2026 AFL Season Round 11: Adelaide v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 2026 between Adelaide and North Melbourne during round eleven of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide hosted North Melbourne at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. Nick Larkey captained the visitors with Harry Sheezel as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Adelaide (20.13.133) defeated North Melbourne (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Adelaide v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 May 2026
Time: 12:45 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 41,313

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. North Melbourne
Score: 20.13.133 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Adelaide	4	.	2	14	.	6	18	.	11	20	.	13	20	.	13	(133)
North Melbourne	3	.	4	3	.	6	5	.	8	9	.	11	9	.	11	(65)
Margin	ADEL by 4			ADEL by 66			ADEL by 81			ADEL by 68			ADEL by 68
Duration	30:46			33:20			29:33			32:17			2:05:56

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 (North Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

North Melbourne

Captain: Nick Larkey
Vice-Captain: Harry Sheezel
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Izak Rankine	ADEL	23	3
Josh Rachele	ADEL	8	2
Jake Soligo	ADEL	14	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	WL	69%	0	0	21	10	11	2	0	8	2	1	0	1	0	6
35	Borlase, James	FB	93%	0	0	16	11	5	7	0	2	0	4	0	0	2	0
41	Butts, Jordon	CHB	89%	0	0	8	3	5	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	2	0
15	Cook, Brayden	WR	82%	1	1	15	11	4	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
44	Cumming, Isaac	INT	52%	0	0	17	9	8	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	0
6	Curtin, Dan	HFFR	86%	0	1	11	5	6	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
12	Dawson, Jordan (c)	C	83%	1	0	24	14	10	6	0	5	4	3	3	1	2	6
32	Fogarty, Darcy	FF	79%	2	2	11	7	4	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
2	Keays, Ben	FPR	84%	2	1	17	9	8	3	0	1	2	3	1	0	2	2
29	Laird, Rory	HBFL	84%	0	0	25	14	11	7	0	3	1	3	0	1	3	1
42	McAndrew, Lachlan	RU	66%	2	0	9	6	3	3	19	6	5	7	2	6	1	1
16	Michalanney, Max	BPR	79%	0	0	15	8	7	5	0	4	0	2	0	2	1	3
30	Milera, Wayne	HBFR	80%	0	0	19	11	8	5	0	6	0	4	1	2	5	1
39	Murray, Toby	CHF	72%	2	2	14	9	5	6	13	2	3	1	1	0	1	2
27	Nankervis, Luke	INT	70%	2	0	11	6	5	1	0	2	1	2	0	2	1	0
28	Neal-Bullen, Alex	FPL	91%	0	0	13	11	2	4	0	5	3	1	1	0	1	5
25	Peatling, James	INT	67%	2	0	22	12	10	6	0	6	3	3	3	2	1	0
10	Pedlar, Luke	RO	74%	0	2	16	8	8	4	0	3	2	2	3	0	0	2
8	Rachele, Josh	RR	85%	3	0	18	12	6	5	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	3
23	Rankine, Izak	HFFL	81%	1	2	28	15	13	4	0	3	10	5	2	1	2	7
14	Soligo, Jake	INT	77%	2	1	18	11	7	5	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	2
19	Taylor, Zac	INT	71%	0	1	15	6	9	4	0	5	1	1	1	0	0	1
24	Worrell, Josh	BPL	87%	0	0	24	15	9	5	0	2	1	1	0	0	7	2
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				20	13	387	223	164	105	32	73	41	56	19	24	35	49

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
39	Blamires, Tom	INT	76%	0	0	13	8	5	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1
30	Comben, Charlie	BPR	87%	0	0	10	5	5	8	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	1
25	Curtis, Paul	HFFL	78%	3	1	12	10	2	4	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	2
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	85%	0	0	20	13	7	5	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	2
27	Darling, Jack	INT	70%	1	1	7	4	3	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	RR	82%	0	0	22	6	16	2	0	4	5	3	2	2	1	2
18	Dawson, Wil	INT	40%	0	0	3	2	1	2	19	2	0	3	0	0	0	1
7	Duursma, Zane	FPR	64%	0	2	7	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
41	Konstanty, Jacob	HFFR	79%	0	0	9	2	7	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1
20	Larkey, Nick (c)	FF	88%	1	0	8	4	4	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	2
19	Logue, Griffin	FB	83%	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1
11	McDonald, Luke	BPL	93%	0	0	14	9	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
10	McKercher, Colby	HBFL	85%	0	1	19	13	6	3	0	3	3	3	1	1	1	3
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	C	87%	1	0	14	5	9	1	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	2
26	Parker, Luke	HBFR	89%	0	0	28	15	13	2	0	4	0	2	2	0	7	0
3	Sheezel, Harry (vc)	RO	71%	0	1	24	15	9	6	0	4	4	6	1	2	1	4
12	Simpkin, Jy	WL	88%	0	1	18	11	7	3	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	5
13	Spargo, Charlie	INT	71%	1	0	10	8	2	5	0	4	0	3	0	1	1	2
15	Stephens, Dylan	WR	93%	0	3	17	11	6	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	5
47	Trembath, Cooper	CHF	78%	1	0	7	4	3	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
6	Wardlaw, George	INT	64%	1	0	20	8	12	3	0	1	4	6	1	3	1	2
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	64%	0	0	15	8	7	1	23	2	9	5	6	3	2	3
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPL	84%	0	0	16	12	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	3	3	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				9	11	320	181	139	77	45	42	32	54	24	19	29	44

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. McDonald	19	G. Logue	30	C. Comben	42	L. McAndrew	44	I. Cumming
	2	B. Keays	32	D. Fogarty	28	A. Neal-Bullen	8	J. Rachele	27	L. Nankervis
FORWARD							10	L. Pedlar	25	J. Peatling
HALF-BACK									14	J. Soligo
	10	C. McKercher	5	C. Daniel	26	L. Parker			19	Z. Taylor
	6	D. Curtin	39	T. Murray	23	I. Rankine
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	12	J. Simpkin	2	F. O'Sullivan	15	D. Stephens
	15	B. Cook	12	J. Dawson (c)	3	S. Berry	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							38	T. Xerri	39	T. Blamires
HALF-FORWARD							9	L. Davies-Uniacke	27	J. Darling
	25	P. Curtis	47	C. Trembath	41	J. Konstanty	3	H. Sheezel (vc)	18	W. Dawson
	30	W. Milera	41	J. Butts	29	R. Laird			13	C. Spargo
HALF-BACK									6	G. Wardlaw
FORWARD
	44	C. Zurhaar	20	N. Larkey (c)	7	Z. Duursma
	16	M. Michalanney	35	J. Borlase	24	J. Worrell
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:59
	NMLB	Dylan Stephens behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	03:30
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	0.0.0	-	2.1.13	04:16
	NMLB	Dylan Stephens behind	0.0.0	-	2.2.14	06:03
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin behind	0.0.0	-	2.3.15	06:45
	NMLB	Zane Duursma behind	0.0.0	-	2.4.16	08:22
	ADEL	James Peatling goal	1.0.6	-	2.4.16	10:51
	ADEL	Zac Taylor behind	1.1.7	-	2.4.16	12:59
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	2.1.13	-	2.4.16	14:58
	ADEL	Jake Soligo goal	3.1.19	-	2.4.16	16:37
	NMLB	George Wardlaw goal	3.1.19	-	3.4.22	18:23
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	4.1.25	-	3.4.22	21:56
	ADEL	Izak Rankine behind	4.2.26	-	3.4.22	28:14
Q2	ADEL	Jake Soligo goal	5.2.32	-	3.4.22	01:32
	NMLB	Paul Curtis behind	5.2.32	-	3.5.23	02:46
	ADEL	Jordan Dawson goal	6.2.38	-	3.5.23	03:16
	ADEL	Izak Rankine behind	6.3.39	-	3.5.23	08:00
	ADEL	Toby Murray goal	7.3.45	-	3.5.23	08:25
	ADEL	Luke Pedlar behind	7.4.46	-	3.5.23	10:29
	ADEL	James Peatling goal	8.4.52	-	3.5.23	11:47
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	9.4.58	-	3.5.23	13:35
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	10.4.64	-	3.5.23	15:04
	ADEL	Luke Nankervis goal	11.4.70	-	3.5.23	17:06
	ADEL	Toby Murray behind	11.5.71	-	3.5.23	20:33
	NMLB	Jack Darling behind	11.5.71	-	3.6.24	23:03
	ADEL	Lachlan McAndrew goal	12.5.77	-	3.6.24	24:25
	ADEL	Lachlan McAndrew goal	13.5.83	-	3.6.24	27:06
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty behind	13.6.84	-	3.6.24	29:43
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	14.6.90	-	3.6.24	33:16
Q3	ADEL	Toby Murray behind	14.7.91	-	3.6.24	00:57
	NMLB	Colby McKercher behind	14.7.91	-	3.7.25	03:24
	ADEL	Brayden Cook goal	15.7.97	-	3.7.25	04:34
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	15.8.98	-	3.7.25	06:23
	ADEL	Luke Pedlar behind	15.9.99	-	3.7.25	07:24
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	16.9.105	-	3.7.25	08:03
	NMLB	Charlie Spargo goal	16.9.105	-	4.7.31	11:05
	ADEL	Brayden Cook behind	16.10.106	-	4.7.31	14:41
	ADEL	Luke Nankervis goal	17.10.112	-	4.7.31	17:10
	ADEL	Jake Soligo behind	17.11.113	-	4.7.31	20:52
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	18.11.119	-	4.7.31	22:01
	NMLB	Rushed behind	18.11.119	-	4.8.32	25:00
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	18.11.119	-	5.8.38	26:07
Q4	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	18.11.119	-	6.8.44	02:00
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty behind	18.12.120	-	6.8.44	07:09
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	18.12.120	-	7.8.50	08:46
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	19.12.126	-	7.8.50	11:22
	NMLB	Dylan Stephens behind	19.12.126	-	7.9.51	13:56
	NMLB	Zane Duursma behind	19.12.126	-	7.10.52	17:05
	ADEL	Toby Murray goal	20.12.132	-	7.10.52	18:43
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel behind	20.12.132	-	7.11.53	20:08
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	20.12.132	-	8.11.59	25:53
	NMLB	Finn O'Sullivan goal	20.12.132	-	9.11.65	28:07
	ADEL	Dan Curtin behind	20.13.133	-	9.11.65	31:12

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