2026 AFL Season Round 9: Adelaide v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 2026 between Adelaide and Port Adelaide during round nine of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide hosted Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Josh Carr.

Adelaide (11.10.76) defeated Port Adelaide (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Adelaide v Port Adelaide
Date: Friday 1 May 2026
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 53,045

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Port Adelaide
Score: 11.10.76 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Adelaide	1	.	2	3	.	4	8	.	9	11	.	10	11	.	10	(76)
Port Adelaide	3	.	2	4	.	4	7	.	7	11	.	9	11	.	9	(75)
Margin	PADL by 12			PADL by 6			ADEL by 8			ADEL by 1			ADEL by 1
Duration	27:28			29:43			35:05			32:12			2:04:28

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 (Port Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Port Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Josh Carr

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Sam Berry	ADEL	3	3
Zak Butters	PADL	9	2
Aliir Aliir	PADL	21	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	74%	0	0	29	18	11	3	0	19	5	5	1	2	2	7
21	Bond, Hugh	INT	82%	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
35	Borlase, James	FB	92%	0	0	9	7	2	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0
41	Butts, Jordon	CHB	54%	0	0	8	7	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
15	Cook, Brayden	WR	92%	1	0	21	13	8	7	0	3	4	4	1	1	0	4
44	Cumming, Isaac	WL	85%	0	0	11	3	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1
6	Curtin, Dan	INT	76%	0	1	9	6	3	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	2
2	Keays, Ben	FPR	99%	3	0	18	10	8	6	0	5	0	3	0	2	1	3
29	Laird, Rory	HBFL	82%	0	0	16	7	9	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	1	3
42	McAndrew, Lachlan	RU	74%	0	0	11	6	5	2	33	4	3	2	1	1	1	3
16	Michalanney, Max	BPR	88%	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3
30	Milera, Wayne	HBFR	87%	0	0	29	16	13	6	0	4	3	0	2	0	6	1
39	Murray, Toby	HFFR	68%	2	0	10	9	1	9	3	1	0	2	1	1	0	3
28	Neal-Bullen, Alex	FPL	83%	0	0	17	10	7	6	0	6	2	0	1	0	2	6
25	Peatling, James	RO	75%	0	0	25	13	12	2	0	5	4	4	2	1	2	6
10	Pedlar, Luke	INT	77%	1	0	12	4	8	3	0	4	0	4	0	1	0	2
8	Rachele, Josh	RR	81%	2	3	13	10	3	2	0	4	1	4	1	1	0	2
23	Rankine, Izak	HFFL	83%	1	0	23	15	8	3	0	5	5	7	1	2	2	3
14	Soligo, Jake	INT	71%	0	2	22	12	10	3	0	4	5	3	0	2	1	4
19	Taylor, Zac	INT	77%	0	1	10	6	4	4	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	1
7	Thilthorpe, Riley	CHF	90%	1	2	10	5	5	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	2
13	Walker, Taylor	FF	16%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Worrell, Josh	BPL	95%	0	0	22	14	8	4	0	3	1	3	3	1	4	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				11	10	339	198	141	78	38	81	35	52	20	21	28	59

Port Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Aliir, Aliir	CHB	100%	0	0	21	16	5	14	0	0	0	6	0	2	6	0
14	Bergman, Miles	BPR	89%	0	0	23	14	9	11	0	2	1	1	0	0	5	2
5	Berry, Joe	INT	76%	2	0	11	3	8	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0
7	Burgoyne, Jase	WL	78%	0	0	14	10	4	3	0	2	2	1	2	1	2	3
9	Butters, Zak	RR	88%	1	0	30	15	15	3	0	6	3	7	1	1	3	5
33	Byrne-Jones, Darcy	BPL	76%	0	0	22	15	7	8	0	2	0	2	1	0	6	0
28	Drew, Willem	RO	81%	0	0	20	14	6	4	0	6	4	5	1	1	2	3
44	Durdin, Corey	FPL	94%	2	1	6	5	1	1	0	5	0	1	2	0	0	1
22	Evans, Logan	HBFL	82%	0	0	23	16	7	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	6	2
6	Farrell, Kane	HBFR	74%	0	0	12	11	1	6	0	2	1	3	1	1	4	1
19	Georgiades, Mitch	CHF	86%	3	3	11	8	3	6	0	2	0	7	0	5	0	0
18	Horne-Francis, Jason	C	78%	0	0	20	10	10	2	0	3	7	2	1	1	1	5
34	Jones, Lachie	FB	74%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	5	0	0	3	0	2	0
43	Lai, Josh	INT	65%	0	0	15	13	2	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	1
31	MacKinlay, Ewan	HFFL	72%	0	0	5	2	3	2	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	1
4	Marshall, Todd	INT	72%	0	0	7	7	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0
11	Moraes, Christian	INT	53%	0	0	15	7	8	4	0	6	1	2	1	0	1	1
35	Richards, Joe	FPR	79%	0	1	10	7	3	2	0	6	2	1	0	0	2	3
24	Sweet, Jordon	RU	79%	0	1	17	8	9	3	36	4	5	4	2	2	1	2
38	Visentini, Dante	HFFR	62%	1	0	5	3	2	0	19	1	1	3	0	2	0	0
15	Wehr, Jacob	WR	86%	0	2	17	15	2	5	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	6
17	Whitlock, Jack	FF	93%	1	1	14	7	7	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
16	Wines, Ollie	INT	64%	1	0	30	9	21	6	0	7	7	5	3	2	1	3
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				11	9	356	219	137	103	55	69	38	61	21	20	48	39

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
	33	D. Byrne-Jones	34	L. Jones	14	M. Bergman	42	L. McAndrew	21	H. Bond
	2	B. Keays	13	T. Walker	28	A. Neal-Bullen	8	J. Rachele	6	D. Curtin
FORWARD							25	J. Peatling	10	L. Pedlar
HALF-BACK									14	J. Soligo
	22	L. Evans	21	A. Aliir	6	K. Farrell			19	Z. Taylor
	39	T. Murray	7	R. Thilthorpe	23	I. Rankine
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	J. Burgoyne	18	J. Horne-Francis	15	J. Wehr
	15	B. Cook	3	S. Berry	44	I. Cumming	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							24	J. Sweet	5	J. Berry
HALF-FORWARD							9	Z. Butters	43	J. Lai
	31	E. MacKinlay	19	M. Georgiades	38	D. Visentini	28	W. Drew	4	T. Marshall
	30	W. Milera	41	J. Butts	29	R. Laird			11	C. Moraes
HALF-BACK									16	O. Wines
FORWARD
	44	C. Durdin	17	J. Whitlock	35	J. Richards
	16	M. Michalanney	35	J. Borlase	24	J. Worrell
BACK
Port Adelaide							Coach: Josh Carr

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:27
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	06:39
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades goal	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	09:11
	PADL	Ollie Wines goal	0.2.2	-	2.0.12	11:14
	ADEL	Luke Pedlar goal	1.2.8	-	2.0.12	16:19
	PADL	Corey Durdin goal	1.2.8	-	3.0.18	18:05
	PADL	Jack Whitlock behind	1.2.8	-	3.1.19	22:24
	PADL	Jacob Wehr behind	1.2.8	-	3.2.20	24:56
Q2	PADL	Mitch Georgiades behind	1.2.8	-	3.3.21	06:24
	ADEL	Josh Rachele behind	1.3.9	-	3.3.21	07:03
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	2.3.15	-	3.3.21	08:18
	ADEL	Josh Rachele behind	2.4.16	-	3.3.21	10:13
	PADL	Jordon Sweet behind	2.4.16	-	3.4.22	13:25
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	3.4.22	-	3.4.22	25:13
	PADL	Zak Butters goal	3.4.22	-	4.4.28	28:33
Q3	ADEL	Rushed behind	3.5.23	-	4.4.28	00:29
	ADEL	Josh Rachele behind	3.6.24	-	4.4.28	01:05
	PADL	Corey Durdin goal	3.6.24	-	5.4.34	02:27
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades behind	3.6.24	-	5.5.35	04:41
	PADL	Jacob Wehr behind	3.6.24	-	5.6.36	05:29
	PADL	Joe Richards behind	3.6.24	-	5.7.37	07:08
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	4.6.30	-	5.7.37	07:47
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades goal	4.6.30	-	6.7.43	14:37
	ADEL	Jake Soligo behind	4.7.31	-	6.7.43	18:51
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	5.7.37	-	6.7.43	19:48
	PADL	Dante Visentini goal	5.7.37	-	7.7.49	21:55
	ADEL	Jake Soligo behind	5.8.38	-	7.7.49	26:37
	ADEL	Zac Taylor behind	5.9.39	-	7.7.49	28:38
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	6.9.45	-	7.7.49	29:21
	ADEL	Toby Murray goal	7.9.51	-	7.7.49	31:58
	ADEL	Toby Murray goal	8.9.57	-	7.7.49	33:54
Q4	ADEL	Dan Curtin behind	8.10.58	-	7.7.49	01:51
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	9.10.64	-	7.7.49	02:58
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	10.10.70	-	7.7.49	05:10
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades goal	10.10.70	-	8.7.55	06:51
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades behind	10.10.70	-	8.8.56	13:53
	PADL	Joe Berry goal	10.10.70	-	9.8.62	17:25
	PADL	Jack Whitlock goal	10.10.70	-	10.8.68	20:38
	PADL	Corey Durdin behind	10.10.70	-	10.9.69	27:23
	PADL	Joe Berry goal	10.10.70	-	11.9.75	29:25
	ADEL	Brayden Cook goal	11.10.76	-	11.9.75	30:55

Links

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