2025 AFL Round 13: Sydney v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 2025 between Sydney and Adelaide during round 13 of the 2025 AFL season. Sydney hosted Adelaide at SCG. Jordan Dawson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Cox and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

Sydney
Back: L. Melican, T. McCartin, D. Rampe
Half-back: M. Roberts, N. Blakey, J. McInerney
Centre: J. Lloyd, I. Heeney, C. Mitchell
Half-forward: B. Campbell, J. Hamling, J. Jordon
Forward: W. Hayward, H. McLean, T. Adams
Follower: B. Grundy, Chad Warner, J. Rowbottom
Int.: R. Bice, P. Ladhams, A. Sheldrick, Corey Warner
Sub.: C. Cleary

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

Sydney (5.11.41) were defeated by Adelaide (21.5.131).

Goalkickers
Sydney: H. McLean (2), B. Campbell, W. Hayward, I. Heeney
Adelaide: B. Keays (3), J. Rachele (3), I. Cumming (2), D. Fogarty (2), R. Thilthorpe (2), S. Berry, J. Dawson, W. Milera, A. Neal-Bullen, L. Pedlar, I. Rankine, B. Smith, J. Soligo, T. Walker

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) and Adelaide were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Sydney v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 31 May 2025
Time: 7:35 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 35,229

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Adelaide
Score: 5.11.41 - 21.5.131

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 1 . 2 1 . 4 5 . 7 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Adelaide 5 . 3 12 . 3 18 . 4 21 . 5 21 . 5 (131)
Margin ADEL by 25 ADEL by 65 ADEL by 75 ADEL by 90 ADEL by 90
Duration 32:09 34:14 36:14 31:10 2:13:47

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Cox (Sydney), Matthew Nicks (Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Jordan Dawson (Adelaide)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Alex Neal-Bullen ADEL 28 3
Ben Keays ADEL 2 2
James Peatling ADEL 25 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Adams, Taylor FPR 74% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 9 2 5 0 3 0 1
26 Bice, Riley INT↓ 37% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 Blakey, Nick CHB 85% 0 0 11 5 6 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 1
16 Campbell, Braeden HFFL 84% 1 2 8 6 2 2 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 0
33 Cleary, Caiden SUB↑ 45% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 78% 0 0 23 11 12 6 35 5 8 5 3 3 5 0
29 Hamling, Joel CHF 90% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 0
9 Hayward, Will FPL 81% 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 7 1 5 0 2 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac C 83% 1 1 23 13 10 0 0 4 3 6 2 1 3 3
17 Jordon, James HFFR 78% 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 3 4 4 0 1 2 1
19 Ladhams, Peter INT 61% 0 0 11 6 5 2 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 1
44 Lloyd, Jake WL 89% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 5 2 4 0 0 4 2
30 McCartin, Tom FB 100% 0 0 20 18 2 11 0 3 0 3 1 0 7 1
27 McInerney, Justin HBFR 86% 0 0 27 12 15 4 0 2 5 2 4 0 1 6
2 McLean, Hayden FF 76% 2 0 11 7 4 1 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 1
43 Melican, Lewis BPL 85% 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 6 1 2 3 0 1 3
35 Mitchell, Caleb WR 92% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 0
24 Rampe, Dane BPR 82% 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 4 1 5 1 2 8 3
34 Roberts, Matt HBFL 74% 0 0 21 18 3 8 0 3 1 4 2 0 6 2
8 Rowbottom, James RO 82% 0 1 20 12 8 1 0 9 4 6 3 3 0 4
12 Sheldrick, Angus INT 74% 0 1 22 15 7 2 0 6 4 4 1 1 1 5
1 Warner, Chad RR 85% 0 3 19 16 3 1 0 4 12 6 1 1 1 7
37 Warner, Corey INT 76% 0 1 10 4 6 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 5 11 322 203 119 61 40 83 55 84 24 22 49 45

C. Cleary replaced R. Bice.

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Berry, Sam HFFR 73% 1 0 16 10 6 0 0 5 8 3 1 1 2 8
41 Butts, Jordon FB 85% 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
44 Cumming, Isaac WL 77% 2 0 21 16 5 5 0 3 1 4 0 0 3 7
6 Curtin, Dan WR 86% 0 0 16 9 7 7 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 1
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 77% 1 1 21 15 6 4 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 5
34 Draper, Sid SUB↑ 21% 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 Fogarty, Darcy FPR 83% 2 0 7 4 3 3 0 3 0 4 0 3 0 0
20 Hinge, Mitch BPR 83% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 4 0 2 0 0 5 2
48 Keane, Mark CHB 94% 0 0 23 21 2 10 0 2 0 6 3 3 4 3
2 Keays, Ben HFFL 92% 3 0 17 10 7 2 0 6 2 2 0 0 0 4
16 Michalanney, Max HBFL 88% 0 0 10 4 6 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 2 2
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 87% 1 0 17 13 4 6 0 4 2 2 0 0 5 4
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 80% 1 0 25 14 11 6 0 4 0 5 1 2 1 5
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 85% 0 0 13 9 4 1 37 7 6 6 3 4 0 4
25 Peatling, James INT 77% 0 0 21 12 9 5 0 4 7 6 3 2 1 3
10 Pedlar, Luke INT 63% 1 0 10 3 7 2 0 5 0 1 2 0 0 0
8 Rachele, Josh INT 81% 3 1 13 12 1 3 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 2
23 Rankine, Izak RR 86% 1 0 18 11 7 4 0 1 3 4 0 2 0 5
33 Smith, Brodie INT 82% 1 0 17 14 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 7 3
14 Soligo, Jake RO 76% 1 0 15 8 7 1 0 6 2 4 2 1 0 5
7 Thilthorpe, Riley CHF↓ 62% 2 0 14 10 4 6 5 4 3 5 1 1 1 1
13 Walker, Taylor FF 81% 1 0 9 6 3 3 3 1 1 3 1 1 0 3
24 Worrell, Josh BPL 81% 0 0 24 15 9 6 0 2 1 2 1 0 7 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 21 5 348 229 119 83 45 84 42 68 22 24 39 70

S. Draper replaced R. Thilthorpe.

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

Sydney Coach: Dean Cox
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
24 J. Worrell 41 J. Butts 20 M. Hinge 4 B. Grundy 26 R. Bice
3 T. Adams 2 H. McLean 9 W. Hayward 1 C. Warner 19 P. Ladhams
FORWARD 8 J. Rowbottom 12 A. Sheldrick
HALF-BACK

37 C. Warner
16 M. Michalanney 48 M. Keane 30 W. Milera

33 C. Cleary
17 J. Jordon 29 J. Hamling 16 B. Campbell



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



44 I. Cumming 12 J. Dawson (c) 6 D. Curtin



35 C. Mitchell 5 I. Heeney 44 J. Lloyd FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 43 R. O'Brien 25 J. Peatling
HALF-FORWARD 23 I. Rankine 10 L. Pedlar
2 B. Keays 7 R. Thilthorpe 3 S. Berry 14 J. Soligo 8 J. Rachele
27 J. McInerney 22 N. Blakey 34 M. Roberts

33 B. Smith
HALF-BACK

34 S. Draper
FORWARD



28 A. Neal-Bullen 13 T. Walker 32 D. Fogarty



24 D. Rampe 30 T. McCartin 43 L. Melican



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:56
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 03:28
ADEL Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 05:05
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 06:01
SYDN James Rowbottom behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 08:09
SYDN Braeden Campbell behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 10:28
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 11:40
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 19:00
ADEL Brodie Smith goal 1.2.8 - 4.2.26 20:53
ADEL Wayne Milera goal 1.2.8 - 5.2.32 28:10
ADEL Jordan Dawson behind 1.2.8 - 5.3.33 31:17
Q2 ADEL Jake Soligo goal 1.2.8 - 6.3.39 01:25
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 1.2.8 - 7.3.45 07:20
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 1.2.8 - 8.3.51 10:52
SYDN Corey Warner behind 1.3.9 - 8.3.51 17:40
ADEL Luke Pedlar goal 1.3.9 - 9.3.57 22:44
ADEL Sam Berry goal 1.3.9 - 10.3.63 26:21
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 1.3.9 - 11.3.69 28:01
ADEL Isaac Cumming goal 1.3.9 - 12.3.75 29:50
SYDN Angus Sheldrick behind 1.4.10 - 12.3.75 31:31
Q3 SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 1.5.11 - 12.3.75 00:52
SYDN Chad Warner behind 1.6.12 - 12.3.75 01:52
SYDN Braeden Campbell behind 1.7.13 - 12.3.75 02:32
SYDN Will Hayward goal 2.7.19 - 12.3.75 04:47
ADEL Josh Rachele behind 2.7.19 - 12.4.76 06:58
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 3.7.25 - 12.4.76 11:08
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 3.7.25 - 13.4.82 12:54
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 4.7.31 - 13.4.82 15:26
SYDN Braeden Campbell goal 5.7.37 - 13.4.82 17:54
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 5.7.37 - 14.4.88 19:10
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 5.7.37 - 15.4.94 21:54
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 5.7.37 - 16.4.100 25:07
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 5.7.37 - 17.4.106 27:22
ADEL Ben Keays goal 5.7.37 - 18.4.112 31:08
Q4 ADEL Ben Keays goal 5.7.37 - 19.4.118 05:43
ADEL Isaac Cumming goal 5.7.37 - 20.4.124 10:04
SYDN Chad Warner behind 5.8.38 - 20.4.124 13:39
SYDN Chad Warner behind 5.9.39 - 20.4.124 17:05
SYDN Rushed behind 5.10.40 - 20.4.124 19:05
ADEL Rushed behind 5.10.40 - 20.5.125 23:23
ADEL Ben Keays goal 5.10.40 - 21.5.131 24:31
SYDN Rushed behind 5.11.41 - 21.5.131 29:04