2025 AFL Round 21: Adelaide v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 2025 between Adelaide and Port Adelaide during round 21 of the 2025 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. Connor Rozee captained the visitors with Zak Butters as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Ken Hinkley.

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

Port Adelaide
Back: B. Zerk-Thatcher, A. Aliir, J. Sinn
Half-back: L. Jones, C. Rozee (capt.), K. Farrell
Centre: J. Burgoyne, M. Bergman, T. Boak
Half-forward: J. Richards, D. Byrne-Jones, J. Lukosius
Forward: J. McEntee, M. Georgiades, O. Lord
Follower: J. Sweet, O. Wines, Z. Butters (vice-capt.)
Int.: J. Berry, W. Drew, L. Evans, J. Mead
Sub.: H. Jackson

Adelaide (20.13.133) defeated Port Adelaide (5.5.35).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: B. Keays (3), R. Thilthorpe (3), T. Walker (3), S. Berry (2), J. Soligo (2), J. Dawson, D. Fogarty, A. Neal-Bullen, R. O'Brien, J. Peatling, L. Pedlar, I. Rankine
Port Adelaide: J. McEntee (2), M. Georgiades, J. Mead, J. Sweet

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 1st on the ladder (up from 3rd) and Port Adelaide remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Adelaide v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 26 July 2025
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 46,018

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Port Adelaide
Score: 20.13.133 - 5.5.35

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Adelaide	3	.	6	7	.	8	12	.	11	20	.	13	20	.	13	(133)
Port Adelaide	3	.	1	3	.	3	5	.	3	5	.	5	5	.	5	(35)
Margin	ADEL by 5			ADEL by 29			ADEL by 50			ADEL by 98			ADEL by 98
Duration	32:03			34:33			34:47			32:00			2:13:23

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Nicks (Adelaide), Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide)
Captains: Jordan Dawson (Adelaide), Connor Rozee (Port Adelaide)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Adelaide), Zak Butters (Port Adelaide)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Jake Soligo	ADEL	14	3
Riley Thilthorpe	ADEL	7	2
Ben Keays	ADEL	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	74%	2	0	20	13	7	0	0	6	7	5	0	1	1	5
15	Cook, Brayden	WL	80%	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	6	1	1	1	0	1	1
6	Curtin, Dan	WR	84%	0	1	22	13	9	2	0	8	4	2	1	0	1	0
12	Dawson, Jordan (c)	C	71%	1	1	21	13	8	1	0	10	4	3	4	1	0	5
32	Fogarty, Darcy	FF	83%	1	1	16	9	7	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	4
20	Hinge, Mitch	INT	78%	0	0	12	8	4	1	0	3	3	2	1	0	5	1
1	Jones, Chayce	SUB↑	41%	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1
48	Keane, Mark	CHB	97%	0	0	16	13	3	1	0	3	0	3	3	0	3	2
2	Keays, Ben	HFFL	94%	3	4	21	17	4	2	0	3	2	3	1	1	0	7
29	Laird, Rory	BPR	90%	0	0	24	12	12	5	0	4	2	5	1	2	7	2
16	Michalanney, Max	HBFR↓	47%	0	0	7	6	1	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	0
30	Milera, Wayne	HBFL	82%	0	0	18	16	2	6	0	8	1	3	1	1	6	1
9	Murray, Nick	FB	83%	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0
28	Neal-Bullen, Alex	INT	80%	1	0	18	13	5	1	0	12	1	3	2	0	0	4
43	O'Brien, Reilly	RU	81%	1	1	10	6	4	3	45	6	2	7	1	3	1	4
25	Peatling, James	RR	83%	1	2	26	19	7	4	0	6	9	7	4	1	0	6
10	Pedlar, Luke	INT	73%	1	0	6	5	1	0	0	4	0	5	3	3	0	1
23	Rankine, Izak	FPL	81%	1	0	15	13	2	3	0	2	1	4	1	1	1	4
14	Soligo, Jake	RO	81%	2	0	35	21	14	2	0	4	5	9	2	2	1	11
19	Taylor, Zac	HFFR	78%	0	0	8	3	5	0	0	5	2	1	0	1	0	0
7	Thilthorpe, Riley	CHF	73%	3	1	19	15	4	3	6	0	6	1	4	0	2	4
13	Walker, Taylor	FPR	77%	3	1	15	9	6	3	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	2
24	Worrell, Josh	BPL	89%	0	0	19	10	9	2	0	3	1	4	1	2	3	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				20	13	368	248	120	48	51	103	52	78	33	21	36	65

C. Jones replaced M. Michalanney.

Port Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Aliir, Aliir	FB	100%	0	0	14	13	1	5	0	2	1	1	0	0	4	1
14	Bergman, Miles	C	91%	0	0	14	10	4	0	0	3	2	6	1	4	5	1
5	Berry, Joe	INT	74%	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	1
10	Boak, Travis	WR	74%	0	0	11	5	6	2	0	1	2	5	1	4	1	0
7	Burgoyne, Jase	WL	89%	0	0	15	11	4	2	0	2	0	4	0	1	1	4
9	Butters, Zak (vc)	RO	93%	0	0	34	22	12	1	0	4	11	3	6	0	1	8
33	Byrne-Jones, Darcy	CHF	75%	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0
28	Drew, Willem	INT	72%	0	0	18	9	9	1	0	8	1	2	2	1	0	3
22	Evans, Logan	INT	71%	0	0	8	7	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	1	1	1
6	Farrell, Kane	HBFR	82%	0	0	24	21	3	2	0	3	2	4	1	0	10	2
19	Georgiades, Mitch	FF	92%	1	2	18	13	5	4	0	1	1	5	2	2	0	5
39	Jackson, Hugh	SUB↑	31%	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	2	1	1
34	Jones, Lachie	HBFL↓	50%	0	0	12	7	5	0	0	4	3	1	0	1	3	2
30	Lord, Ollie	FPR	77%	0	0	4	3	1	0	1	3	0	4	0	3	0	0
12	Lukosius, Jack	HFFR	71%	0	1	8	6	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1
41	McEntee, Jed	FPL	67%	2	0	4	4	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
44	Mead, Jackson	INT	75%	1	0	9	8	1	2	0	6	1	4	0	2	1	2
35	Richards, Joe	HFFL	83%	0	0	12	9	3	1	0	5	4	4	0	1	1	0
1	Rozee, Connor (c)	CHB	95%	0	0	22	18	4	2	0	7	5	5	2	1	5	1
8	Sinn, Josh	BPR	68%	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	1	2	4	0	1	3	0
24	Sweet, Jordon	RU	89%	1	0	11	6	5	1	45	4	4	8	2	3	2	4
16	Wines, Ollie	RR	81%	0	0	25	9	16	1	0	2	4	6	0	2	2	3
25	Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon	BPL	98%	0	0	12	10	2	4	0	3	0	4	0	2	3	3
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				5	5	300	206	94	37	46	73	45	82	21	33	45	43

H. Jackson replaced L. Jones.

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
	25	B. Zerk-Thatcher	21	A. Aliir	8	J. Sinn	43	R. O'Brien	3	S. Berry
	13	T. Walker	32	D. Fogarty	23	I. Rankine	25	J. Peatling	20	M. Hinge
FORWARD							14	J. Soligo	28	A. Neal-Bullen
HALF-BACK									10	L. Pedlar
	34	L. Jones	1	C. Rozee (c)	6	K. Farrell			1	C. Jones
	19	Z. Taylor	7	R. Thilthorpe	2	B. Keays
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	J. Burgoyne	14	M. Bergman	10	T. Boak
	6	D. Curtin	12	J. Dawson (c)	15	B. Cook	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							24	J. Sweet	5	J. Berry
HALF-FORWARD							16	O. Wines	28	W. Drew
	35	J. Richards	33	D. Byrne-Jones	12	J. Lukosius	9	Z. Butters (vc)	22	L. Evans
	16	M. Michalanney	48	M. Keane	30	W. Milera			44	J. Mead
HALF-BACK									39	H. Jackson
FORWARD
	41	J. McEntee	19	M. Georgiades	30	O. Lord
	29	R. Laird	9	N. Murray	24	J. Worrell
BACK
Port Adelaide							Coach: Ken Hinkley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:41
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	01:21
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	0.3.3	-	0.0.0	03:11
	PADL	Jack Lukosius behind	0.3.3	-	0.1.1	06:02
	ADEL	Jordan Dawson behind	0.4.4	-	0.1.1	07:25
	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	1.4.10	-	0.1.1	10:58
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	2.4.16	-	0.1.1	13:19
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe behind	2.5.17	-	0.1.1	16:58
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	2.6.18	-	0.1.1	20:21
	ADEL	Sam Berry goal	3.6.24	-	0.1.1	20:59
	PADL	Jackson Mead goal	3.6.24	-	1.1.7	27:19
	PADL	Jordon Sweet goal	3.6.24	-	2.1.13	29:17
	PADL	Jed McEntee goal	3.6.24	-	3.1.19	32:00
Q2	ADEL	James Peatling goal	4.6.30	-	3.1.19	03:39
	PADL	Rushed behind	4.6.30	-	3.2.20	05:42
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	5.6.36	-	3.2.20	07:58
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades behind	5.6.36	-	3.3.21	18:11
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	6.6.42	-	3.3.21	19:21
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	6.7.43	-	3.3.21	20:32
	ADEL	James Peatling behind	6.8.44	-	3.3.21	26:20
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	7.8.50	-	3.3.21	32:49
Q3	ADEL	Dan Curtin behind	7.9.51	-	3.3.21	07:49
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	8.9.57	-	3.3.21	11:11
	ADEL	Jordan Dawson goal	9.9.63	-	3.3.21	14:42
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	10.9.69	-	3.3.21	17:32
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	10.10.70	-	3.3.21	19:23
	PADL	Jed McEntee goal	10.10.70	-	4.3.27	20:55
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades goal	10.10.70	-	5.3.33	23:03
	ADEL	Reilly O'Brien goal	11.10.76	-	5.3.33	27:19
	ADEL	Sam Berry goal	12.10.82	-	5.3.33	28:31
	ADEL	Reilly O'Brien behind	12.11.83	-	5.3.33	30:24
Q4	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	13.11.89	-	5.3.33	01:23
	ADEL	Rushed behind	13.12.90	-	5.3.33	04:33
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades behind	13.12.90	-	5.4.34	06:38
	ADEL	James Peatling behind	13.13.91	-	5.4.34	09:59
	ADEL	Jake Soligo goal	14.13.97	-	5.4.34	11:48
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	15.13.103	-	5.4.34	14:27
	ADEL	Jake Soligo goal	16.13.109	-	5.4.34	20:29
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	17.13.115	-	5.4.34	23:51
	ADEL	Luke Pedlar goal	18.13.121	-	5.4.34	26:16
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	19.13.127	-	5.4.34	27:51
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	20.13.133	-	5.4.34	29:46
	PADL	Rushed behind	20.13.133	-	5.5.35	31:08

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