2026 AFL Season Round 3: Adelaide v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 20 March 2026 between Adelaide and the Western Bulldogs during round three of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide hosted the Western Bulldogs at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Adelaide (13.10.88) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (14.10.94).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Adelaide v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 20 March 2026
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 49,185

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 13.10.88 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 3 . 0 5 . 2 8 . 7 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Western Bulldogs 3 . 4 7 . 5 11 . 7 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin WBUL by 4 WBUL by 15 WBUL by 18 WBUL by 6 WBUL by 6
Duration 29:22 30:23 33:49 34:56 2:08:30

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Joel Freijah WBUL 27 3
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 2
Ed Richards WBUL 20 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ah Chee, Callum INT 59% 0 1 8 4 4 3 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 1
3 Berry, Sam RR 71% 0 1 22 17 5 4 0 8 5 0 2 0 1 3
41 Butts, Jordon FB 93% 1 1 19 14 5 12 0 0 0 4 1 4 5 3
15 Cook, Brayden WL 78% 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2
44 Cumming, Isaac WR 80% 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 2 2 3 2 2 2 4
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 82% 1 0 25 19 6 5 0 7 8 3 1 0 1 6
32 Fogarty, Darcy FPR 72% 2 1 11 10 1 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
1 Jones, Chayce BPR 90% 0 0 22 9 13 6 0 2 0 3 1 1 3 1
2 Keays, Ben HFFR 85% 0 0 15 7 8 5 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1
29 Laird, Rory HBFL 68% 0 0 18 9 9 9 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
42 McAndrew, Lachlan RU 77% 0 0 13 7 6 2 38 1 6 7 2 1 2 4
16 Michalanney, Max INT 83% 0 0 13 11 2 7 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 1
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 92% 0 0 19 12 7 8 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 1
9 Murray, Nick BPL 93% 0 0 16 13 3 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex CHF 82% 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 3
25 Peatling, James INT 65% 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 4
10 Pedlar, Luke INT 60% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 2
8 Rachele, Josh RO 84% 2 0 18 15 3 2 0 4 3 9 0 5 2 2
23 Rankine, Izak HFFL 74% 1 0 16 10 6 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 2
14 Soligo, Jake INT 72% 1 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 3
7 Thilthorpe, Riley FPL 81% 2 0 13 9 4 6 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 3
13 Walker, Taylor FF 79% 3 1 11 9 2 7 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 3
24 Worrell, Josh CHB 80% 0 0 25 19 6 9 0 0 1 2 1 1 7 0
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 13 10 363 251 112 119 45 46 38 56 18 23 43 52

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Baker, Oskar FPL 73% 3 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) C 88% 1 0 30 12 18 3 0 6 7 3 0 1 1 6
29 Bramble, Lachie INT 69% 0 1 14 6 8 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
19 Budarick, Connor HBFL 84% 0 0 21 10 11 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1
16 Croft, Jordan INT 52% 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 76% 0 0 20 15 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1
10 Darcy, Sam CHF 83% 1 1 12 5 7 2 10 4 0 6 4 4 1 3
42 Davidson, Sam INT 75% 0 1 7 5 2 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 3
44 English, Tim RU 77% 0 0 15 9 6 2 32 3 5 2 1 2 1 2
27 Freijah, Joel HFFR 92% 3 2 24 14 10 3 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 5
6 Hynes, Cooper INT 42% 0 1 5 5 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 2
11 Jaques, Lachie BPL 71% 0 0 16 7 9 6 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 4
8 Kennedy, Matthew RR 84% 0 0 27 10 17 2 0 7 8 5 1 2 0 3
24 Khamis, Buku FB 100% 0 0 20 8 12 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1
21 Liberatore, Tom FPR 79% 0 0 28 15 13 1 0 9 6 3 1 1 4 4
7 Lobb, Rory BPR 100% 0 0 9 9 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 8 0
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 83% 3 1 8 6 2 3 0 4 0 3 2 1 0 1
18 O'Donnell, James CHB 83% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0
20 Richards, Ed RO 78% 0 0 29 17 12 3 0 3 4 5 1 1 2 8
9 Sanders, Ryley WL 80% 0 0 19 6 13 4 0 3 4 2 0 0 0 2
37 Sellwood, Michael INT 76% 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 1
14 West, Rhylee HFFL 71% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
34 Williams, Bailey WR 82% 2 0 23 17 6 10 0 5 2 3 2 1 3 4
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 14 10 367 202 165 61 45 71 45 56 23 18 38 58

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
11 L. Jaques 24 B. Khamis 7 R. Lobb 42 L. McAndrew 4 C. Ah Chee
32 D. Fogarty 13 T. Walker 7 R. Thilthorpe 3 S. Berry 16 M. Michalanney
FORWARD 8 J. Rachele 25 J. Peatling
HALF-BACK

10 L. Pedlar
19 C. Budarick 18 J. O'Donnell 31 B. Dale

14 J. Soligo
2 B. Keays 28 A. Neal-Bullen 23 I. Rankine



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 R. Sanders 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 34 B. Williams



44 I. Cumming 12 J. Dawson (c) 15 B. Cook FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. English 29 L. Bramble
HALF-FORWARD 8 M. Kennedy 16 J. Croft
14 R. West 10 S. Darcy 27 J. Freijah 20 E. Richards 42 S. Davidson
30 W. Milera 24 J. Worrell 29 R. Laird

6 C. Hynes
HALF-BACK

37 M. Sellwood
FORWARD



13 O. Baker 33 A. Naughton 21 T. Liberatore



1 C. Jones 41 J. Butts 9 N. Murray



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Joel Freijah behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:32
WBUL Oskar Baker goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 04:07
WBUL Joel Freijah behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 06:16
WBUL Joel Freijah goal 0.0.0 - 2.2.14 07:39
WBUL Joel Freijah goal 0.0.0 - 3.2.20 10:41
ADEL Jordon Butts goal 1.0.6 - 3.2.20 13:44
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 2.0.12 - 3.2.20 17:40
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 2.0.12 - 3.3.21 19:37
ADEL Jake Soligo goal 3.0.18 - 3.3.21 22:43
WBUL Lachie Bramble behind 3.0.18 - 3.4.22 26:28
Q2 ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 3.1.19 - 3.4.22 04:15
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 4.1.25 - 3.4.22 06:54
WBUL Joel Freijah goal 4.1.25 - 4.4.28 09:59
WBUL Jordan Croft goal 4.1.25 - 5.4.34 12:20
ADEL Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 5.4.34 14:49
WBUL Sam Davidson behind 4.2.26 - 5.5.35 17:34
WBUL Bailey Williams goal 4.2.26 - 6.5.41 18:37
WBUL Oskar Baker goal 4.2.26 - 7.5.47 25:09
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 5.2.32 - 7.5.47 29:03
Q3 WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 5.2.32 - 8.5.53 01:33
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 6.2.38 - 8.5.53 03:18
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 7.2.44 - 8.5.53 04:33
WBUL Sam Darcy behind 7.2.44 - 8.6.54 07:58
WBUL Cooper Hynes behind 7.2.44 - 8.7.55 09:19
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 7.2.44 - 9.7.61 09:36
ADEL Sam Berry behind 7.3.45 - 9.7.61 13:19
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 7.3.45 - 10.7.67 15:40
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 8.3.51 - 10.7.67 17:23
ADEL Rushed behind 8.4.52 - 10.7.67 19:59
ADEL Jordon Butts behind 8.5.53 - 10.7.67 21:27
ADEL Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 10.7.67 22:00
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 8.6.54 - 11.7.73 26:50
ADEL Callum Ah Chee behind 8.7.55 - 11.7.73 30:54
Q4 WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 8.7.55 - 12.7.79 04:16
WBUL Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 12.8.80 07:26
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 9.7.61 - 12.8.80 08:18
ADEL Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 12.8.80 09:44
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 10.8.68 - 12.8.80 11:30
WBUL Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 12.9.81 13:30
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 11.8.74 - 12.9.81 16:14
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 12.8.80 - 12.9.81 17:53
ADEL Rushed behind 12.9.81 - 12.9.81 21:15
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 13.9.87 - 12.9.81 21:39
WBUL Bailey Williams goal 13.9.87 - 13.9.87 28:46
WBUL Rushed behind 13.9.87 - 13.10.88 29:51
WBUL Oskar Baker goal 13.9.87 - 14.10.94 30:24
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 13.10.88 - 14.10.94 33:54