2025 AFL Round 23: West Coast v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 2025 between West Coast and Adelaide during round 23 of the 2025 AFL season. West Coast hosted Adelaide at Optus Stadium. Jordan Dawson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Andrew McQualter and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

West Coast
Back: R. Bazzo, S. Brock, R. Maric
Half-back: T. McCarthy, R. Ginbey, L. Duggan
Centre: C. Chesser, T. Kelly, J. Graham
Half-forward: L. Baker, J. Shanahan, T. Gross
Forward: L. Ryan, A. Reid, J. Cripps
Follower: M. Flynn, B. Hough, E. Hewett
Int.: T. Brockman, T. Cole, H. Davis, C. Hall
Sub.: M. Owies

Adelaide
Back: J. Worrell, N. Murray, H. Bond
Half-back: W. Milera, M. Keane, R. Laird
Centre: I. Cumming, J. Dawson (capt.), D. Curtin
Half-forward: B. Keays, R. Thilthorpe, A. Neal-Bullen
Forward: I. Rankine, D. Fogarty, C. Burgess
Follower: R. O'Brien, J. Peatling, J. Soligo
Int.: S. Berry, M. Hinge, L. Pedlar, Z. Taylor
Sub.: C. Jones

West Coast (12.6.78) were defeated by Adelaide (13.9.87).

Goalkickers
West Coast: L. Ryan (3), J. Shanahan (3), L. Baker, T. Brockman, C. Chesser, J. Cripps, H. Davis, T. Kelly
Adelaide: L. Pedlar (3), R. Thilthorpe (3), J. Dawson, D. Fogarty, B. Keays, J. Peatling, I. Rankine, J. Soligo, Z. Taylor

As a result of this match, West Coast remained 18th on the ladder and Adelaide remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: West Coast v Adelaide
Date: Sunday 10 August 2025
Time: 3:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 32,845

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Adelaide
Score: 12.6.78 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
West Coast	3	.	1	6	.	4	10	.	4	12	.	6	12	.	6	(78)
Adelaide	5	.	2	5	.	4	9	.	6	13	.	9	13	.	9	(87)
Margin	ADEL by 13			WCST by 6			WCST by 4			ADEL by 9			ADEL by 9
Duration	32:30			26:41			34:08			32:09			2:05:28

Honour Roll

Coaches: Andrew McQualter (West Coast), Matthew Nicks (Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (West Coast), Jordan Dawson (Adelaide)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Izak Rankine	ADEL	23	3
Jordan Dawson	ADEL	12	2
Riley Thilthorpe	ADEL	7	1

Player Statistics

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Baker, Liam	HFFL	83%	1	0	14	8	6	4	0	5	0	3	0	2	3	2
33	Bazzo, Rhett	BPL	86%	0	0	8	6	2	4	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	0
41	Brock, Sandy	FB	95%	0	0	12	9	3	5	0	1	0	2	1	0	6	1
10	Brockman, Tyler	INT	77%	1	0	11	6	5	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
18	Chesser, Campbell	WL	80%	1	2	13	9	4	3	0	4	2	0	2	0	1	1
28	Cole, Tom	INT	78%	0	0	14	9	5	4	0	6	0	5	2	5	1	4
15	Cripps, Jamie	FPR	92%	1	0	12	10	2	5	0	3	1	3	1	1	0	2
38	Davis, Hamish	INT	76%	1	0	13	4	9	1	0	7	2	2	0	0	1	2
14	Duggan, Liam	HBFR	82%	0	0	16	14	2	10	0	1	1	2	0	1	5	2
25	Flynn, Matt	RU	83%	0	0	12	7	5	6	22	0	4	1	0	0	0	2
7	Ginbey, Reuben	CHB	93%	0	0	11	8	3	2	0	4	0	3	1	2	2	1
17	Graham, Jack	WR	78%	0	0	14	8	6	3	0	9	4	2	1	2	1	1
27	Gross, Tom	HFFR↓	48%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	Hall, Clay	INT	79%	0	1	16	6	10	3	0	3	4	2	0	1	1	2
8	Hewett, Elijah	RO	79%	0	0	19	6	13	1	0	4	1	3	1	0	1	3
19	Hough, Brady	RR	83%	0	0	18	10	8	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0
11	Kelly, Tim	C	83%	1	0	25	14	11	1	0	5	11	7	3	2	2	2
23	Maric, Ryan	BPR	69%	0	0	16	7	9	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1
45	McCarthy, Tom	HBFL	81%	0	0	29	21	8	3	0	2	2	9	1	3	5	5
16	Owies, Matthew	SUB↑	35%	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0
22	Reid, Archer	FF	66%	0	0	4	2	2	1	6	4	1	0	2	0	0	1
1	Ryan, Liam	FPL	84%	3	0	12	10	2	6	0	4	0	1	2	0	0	3
35	Shanahan, Jobe	CHF	90%	3	2	6	6	0	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				12	6	299	182	117	80	28	72	33	54	21	22	38	37

M. Owies replaced T. Gross.

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Berry, Sam	INT	58%	0	0	13	7	6	5	0	3	5	1	0	0	2	1
40	Bond, Hugh	BPR	83%	0	0	11	4	7	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0
21	Burgess, Chris	FPR	83%	0	2	10	8	2	5	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2
44	Cumming, Isaac	WL	83%	0	0	21	16	5	8	0	3	1	5	1	2	4	3
6	Curtin, Dan	WR	77%	0	0	8	5	3	3	0	7	3	3	0	1	1	2
12	Dawson, Jordan (c)	C	91%	1	0	26	18	8	6	0	14	5	6	3	2	1	11
32	Fogarty, Darcy	FF	85%	1	1	11	7	4	3	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0
20	Hinge, Mitch	INT	78%	0	0	16	9	7	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	3
1	Jones, Chayce	SUB↑	47%	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
48	Keane, Mark	CHB	92%	0	0	17	11	6	6	0	0	1	4	1	2	3	0
2	Keays, Ben	HFFL	88%	1	0	8	6	2	2	0	3	1	4	0	1	0	1
29	Laird, Rory	HBFR	83%	0	0	25	14	11	7	0	4	5	2	0	1	2	2
30	Milera, Wayne	HBFL	82%	0	0	18	7	11	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2
9	Murray, Nick	FB	92%	0	0	11	8	3	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	2
28	Neal-Bullen, Alex	HFFR	77%	0	1	13	10	3	1	0	5	0	3	1	2	0	4
43	O'Brien, Reilly	RU	82%	0	0	17	5	12	4	51	1	2	3	0	1	0	0
25	Peatling, James	RR↓	35%	1	0	10	5	5	2	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0
10	Pedlar, Luke	INT	73%	3	0	8	5	3	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1
23	Rankine, Izak	FPL	88%	1	1	23	19	4	5	0	4	6	5	4	0	0	8
14	Soligo, Jake	RO	82%	1	0	22	14	8	3	0	4	5	4	1	2	0	3
19	Taylor, Zac	INT	70%	1	1	20	11	9	2	0	5	2	2	3	0	1	3
7	Thilthorpe, Riley	CHF	81%	3	2	15	10	5	4	12	1	2	3	1	3	1	2
24	Worrell, Josh	BPL	89%	0	0	15	14	1	7	0	1	0	5	1	1	5	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				13	9	340	215	125	90	63	68	44	63	22	21	24	51

C. Jones replaced J. Peatling.

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

West Coast							Coach: Andrew McQualter
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	24	J. Worrell	9	N. Murray	40	H. Bond	25	M. Flynn	10	T. Brockman
	15	J. Cripps	22	A. Reid	1	L. Ryan	19	B. Hough	28	T. Cole
FORWARD							8	E. Hewett	38	H. Davis
HALF-BACK									29	C. Hall
	30	W. Milera	48	M. Keane	29	R. Laird			16	M. Owies
	27	T. Gross	35	J. Shanahan	3	L. Baker
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	44	I. Cumming	12	J. Dawson (c)	6	D. Curtin
	17	J. Graham	11	T. Kelly	18	C. Chesser	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							43	R. O'Brien	3	S. Berry
HALF-FORWARD							25	J. Peatling	20	M. Hinge
	2	B. Keays	7	R. Thilthorpe	28	A. Neal-Bullen	14	J. Soligo	10	L. Pedlar
	14	L. Duggan	7	R. Ginbey	45	T. McCarthy			19	Z. Taylor
HALF-BACK									1	C. Jones
FORWARD
	23	I. Rankine	32	D. Fogarty	21	C. Burgess
	23	R. Maric	41	S. Brock	33	R. Bazzo
BACK
Adelaide							Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WCST	Campbell Chesser goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	04:28
	ADEL	James Peatling goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	06:41
	ADEL	Jordan Dawson goal	1.0.6	-	2.0.12	08:43
	WCST	Campbell Chesser behind	1.1.7	-	2.0.12	10:36
	WCST	Jobe Shanahan goal	2.1.13	-	2.0.12	13:09
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty behind	2.1.13	-	2.1.13	15:01
	ADEL	Luke Pedlar goal	2.1.13	-	3.1.19	20:59
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	2.1.13	-	4.1.25	24:20
	ADEL	Luke Pedlar goal	2.1.13	-	5.1.31	26:11
	ADEL	Zac Taylor behind	2.1.13	-	5.2.32	28:18
	WCST	Liam Baker goal	3.1.19	-	5.2.32	29:57
Q2	WCST	Jobe Shanahan goal	4.1.25	-	5.2.32	02:09
	ADEL	Rushed behind	4.1.25	-	5.3.33	03:31
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe behind	4.1.25	-	5.4.34	07:37
	WCST	Campbell Chesser behind	4.2.26	-	5.4.34	09:07
	WCST	Liam Ryan goal	5.2.32	-	5.4.34	12:00
	WCST	Jobe Shanahan behind	5.3.33	-	5.4.34	14:01
	WCST	Jobe Shanahan behind	5.4.34	-	5.4.34	16:16
	WCST	Jamie Cripps goal	6.4.40	-	5.4.34	20:33
Q3	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen behind	6.4.40	-	5.5.35	00:40
	WCST	Hamish Davis goal	7.4.46	-	5.5.35	01:35
	WCST	Jobe Shanahan goal	8.4.52	-	5.5.35	03:23
	ADEL	Jake Soligo goal	8.4.52	-	6.5.41	09:11
	ADEL	Zac Taylor goal	8.4.52	-	7.5.47	20:18
	ADEL	Luke Pedlar goal	8.4.52	-	8.5.53	22:23
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	8.4.52	-	9.5.59	24:47
	WCST	Liam Ryan goal	9.4.58	-	9.5.59	26:34
	WCST	Liam Ryan goal	10.4.64	-	9.5.59	30:55
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe behind	10.4.64	-	9.6.60	33:26
Q4	WCST	Tim Kelly goal	11.4.70	-	9.6.60	01:12
	ADEL	Izak Rankine behind	11.4.70	-	9.7.61	04:06
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	11.4.70	-	10.7.67	05:46
	WCST	Clay Hall behind	11.5.71	-	10.7.67	09:53
	WCST	Rushed behind	11.6.72	-	10.7.67	10:58
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	11.6.72	-	11.7.73	18:40
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	11.6.72	-	12.7.79	21:04
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	11.6.72	-	13.7.85	24:25
	ADEL	Chris Burgess behind	11.6.72	-	13.8.86	26:10
	ADEL	Chris Burgess behind	11.6.72	-	13.9.87	27:37
	WCST	Tyler Brockman goal	12.6.78	-	13.9.87	30:14

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