2026 AFL Season Round 18: West Coast v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 2026 between West Coast and Adelaide during round eighteen of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. West Coast hosted Adelaide at Optus Stadium. With the presence of multiple West Coast co-captains, namely Liam Baker and Liam Duggan, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. Jordan Dawson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Andrew McQualter and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

West Coast (11.8.74) were defeated by Adelaide (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: West Coast v Adelaide
Date: Friday 3 July 2026
Time: 6:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 40,770

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Adelaide
Score: 11.8.74 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 1 . 3 4 . 5 8 . 8 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Adelaide 6 . 2 9 . 5 13 . 8 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin ADEL by 29 ADEL by 30 ADEL by 30 ADEL by 25 ADEL by 25
Duration 30:13 29:35 33:07 32:09 2:05:04

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Andrew McQualter

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jordan Dawson ADEL 12 3
Izak Rankine ADEL 23 2
Lachlan McAndrew ADEL 42 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Allan, Bo WR 80% 1 1 10 6 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 1
3 Baker, Liam HBFR 84% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 3
33 Bazzo, Rhett FB 88% 0 0 14 8 6 6 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 1
28 Cole, Tom INT 85% 1 1 15 10 5 4 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 5
38 Davis, Hamish HFFR 80% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 0
14 Duggan, Liam BPL 67% 0 0 24 19 5 8 0 4 0 6 0 2 2 3
1 Duursma, Willem WL 74% 1 0 12 7 5 2 0 3 2 1 4 0 3 1
50 Francou, Oliver INT 61% 0 1 18 8 10 2 0 9 4 2 2 1 1 2
17 Graham, Jack INT 74% 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 6 3 3 1 2 1 1
51 Herbert, Marcus INT 73% 0 0 19 10 9 6 0 2 1 4 0 2 2 3
19 Hough, Brady RO 79% 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
44 Hutchinson, Jack FPR 69% 0 0 10 1 9 1 0 6 2 1 2 0 1 1
11 Kelly, Tim HFFL 77% 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 2 2 3 0 0 2 3
18 McCarthy, Tom HBFL 77% 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 7 2
47 Murdock, Milan FPL 70% 0 1 13 8 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2
9 Reid, Harley RR 78% 0 4 23 11 12 1 0 4 6 6 4 6 1 6
35 Shanahan, Jobe CHF 94% 3 0 13 7 6 4 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 1
4 Starcevich, Brandon BPR 76% 1 0 17 10 7 7 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 2
2 Waterman, Jake FF 91% 3 0 10 10 0 6 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2
32 Williams, Bailey RU 79% 0 0 14 10 4 2 23 5 8 3 4 1 1 3
34 Williams, Jack INT 74% 1 0 11 8 3 2 4 5 3 2 2 0 1 1
6 Yeo, Elliot C 78% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 1 4 0 2 0 1
20 Young, Tylar CHB 92% 0 0 15 14 1 9 0 1 1 4 0 1 6 0
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 11 8 331 198 133 84 27 71 37 60 28 25 40 44

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Berry, Sam RR 70% 0 0 20 10 10 4 0 6 5 3 2 3 0 2
35 Borlase, James FB 90% 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0
15 Cook, Brayden WR 82% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 2
6 Curtin, Dan RO 82% 1 0 12 10 2 3 0 6 1 3 1 2 3 3
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 82% 1 0 27 23 4 7 0 8 6 7 2 4 3 9
31 Dowling, Billy INT 62% 0 1 13 5 8 2 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 3
32 Fogarty, Darcy FF 78% 4 0 12 9 3 7 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 2
40 Hall-Kahan, Hugo HBFL 84% 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 2
48 Keane, Mark BPL 92% 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0
2 Keays, Ben INT 82% 3 0 13 6 7 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 Laird, Rory HBFR 79% 0 0 25 15 10 8 0 5 0 3 3 2 1 3
42 McAndrew, Lachlan RU 73% 0 0 12 6 6 2 38 7 5 3 0 2 2 2
16 Michalanney, Max BPR 82% 0 0 14 6 8 5 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0
39 Murray, Toby CHF 54% 1 0 6 5 1 2 11 4 1 3 2 2 0 3
27 Nankervis, Luke INT 79% 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 3
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 82% 1 1 13 9 4 2 0 3 1 5 2 1 0 1
25 Peatling, James INT 70% 0 0 21 13 8 6 0 5 7 1 0 1 2 5
8 Rachele, Josh HFFR 75% 1 1 17 11 6 1 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 6
23 Rankine, Izak HFFL 78% 1 0 27 14 13 5 0 1 7 7 1 1 2 4
14 Soligo, Jake WL 76% 2 1 16 9 7 4 0 5 3 4 4 3 1 1
19 Taylor, Zac INT 72% 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 3
13 Walker, Taylor FPR 82% 0 1 10 8 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
24 Worrell, Josh CHB 93% 0 0 20 16 4 8 0 2 0 3 1 2 4 0
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 15 9 369 233 136 103 49 73 39 68 25 28 33 56

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

West Coast Coach: Andrew McQualter
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
48 M. Keane 35 J. Borlase 16 M. Michalanney 32 B. Williams 28 T. Cole
44 J. Hutchinson 2 J. Waterman 47 M. Murdock 9 H. Reid 50 O. Francou
FORWARD 19 B. Hough 17 J. Graham
HALF-BACK

51 M. Herbert
40 H. Hall-Kahan 24 J. Worrell 29 R. Laird

34 J. Williams
38 H. Davis 35 J. Shanahan 11 T. Kelly



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 J. Soligo 12 J. Dawson (c) 15 B. Cook



26 B. Allan 6 E. Yeo 1 W. Duursma FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 42 L. McAndrew 31 B. Dowling
HALF-FORWARD 3 S. Berry 2 B. Keays
23 I. Rankine 39 T. Murray 8 J. Rachele 6 D. Curtin 27 L. Nankervis
3 L. Baker 20 T. Young 18 T. McCarthy

25 J. Peatling
HALF-BACK

19 Z. Taylor
FORWARD



28 A. Neal-Bullen 32 D. Fogarty 13 T. Walker



4 B. Starcevich 33 R. Bazzo 14 L. Duggan



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Jake Soligo goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:19
ADEL Toby Murray goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 03:28
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 0.0.0 - 3.0.18 06:59
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 0.0.0 - 4.0.24 08:41
WCST Oliver Francou behind 0.1.1 - 4.0.24 13:11
WCST Jack Williams goal 1.1.7 - 4.0.24 15:15
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 1.1.7 - 5.0.30 16:52
WCST Harley Reid behind 1.2.8 - 5.0.30 19:17
WCST Bo Allan behind 1.3.9 - 5.0.30 20:31
ADEL Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 5.1.31 23:54
ADEL Dan Curtin goal 1.3.9 - 6.1.37 26:13
ADEL Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 6.2.38 29:17
Q2 ADEL Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 6.3.39 00:57
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 1.3.9 - 7.3.45 02:20
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 1.3.9 - 8.3.51 03:36
WCST Harley Reid behind 1.4.10 - 8.3.51 05:25
WCST Jake Waterman goal 2.4.16 - 8.3.51 07:04
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 2.4.16 - 9.3.57 08:52
ADEL Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 9.4.58 18:12
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen behind 2.4.16 - 9.5.59 20:11
WCST Jobe Shanahan goal 3.4.22 - 9.5.59 21:48
WCST Tom Cole behind 3.5.23 - 9.5.59 24:03
WCST Willem Duursma goal 4.5.29 - 9.5.59 28:06
Q3 ADEL Josh Rachele behind 4.5.29 - 9.6.60 01:49
ADEL Jake Soligo goal 4.5.29 - 10.6.66 04:23
WCST Harley Reid behind 4.6.30 - 10.6.66 08:47
WCST Brandon Starcevich goal 5.6.36 - 10.6.66 10:49
ADEL Billy Dowling behind 5.6.36 - 10.7.67 12:36
WCST Milan Murdock behind 5.7.37 - 10.7.67 14:01
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 5.7.37 - 11.7.73 16:26
WCST Jake Waterman goal 6.7.43 - 11.7.73 19:42
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 6.7.43 - 12.7.79 22:32
ADEL Ben Keays goal 6.7.43 - 13.7.85 23:46
WCST Jobe Shanahan goal 7.7.49 - 13.7.85 25:57
WCST Harley Reid behind 7.8.50 - 13.7.85 27:27
WCST Jobe Shanahan goal 8.8.56 - 13.7.85 27:51
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 8.8.56 - 13.8.86 30:07
Q4 WCST Bo Allan goal 9.8.62 - 13.8.86 01:10
WCST Jake Waterman goal 10.8.68 - 13.8.86 04:51
ADEL Ben Keays goal 10.8.68 - 14.8.92 12:57
WCST Tom Cole goal 11.8.74 - 14.8.92 14:48
ADEL Ben Keays goal 11.8.74 - 15.8.98 25:01
ADEL Jake Soligo behind 11.8.74 - 15.9.99 28:53