2026 AFL Season Round 16: Adelaide v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 June 2026 between Adelaide and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide hosted Melbourne at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Steven King.

Adelaide (11.13.79) defeated Melbourne (9.8.62).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Adelaide v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 June 2026
Time: 12:45 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 46,337

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Melbourne
Score: 11.13.79 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 3 . 4 5 . 5 8 . 6 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Melbourne 5 . 0 5 . 6 8 . 8 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin MELB by 8 MELB by 1 MELB by 2 ADEL by 17 ADEL by 17
Duration 32:38 28:43 32:04 30:52 2:04:17

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 (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Coach: Steven King

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Max Gawn MELB 11 3
Sam Berry ADEL 3 2
Josh Rachele ADEL 8 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 INT 75% 0 1 24 10 14 6 0 7 7 2 1 0 1 2
35 Borlase, James FB 87% 0 0 15 10 5 9 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0
15 Cook, Brayden WR 77% 0 0 21 16 5 7 0 2 2 2 2 1 7 4
6 Curtin, Dan WL 83% 0 1 20 14 6 7 0 0 1 3 1 1 4 3
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 84% 2 1 18 11 7 5 0 6 1 6 1 1 2 4
32 Fogarty, Darcy INT 66% 2 0 10 9 1 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3
40 Hall-Kahan, Hugo INT 66% 0 0 23 18 5 9 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 3
48 Keane, Mark BPL 87% 0 0 22 18 4 10 0 5 0 1 1 0 4 2
2 Keays, Ben INT 81% 1 0 15 8 7 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 5
29 Laird, Rory HBFL 81% 0 0 26 12 14 10 0 2 3 1 1 0 6 2
42 McAndrew, Lachlan RU 70% 0 1 13 4 9 4 26 3 4 4 2 3 0 2
16 Michalanney, Max BPR 78% 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 6 0 2 3 0 5 1
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 81% 1 0 27 15 12 6 0 1 1 3 0 1 4 2
9 Murray, Nick CHB 80% 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 2 0 2 2 1 3 2
27 Nankervis, Luke INT 80% 0 0 22 13 9 9 0 5 1 1 2 1 1 0
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPR 89% 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 5
25 Peatling, James RR 70% 0 1 15 5 10 3 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1
8 Rachele, Josh HFFR 75% 3 3 17 14 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 1
23 Rankine, Izak HFFL 76% 0 1 22 15 7 4 0 6 3 4 1 2 2 7
14 Soligo, Jake RO 81% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 1
19 Taylor, Zac FPL 70% 0 0 18 8 10 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2
7 Thilthorpe, Riley CHF 78% 1 0 9 5 4 4 11 2 2 3 0 2 0 0
13 Walker, Taylor FF 86% 1 0 12 7 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 11 13 410 254 156 138 37 67 31 52 22 19 47 55

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake BPL 81% 0 0 24 17 7 4 0 2 3 3 0 0 4 2
37 Chandler, Kade CHF 80% 2 1 20 10 10 2 0 5 3 6 1 2 2 5
41 Cross, Paddy INT 58% 0 3 6 5 1 1 0 4 0 2 1 2 0 0
47 Fitzgerald, Joel INT 54% 0 0 16 8 8 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 84% 0 0 12 5 7 4 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 81% 0 0 28 14 14 2 30 2 7 5 4 2 4 6
22 Howes, Blake HBFL 78% 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2
21 Jefferson, Matthew HFFR 67% 2 1 7 4 3 3 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 1
44 Kentfield, Luker INT 29% 0 1 5 3 2 1 5 0 1 3 0 2 2 0
15 Langdon, Ed RO 100% 0 0 18 7 11 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 2
4 Langford, Harvey WL 75% 2 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 2
8 Lever, Jake BPR 94% 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 96% 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1
18 Melksham, Jake FPL 70% 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 88% 0 1 15 8 7 1 0 4 5 5 1 2 0 3
24 Rivers, Trent INT 73% 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 4 4
30 Sharp, Harry INT 81% 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 5
32 Sparrow, Tom C 80% 0 0 28 15 13 2 0 7 7 10 1 3 3 8
9 Steele, Jack RR 82% 0 0 21 5 16 3 0 2 4 1 0 0 3 0
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn HBFR 83% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 1 0 5 1 1 4 1
10 Turner, Daniel FB 95% 0 0 23 18 5 6 0 1 1 7 2 1 5 3
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 90% 3 0 15 5 10 4 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 3
6 Windsor, Caleb WR 81% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 5
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 8 355 192 163 62 35 49 42 75 19 22 44 58

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
17 J. Bowey 10 D. Turner 8 J. Lever 42 L. McAndrew 3 S. Berry
28 A. Neal-Bullen 13 T. Walker 19 Z. Taylor 25 J. Peatling 32 D. Fogarty
FORWARD 14 J. Soligo 40 H. Hall-Kahan
HALF-BACK

2 B. Keays
22 B. Howes 25 T. McDonald 12 K. Tholstrup

27 L. Nankervis
8 J. Rachele 7 R. Thilthorpe 23 I. Rankine



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 H. Langford 32 T. Sparrow 6 C. Windsor



15 B. Cook 12 J. Dawson (c) 6 D. Curtin FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 41 P. Cross
HALF-FORWARD 9 J. Steele 47 J. Fitzgerald
36 K. Pickett 37 K. Chandler 21 M. Jefferson 15 E. Langdon 44 L. Kentfield
30 W. Milera 9 N. Murray 29 R. Laird

24 T. Rivers
HALF-BACK

30 H. Sharp
FORWARD



18 J. Melksham 2 J. van Rooyen 31 B. Fritsch



16 M. Michalanney 35 J. Borlase 48 M. Keane



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Steven King

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Taylor Walker goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:49
MELB Harvey Langford goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:53
ADEL Josh Rachele behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 07:03
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 10:35
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 13:02
ADEL Sam Berry behind 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 15:02
ADEL James Peatling behind 2.3.15 - 2.0.12 19:07
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 3.3.21 - 2.0.12 20:03
MELB Matthew Jefferson goal 3.3.21 - 3.0.18 23:10
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 3.3.21 - 4.0.24 24:38
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 3.3.21 - 5.0.30 26:34
ADEL Josh Rachele behind 3.4.22 - 5.0.30 28:26
Q2 MELB Paddy Cross behind 3.4.22 - 5.1.31 03:15
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 4.4.28 - 5.1.31 04:16
MELB Kade Chandler behind 4.4.28 - 5.2.32 06:07
MELB Paddy Cross behind 4.4.28 - 5.3.33 07:22
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 4.4.28 - 5.4.34 09:36
MELB Luker Kentfield behind 4.4.28 - 5.5.35 14:06
MELB Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 5.6.36 17:35
ADEL Josh Rachele behind 4.5.29 - 5.6.36 19:36
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 5.5.35 - 5.6.36 24:14
Q3 MELB Harvey Langford goal 5.5.35 - 6.6.42 02:04
MELB Kade Chandler goal 5.5.35 - 7.6.48 03:52
ADEL Ben Keays goal 6.5.41 - 7.6.48 08:25
ADEL Wayne Milera goal 7.5.47 - 7.6.48 10:50
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 8.5.53 - 7.6.48 13:58
MELB Paddy Cross behind 8.5.53 - 7.7.49 19:12
MELB Kade Chandler goal 8.5.53 - 8.7.55 20:10
MELB Matthew Jefferson behind 8.5.53 - 8.8.56 23:38
ADEL Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 8.8.56 26:21
Q4 ADEL Josh Rachele goal 9.6.60 - 8.8.56 01:49
ADEL Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 8.8.56 03:20
MELB Matthew Jefferson goal 9.7.61 - 9.8.62 05:35
ADEL Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 9.8.62 11:52
ADEL Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 9.8.62 15:51
ADEL Jordan Dawson behind 9.10.64 - 9.8.62 19:03
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 10.10.70 - 9.8.62 21:53
ADEL Dan Curtin behind 10.11.71 - 9.8.62 25:04
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 10.12.72 - 9.8.62 25:42
ADEL Lachlan McAndrew behind 10.13.73 - 9.8.62 28:21
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 11.13.79 - 9.8.62 30:49