	02:53
	ADEL	Rushed behind	5.3.33	-	3.3.21	03:51
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	5.3.33	-	4.3.27	05:52
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	6.3.39	-	4.3.27	08:41
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe behind	6.4.40	-	4.3.27	09:51
	ADEL	Rushed behind	6.5.41	-	4.3.27	11:57
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	7.5.47	-	4.3.27	19:30
	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	7.5.47	-	4.4.28	22:56
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	8.5.53	-	4.4.28	24:03
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	8.5.53	-	5.4.34	27:24
	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	8.5.53	-	5.5.35	31:47
Q3	ADEL	Jordan Dawson behind	8.6.54	-	5.5.35	00:57
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	8.6.54	-	6.5.41	03:16
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty behind	8.7.55	-	6.5.41	06:57
	ADEL	Sid Draper goal	9.7.61	-	6.5.41	08:48
	NMLB	Jacob Konstanty goal	9.7.61	-	7.5.47	10:37
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	9.7.61	-	8.5.53	12:12
	ADEL	James Peatling behind	9.8.62	-	8.5.53	14:21
	ADEL	Dan Curtin goal	10.8.68	-	8.5.53	15:11
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	10.8.68	-	9.5.59	18:45
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	11.8.74	-	9.5.59	19:54
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	12.8.80	-	9.5.59	27:15
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	13.8.86	-	9.5.59	30:40
Q4	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	14.8.92	-	9.5.59	00:46
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	14.9.93	-	9.5.59	03:58
	ADEL	Izak Rankine behind	14.10.94	-	9.5.59	05:17
	NMLB	Jacob Konstanty goal	14.10.94	-	10.5.65	07:33
	ADEL	Jake Soligo goal	15.10.100	-	10.5.65	09:50
	NMLB	Dylan Stephens goal	15.10.100	-	11.5.71	13:03
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	16.10.106	-	11.5.71	16:36
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	16.11.107	-	11.5.71	18:34
	ADEL	Sid Draper goal	17.11.113	-	11.5.71	23:04
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	17.11.113	-	12.5.77	24:49
	ADEL	Izak Rankine behind	17.12.114	-	12.5.77	27:51
	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke behind	17.12.114	-	12.6.78	31:38

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