2025 AFL Semi Final 1: Adelaide v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 12 September 2025 between Adelaide and Hawthorn in the first semi final of the 2025 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Hawthorn at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. James Sicily captained the visitors with Dylan Moore as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Sam Mitchell.

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

Hawthorn
Back: J. Battle, T. Barrass, B. Hardwick
Half-back: J. Impey, J. Sicily (capt.), M. D'Ambrosio
Centre: K. Amon, J. Ward, D. Moore (vice-capt.)
Half-forward: J. Weddle, M. Chol, N. Watson
Forward: J. Gunston, M. Lewis, J. Ginnivan
Follower: L. Meek, J. Newcombe, J. Worpel
Int.: S. Butler, C. MacDonald, C. Nash, J. Scrimshaw
Sub.: C. Jiath

Adelaide (10.7.67) were defeated by Hawthorn (14.17.101).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: R. Thilthorpe (3), J. Rachele (2), D. Fogarty, B. Keays, J. Peatling, L. Pedlar, J. Soligo
Hawthorn: J. Gunston (5), S. Butler (2), N. Watson (2), K. Amon, C. MacDonald, D. Moore, J. Newcombe, J. Weddle

As a result of this match, Hawthorn faced Geelong in the second preliminary final and Adelaide were eliminated (finishing 5th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 1
Teams: Adelaide v Hawthorn
Date: Friday 12 September 2025
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 52,005

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. by Hawthorn
Score: 10.7.67 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Adelaide	3	.	2	3	.	6	7	.	7	10	.	7	10	.	7	(67)
Hawthorn	4	.	4	6	.	7	11	.	13	14	.	17	14	.	17	(101)
Margin	HWTH by 8			HWTH by 19			HWTH by 30			HWTH by 34			HWTH by 34
Duration	32:55			28:29			33:17			29:01			2:03:42

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Nicks (Adelaide), Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
Captains: Jordan Dawson (Adelaide), James Sicily (Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Adelaide), Dylan Moore (Hawthorn)

Player Statistics

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Berry, Sam	RR	70%	0	0	12	4	8	1	0	2	1	3	1	1	1	1
44	Cumming, Isaac	WL	81%	0	0	16	12	4	6	0	2	1	3	1	0	4	3
6	Curtin, Dan	WR	87%	0	0	12	5	7	2	0	6	2	0	1	0	2	0
12	Dawson, Jordan (c)	C	91%	0	1	21	17	4	6	0	6	4	1	1	0	2	9
32	Fogarty, Darcy	FPR	85%	1	0	13	8	5	6	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	1
20	Hinge, Mitch	INT↓	29%	0	0	9	6	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
48	Keane, Mark	FB	94%	0	0	19	16	3	7	0	0	0	4	0	2	6	0
2	Keays, Ben	HFFL	87%	1	0	14	7	7	1	0	4	2	4	2	1	0	2
29	Laird, Rory	BPR	84%	0	0	30	15	15	7	0	5	4	0	2	0	4	1
16	Michalanney, Max	HBFR	91%	0	0	22	13	9	8	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	1
30	Milera, Wayne	HBFL	83%	0	0	23	18	5	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	2
9	Murray, Nick	CHB	87%	0	0	6	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
28	Neal-Bullen, Alex	HFFR	81%	0	0	14	11	3	6	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	2
43	O'Brien, Reilly	RU	74%	0	0	7	4	3	1	25	5	3	3	1	2	0	2
25	Peatling, James	INT	69%	1	0	17	8	9	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	1	1
10	Pedlar, Luke	FPL	77%	1	0	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1
8	Rachele, Josh	SUB↑	45%	2	0	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
33	Smith, Brodie	INT	64%	0	0	15	12	3	4	0	4	1	2	3	1	4	3
14	Soligo, Jake	RO	81%	1	0	15	8	7	1	0	3	4	4	1	2	1	2
19	Taylor, Zac	INT	77%	0	0	15	11	4	5	0	3	2	5	3	1	2	4
7	Thilthorpe, Riley	CHF	79%	3	0	12	8	4	2	11	3	1	5	2	1	0	0
13	Walker, Taylor	FF	86%	0	2	7	6	1	5	0	2	0	4	0	3	0	3
24	Worrell, Josh	BPL	98%	0	0	33	21	12	10	0	0	0	7	0	1	8	3
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				10	7	340	220	120	98	36	56	30	54	24	18	48	43

J. Rachele replaced M. Hinge.

Hawthorn

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
10	Amon, Karl	WL	86%	1	0	17	12	5	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	5
37	Barrass, Tom	FB	80%	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	2
24	Battle, Josh	BPL	94%	0	0	17	11	6	4	0	4	0	2	1	0	2	2
30	Butler, Sam	INT	80%	2	0	15	11	4	5	0	9	0	2	0	0	1	1
18	Chol, Mabior	CHF	82%	0	1	12	9	3	3	4	4	3	2	1	2	0	4
16	D'Ambrosio, Massimo	HBFR	85%	0	0	16	8	8	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0
33	Ginnivan, Jack	FPR	78%	0	0	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	2
19	Gunston, Jack	FPL	81%	5	3	16	13	3	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
15	Hardwick, Blake	BPR	97%	0	1	21	14	7	8	0	3	1	3	1	1	3	3
4	Impey, Jarman	HBFL	71%	0	0	11	10	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	3
9	Jiath, Changkuoth	SUB↑	39%	0	0	6	1	5	0	0	1	2	3	0	3	0	0
2	Lewis, Mitch	FF↓	46%	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
31	MacDonald, Connor	INT	76%	1	1	18	13	5	4	0	3	0	3	1	1	1	3
17	Meek, Lloyd	RU	82%	0	1	15	3	12	3	39	1	4	2	2	1	1	1
13	Moore, Dylan (vc)	WR	85%	1	0	17	12	5	5	0	3	2	2	2	1	1	4
11	Nash, Conor	INT	72%	0	0	17	10	7	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	2	4
3	Newcombe, Jai	RR	78%	1	0	28	14	14	3	0	3	8	3	1	2	0	6
14	Scrimshaw, Jack	INT	80%	0	0	18	9	9	6	0	2	0	2	2	2	3	1
6	Sicily, James (c)	CHB	93%	0	0	21	15	6	9	0	0	0	5	2	1	5	1
25	Ward, Josh	C	80%	0	0	31	13	18	2	0	4	5	5	0	1	1	6
34	Watson, Nick	HFFR	80%	2	4	13	8	5	6	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	3
23	Weddle, Josh	HFFL	84%	1	3	15	10	5	7	0	2	0	5	1	2	2	4
5	Worpel, James	RO	70%	0	1	22	14	8	2	0	4	5	4	0	2	1	7
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				14	17	365	222	143	85	43	51	36	56	18	24	33	64

C. Jiath replaced M. Lewis.

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
	24	J. Battle	37	T. Barrass	15	B. Hardwick	43	R. O'Brien	20	M. Hinge
	32	D. Fogarty	13	T. Walker	10	L. Pedlar	3	S. Berry	25	J. Peatling
FORWARD							14	J. Soligo	33	B. Smith
HALF-BACK									19	Z. Taylor
	4	J. Impey	6	J. Sicily (c)	16	M. D'Ambrosio			8	J. Rachele
	28	A. Neal-Bullen	7	R. Thilthorpe	2	B. Keays
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	10	K. Amon	25	J. Ward	13	D. Moore (vc)
	6	D. Curtin	12	J. Dawson (c)	44	I. Cumming	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							17	L. Meek	30	S. Butler
HALF-FORWARD							3	J. Newcombe	31	C. MacDonald
	23	J. Weddle	18	M. Chol	34	N. Watson	5	J. Worpel	11	C. Nash
	16	M. Michalanney	9	N. Murray	30	W. Milera			14	J. Scrimshaw
HALF-BACK									9	C. Jiath
FORWARD
	19	J. Gunston	2	M. Lewis	33	J. Ginnivan
	29	R. Laird	48	M. Keane	24	J. Worrell
BACK
Hawthorn							Coach: Sam Mitchell

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:28
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	0.0.0	-	2.0.12	01:39
	HWTH	James Worpel behind	0.0.0	-	2.1.13	03:27
	HWTH	Karl Amon goal	0.0.0	-	3.1.19	04:17
	ADEL	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	3.1.19	10:01
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	1.1.7	-	3.1.19	12:28
	HWTH	Blake Hardwick behind	1.1.7	-	3.2.20	14:07
	ADEL	Jordan Dawson behind	1.2.8	-	3.2.20	15:43
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	2.2.14	-	3.2.20	18:05
	ADEL	James Peatling goal	3.2.20	-	3.2.20	20:47
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	3.2.20	-	3.3.21	27:15
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	3.2.20	-	4.3.27	28:42
	HWTH	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	4.4.28	30:44
Q2	HWTH	Mabior Chol behind	3.2.20	-	4.5.29	02:39
	ADEL	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	4.5.29	04:31
	HWTH	Josh Weddle goal	3.3.21	-	5.5.35	07:43
	ADEL	Rushed behind	3.4.22	-	5.5.35	09:45
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	3.5.23	-	5.5.35	19:06
	HWTH	Rushed behind	3.5.23	-	5.6.36	20:20
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	3.6.24	-	5.6.36	21:45
	HWTH	Dylan Moore goal	3.6.24	-	6.6.42	23:10
	HWTH	Nick Watson behind	3.6.24	-	6.7.43	27:26
Q3	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	3.6.24	-	7.7.49	01:04
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	4.6.30	-	7.7.49	03:07
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	4.6.30	-	8.7.55	05:33
	HWTH	Connor MacDonald behind	4.6.30	-	8.8.56	07:47
	HWTH	Lloyd Meek behind	4.6.30	-	8.9.57	08:48
	HWTH	Nick Watson behind	4.6.30	-	8.10.58	09:52
	ADEL	Rushed behind	4.7.31	-	8.10.58	11:21
	HWTH	Connor MacDonald goal	4.7.31	-	9.10.64	12:43
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	5.7.37	-	9.10.64	16:58
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	5.7.37	-	9.11.65	19:08
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	5.7.37	-	10.11.71	22:19
	ADEL	Luke Pedlar goal	6.7.43	-	10.11.71	25:26
	HWTH	Nick Watson behind	6.7.43	-	10.12.72	27:29
	HWTH	Sam Butler goal	6.7.43	-	11.12.78	28:01
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	6.7.43	-	11.13.79	29:50
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	7.7.49	-	11.13.79	30:33
Q4	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	7.7.49	-	12.13.85	01:18
	HWTH	Josh Weddle behind	7.7.49	-	12.14.86	02:52
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	8.7.55	-	12.14.86	05:15
	HWTH	Nick Watson behind	8.7.55	-	12.15.87	06:38
	HWTH	Josh Weddle behind	8.7.55	-	12.16.88	10:03
	HWTH	Sam Butler goal	8.7.55	-	13.16.94	11:53
	HWTH	Jai Newcombe goal	8.7.55	-	14.16.100	15:40
	HWTH	Josh Weddle behind	8.7.55	-	14.17.101	18:51
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	9.7.61	-	14.17.101	21:54
	ADEL	Jake Soligo goal	10.7.67	-	14.17.101	27:26

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