2025 AFL Round 20: Adelaide v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 2025 between Adelaide and Gold Coast during round 20 of the 2025 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Gold Coast at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. Noah Anderson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

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

Gold Coast
Back: B. Uwland, M. Andrew, O. Adams
Half-back: J. Noble, W. Powell, D. Rioli
Centre: L. Lombard, B. Humphrey, B. Fiorini
Half-forward: B. Ainsworth, S. Flanders, B. Jepson
Forward: B. Long, J. Walter, B. King
Follower: J. Witts, M. Rowell, N. Anderson (capt.)
Int.: C. Budarick, S. Clohesy, J. Jeffrey, E. Read
Sub.: D. Swallow

Adelaide (16.11.107) defeated Gold Coast (6.10.46).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: A. Neal-Bullen (3), I. Rankine (2), R. Thilthorpe (2), T. Walker (2), S. Berry, D. Curtin, J. Dawson, B. Keays, J. Peatling, L. Pedlar, J. Soligo
Gold Coast: B. Ainsworth, S. Flanders, J. Jeffrey, B. King, E. Read, J. Walter

As a result of this match, Adelaide remained 3rd on the ladder and Gold Coast were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Adelaide v Gold Coast
Date: Sunday 20 July 2025
Time: 4:10 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 44,249

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Gold Coast
Score: 16.11.107 - 6.10.46

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Adelaide	3	.	3	9	.	5	13	.	9	16	.	11	16	.	11	(107)
Gold Coast	0	.	2	0	.	4	5	.	9	6	.	10	6	.	10	(46)
Margin	ADEL by 19			ADEL by 55			ADEL by 48			ADEL by 61			ADEL by 61
Duration	31:00			31:39			35:29			31:41			2:09:49

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Nicks (Adelaide), Damien Hardwick (Gold Coast)
Captains: Jordan Dawson (Adelaide), Noah Anderson (Gold Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Alex Neal-Bullen	ADEL	28	3
Matt Rowell	GCST	18	2
Jake Soligo	ADEL	14	1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Berry, Sam	RO	70%	1	0	15	13	2	1	0	7	4	3	2	0	2	6
44	Cumming, Isaac	WL	66%	0	1	16	9	7	6	0	2	3	0	0	0	3	2
6	Curtin, Dan	WR	87%	1	1	20	15	5	6	0	3	2	2	1	0	2	1
12	Dawson, Jordan (c)	C	76%	1	1	20	11	9	4	0	5	5	5	1	1	1	5
32	Fogarty, Darcy	FF	85%	0	0	7	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	4
20	Hinge, Mitch	INT↓	11%	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Jones, Chayce	SUB↑	64%	0	0	8	3	5	2	0	3	0	3	1	2	0	0
48	Keane, Mark	CHB	100%	0	0	13	12	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	0
2	Keays, Ben	HFFL	91%	1	0	18	8	10	2	0	5	0	4	4	0	0	0
29	Laird, Rory	BPR	85%	0	0	23	17	6	11	0	2	2	3	0	0	4	1
16	Michalanney, Max	HBFR	91%	0	0	22	16	6	9	0	2	1	6	1	4	5	1
30	Milera, Wayne	HBFL	73%	0	0	21	17	4	12	0	1	1	2	2	0	5	4
9	Murray, Nick	FB	96%	0	0	11	6	5	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	2
28	Neal-Bullen, Alex	HFFR	84%	3	1	31	20	11	7	0	4	2	4	3	2	2	2
43	O'Brien, Reilly	RU	85%	0	0	10	7	3	0	40	2	4	4	1	2	1	2
25	Peatling, James	RR	84%	1	0	21	15	6	3	0	6	7	2	1	0	2	4
10	Pedlar, Luke	INT	69%	1	0	7	6	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1
23	Rankine, Izak	FPL	90%	2	2	15	11	4	2	0	2	2	4	3	2	0	4
14	Soligo, Jake	INT	75%	1	0	24	10	14	6	0	5	3	5	2	3	1	2
19	Taylor, Zac	INT	76%	0	0	11	5	6	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1
7	Thilthorpe, Riley	CHF	69%	2	0	9	5	4	6	8	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
13	Walker, Taylor	FPR	77%	2	2	9	6	3	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	2
24	Worrell, Josh	BPL	94%	0	0	25	17	8	11	0	0	0	4	2	1	6	2
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				16	11	357	237	120	112	48	55	37	65	28	22	43	46

C. Jones replaced M. Hinge.

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Adams, Oscar	BPR	88%	0	0	7	3	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
9	Ainsworth, Ben	HFFL	83%	1	1	12	6	6	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	2
15	Anderson, Noah (c)	RO	87%	0	0	27	10	17	4	0	1	5	6	1	1	2	5
1	Andrew, Mac	FB	91%	0	0	14	10	4	6	0	1	0	4	3	2	3	0
35	Budarick, Connor	INT	88%	0	1	24	18	6	9	0	1	0	4	0	2	2	3
33	Clohesy, Sam	INT	76%	0	1	11	7	4	3	0	4	2	5	1	2	1	3
8	Fiorini, Brayden	WR	74%	0	0	28	14	14	7	0	3	2	5	1	1	1	4
3	Flanders, Sam	CHF	83%	1	1	28	11	17	9	0	1	6	2	2	0	0	3
19	Humphrey, Bailey	C	82%	0	0	12	5	7	3	0	3	4	6	0	3	0	3
40	Jeffrey, Joel	INT	84%	1	0	22	15	7	4	0	1	1	4	1	2	5	1
44	Jepson, Ben	HFFR	77%	0	0	12	9	3	2	0	1	0	4	1	2	1	3
34	King, Ben	FPR	83%	1	0	4	2	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1
30	Lombard, Leo	WL	79%	0	2	7	5	2	3	0	3	1	3	1	2	0	0
22	Long, Ben	FPL	87%	0	0	8	3	5	3	0	2	0	6	1	3	0	1
2	Noble, John	HBFL	82%	0	0	20	14	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1
27	Powell, Wil	CHB	85%	0	0	16	10	6	2	0	8	0	4	2	1	2	6
20	Read, Ethan	INT	65%	1	1	9	7	2	2	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	2
17	Rioli, Daniel	HBFR↓	37%	0	0	11	7	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	1
18	Rowell, Matt	RR	86%	0	0	30	19	11	2	0	9	12	4	0	1	4	7
24	Swallow, David	SUB↑	46%	0	1	7	3	4	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	1
32	Uwland, Bodhi	BPL	85%	0	0	10	6	4	5	0	3	0	3	1	2	1	2
4	Walter, Jed	FF	72%	1	1	4	3	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
28	Witts, Jarrod	RU	82%	0	0	11	5	6	1	35	3	3	2	2	1	0	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				6	10	334	192	142	83	42	55	38	72	22	28	30	52

D. Swallow replaced D. Rioli.

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
	32	B. Uwland	1	M. Andrew	48	O. Adams	43	R. O'Brien	20	M. Hinge
	13	T. Walker	32	D. Fogarty	23	I. Rankine	25	J. Peatling	10	L. Pedlar
FORWARD							3	S. Berry	14	J. Soligo
HALF-BACK									19	Z. Taylor
	2	J. Noble	27	W. Powell	17	D. Rioli			1	C. Jones
	28	A. Neal-Bullen	7	R. Thilthorpe	2	B. Keays
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	30	L. Lombard	19	B. Humphrey	8	B. Fiorini
	6	D. Curtin	12	J. Dawson (c)	44	I. Cumming	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							28	J. Witts	35	C. Budarick
HALF-FORWARD							18	M. Rowell	33	S. Clohesy
	9	B. Ainsworth	3	S. Flanders	44	B. Jepson	15	N. Anderson (c)	40	J. Jeffrey
	16	M. Michalanney	48	M. Keane	30	W. Milera			20	E. Read
HALF-BACK									24	D. Swallow
FORWARD
	22	B. Long	4	J. Walter	34	B. King
	29	R. Laird	9	N. Murray	24	J. Worrell
BACK
Gold Coast							Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	02:11
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	05:21
	GCST	Leo Lombard behind	2.0.12	-	0.1.1	15:15
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	3.0.18	-	0.1.1	16:10
	GCST	Sam Clohesy behind	3.0.18	-	0.2.2	20:24
	ADEL	Rushed behind	3.1.19	-	0.2.2	22:02
	ADEL	Isaac Cumming behind	3.2.20	-	0.2.2	25:11
	ADEL	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	0.2.2	27:04
Q2	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	4.3.27	-	0.2.2	04:15
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	5.3.33	-	0.2.2	06:05
	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen behind	5.4.34	-	0.2.2	09:27
	ADEL	Rushed behind	5.5.35	-	0.2.2	10:31
	ADEL	Sam Berry goal	6.5.41	-	0.2.2	11:49
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	7.5.47	-	0.2.2	15:16
	ADEL	Luke Pedlar goal	8.5.53	-	0.2.2	16:33
	GCST	Ethan Read behind	8.5.53	-	0.3.3	25:26
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth behind	8.5.53	-	0.4.4	29:38
	ADEL	Jordan Dawson goal	9.5.59	-	0.4.4	30:36
Q3	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	10.5.65	-	0.4.4	01:24
	GCST	Leo Lombard behind	10.5.65	-	0.5.5	04:26
	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	11.5.71	-	0.5.5	05:49
	ADEL	Izak Rankine behind	11.6.72	-	0.5.5	07:57
	ADEL	Izak Rankine behind	11.7.73	-	0.5.5	08:31
	ADEL	Jordan Dawson behind	11.8.74	-	0.5.5	09:34
	GCST	Ethan Read goal	11.8.74	-	1.5.11	10:39
	GCST	Sam Flanders behind	11.8.74	-	1.6.12	12:02
	ADEL	Dan Curtin behind	11.9.75	-	1.6.12	14:23
	GCST	Rushed behind	11.9.75	-	1.7.13	15:57
	GCST	Joel Jeffrey goal	11.9.75	-	2.7.19	16:36
	GCST	Connor Budarick behind	11.9.75	-	2.8.20	18:24
	GCST	Sam Flanders goal	11.9.75	-	3.8.26	20:54
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth goal	11.9.75	-	4.8.32	24:53
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	12.9.81	-	4.8.32	27:26
	GCST	Ben King goal	12.9.81	-	5.8.38	28:37
	ADEL	Dan Curtin goal	13.9.87	-	5.8.38	31:48
	GCST	David Swallow behind	13.9.87	-	5.9.39	35:24
Q4	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	14.9.93	-	5.9.39	08:12
	ADEL	James Peatling goal	15.9.99	-	5.9.39	13:05
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	15.10.100	-	5.9.39	14:57
	GCST	Jed Walter goal	15.10.100	-	6.9.45	16:04
	ADEL	Jake Soligo goal	16.10.106	-	6.9.45	24:24
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	16.11.107	-	6.9.45	29:23
	GCST	Jed Walter behind	16.11.107	-	6.10.46	31:37

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