2025 AFL Round 7: Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 2025 between Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney during round 7 of the 2025 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Greater Western Sydney at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. Toby Greene captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

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

Greater Western Sydney
Back: C. Idun, S. Taylor, H. Himmelberg
Half-back: L. Whitfield, J. Buckley, L. Ash
Centre: J. Wehr, F. Callaghan, C. Ward
Half-forward: D. Jones, J. Stringer, H. Thomas
Forward: T. Greene (capt.), J. Riccardi, A. Cadman
Follower: K. Briggs, T. Bedford, T. Green
Int.: C. Brown, J. Kelly, T. McMullin, C. Stone
Sub.: X. O'Halloran

Adelaide (7.10.52) defeated Greater Western Sydney (4.10.34).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: T. Walker (2), B. Keays, M. Michalanney, A. Neal-Bullen, I. Rankine, R. Thilthorpe
Greater Western Sydney: D. Jones, J. Kelly, J. Stringer, H. Thomas

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Greater Western Sydney remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 19 April 2025
Time: 3:45 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 40,062

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 7.10.52 - 4.10.34

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 3 . 2 3 . 5 6 . 7 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Greater Western Sydney 0 . 3 1 . 4 2 . 8 4 . 10 4 . 10 (34)
Margin ADEL by 17 ADEL by 13 ADEL by 23 ADEL by 18 ADEL by 18
Duration 27:47 29:18 28:58 31:43 1:57:46

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Nicks (Adelaide), Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: Jordan Dawson (Adelaide), Toby Greene (Greater Western Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Reilly O'Brien ADEL 43 3
Jordan Dawson ADEL 12 2
Lachie Whitfield GWSY 6 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Berry, Sam SUB↑ 26% 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
5 Crouch, Matt RO 70% 0 0 26 7 19 2 0 3 7 1 1 0 0 3
44 Cumming, Isaac WL 89% 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 1
6 Curtin, Dan INT 52% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 2 0
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 88% 0 2 27 22 5 5 0 8 5 6 1 1 3 9
34 Draper, Sid INT↓ 45% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 1
32 Fogarty, Darcy FPL 66% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2
20 Hinge, Mitch INT 83% 0 0 19 16 3 7 0 0 0 3 1 1 6 3
48 Keane, Mark CHB 82% 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 4 0
2 Keays, Ben HFFL 94% 1 0 18 12 6 4 0 7 0 3 1 0 1 5
29 Laird, Rory BPR 81% 0 0 21 9 12 5 0 4 0 3 1 1 2 2
16 Michalanney, Max HBFR 85% 1 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 3
30 Milera, Wayne HBFL 82% 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2
9 Murray, Nick FB 91% 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
27 Nankervis, Luke WR 85% 0 0 18 7 11 3 0 2 0 6 0 3 0 5
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPR 89% 1 0 20 9 11 3 0 3 2 3 2 2 1 2
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 80% 0 0 17 11 6 4 34 4 4 4 3 0 2 2
23 Rankine, Izak HFFR 88% 1 2 20 15 5 3 0 6 8 7 2 0 1 7
14 Soligo, Jake RR 84% 0 0 22 15 7 3 0 2 4 2 3 0 1 5
19 Taylor, Zac INT 71% 0 2 10 4 6 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
7 Thilthorpe, Riley CHF 78% 1 3 13 8 5 4 8 1 0 2 1 0 1 1
13 Walker, Taylor FF 94% 2 1 17 9 8 4 5 2 2 3 2 1 1 2
24 Worrell, Josh BPL 98% 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 7 10 359 219 140 76 47 53 37 61 23 17 38 56

S. Berry replaced S. Draper.

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Ash, Lachie HBFR 74% 0 0 29 22 7 10 0 2 1 2 0 0 4 3
14 Bedford, Toby RR 77% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 7 1 2 1 1 0 1
32 Briggs, Kieren RU 76% 0 0 7 4 3 0 13 4 1 7 1 3 0 1
46 Brown, Callum INT↓ 48% 0 1 10 7 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
44 Buckley, Jack CHB 100% 0 0 14 10 4 8 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 1
5 Cadman, Aaron FPR 76% 0 3 10 5 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
17 Callaghan, Finn C 80% 0 0 27 13 14 4 0 7 1 4 1 1 5 2
12 Green, Tom RO 87% 0 0 36 14 22 4 0 3 7 10 0 2 2 4
4 Greene, Toby (c) FPL 91% 0 1 13 8 5 1 0 4 3 7 0 3 0 1
27 Himmelberg, Harry BPR 90% 0 0 18 13 5 8 4 1 2 5 1 2 4 2
39 Idun, Connor BPL 90% 0 0 26 14 12 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2
2 Jones, Darcy HFFL 88% 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 4
22 Kelly, Josh INT 72% 1 0 17 8 9 3 0 5 1 2 1 0 5 1
31 McMullin, Toby INT 88% 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 3 2 4 1 3 1 3
33 O'Halloran, Xavier SUB↑ 27% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2
26 Riccardi, Jake FF 64% 0 0 6 3 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 1
18 Stone, Conor INT 66% 0 0 15 14 1 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 1
20 Stringer, Jake CHF 93% 1 3 13 9 4 4 0 2 0 6 1 2 0 2
15 Taylor, Sam FB 100% 0 0 20 9 11 11 0 2 0 3 0 2 2 0
1 Thomas, Harvey HFFR 83% 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Ward, Callan WR 65% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 1
10 Wehr, Jacob WL 84% 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 3 0 3 4 0 5 0
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFL 79% 0 0 39 27 12 10 0 2 2 4 0 0 8 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 4 10 382 229 153 104 18 61 24 72 17 23 49 43

X. O'Halloran replaced C. Brown.

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
39 C. Idun 15 S. Taylor 27 H. Himmelberg 43 R. O'Brien 6 D. Curtin
28 A. Neal-Bullen 13 T. Walker 32 D. Fogarty 14 J. Soligo 34 S. Draper
FORWARD 5 M. Crouch 20 M. Hinge
HALF-BACK

19 Z. Taylor
6 L. Whitfield 44 J. Buckley 7 L. Ash

3 S. Berry
23 I. Rankine 7 R. Thilthorpe 2 B. Keays



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 J. Wehr 17 F. Callaghan 8 C. Ward



27 L. Nankervis 12 J. Dawson (c) 44 I. Cumming FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 K. Briggs 46 C. Brown
HALF-FORWARD 14 T. Bedford 22 J. Kelly
2 D. Jones 20 J. Stringer 1 H. Thomas 12 T. Green 31 T. McMullin
16 M. Michalanney 48 M. Keane 30 W. Milera

18 C. Stone
HALF-BACK

33 X. O'Halloran
FORWARD



4 T. Greene (c) 26 J. Riccardi 5 A. Cadman



29 R. Laird 9 N. Murray 24 J. Worrell



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Ben Keays goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:12
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:50
ADEL Jordan Dawson behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 08:19
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 09:21
GWSY Callum Brown behind 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 14:59
GWSY Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 0.2.2 16:12
GWSY Jake Stringer behind 2.2.14 - 0.3.3 17:27
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 3.2.20 - 0.3.3 21:11
Q2 ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 3.3.21 - 0.3.3 05:19
GWSY Aaron Cadman behind 3.3.21 - 0.4.4 08:45
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 3.3.21 - 1.4.10 10:43
ADEL Jordan Dawson behind 3.4.22 - 1.4.10 15:34
ADEL Zac Taylor behind 3.5.23 - 1.4.10 21:49
Q3 ADEL Max Michalanney goal 4.5.29 - 1.4.10 00:41
GWSY Jake Stringer behind 4.5.29 - 1.5.11 03:08
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 4.6.30 - 1.5.11 05:13
GWSY Toby Greene behind 4.6.30 - 1.6.12 06:38
GWSY Darcy Jones goal 4.6.30 - 2.6.18 09:11
GWSY Aaron Cadman behind 4.6.30 - 2.7.19 16:25
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 4.7.31 - 2.7.19 19:44
GWSY Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 2.8.20 20:58
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 5.7.37 - 2.8.20 22:49
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 6.7.43 - 2.8.20 27:20
Q4 GWSY Harvey Thomas goal 6.7.43 - 3.8.26 04:41
ADEL Zac Taylor behind 6.8.44 - 3.8.26 08:43
GWSY Aaron Cadman behind 6.8.44 - 3.9.27 12:34
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 7.8.50 - 3.9.27 19:18
GWSY Jake Stringer goal 7.8.50 - 4.9.33 20:35
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 7.9.51 - 4.9.33 22:34
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 7.10.52 - 4.9.33 25:05
GWSY Jake Stringer behind 7.10.52 - 4.10.34 28:13