2026 AFL Season Round 5: Adelaide v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 2026 between Adelaide and Fremantle during round five of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide hosted Fremantle at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. Alex Pearce captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

Adelaide (11.10.76) were defeated by Fremantle (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Adelaide v Fremantle
Date: Friday 3 April 2026
Time: 6:45 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 48,627

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. by Fremantle
Score: 11.10.76 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 3 . 3 4 . 5 9 . 5 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Fremantle 4 . 3 8 . 6 9 . 9 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin FREM by 6 FREM by 25 FREM by 4 FREM by 2 FREM by 2
Duration 31:07 28:59 31:12 33:44 2:05:02

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 (Fremantle) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Fremantle

Captain: Alex Pearce
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Caleb Serong FREM 3 3
James Peatling ADEL 25 2
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 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
3 Berry, Sam RR 67% 1 0 21 6 15 0 0 5 4 3 0 0 3 1
21 Bond, Hugh HBFL 87% 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0
35 Borlase, James BPL 90% 0 1 4 3 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
15 Cook, Brayden WR 80% 1 0 10 10 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 85% 2 0 23 12 11 3 0 6 2 4 3 2 2 4
1 Jones, Chayce INT 89% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1
2 Keays, Ben HFFL 83% 0 1 15 8 7 1 0 4 3 3 1 1 0 2
36 Maley, Finnbar FPR 80% 1 0 9 4 5 4 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 1
42 McAndrew, Lachlan RU 65% 0 0 8 5 3 3 31 13 3 1 0 0 0 0
16 Michalanney, Max BPR 72% 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 2
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 81% 0 0 27 16 11 7 0 3 1 3 1 2 6 3
9 Murray, Nick FB 88% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 3 0 3 1 2 8 1
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 87% 1 1 19 9 10 2 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 4
43 O'Brien, Reilly INT 35% 0 0 3 2 1 1 15 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
25 Peatling, James INT 71% 1 0 26 20 6 1 0 5 8 5 3 1 3 6
10 Pedlar, Luke INT 69% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 4 1 4 1 1 1 1
8 Rachele, Josh RO 82% 1 0 19 13 6 5 0 4 5 1 0 0 1 5
23 Rankine, Izak WL 75% 0 3 14 9 5 3 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 5
14 Soligo, Jake INT 75% 0 1 12 5 7 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 3
19 Taylor, Zac HFFR 76% 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2
7 Thilthorpe, Riley FF 82% 1 0 15 10 5 3 0 4 4 1 3 0 0 3
13 Walker, Taylor CHF 88% 1 1 9 6 3 4 0 5 0 3 0 2 0 0
24 Worrell, Josh CHB 92% 0 0 23 16 7 7 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 10 306 184 122 66 46 83 39 47 21 15 43 48

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Amiss, Jye FPL 91% 4 1 10 6 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
10 Bolton, Shai RR 85% 1 1 21 13 8 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 5
8 Brayshaw, Andrew C 80% 1 0 25 11 14 0 0 10 7 3 2 2 1 7
5 Chapman, Heath BPR 87% 0 0 16 10 6 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
6 Clark, Jordan HBFL 79% 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 6 2
36 Cox, Brennan BPL 71% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 4 0 3 2 1 3 0
4 Darcy, Sean INT 43% 0 0 7 5 2 2 22 1 1 3 1 2 0 3
43 Dudley, Isaiah HFFL 78% 1 1 12 6 6 1 0 2 0 4 1 3 0 1
28 Erasmus, Neil INT 75% 0 0 20 9 11 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 4 5
9 Jackson, Luke RU 75% 0 1 20 6 14 1 26 7 7 4 2 3 2 2
44 Johnson, Matthew INT 61% 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 3
17 McVee, Judd INT 81% 0 0 23 14 9 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 4 2
2 O'Meara, Jaeger WL 74% 0 1 11 4 7 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3
25 Pearce, Alex (c) FB 86% 0 0 9 5 4 6 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
16 Reid, Murphy CHF 89% 0 1 26 11 15 2 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 6
13 Ryan, Luke CHB 85% 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 1
45 Scerri, Chris INT 59% 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Serong, Caleb RO 88% 0 1 32 21 11 3 0 8 6 4 0 1 2 6
39 Switkowski, Sam HFFR 74% 0 0 13 4 9 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 3
35 Treacy, Josh FF 94% 2 2 13 9 4 5 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 3
20 Voss, Patrick FPR 91% 2 3 13 9 4 5 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 1
34 Wagner, Corey WR 76% 0 0 18 9 9 2 0 1 5 3 0 0 6 0
23 Worner, Karl HBFR 77% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 4 0 2 1 1 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 11 12 364 199 165 64 48 70 39 51 15 21 37 55

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
36 B. Cox 25 A. Pearce (c) 5 H. Chapman 42 L. McAndrew 1 C. Jones
36 F. Maley 7 R. Thilthorpe 28 A. Neal-Bullen 3 S. Berry 43 R. O'Brien
FORWARD 8 J. Rachele 25 J. Peatling
HALF-BACK

10 L. Pedlar
6 J. Clark 13 L. Ryan 23 K. Worner

14 J. Soligo
19 Z. Taylor 13 T. Walker 2 B. Keays



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 J. O'Meara 8 A. Brayshaw 34 C. Wagner



15 B. Cook 12 J. Dawson (c) 23 I. Rankine FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 9 L. Jackson 4 S. Darcy
HALF-FORWARD 10 S. Bolton 28 N. Erasmus
43 I. Dudley 16 M. Reid 39 S. Switkowski 3 C. Serong 44 M. Johnson
30 W. Milera 24 J. Worrell 21 H. Bond

17 J. McVee
HALF-BACK

45 C. Scerri
FORWARD



24 J. Amiss 35 J. Treacy 20 P. Voss



16 M. Michalanney 9 N. Murray 35 J. Borlase



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Hugh Bond behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:49
ADEL Finnbar Maley goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:19
FREM Isaiah Dudley goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 07:20
FREM Patrick Voss goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 09:05
FREM Luke Jackson behind 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 10:19
FREM Isaiah Dudley behind 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 11:03
FREM Patrick Voss behind 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 12:26
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 14:00
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen behind 2.2.14 - 2.3.15 16:17
FREM Jye Amiss goal 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 17:48
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 2.3.15 - 3.3.21 19:36
FREM Josh Treacy goal 2.3.15 - 4.3.27 22:12
ADEL Sam Berry goal 3.3.21 - 4.3.27 23:28
Q2 FREM Murphy Reid behind 3.3.21 - 4.4.28 04:57
FREM Shai Bolton behind 3.3.21 - 4.5.29 08:00
FREM Jye Amiss goal 3.3.21 - 5.5.35 08:56
FREM Andrew Brayshaw goal 3.3.21 - 6.5.41 10:55
FREM Jye Amiss goal 3.3.21 - 7.5.47 12:59
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 4.3.27 - 7.5.47 14:52
FREM Patrick Voss goal 4.3.27 - 8.5.53 20:14
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 4.4.28 - 8.5.53 22:19
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 4.5.29 - 8.5.53 23:27
FREM Caleb Serong behind 4.5.29 - 8.6.54 27:54
Q3 FREM Josh Treacy behind 4.5.29 - 8.7.55 01:59
FREM Jye Amiss behind 4.5.29 - 8.8.56 03:31
FREM Patrick Voss behind 4.5.29 - 8.9.57 04:46
FREM Jye Amiss goal 4.5.29 - 9.9.63 09:42
ADEL Zac Taylor goal 5.5.35 - 9.9.63 12:06
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 6.5.41 - 9.9.63 18:40
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 7.5.47 - 9.9.63 23:25
ADEL Brayden Cook goal 8.5.53 - 9.9.63 28:24
ADEL James Peatling goal 9.5.59 - 9.9.63 29:32
Q4 ADEL Izak Rankine behind 9.6.60 - 9.9.63 02:25
FREM Jaeger O'Meara behind 9.6.60 - 9.10.64 04:51
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 10.6.66 - 9.10.64 06:52
ADEL Rushed behind 10.7.67 - 9.10.64 10:25
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 11.7.73 - 9.10.64 12:08
ADEL Jake Soligo behind 11.8.74 - 9.10.64 14:08
FREM Shai Bolton goal 11.8.74 - 10.10.70 14:44
FREM Josh Treacy behind 11.8.74 - 10.11.71 15:55
FREM Josh Treacy goal 11.8.74 - 11.11.77 23:29
FREM Patrick Voss behind 11.8.74 - 11.12.78 27:52
ADEL Ben Keays behind 11.9.75 - 11.12.78 31:36
ADEL James Borlase behind 11.10.76 - 11.12.78 32:29