2025 AFL Round 18: Adelaide v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 2025 between Adelaide and Melbourne during round 18 of the 2025 AFL season. 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
Back: J. Worrell, J. Butts, R. Laird
Half-back: M. Hinge, M. Keane, B. Smith
Centre: I. Cumming, J. Dawson (capt.), D. Curtin
Half-forward: B. Keays, R. Thilthorpe, M. Michalanney
Forward: J. Soligo, T. Walker, D. Fogarty
Follower: R. O'Brien, I. Rankine, J. Peatling
Int.: S. Berry, A. Neal-Bullen, J. Rachele, Z. Taylor
Sub.: L. Murphy

Melbourne
Back: J. Bowey, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: J. McVee, D. Turner, T. Rivers
Centre: H. Langford, C. Petracca, T. Sparrow
Half-forward: E. Langdon, B. Fritsch, K. Chandler
Forward: J. Melksham, J. van Rooyen, K. Pickett
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, J. Viney (vice-capt.)
Int.: M. Jefferson, X. Lindsay, C. Salem, K. Tholstrup
Sub.: H. Sharp

Adelaide (13.12.90) defeated Melbourne (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: I. Rankine (5), D. Fogarty (2), B. Keays (2), T. Walker (2), D. Curtin, Z. Taylor
Melbourne: J. Melksham (4), K. Pickett (2), J. van Rooyen (2), B. Fritsch, T. Rivers, T. Sparrow

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 5th) and Melbourne remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the day.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Nicks (Adelaide), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Jordan Dawson (Adelaide), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Adelaide), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

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