2026 AFL Season Round 7: Adelaide v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 2026 between Adelaide and St Kilda during round seven of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide hosted St Kilda at Adelaide Oval. With the presence of multiple St Kilda co-captains, namely Jack Sinclair and Callum Wilkie, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

Adelaide (15.13.103) defeated St Kilda (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Adelaide v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 18 April 2026
Time: 7:05 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 45,854

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. St Kilda
Score: 15.13.103 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 1 . 2 8 . 4 13 . 7 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
St Kilda 4 . 4 6 . 8 10 . 10 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin STKL by 20 ADEL by 8 ADEL by 15 ADEL by 1 ADEL by 1
Duration 29:15 32:47 31:39 32:38 2:06:19

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 (St Kilda) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Nicks

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ross Lyon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sam Flanders STKL 9 3
Taylor Walker ADEL 13 2
Rowan Marshall STKL 19 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 C 71% 0 1 20 10 10 0 0 7 6 4 1 0 1 3
21 Bond, Hugh HBFR 81% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
41 Butts, Jordon CHB 96% 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 2
15 Cook, Brayden HFFR 81% 1 0 19 14 5 7 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 7
44 Cumming, Isaac WL 75% 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2
11 Edwards, Charlie INT 72% 0 1 18 12 6 4 0 2 5 5 0 3 0 3
2 Keays, Ben HFFL 89% 2 1 10 8 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 2
29 Laird, Rory HBFL 73% 0 0 26 17 9 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 4 3
36 Maley, Finnbar INT 53% 1 0 7 2 5 3 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
42 McAndrew, Lachlan RU 75% 0 0 9 4 5 1 29 3 6 1 2 1 0 2
16 Michalanney, Max BPR 78% 0 0 13 9 4 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0
30 Milera, Wayne WR 81% 0 0 29 20 9 9 0 3 1 2 0 0 5 0
9 Murray, Nick FB 93% 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1
27 Nankervis, Luke INT 63% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 0
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 86% 0 2 16 11 5 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1
25 Peatling, James RR 71% 1 0 24 16 8 5 0 8 3 1 2 0 1 5
10 Pedlar, Luke INT 59% 0 1 13 7 6 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2
8 Rachele, Josh RO 85% 1 0 20 12 8 2 0 2 4 5 1 2 1 5
23 Rankine, Izak FPR 85% 1 3 20 13 7 2 0 1 4 4 1 1 1 4
19 Taylor, Zac INT 67% 0 1 13 10 3 3 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 7
7 Thilthorpe, Riley CHF 90% 3 3 14 13 1 7 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2
13 Walker, Taylor FF 87% 5 0 12 11 1 7 0 4 0 5 2 1 0 1
24 Worrell, Josh BPL 87% 0 0 28 17 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 3
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 15 13 368 241 127 100 35 58 39 48 18 13 31 56

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
38 Boxshall, Hugh WL 68% 0 0 12 3 9 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 2 1
16 Butler, Dan INT 58% 2 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
18 Carroll, Jack BPR 89% 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 2
11 Clark, Hunter INT 47% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1
21 De Koning, Tom RU 58% 1 1 8 3 5 4 4 0 1 3 1 2 0 1
9 Flanders, Sam RR 76% 0 0 30 17 13 5 0 2 4 2 2 1 2 3
34 Garcia, Hugo WR 78% 0 0 24 13 11 6 0 5 7 4 0 2 1 4
40 Hall, Max C 81% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 3
1 Higgins, Jack FPL 79% 4 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Hill, Bradley CHB 85% 1 1 23 15 8 6 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 3
19 Marshall, Rowan FPR 88% 0 0 25 7 18 5 22 2 7 4 2 0 0 4
10 Owens, Mitch HFFR 90% 2 2 10 5 5 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 1
25 Phillipou, Mattaes INT 63% 0 1 10 5 5 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
31 Ryan, Liam CHF 69% 1 2 7 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
43 Sharman, Cooper FF 89% 1 3 10 7 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
3 Silvagni, Jack BPL 100% 0 0 8 4 4 4 0 1 0 8 0 5 1 0
35 Sinclair, Jack HBFL 87% 0 0 35 21 14 7 0 1 5 3 1 0 4 7
14 Stocker, Liam INT 67% 0 0 9 4 5 5 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0
7 Wanganeen-Milera, Nasiah HBFR 86% 0 1 28 22 6 2 0 3 3 8 2 2 7 3
44 Wilkie, Callum FB 100% 0 0 31 23 8 12 0 2 0 2 1 0 9 0
22 Wilson, Darcy INT 72% 2 1 24 10 14 4 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 3
2 Windhager, Marcus RO 85% 0 0 20 14 6 7 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 4
32 Wood, Mason HFFL 86% 1 0 17 12 5 4 0 3 1 3 2 1 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 15 12 387 229 158 102 27 44 39 58 13 17 39 47

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
3 J. Silvagni 44 C. Wilkie 18 J. Carroll 42 L. McAndrew 11 C. Edwards
23 I. Rankine 13 T. Walker 28 A. Neal-Bullen 25 J. Peatling 36 F. Maley
FORWARD 8 J. Rachele 27 L. Nankervis
HALF-BACK

10 L. Pedlar
35 J. Sinclair 8 B. Hill 7 N. Wanganeen-Milera

19 Z. Taylor
15 B. Cook 7 R. Thilthorpe 2 B. Keays



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



38 H. Boxshall 40 M. Hall 34 H. Garcia



30 W. Milera 3 S. Berry 44 I. Cumming FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 21 T. De Koning 16 D. Butler
HALF-FORWARD 9 S. Flanders 11 H. Clark
32 M. Wood 31 L. Ryan 10 M. Owens 2 M. Windhager 25 M. Phillipou
21 H. Bond 41 J. Butts 29 R. Laird

14 L. Stocker
HALF-BACK

22 D. Wilson
FORWARD



1 J. Higgins 43 C. Sharman 19 R. Marshall



16 M. Michalanney 9 N. Murray 24 J. Worrell



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Ben Keays goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:35
STKL Liam Ryan behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 04:41
STKL Tom De Koning behind 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 05:36
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 07:47
STKL Cooper Sharman behind 1.1.7 - 0.3.3 09:39
STKL Liam Ryan goal 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 10:43
STKL Darcy Wilson goal 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 11:47
STKL Jack Higgins goal 1.1.7 - 3.3.21 19:38
STKL Mattaes Phillipou behind 1.1.7 - 3.4.22 20:41
ADEL Luke Pedlar behind 1.2.8 - 3.4.22 21:46
STKL Jack Higgins goal 1.2.8 - 4.4.28 25:00
Q2 STKL Mitch Owens goal 1.2.8 - 5.4.34 01:20
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 2.2.14 - 5.4.34 02:54
ADEL Zac Taylor behind 2.3.15 - 5.4.34 05:28
STKL Dan Butler goal 2.3.15 - 6.4.40 06:34
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 3.3.21 - 6.4.40 09:07
STKL Darcy Wilson behind 3.3.21 - 6.5.41 11:11
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 4.3.27 - 6.5.41 13:18
STKL Mitch Owens behind 4.3.27 - 6.6.42 17:07
STKL Mitch Owens behind 4.3.27 - 6.7.43 18:15
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 4.4.28 - 6.7.43 19:58
ADEL Finnbar Maley goal 5.4.34 - 6.7.43 22:10
STKL Bradley Hill behind 5.4.34 - 6.8.44 23:37
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 6.4.40 - 6.8.44 24:45
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 7.4.46 - 6.8.44 26:29
ADEL James Peatling goal 8.4.52 - 6.8.44 32:44
Q3 ADEL Taylor Walker goal 9.4.58 - 6.8.44 01:16
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 9.5.59 - 6.8.44 02:58
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 10.5.65 - 6.8.44 04:58
ADEL Brayden Cook goal 11.5.71 - 6.8.44 06:40
ADEL Sam Berry behind 11.6.72 - 6.8.44 07:57
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 11.7.73 - 6.8.44 10:39
STKL Dan Butler goal 11.7.73 - 7.8.50 12:51
STKL Mason Wood goal 11.7.73 - 8.8.56 16:37
STKL Liam Ryan behind 11.7.73 - 8.9.57 18:33
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 12.7.79 - 8.9.57 22:20
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 13.7.85 - 8.9.57 24:19
STKL Jack Higgins goal 13.7.85 - 9.9.63 25:54
STKL Cooper Sharman behind 13.7.85 - 9.10.64 28:05
STKL Tom De Koning goal 13.7.85 - 10.10.70 31:36
Q4 ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 13.8.86 - 10.10.70 01:19
ADEL Ben Keays behind 13.9.87 - 10.10.70 01:53
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera behind 13.9.87 - 10.11.71 03:59
STKL Darcy Wilson goal 13.9.87 - 11.11.77 04:57
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen behind 13.10.88 - 11.11.77 07:20
ADEL Charlie Edwards behind 13.11.89 - 11.11.77 08:22
STKL Cooper Sharman goal 13.11.89 - 12.11.83 09:48
STKL Bradley Hill goal 13.11.89 - 13.11.89 11:55
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 13.12.90 - 13.11.89 17:45
ADEL Ben Keays goal 14.12.96 - 13.11.89 20:21
STKL Jack Higgins goal 14.12.96 - 14.11.95 24:13
STKL Cooper Sharman behind 14.12.96 - 14.12.96 25:33
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen behind 14.13.97 - 14.12.96 26:07
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 15.13.103 - 14.12.96 27:29
STKL Mitch Owens goal 15.13.103 - 15.12.102 31:28