2025 AFL Season Round 19: Western Bulldogs v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 12 July 2025 between the Western Bulldogs and Adelaide during round nineteen of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Adelaide at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. Jordan Dawson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

The Western Bulldogs (15.8.98) were defeated by Adelaide (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 12 July 2025
Time: 1:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 41,198

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Adelaide
Score: 15.8.98 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	3	.	1	7	.	3	10	.	6	15	.	8	15	.	8	(98)
Adelaide	4	.	2	10	.	4	14	.	9	16	.	13	16	.	13	(109)
Margin	ADEL by 7			ADEL by 19			ADEL by 27			ADEL by 11			ADEL by 11
Duration	30:32			32:40			34:06			32:25			2:09:43

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Vice-Captain: Tom Liberatore
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Riley Thilthorpe	ADEL	7	3
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	2
Jordan Dawson	ADEL	12	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Bontempelli, Marcus (c)	RR	82%	0	0	37	17	20	8	0	12	8	5	3	0	2	10
29	Bramble, Lachie	INT	80%	1	0	21	17	4	4	0	1	0	2	1	2	4	4
17	Coffield, Nick	BPL	75%	0	0	14	7	7	7	0	0	1	3	0	2	4	0
31	Dale, Bailey	HBFR	76%	0	0	21	14	7	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	3
10	Darcy, Sam	FF	81%	2	2	14	9	5	5	5	3	0	6	2	1	0	1
42	Davidson, Sam	HFFL	84%	1	0	12	7	5	2	0	4	2	4	0	3	1	2
26	Dolan, Josh	INT	64%	0	1	10	3	7	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2
44	English, Tim	RU	86%	0	0	20	15	5	7	27	3	5	4	3	0	2	5
27	Freijah, Joel	WR	82%	0	1	14	4	10	2	0	2	2	4	0	1	2	1
38	Garcia, Riley	FPR	74%	0	0	13	4	9	1	0	5	5	0	0	0	1	1
6	Hynes, Cooper	INT↓	49%	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	Johannisen, Jason	HBFL	82%	0	0	20	17	3	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	3
8	Kennedy, Matthew	HFFR	74%	0	0	6	4	2	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2
21	Liberatore, Tom (vc)	RO	84%	0	0	26	17	9	4	0	5	8	1	2	0	3	5
7	Lobb, Rory	CHB	100%	0	0	11	5	6	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0
33	Naughton, Aaron	CHF	76%	5	1	11	11	0	5	1	0	1	5	2	3	0	2
18	O'Donnell, James	FB	100%	1	0	14	11	3	6	0	1	0	6	1	5	4	1
25	Poulter, Caleb	SUB↑	26%	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1
20	Richards, Ed	C	83%	2	0	29	20	9	7	0	3	7	1	1	1	2	6
9	Sanders, Ryley	WL	89%	1	1	16	7	9	4	0	0	2	4	1	2	0	1
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	FPL	84%	0	0	13	9	4	4	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	4
14	West, Rhylee	INT	83%	1	0	10	7	3	1	0	3	0	3	1	2	0	0
34	Williams, Bailey	BPR	87%	0	0	15	6	9	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				15	8	353	214	139	88	33	51	43	62	18	25	36	55

C. Poulter replaced C. Hynes.

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Berry, Sam	RO	80%	0	0	11	7	4	1	0	2	3	2	0	1	1	2
41	Butts, Jordon	FB↓	22%	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Cook, Brayden	INT	46%	0	0	7	7	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3
44	Cumming, Isaac	WL	86%	1	0	14	9	5	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	4
6	Curtin, Dan	WR	92%	1	1	26	19	7	7	0	3	3	2	3	0	4	2
12	Dawson, Jordan (c)	C	86%	2	1	27	16	11	4	0	8	6	3	2	0	1	7
32	Fogarty, Darcy	FF	79%	3	3	13	11	2	7	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	4
20	Hinge, Mitch	INT	77%	0	0	14	12	2	6	0	5	0	2	0	1	5	3
1	Jones, Chayce	SUB↑	62%	0	0	10	5	5	3	0	2	1	2	2	1	0	0
48	Keane, Mark	CHB	92%	0	0	12	10	2	4	0	0	0	4	2	4	3	1
2	Keays, Ben	HFFL	88%	0	3	19	11	8	6	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	0
29	Laird, Rory	BPR	81%	0	0	22	15	7	5	0	7	3	1	0	0	4	1
16	Michalanney, Max	HBFR	87%	0	0	16	10	6	5	0	2	0	1	2	0	1	2
30	Milera, Wayne	HBFL	85%	0	0	12	10	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
28	Neal-Bullen, Alex	INT	79%	0	1	11	6	5	1	0	4	0	4	1	1	1	3
43	O'Brien, Reilly	RU	85%	0	0	17	10	7	8	42	6	2	5	1	3	2	0
25	Peatling, James	INT	63%	0	0	12	3	9	1	0	2	6	3	1	1	0	1
23	Rankine, Izak	FPL	88%	1	2	18	14	4	6	0	4	4	2	4	1	0	6
14	Soligo, Jake	RR	80%	0	0	22	13	9	3	0	9	5	3	2	1	3	2
19	Taylor, Zac	HFFR	85%	0	0	7	2	5	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2
7	Thilthorpe, Riley	CHF	83%	6	0	17	13	4	9	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
13	Walker, Taylor	FPR	78%	2	0	15	12	3	9	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	7
24	Worrell, Josh	BPL	96%	0	0	21	18	3	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	8	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				16	13	345	234	111	105	44	61	35	49	25	18	39	52

C. Jones replaced J. Butts.

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

Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	24	J. Worrell	41	J. Butts	29	R. Laird	44	T. English	29	L. Bramble
	38	R. Garcia	10	S. Darcy	23	L. Vandermeer	4	M. Bontempelli (c)	26	J. Dolan
FORWARD							21	T. Liberatore (vc)	6	C. Hynes
HALF-BACK									14	R. West
	30	W. Milera	48	M. Keane	16	M. Michalanney			25	C. Poulter
	8	M. Kennedy	33	A. Naughton	42	S. Davidson
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	44	I. Cumming	12	J. Dawson (c)	6	D. Curtin
	27	J. Freijah	20	E. Richards	9	R. Sanders	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							43	R. O'Brien	15	B. Cook
HALF-FORWARD							14	J. Soligo	20	M. Hinge
	2	B. Keays	7	R. Thilthorpe	19	Z. Taylor	3	S. Berry	28	A. Neal-Bullen
	31	B. Dale	7	R. Lobb	39	J. Johannisen			25	J. Peatling
HALF-BACK									1	C. Jones
FORWARD
	23	I. Rankine	32	D. Fogarty	13	T. Walker
	34	B. Williams	18	J. O'Donnell	17	N. Coffield
BACK
Adelaide							Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:58
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	06:34
	ADEL	Dan Curtin goal	1.0.6	-	2.0.12	08:18
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	2.0.12	-	2.0.12	09:46
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	3.0.18	-	2.0.12	11:59
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	3.0.18	-	2.1.13	13:28
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	3.0.18	-	3.1.19	16:07
	ADEL	Rushed behind	3.0.18	-	3.2.20	17:28
	ADEL	Isaac Cumming goal	3.0.18	-	4.2.26	22:09
	WBUL	Rushed behind	3.1.19	-	4.2.26	29:54
Q2	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	4.1.25	-	4.2.26	00:47
	ADEL	Jordan Dawson goal	4.1.25	-	5.2.32	03:36
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	4.1.25	-	6.2.38	04:44
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	4.1.25	-	7.2.44	06:53
	WBUL	Ed Richards goal	5.1.31	-	7.2.44	08:55
	WBUL	Ed Richards goal	6.1.37	-	7.2.44	10:07
	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen behind	6.1.37	-	7.3.45	13:53
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	6.1.37	-	8.3.51	17:55
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	6.1.37	-	9.3.57	19:31
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty behind	6.1.37	-	9.4.58	22:02
	WBUL	Cooper Hynes goal	7.1.43	-	9.4.58	23:01
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	7.2.44	-	9.4.58	27:18
	WBUL	Joel Freijah behind	7.3.45	-	9.4.58	30:42
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	7.3.45	-	10.4.64	31:42
Q3	ADEL	Jordan Dawson goal	7.3.45	-	11.4.70	03:46
	WBUL	Rushed behind	7.4.46	-	11.4.70	05:09
	WBUL	Sam Darcy behind	7.5.47	-	11.4.70	05:59
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	7.5.47	-	11.5.71	07:45
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	8.5.53	-	11.5.71	09:10
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	8.5.53	-	12.5.77	10:45
	WBUL	Sam Davidson goal	9.5.59	-	12.5.77	12:22
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	10.5.65	-	12.5.77	14:17
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	10.5.65	-	13.5.83	17:56
	ADEL	Rushed behind	10.5.65	-	13.6.84	20:03
	ADEL	Jordan Dawson behind	10.5.65	-	13.7.85	23:05
	WBUL	Josh Dolan behind	10.6.66	-	13.7.85	24:50
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	10.6.66	-	13.8.86	27:28
	ADEL	Dan Curtin behind	10.6.66	-	13.9.87	31:16
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	10.6.66	-	14.9.93	32:49
Q4	WBUL	Ryley Sanders goal	11.6.72	-	14.9.93	02:05
	WBUL	Sam Darcy behind	11.7.73	-	14.9.93	03:40
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	11.7.73	-	15.9.99	07:20
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	11.7.73	-	16.9.105	10:45
	WBUL	Ryley Sanders behind	11.8.74	-	16.9.105	16:22
	WBUL	Rhylee West goal	12.8.80	-	16.9.105	17:05
	ADEL	Izak Rankine behind	12.8.80	-	16.10.106	18:50
	ADEL	Izak Rankine behind	12.8.80	-	16.11.107	19:30
	WBUL	Lachie Bramble goal	13.8.86	-	16.11.107	20:50
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	14.8.92	-	16.11.107	24:37
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty behind	14.8.92	-	16.12.108	26:56
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty behind	14.8.92	-	16.13.109	29:37
	WBUL	James O'Donnell goal	15.8.98	-	16.13.109	30:57

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