2025 AFL Season Round 18: Adelaide v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 2025 between Adelaide and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide hosted Melbourne at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Adelaide (13.12.90) defeated Melbourne (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Adelaide v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 6 July 2025
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 43,306

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Melbourne
Score: 13.12.90 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Adelaide	2	.	3	5	.	8	10	.	11	13	.	12	13	.	12	(90)
Melbourne	1	.	6	6	.	7	8	.	8	11	.	11	11	.	11	(77)
Margin	ADEL by 3			MELB by 5			ADEL by 15			ADEL by 13			ADEL by 13
Duration	27:44			34:53			33:15			32:13			2:08:05

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Vice-Captain: Jack Viney
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Izak Rankine	ADEL	23	3
Ben Keays	ADEL	2	2
Jordan Dawson	ADEL	12	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Berry, Sam	INT	75%	0	0	16	6	10	2	0	9	4	4	0	0	0	2
41	Butts, Jordon	FB	87%	0	0	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0
44	Cumming, Isaac	WL	82%	0	0	13	7	6	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	2
6	Curtin, Dan	WR	86%	1	0	9	7	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2
12	Dawson, Jordan (c)	C	84%	0	0	25	13	12	4	0	7	3	5	0	3	0	5
32	Fogarty, Darcy	FPR	83%	2	2	15	12	3	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	7
20	Hinge, Mitch	HBFL	79%	0	0	12	8	4	2	0	3	1	2	0	1	2	2
48	Keane, Mark	CHB	93%	0	0	17	12	5	5	0	4	1	4	2	3	2	0
2	Keays, Ben	HFFL	93%	2	3	24	14	10	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	6
29	Laird, Rory	BPR	86%	0	0	21	10	11	4	0	3	3	2	3	1	3	1
16	Michalanney, Max	HFFR	87%	0	0	14	9	5	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0
4	Murphy, Lachlan	SUB↑	30%	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1
28	Neal-Bullen, Alex	INT	78%	0	0	14	10	4	1	0	6	0	5	0	0	0	5
43	O'Brien, Reilly	RU	87%	0	0	10	4	6	7	36	2	1	3	0	1	0	0
25	Peatling, James	RO	71%	0	0	25	14	11	5	0	2	6	3	3	0	1	6
8	Rachele, Josh	INT↓	40%	0	1	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1
23	Rankine, Izak	RR	90%	5	1	16	11	5	4	0	4	2	3	1	1	1	3
33	Smith, Brodie	HBFR	80%	0	0	20	14	6	1	0	2	1	3	1	0	7	3
14	Soligo, Jake	FPL	76%	0	0	21	12	9	6	0	6	6	3	2	1	0	5
19	Taylor, Zac	INT	70%	1	0	5	3	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
7	Thilthorpe, Riley	CHF	76%	0	1	9	5	4	5	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
13	Walker, Taylor	FF	77%	2	1	9	7	2	4	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	1
24	Worrell, Josh	BPL	90%	0	0	18	13	5	5	0	0	0	4	0	3	5	2
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				13	12	325	199	126	82	41	53	33	65	15	17	30	55

L. Murphy replaced J. Rachele.

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
17	Bowey, Jake	BPL	80%	0	0	26	17	9	5	0	2	3	2	1	0	5	2
37	Chandler, Kade	HFFR	88%	0	0	18	3	15	2	0	10	0	1	0	1	3	2
31	Fritsch, Bayley	CHF	76%	1	2	10	3	7	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	0
11	Gawn, Max (c)	RU	84%	0	0	16	11	5	5	25	2	4	3	1	1	1	1
21	Jefferson, Matthew	INT	73%	0	0	5	4	1	3	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	2
15	Langdon, Ed	HFFL	93%	0	1	25	19	6	8	0	1	1	5	1	0	2	4
19	Langford, Harvey	WL	78%	0	0	17	9	8	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	4	2
8	Lever, Jake	BPR	87%	0	0	14	9	5	10	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
20	Lindsay, Xavier	INT	67%	0	0	18	8	10	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	0
1	May, Steven	FB	100%	0	0	23	20	3	12	0	0	0	3	1	0	9	0
4	McVee, Judd	HBFL	78%	0	0	14	10	4	6	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0
18	Melksham, Jake	FPL	76%	4	1	8	6	2	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2
13	Oliver, Clayton	RR	79%	0	0	23	7	16	1	0	4	3	5	0	3	1	3
5	Petracca, Christian	C	86%	0	3	23	10	13	3	0	2	0	5	0	2	0	3
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	FPR	85%	2	2	24	14	10	3	0	2	3	6	2	0	0	8
24	Rivers, Trent	HBFR	84%	1	1	23	14	9	5	0	2	1	2	0	0	4	2
3	Salem, Christian	INT	80%	0	0	23	15	8	10	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	0
30	Sharp, Harry	SUB↑	25%	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Sparrow, Tom	WR	83%	1	0	12	6	6	4	0	5	0	2	0	1	1	0
12	Tholstrup, Koltyn	INT↓	49%	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1
10	Turner, Daniel	CHB	92%	0	0	20	17	3	16	0	0	0	6	0	2	5	1
2	van Rooyen, Jacob	FF	74%	2	0	12	7	5	3	3	3	0	3	2	1	0	5
7	Viney, Jack (vc)	RO	83%	0	0	30	11	19	4	0	9	4	1	1	0	1	4
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				11	11	392	222	170	110	28	53	27	57	17	15	42	42

H. Sharp replaced K. Tholstrup.

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
	17	J. Bowey	1	S. May	8	J. Lever	43	R. O'Brien	3	S. Berry
	32	D. Fogarty	13	T. Walker	14	J. Soligo	23	I. Rankine	28	A. Neal-Bullen
FORWARD							25	J. Peatling	8	J. Rachele
HALF-BACK									19	Z. Taylor
	4	J. McVee	10	D. Turner	24	T. Rivers			4	L. Murphy
	16	M. Michalanney	7	R. Thilthorpe	2	B. Keays
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	19	H. Langford	5	C. Petracca	32	T. Sparrow
	6	D. Curtin	12	J. Dawson (c)	44	I. Cumming	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							11	M. Gawn (c)	21	M. Jefferson
HALF-FORWARD							13	C. Oliver	20	X. Lindsay
	15	E. Langdon	31	B. Fritsch	37	K. Chandler	7	J. Viney (vc)	3	C. Salem
	33	B. Smith	48	M. Keane	20	M. Hinge			12	K. Tholstrup
HALF-BACK									30	H. Sharp
FORWARD
	18	J. Melksham	2	J. van Rooyen	36	K. Pickett
	29	R. Laird	41	J. Butts	24	J. Worrell
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:32
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	02:53
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	06:24
	MELB	Trent Rivers behind	0.2.2	-	0.2.2	07:36
	MELB	Trent Rivers goal	0.2.2	-	1.2.8	08:20
	MELB	Ed Langdon behind	0.2.2	-	1.3.9	14:16
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	1.2.8	-	1.3.9	15:35
	MELB	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	1.4.10	17:42
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	2.2.14	-	1.4.10	18:52
	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	2.2.14	-	1.5.11	20:34
	ADEL	Rushed behind	2.3.15	-	1.5.11	23:32
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	2.3.15	-	1.6.12	27:39
Q2	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	2.3.15	-	1.7.13	01:33
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	2.3.15	-	2.7.19	01:47
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	2.3.15	-	3.7.25	04:21
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	2.3.15	-	4.7.31	07:34
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	2.3.15	-	5.7.37	09:39
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	2.3.15	-	6.7.43	11:50
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	3.3.21	-	6.7.43	14:28
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	4.3.27	-	6.7.43	18:42
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	4.4.28	-	6.7.43	20:26
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	5.4.34	-	6.7.43	27:02
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe behind	5.5.35	-	6.7.43	28:20
	ADEL	Josh Rachele behind	5.6.36	-	6.7.43	30:06
	ADEL	Rushed behind	5.7.37	-	6.7.43	31:10
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	5.8.38	-	6.7.43	34:00
Q3	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	6.8.44	-	6.7.43	00:48
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	7.8.50	-	6.7.43	06:44
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	7.9.51	-	6.7.43	09:45
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	7.9.51	-	6.8.44	10:25
	ADEL	Rushed behind	7.10.52	-	6.8.44	14:27
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	8.10.58	-	6.8.44	16:57
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	8.10.58	-	7.8.50	18:38
	ADEL	Zac Taylor goal	9.10.64	-	7.8.50	20:34
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	10.10.70	-	7.8.50	24:00
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	10.10.70	-	8.8.56	27:46
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty behind	10.11.71	-	8.8.56	31:22
Q4	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	10.11.71	-	9.8.62	02:12
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	11.11.77	-	9.8.62	04:13
	MELB	Tom Sparrow goal	11.11.77	-	10.8.68	06:33
	ADEL	Dan Curtin goal	12.11.83	-	10.8.68	10:15
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	13.11.89	-	10.8.68	14:55
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	13.11.89	-	10.9.69	18:09
	ADEL	Izak Rankine behind	13.12.90	-	10.9.69	21:50
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	13.12.90	-	11.9.75	22:51
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	13.12.90	-	11.10.76	27:19
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	13.12.90	-	11.11.77	29:24

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