2026 AFL Season Round 6: Adelaide v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 9 April 2026 between Adelaide and Carlton during round six of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide hosted Carlton at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. Patrick Cripps captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Michael Voss.

Adelaide (17.12.114) defeated Carlton (12.14.86).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Adelaide v Carlton
Date: Thursday 9 April 2026
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 49,184

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Carlton
Score: 17.12.114 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 6 . 3 12 . 6 14 . 8 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Carlton 7 . 4 8 . 6 9 . 8 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin CARL by 7 ADEL by 24 ADEL by 30 ADEL by 28 ADEL by 28
Duration 37:00 31:28 33:10 31:38 2:13:16

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 (Carlton) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Carlton

Captain: Patrick Cripps
Coach: Michael Voss

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Josh Rachele ADEL 8 3
Izak Rankine ADEL 23 2
Jordan Dawson ADEL 12 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 80% 0 0 29 9 20 1 0 6 4 4 2 1 1 5
35 Borlase, James BPL 90% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 1
15 Cook, Brayden WR 82% 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0
44 Cumming, Isaac WL 87% 1 0 21 11 10 1 0 4 1 8 2 2 1 2
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 79% 1 0 26 18 8 1 0 3 6 6 0 2 2 4
20 Hinge, Mitch INT 37% 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
2 Keays, Ben HFFL 91% 3 0 16 12 4 2 0 4 1 6 0 2 0 4
29 Laird, Rory HBFL 83% 0 0 24 10 14 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 1
36 Maley, Finnbar INT 51% 1 1 7 3 4 3 9 2 0 2 1 2 0 1
42 McAndrew, Lachlan RU 72% 0 1 10 6 4 3 35 5 5 3 2 3 0 2
16 Michalanney, Max BPR 83% 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 3 2 6 0 1 5 0
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 78% 0 0 25 16 9 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 7 3
9 Murray, Nick FB 91% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
27 Nankervis, Luke INT 73% 0 1 20 8 12 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 85% 2 0 16 12 4 2 0 6 0 6 1 1 2 4
25 Peatling, James RO 66% 0 0 20 11 9 1 0 4 6 4 2 2 2 2
8 Rachele, Josh INT 76% 4 0 26 17 9 2 0 5 6 4 5 0 2 6
23 Rankine, Izak FPR 90% 2 1 22 15 7 3 0 7 2 5 2 0 2 4
14 Soligo, Jake HFFR 66% 1 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 3
19 Taylor, Zac INT 75% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 2
7 Thilthorpe, Riley FF 94% 1 4 14 10 4 6 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 2
13 Walker, Taylor CHF 84% 1 1 14 8 6 6 0 3 0 4 1 2 0 6
24 Worrell, Josh CHB 90% 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 2 1 9 1 4 7 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 17 12 393 220 173 55 45 71 40 82 28 23 47 56

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Ainsworth, Ben RR 76% 2 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
37 Boyd, Jordan INT 70% 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2
39 Byrne, Talor HFFL 73% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
32 Carroll, Matt WR 79% 1 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3
5 Cerra, Adam INT 77% 1 0 23 7 16 0 0 7 7 4 2 3 0 4
2 Cowan, Lachie HBFL 92% 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 2 1 4 0 1 3 3
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) C 80% 0 2 29 13 16 2 0 9 7 10 2 4 1 4
47 Derksen, Wade BPL 90% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 1 0 6 0 3 3 0
44 Evans, Francis INT 74% 1 1 15 8 7 1 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 5
14 Florent, Oliver BPR 87% 1 0 25 16 9 3 0 4 2 4 0 0 5 5
26 Haynes, Nick CHB 85% 0 0 18 14 4 8 0 4 1 5 0 2 3 3
20 Hollands, Elijah FPL 80% 1 0 16 10 6 2 0 5 1 1 3 0 2 3
4 Hollands, Oliver WL 87% 1 1 15 10 5 4 0 5 2 7 3 3 4 2
17 Kemp, Brodie FPR 74% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3
11 McGovern, Mitch CHF 78% 2 1 10 8 2 3 0 4 0 2 2 1 1 2
10 McKay, Harry FF 95% 1 0 7 5 2 3 0 4 0 4 1 2 0 1
24 Newman, Nic HBFR 79% 0 0 19 16 3 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 8 1
40 O'Keeffe, Hudson INT 32% 0 0 7 4 3 0 10 1 1 2 0 1 0 2
27 Pittonet, Marc RU 73% 0 0 16 8 8 0 33 7 10 5 6 1 2 1
7 Smith, Jagga INT 72% 0 0 19 10 9 0 0 3 5 3 0 1 2 4
18 Walsh, Sam RO 78% 0 0 29 8 21 2 0 8 0 4 1 2 1 5
6 Williams, Zac HFFR 72% 1 0 15 6 9 0 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 1
33 Young, Lewis FB 97% 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
Rushed 9
Total (23 players) 12 14 358 205 153 50 43 87 45 70 23 28 38 60

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
47 W. Derksen 33 L. Young 14 O. Florent 42 L. McAndrew 20 M. Hinge
23 I. Rankine 7 R. Thilthorpe 28 A. Neal-Bullen 3 S. Berry 36 F. Maley
FORWARD 25 J. Peatling 27 L. Nankervis
HALF-BACK

8 J. Rachele
2 L. Cowan 26 N. Haynes 24 N. Newman

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



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 O. Hollands 9 P. Cripps (c) 32 M. Carroll



15 B. Cook 12 J. Dawson (c) 44 I. Cumming FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 M. Pittonet 37 J. Boyd
HALF-FORWARD 12 B. Ainsworth 5 A. Cerra
39 T. Byrne 11 M. McGovern 6 Z. Williams 18 S. Walsh 44 F. Evans
30 W. Milera 24 J. Worrell 29 R. Laird

40 H. O'Keeffe
HALF-BACK

7 J. Smith
FORWARD



20 E. Hollands 10 H. McKay 17 B. Kemp



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



BACK



Carlton Coach: Michael Voss

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 CARL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:47
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 03:13
CARL Ben Ainsworth goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 04:19
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 05:59
ADEL Lachlan McAndrew behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 08:37
CARL Adam Cerra goal 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 11:43
CARL Ben Ainsworth goal 1.2.8 - 3.1.19 12:59
CARL Francis Evans behind 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 14:18
CARL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 3.3.21 14:53
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 16:23
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 3.2.20 - 3.3.21 17:33
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 4.2.26 - 3.3.21 20:06
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 5.2.32 - 3.3.21 23:37
CARL Mitch McGovern behind 5.2.32 - 3.4.22 24:47
CARL Oliver Florent goal 5.2.32 - 4.4.28 25:28
CARL Elijah Hollands goal 5.2.32 - 5.4.34 27:29
CARL Mitch McGovern goal 5.2.32 - 6.4.40 28:36
CARL Mitch McGovern goal 5.2.32 - 7.4.46 30:08
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 6.2.38 - 7.4.46 34:30
ADEL Luke Nankervis behind 6.3.39 - 7.4.46 36:35
Q2 ADEL Josh Rachele goal 7.3.45 - 7.4.46 01:17
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 8.3.51 - 7.4.46 03:32
ADEL Ben Keays goal 9.3.57 - 7.4.46 04:58
ADEL Ben Keays goal 10.3.63 - 7.4.46 06:31
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 11.3.69 - 7.4.46 08:38
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 11.4.70 - 7.4.46 10:50
CARL Matt Carroll goal 11.4.70 - 8.4.52 15:22
CARL Rushed behind 11.4.70 - 8.5.53 16:36
ADEL Ben Keays goal 12.4.76 - 8.5.53 20:05
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 12.4.76 - 8.6.54 25:25
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 12.5.77 - 8.6.54 26:36
ADEL Rushed behind 12.6.78 - 8.6.54 27:51
Q3 CARL Rushed behind 12.6.78 - 8.7.55 03:21
ADEL Isaac Cumming goal 13.6.84 - 8.7.55 05:46
CARL Zac Williams goal 13.6.84 - 9.7.61 11:20
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 13.7.85 - 9.7.61 12:56
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 13.8.86 - 9.7.61 14:05
CARL Rushed behind 13.8.86 - 9.8.62 22:50
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 14.8.92 - 9.8.62 30:22
Q4 ADEL Finnbar Maley goal 15.8.98 - 9.8.62 01:17
CARL Francis Evans goal 15.8.98 - 10.8.68 03:47
CARL Harry McKay goal 15.8.98 - 11.8.74 07:04
ADEL Rushed behind 15.9.99 - 11.8.74 08:49
ADEL Rushed behind 15.10.100 - 11.8.74 10:17
CARL Rushed behind 15.10.100 - 11.9.75 11:08
CARL Rushed behind 15.10.100 - 11.10.76 14:37
CARL Oliver Hollands goal 15.10.100 - 12.10.82 15:35
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 15.11.101 - 12.10.82 17:38
CARL Oliver Hollands behind 15.11.101 - 12.11.83 20:45
CARL Rushed behind 15.11.101 - 12.12.84 23:23
ADEL Finnbar Maley behind 15.12.102 - 12.12.84 24:21
ADEL Jake Soligo goal 16.12.108 - 12.12.84 25:27
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 16.12.108 - 12.13.85 27:02
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 17.12.114 - 12.13.85 28:59
CARL Rushed behind 17.12.114 - 12.14.86 30:51