2026 AFL Season Round 15: Western Bulldogs v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 2026 between the Western Bulldogs and Adelaide during round fifteen of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Adelaide at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts. Jordan Dawson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

The Western Bulldogs (9.10.64) were defeated by Adelaide (19.7.121).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Adelaide
Date: Thursday 11 June 2026
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 22,761

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Adelaide
Score: 9.10.64 - 19.7.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 2 . 3 5 . 5 8 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Adelaide 9 . 2 12 . 3 16 . 4 19 . 7 19 . 7 (121)
Margin ADEL by 41 ADEL by 40 ADEL by 45 ADEL by 57 ADEL by 57
Duration 35:10 29:32 32:11 27:54 2:04:47

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jordan Dawson ADEL 12 3
Sam Berry ADEL 3 2
Rory Laird ADEL 29 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) C 82% 0 0 29 16 13 4 0 4 7 2 0 1 4 7
29 Bramble, Lachie INT 80% 0 1 21 14 7 4 0 5 2 1 0 1 4 2
19 Budarick, Connor HBFL 78% 0 0 20 13 7 8 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2
17 Coffield, Nick BPL 80% 0 0 20 9 11 7 0 1 2 2 4 0 2 0
16 Croft, Jordan INT 69% 0 1 10 6 4 0 1 1 4 4 2 2 1 5
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 79% 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0
44 English, Tim RU 81% 0 0 11 6 5 3 27 2 3 3 1 2 1 1
27 Freijah, Joel INT 77% 1 1 15 9 6 4 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 1
6 Hynes, Cooper WR 82% 1 0 15 8 7 3 0 3 2 5 0 1 1 4
32 Jones, Arthur WL 73% 2 0 7 4 3 3 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 2
35 Kennedy, Luke INT 67% 0 0 10 2 8 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kennedy, Matthew RR 72% 0 1 29 15 14 4 0 7 5 4 1 2 3 2
24 Khamis, Buku FB 94% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
28 Lewis, Will CHF 70% 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 3 0 1
7 Lobb, Rory INT 89% 0 0 8 4 4 5 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 1
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 77% 2 2 11 6 5 3 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 1
18 O'Donnell, James CHB 97% 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 2
20 Richards, Ed RO 84% 1 0 28 23 5 5 0 9 5 10 1 3 2 11
9 Sanders, Ryley HFFL 79% 0 1 19 7 12 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 0
37 Sellwood, Michael BPR 80% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 2 1
1 Treloar, Adam HFFR 55% 0 1 10 5 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Weightman, Cody FPR 71% 1 1 8 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
14 West, Rhylee FPL 84% 1 0 15 10 5 5 0 3 0 6 1 3 1 6
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 10 344 205 139 72 30 61 40 57 19 26 30 53

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Berry, Sam RO 71% 0 0 29 13 16 3 0 4 11 3 5 1 0 5
35 Borlase, James FB 88% 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 2 0 1 3 0 3 0
15 Cook, Brayden WR 81% 1 0 19 14 5 8 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 3
6 Curtin, Dan WL 84% 0 0 14 12 2 7 0 5 1 4 1 1 4 3
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 78% 3 0 32 20 12 7 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 6
32 Fogarty, Darcy FPL 84% 1 0 11 7 4 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 2
40 Hall-Kahan, Hugo INT 79% 0 0 23 15 8 4 0 1 0 4 1 1 3 4
2 Keays, Ben INT 86% 1 0 23 10 13 2 0 2 0 5 1 2 0 3
29 Laird, Rory HBFL 82% 0 0 35 18 17 12 0 2 3 2 1 0 5 3
42 McAndrew, Lachlan RU 73% 0 0 15 7 8 5 36 0 4 2 2 1 0 2
16 Michalanney, Max BPR 75% 0 0 19 8 11 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 1
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 76% 1 0 24 16 8 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 2
9 Murray, Nick CHB 88% 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 2 0 2 2 0 10 0
39 Murray, Toby INT 63% 1 2 6 4 2 2 13 4 1 3 1 2 0 0
27 Nankervis, Luke INT 85% 0 0 17 8 9 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 2
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex CHF 90% 0 1 14 5 9 4 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 0
25 Peatling, James RR 75% 0 0 24 14 10 2 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 1
10 Pedlar, Luke HFFL 35% 2 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
8 Rachele, Josh HFFR 82% 4 0 16 10 6 2 0 4 1 4 1 2 0 4
14 Soligo, Jake INT 76% 0 0 21 12 9 4 0 8 0 7 0 2 3 1
19 Taylor, Zac FPR 80% 2 0 17 11 6 4 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 5
7 Thilthorpe, Riley FF 79% 3 1 14 10 4 7 5 3 2 3 0 1 0 1
24 Worrell, Josh BPL 88% 0 0 20 15 5 7 0 0 0 3 2 2 6 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 19 7 431 256 175 114 54 75 33 57 26 19 44 50

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

Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
24 J. Worrell 35 J. Borlase 16 M. Michalanney 44 T. English 29 L. Bramble
3 C. Weightman 33 A. Naughton 14 R. West 8 M. Kennedy 16 J. Croft
FORWARD 20 E. Richards 27 J. Freijah
HALF-BACK

35 L. Kennedy
29 R. Laird 9 N. Murray 30 W. Milera

7 R. Lobb
1 A. Treloar 28 W. Lewis 9 R. Sanders



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 D. Curtin 12 J. Dawson (c) 15 B. Cook



6 C. Hynes 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 32 A. Jones FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 42 L. McAndrew 40 H. Hall-Kahan
HALF-FORWARD 25 J. Peatling 2 B. Keays
10 L. Pedlar 28 A. Neal-Bullen 8 J. Rachele 3 S. Berry 39 T. Murray
31 B. Dale 18 J. O'Donnell 19 C. Budarick

27 L. Nankervis
HALF-BACK

14 J. Soligo
FORWARD



32 D. Fogarty 7 R. Thilthorpe 19 Z. Taylor



37 M. Sellwood 24 B. Khamis 17 N. Coffield



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Cody Weightman behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:08
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 07:30
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 10:10
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 0.1.1 - 3.0.18 12:07
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 0.1.1 - 4.0.24 15:02
WBUL Arthur Jones goal 1.1.7 - 4.0.24 16:17
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 1.1.7 - 5.0.30 18:12
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 1.1.7 - 6.0.36 19:30
ADEL Luke Pedlar goal 1.1.7 - 7.0.42 21:38
WBUL Joel Freijah behind 1.2.8 - 7.0.42 23:25
ADEL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 7.1.43 24:30
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 1.2.8 - 8.1.49 24:59
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 1.3.9 - 8.1.49 26:58
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 1.3.9 - 9.1.55 29:16
ADEL Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 9.2.56 32:03
WBUL Joel Freijah goal 2.3.15 - 9.2.56 34:07
Q2 WBUL Arthur Jones goal 3.3.21 - 9.2.56 01:45
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 3.3.21 - 10.2.62 04:53
WBUL Cooper Hynes goal 4.3.27 - 10.2.62 07:15
WBUL Ed Richards goal 5.3.33 - 10.2.62 08:30
ADEL Luke Pedlar goal 5.3.33 - 11.2.68 09:49
ADEL Toby Murray behind 5.3.33 - 11.3.69 11:37
WBUL Lachie Bramble behind 5.4.34 - 11.3.69 25:34
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 5.5.35 - 11.3.69 26:30
ADEL Ben Keays goal 5.5.35 - 12.3.75 28:10
Q3 ADEL Josh Rachele goal 5.5.35 - 13.3.81 00:32
WBUL Rhylee West goal 6.5.41 - 13.3.81 04:13
ADEL Zac Taylor goal 6.5.41 - 14.3.87 06:23
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 7.5.47 - 14.3.87 10:33
WBUL Ryley Sanders behind 7.6.48 - 14.3.87 13:12
ADEL Rushed behind 7.6.48 - 14.4.88 16:07
WBUL Matthew Kennedy behind 7.7.49 - 14.4.88 17:10
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 8.7.55 - 14.4.88 20:43
ADEL Zac Taylor goal 8.7.55 - 15.4.94 24:05
ADEL Toby Murray goal 8.7.55 - 16.4.100 32:08
Q4 ADEL Brayden Cook goal 8.7.55 - 17.4.106 03:00
ADEL Wayne Milera goal 8.7.55 - 18.4.112 05:30
WBUL Adam Treloar behind 8.8.56 - 18.4.112 07:48
ADEL Toby Murray behind 8.8.56 - 18.5.113 11:19
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen behind 8.8.56 - 18.6.114 13:49
WBUL Jordan Croft behind 8.9.57 - 18.6.114 14:28
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 9.9.63 - 18.6.114 14:59
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 9.9.63 - 18.7.115 20:01
WBUL Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 18.7.115 20:42
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 9.10.64 - 19.7.121 23:55