2025 AFL Round 9: Adelaide v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 2025 between Adelaide and Carlton during round 9 of the 2025 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Carlton at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. Patrick Cripps captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Michael Voss.

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

Carlton
Back: S. Docherty, J. Weitering, M. McGovern
Half-back: B. Acres, N. Haynes, A. Saad
Centre: E. Hollands, P. Cripps (capt.), O. Hollands
Half-forward: W. White, H. McKay, C. Durdin
Forward: L. Fogarty, C. Curnow, L. Young
Follower: T. De Koning, S. Walsh, G. Hewett
Int.: M. Carroll, A. Cerra, C. Lord, J. Motlop
Sub.: L. Cowan

Adelaide (16.14.110) defeated Carlton (7.8.50).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: J. Dawson (3), D. Fogarty (2), B. Keays (2), A. Neal-Bullen (2), J. Rachele (2), I. Rankine (2), B. Smith, R. Thilthorpe, T. Walker
Carlton: P. Cripps (2), C. Curnow (2), C. Durdin (2), J. Motlop

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and Carlton remained 13th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Adelaide v Carlton
Date: Saturday 3 May 2025
Time: 3:45 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 46,057

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Carlton
Score: 16.14.110 - 7.8.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 5 . 3 8 . 7 13 . 10 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Carlton 2 . 2 3 . 4 5 . 6 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Margin ADEL by 19 ADEL by 33 ADEL by 52 ADEL by 60 ADEL by 60
Duration 34:21 29:15 30:48 29:21 2:03:45

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Nicks (Adelaide), Michael Voss (Carlton)
Captains: Jordan Dawson (Adelaide), Patrick Cripps (Carlton)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Izak Rankine ADEL 23 3
Jordan Dawson ADEL 12 2
Wayne Milera ADEL 30 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↑ 30% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 3
41 Butts, Jordon FB 98% 0 0 7 5 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
44 Cumming, Isaac WL 81% 0 1 17 12 5 9 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 8
6 Curtin, Dan INT 76% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 82% 3 1 22 11 11 7 0 8 6 3 1 2 1 1
32 Fogarty, Darcy FPL 78% 2 1 10 7 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0
48 Keane, Mark CHB 95% 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0
2 Keays, Ben HFFL 89% 2 2 12 9 3 3 0 1 0 6 0 4 0 4
29 Laird, Rory BPR 79% 0 0 23 15 8 9 0 3 3 3 1 1 3 4
16 Michalanney, Max HBFR 95% 0 2 27 20 7 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 4
30 Milera, Wayne HBFL 76% 0 0 27 17 10 5 0 2 1 2 1 0 3 3
27 Nankervis, Luke HFFR↓ 52% 0 0 8 1 7 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPR 82% 2 0 18 5 13 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 84% 0 0 7 3 4 0 40 0 1 0 3 0 0 3
25 Peatling, James INT 75% 0 0 22 11 11 4 0 5 5 0 1 0 3 4
8 Rachele, Josh RR 85% 2 2 19 14 5 4 0 2 3 3 2 3 0 3
23 Rankine, Izak RO 90% 2 2 29 17 12 9 0 2 5 3 2 2 0 4
33 Smith, Brodie INT 77% 1 0 17 9 8 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3
14 Soligo, Jake WR 64% 0 1 19 10 9 4 0 0 2 3 1 2 1 2
19 Taylor, Zac INT 69% 0 0 17 7 10 5 0 2 3 2 2 0 2 0
7 Thilthorpe, Riley CHF 81% 1 0 9 4 5 3 3 2 1 3 0 2 0 2
13 Walker, Taylor FF 80% 1 1 15 9 6 5 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 5
24 Worrell, Josh BPL 79% 0 0 23 17 6 7 0 1 0 4 2 1 5 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 16 14 380 224 156 120 45 36 38 47 20 24 29 58

S. Berry replaced L. Nankervis.

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Acres, Blake HBFL 75% 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2
32 Carroll, Matt INT 81% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
5 Cerra, Adam INT 79% 0 0 22 13 9 5 0 3 4 3 1 1 1 6
2 Cowan, Lachie SUB↑ 24% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) C 81% 2 0 24 8 16 4 0 5 5 3 1 2 0 2
30 Curnow, Charlie FF 91% 2 1 13 12 1 10 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 5
12 De Koning, Tom RU 80% 0 1 17 9 8 1 16 1 3 4 1 1 0 3
15 Docherty, Sam BPL 76% 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
19 Durdin, Corey HFFR 76% 2 1 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
8 Fogarty, Lachie FPL↓ 56% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
26 Haynes, Nick CHB 88% 0 0 16 13 3 11 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 1
29 Hewett, George RO 85% 0 0 25 12 13 4 0 2 4 5 1 4 1 4
20 Hollands, Elijah WL 81% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 3
4 Hollands, Oliver WR 84% 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 6 2 3 4 2 3 3
36 Lord, Cooper INT 74% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
11 McGovern, Mitch BPR 77% 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 3 0 5 2 1 7 1
10 McKay, Harry CHF 88% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 2
3 Motlop, Jesse INT 76% 1 0 6 4 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 84% 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 3 0 1 1 1 7 0
18 Walsh, Sam RR 79% 0 1 21 10 11 4 0 3 4 2 2 1 3 0
23 Weitering, Jacob FB 94% 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0
38 White, Will HFFL 82% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2
33 Young, Lewis FPR 87% 0 1 15 11 4 5 3 3 1 2 1 0 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 7 8 311 194 117 94 19 46 30 48 24 19 42 36

L. Cowan replaced L. Fogarty.

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
15 S. Docherty 23 J. Weitering 11 M. McGovern 43 R. O'Brien 6 D. Curtin
28 A. Neal-Bullen 13 T. Walker 32 D. Fogarty 8 J. Rachele 25 J. Peatling
FORWARD 23 I. Rankine 33 B. Smith
HALF-BACK

19 Z. Taylor
13 B. Acres 26 N. Haynes 42 A. Saad

3 S. Berry
27 L. Nankervis 7 R. Thilthorpe 2 B. Keays



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



20 E. Hollands 9 P. Cripps (c) 4 O. Hollands



14 J. Soligo 12 J. Dawson (c) 44 I. Cumming FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 12 T. De Koning 32 M. Carroll
HALF-FORWARD 18 S. Walsh 5 A. Cerra
38 W. White 10 H. McKay 19 C. Durdin 29 G. Hewett 36 C. Lord
16 M. Michalanney 48 M. Keane 30 W. Milera

3 J. Motlop
HALF-BACK

2 L. Cowan
FORWARD



8 L. Fogarty 30 C. Curnow 33 L. Young



29 R. Laird 41 J. Butts 24 J. Worrell



BACK



Carlton Coach: Michael Voss

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Isaac Cumming behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:03
ADEL Josh Rachele behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 03:12
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 05:07
CARL Patrick Cripps goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 07:08
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 08:28
CARL Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 13:23
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 14:32
CARL Jesse Motlop goal 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 19:34
CARL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 21:30
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 4.2.26 - 2.2.14 24:37
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 5.2.32 - 2.2.14 26:25
ADEL Josh Rachele behind 5.3.33 - 2.2.14 32:57
Q2 CARL Charlie Curnow goal 5.3.33 - 3.2.20 01:09
ADEL Max Michalanney behind 5.4.34 - 3.2.20 02:32
ADEL Ben Keays behind 5.5.35 - 3.2.20 03:06
CARL Tom De Koning behind 5.5.35 - 3.3.21 08:08
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 5.6.36 - 3.3.21 11:28
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 6.6.42 - 3.3.21 16:02
ADEL Ben Keays goal 7.6.48 - 3.3.21 17:15
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 7.7.49 - 3.3.21 20:11
CARL Sam Walsh behind 7.7.49 - 3.4.22 21:16
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 8.7.55 - 3.4.22 29:10
Q3 ADEL Ben Keays behind 8.8.56 - 3.4.22 01:41
CARL Corey Durdin goal 8.8.56 - 4.4.28 05:23
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 8.9.57 - 4.4.28 08:29
CARL Charlie Curnow behind 8.9.57 - 4.5.29 12:16
ADEL Ben Keays goal 9.9.63 - 4.5.29 15:38
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 10.9.69 - 4.5.29 18:21
CARL Corey Durdin goal 10.9.69 - 5.5.35 20:11
CARL Corey Durdin behind 10.9.69 - 5.6.36 22:23
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 11.9.75 - 5.6.36 25:50
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 12.9.81 - 5.6.36 27:02
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 13.9.87 - 5.6.36 28:17
ADEL Jordan Dawson behind 13.10.88 - 5.6.36 30:12
Q4 ADEL Izak Rankine behind 13.11.89 - 5.6.36 01:20
CARL Lewis Young behind 13.11.89 - 5.7.37 04:21
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 14.11.95 - 5.7.37 05:20
CARL Rushed behind 14.11.95 - 5.8.38 08:56
ADEL Max Michalanney behind 14.12.96 - 5.8.38 11:18
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 15.12.102 - 5.8.38 12:22
ADEL Jake Soligo behind 15.13.103 - 5.8.38 15:06
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 15.13.103 - 6.8.44 21:21
CARL Patrick Cripps goal 15.13.103 - 7.8.50 26:12
ADEL Rushed behind 15.14.104 - 7.8.50 27:27
ADEL Brodie Smith goal 16.14.110 - 7.8.50 28:01