2025 AFL Season Round 8: Fremantle v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 2025 between Fremantle and Adelaide during round eight of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Fremantle hosted Adelaide at Optus Stadium. Alex Pearce captained the hosts. Jordan Dawson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Justin Longmuir and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

Fremantle (12.13.85) defeated Adelaide (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fremantle v Adelaide
Date: Friday 25 April 2025
Time: 6:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 53,048

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. Adelaide
Score: 12.13.85 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Fremantle	6	.	2	8	.	6	12	.	8	12	.	13	12	.	13	(85)
Adelaide	2	.	1	5	.	4	5	.	8	9	.	13	9	.	13	(67)
Margin	FREM by 25			FREM by 20			FREM by 42			FREM by 18			FREM by 18
Duration	31:25			31:52			30:11			26:45			2:00:13

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Fremantle) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Fremantle

Captain: Alex Pearce
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Andrew Brayshaw	FREM	8	3
Caleb Serong	FREM	3	2
Josh Treacy	FREM	35	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Amiss, Jye	FPR	72%	2	0	6	4	2	3	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	1
15	Bolton, Shai	HFFR	84%	1	2	22	11	11	0	0	1	3	2	2	1	0	5
8	Brayshaw, Andrew	RO	86%	0	1	37	17	20	4	0	5	6	0	3	0	5	8
5	Chapman, Heath	INT	74%	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
6	Clark, Jordan	HBFR	94%	0	0	27	17	10	6	0	4	0	4	0	2	2	5
36	Cox, Brennan	BPR	84%	0	0	14	10	4	5	0	1	0	4	1	2	4	0
4	Darcy, Sean	RU	79%	0	0	8	5	3	0	36	5	5	6	4	3	0	2
37	Draper, Josh	CHB	79%	0	0	11	6	5	6	0	0	1	2	0	1	3	2
43	Dudley, Isaiah	INT↓	60%	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	2
32	Frederick, Michael	HFFL	81%	2	1	11	8	3	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
44	Johnson, Matthew	WR	80%	0	0	27	13	14	8	0	3	2	7	0	3	2	5
21	McDonald, Oscar	FPL	80%	2	0	9	8	1	4	2	3	0	2	0	2	0	2
19	Narkle, Quinton	SUB↑	16%	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Pearce, Alex (c)	FB	95%	0	0	10	4	6	4	0	3	1	2	1	2	0	1
16	Reid, Murphy	INT	73%	1	1	6	3	3	0	0	4	2	2	1	1	0	1
13	Ryan, Luke	BPL	93%	0	0	23	20	3	9	0	1	0	2	0	1	10	1
3	Serong, Caleb	RR	79%	0	0	32	6	26	0	0	2	10	5	0	1	2	2
14	Sharp, Jeremy	WL	92%	0	0	5	1	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	Switkowski, Sam	CHF	79%	1	0	10	4	6	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
35	Treacy, Josh	FF	91%	2	3	15	13	2	7	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	3
34	Wagner, Corey	INT	72%	0	0	16	7	9	2	0	5	1	1	0	0	2	3
23	Worner, Karl	HBFL	81%	0	0	17	8	9	4	0	2	2	1	2	0	2	3
26	Young, Hayden	C	75%	1	0	20	10	10	3	0	3	3	1	1	1	1	3
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				12	13	340	184	156	74	38	53	38	49	24	25	33	53

Q. Narkle replaced I. Dudley.

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
5	Crouch, Matt	INT↓	51%	0	0	18	2	16	2	0	5	1	2	0	1	0	3
44	Cumming, Isaac	WL	79%	0	0	18	15	3	5	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	2
6	Curtin, Dan	WR	84%	0	1	8	5	3	3	0	3	0	2	2	2	0	4
12	Dawson, Jordan (c)	C	85%	0	0	21	20	1	3	0	7	1	7	1	0	3	6
34	Draper, Sid	SUB↑	18%	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
20	Hinge, Mitch	INT	79%	0	0	10	9	1	4	0	3	1	4	0	2	5	1
48	Keane, Mark	CHB	97%	0	0	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	2	6	0
2	Keays, Ben	HFFL	91%	0	1	14	9	5	3	0	6	3	1	2	0	0	0
29	Laird, Rory	BPR	82%	0	0	27	16	11	5	0	4	2	3	1	1	6	0
16	Michalanney, Max	HBFR	87%	0	0	16	8	8	6	0	4	0	2	0	1	2	2
30	Milera, Wayne	HBFL	80%	0	0	12	6	6	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1
9	Murray, Nick	FB	84%	0	0	10	8	2	3	0	1	0	4	2	2	3	0
27	Nankervis, Luke	HFFR	80%	0	2	12	10	2	4	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	1
28	Neal-Bullen, Alex	FPR	84%	1	2	19	13	6	4	0	4	1	1	1	1	1	1
43	O'Brien, Reilly	RU	86%	0	0	14	8	6	6	30	5	1	4	4	3	3	4
25	Peatling, James	FPL	84%	0	0	18	9	9	4	0	5	5	4	0	2	0	2
8	Rachele, Josh	INT	75%	1	1	9	6	3	5	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
23	Rankine, Izak	RO	85%	1	1	19	11	8	5	0	6	3	4	1	1	0	4
14	Soligo, Jake	RR	81%	1	0	18	11	7	2	0	4	6	3	2	1	2	3
19	Taylor, Zac	INT	59%	0	0	8	3	5	3	0	5	2	0	1	0	1	1
7	Thilthorpe, Riley	CHF	69%	3	2	9	5	4	2	5	2	1	0	3	0	0	0
13	Walker, Taylor	FF	89%	2	1	12	8	4	4	2	0	0	4	0	3	0	4
24	Worrell, Josh	BPL	90%	0	0	20	12	8	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				9	13	326	207	119	81	37	72	30	56	25	24	40	42

S. Draper replaced M. Crouch.

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

Fremantle							Coach: Justin Longmuir
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	24	J. Worrell	9	N. Murray	29	R. Laird	4	S. Darcy	5	H. Chapman
	24	J. Amiss	35	J. Treacy	21	O. McDonald	3	C. Serong	43	I. Dudley
FORWARD							8	A. Brayshaw	16	M. Reid
HALF-BACK									34	C. Wagner
	30	W. Milera	48	M. Keane	16	M. Michalanney			19	Q. Narkle
	15	S. Bolton	39	S. Switkowski	32	M. Frederick
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	44	I. Cumming	12	J. Dawson (c)	6	D. Curtin
	44	M. Johnson	26	H. Young	14	J. Sharp	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							43	R. O'Brien	5	M. Crouch
HALF-FORWARD							14	J. Soligo	20	M. Hinge
	2	B. Keays	7	R. Thilthorpe	27	L. Nankervis	23	I. Rankine	8	J. Rachele
	6	J. Clark	37	J. Draper	23	K. Worner			19	Z. Taylor
HALF-BACK									34	S. Draper
FORWARD
	25	J. Peatling	13	T. Walker	28	A. Neal-Bullen
	36	B. Cox	25	A. Pearce (c)	13	L. Ryan
BACK
Adelaide							Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	FREM	Josh Treacy goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	02:53
	ADEL	Jake Soligo goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	08:37
	FREM	Shai Bolton goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	12:08
	ADEL	Luke Nankervis behind	2.0.12	-	1.1.7	14:22
	FREM	Michael Frederick goal	3.0.18	-	1.1.7	16:12
	FREM	Jye Amiss goal	4.0.24	-	1.1.7	19:25
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	4.0.24	-	2.1.13	22:51
	FREM	Josh Treacy behind	4.1.25	-	2.1.13	25:22
	FREM	Isaiah Dudley behind	4.2.26	-	2.1.13	26:44
	FREM	Oscar McDonald goal	5.2.32	-	2.1.13	29:22
	FREM	Hayden Young goal	6.2.38	-	2.1.13	31:23
Q2	FREM	Jye Amiss goal	7.2.44	-	2.1.13	01:47
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe behind	7.2.44	-	2.2.14	04:02
	FREM	Josh Treacy goal	8.2.50	-	2.2.14	06:00
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	8.2.50	-	3.2.20	07:52
	ADEL	Josh Rachele behind	8.2.50	-	3.3.21	12:18
	FREM	Rushed behind	8.3.51	-	3.3.21	13:02
	FREM	Michael Frederick behind	8.4.52	-	3.3.21	17:33
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	8.4.52	-	4.3.27	18:50
	FREM	Shai Bolton behind	8.5.53	-	4.3.27	20:45
	ADEL	Dan Curtin behind	8.5.53	-	4.4.28	24:49
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	8.5.53	-	5.4.34	25:58
	FREM	Andrew Brayshaw behind	8.6.54	-	5.4.34	30:05
Q3	FREM	Oscar McDonald goal	9.6.60	-	5.4.34	03:21
	ADEL	Rushed behind	9.6.60	-	5.5.35	08:21
	FREM	Michael Frederick goal	10.6.66	-	5.5.35	13:07
	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen behind	10.6.66	-	5.6.36	14:49
	ADEL	Luke Nankervis behind	10.6.66	-	5.7.37	17:19
	FREM	Rushed behind	10.7.67	-	5.7.37	18:56
	ADEL	Rushed behind	10.7.67	-	5.8.38	25:19
	FREM	Murphy Reid goal	11.7.73	-	5.8.38	25:56
	FREM	Sam Switkowski goal	12.7.79	-	5.8.38	27:09
	FREM	Josh Treacy behind	12.8.80	-	5.8.38	28:30
Q4	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	12.8.80	-	5.9.39	02:28
	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	12.8.80	-	6.9.45	04:18
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe behind	12.8.80	-	6.10.46	06:33
	FREM	Quinton Narkle behind	12.9.81	-	6.10.46	08:46
	FREM	Josh Treacy behind	12.10.82	-	6.10.46	09:45
	ADEL	Izak Rankine behind	12.10.82	-	6.11.47	11:02
	FREM	Shai Bolton behind	12.11.83	-	6.11.47	12:18
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	12.11.83	-	7.11.53	14:11
	FREM	Murphy Reid behind	12.12.84	-	7.11.53	17:38
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	12.12.84	-	8.11.59	19:32
	FREM	Rushed behind	12.13.85	-	8.11.59	21:26
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	12.13.85	-	8.12.60	22:18
	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen behind	12.13.85	-	8.13.61	23:20
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	12.13.85	-	9.13.67	25:39

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