2026 AFL Season Round 20: Sydney v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 2026 between Sydney and Adelaide during round twenty of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Adelaide at the SCG. Callum Mills captained the hosts with Isaac Heeney as vice-captain. Jordan Dawson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Cox and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

Sydney (10.11.71) were defeated by Adelaide (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Sydney v Adelaide
Date: Friday 17 July 2026
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 33,413

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Adelaide
Score: 10.11.71 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 2 7 . 3 9 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Adelaide 6 . 5 8 . 5 8 . 8 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin ADEL by 21 ADEL by 8 SYDN by 6 ADEL by 16 ADEL by 16
Duration 34:25 34:10 30:22 32:33 2:11:30

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Callum Mills
Vice-Captain: Isaac Heeney
Coach: Dean Cox

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darcy Fogarty ADEL 32 3
Tom Papley SYDN 11 2
Izak Rankine ADEL 23 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Bice, Riley INT 74% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 1
22 Blakey, Nick CHB 80% 0 0 21 16 5 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 3
16 Campbell, Braeden HFFR 76% 1 1 20 9 11 4 0 1 0 5 1 2 2 2
7 Cunningham, Harry HBFR 38% 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0
35 Curnow, Charlie FF 78% 0 2 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
28 Edwards, Will FB 95% 0 0 8 1 7 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 2 0
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 83% 0 0 17 5 12 0 48 0 5 4 2 2 3 3
21 Gulden, Errol C 81% 0 1 22 12 10 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 3 6
5 Heeney, Isaac (vc) RR 76% 0 0 29 14 15 2 0 3 4 4 2 0 3 4
17 Jordon, James HFFL 79% 0 0 13 5 8 0 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 3
44 Lloyd, Jake CHF 85% 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2
30 McCartin, Tom BPR 97% 0 0 26 17 9 9 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 3
6 McDonald, Logan INT 71% 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 McLean, Hayden FPR 68% 0 0 7 4 3 0 5 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
14 Mills, Callum (c) BPL 91% 0 0 25 18 7 2 0 8 0 0 1 0 9 4
11 Papley, Tom FPL 81% 4 2 24 17 7 4 0 1 2 7 2 2 0 9
24 Rampe, Dane HBFL 77% 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
34 Roberts, Matt WL 92% 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 2
10 Rosas, Malcolm INT 61% 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1
8 Rowbottom, James INT 83% 2 0 14 10 4 1 0 5 4 4 1 0 1 5
13 Serong, Jai WR 84% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 4 2 1 0 0 2 2
12 Sheldrick, Angus INT 62% 0 1 20 10 10 1 0 7 5 6 0 4 3 1
1 Warner, Chad RO 87% 2 0 21 13 8 3 0 5 6 3 0 1 2 7
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 10 11 353 201 152 53 53 60 38 58 14 19 43 59

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Berry, Sam RR 71% 0 1 19 13 6 1 0 5 6 3 1 0 1 3
35 Borlase, James FB 91% 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
15 Cook, Brayden HBFL 78% 0 0 23 15 8 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4
44 Cumming, Isaac INT 74% 1 0 14 12 2 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 5
6 Curtin, Dan RO 67% 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 2 2 3 0 0 3 3
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 86% 0 1 23 15 8 5 0 7 6 5 0 1 2 3
32 Fogarty, Darcy FF 82% 4 0 20 14 6 4 0 1 1 4 3 1 0 4
40 Hall-Kahan, Hugo INT 74% 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 5 3 1 1 0 7 2
48 Keane, Mark BPL 91% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 0 4 0 3 5 1
2 Keays, Ben WR 88% 0 1 16 6 10 2 0 6 0 3 0 0 1 3
42 McAndrew, Lachlan RU 74% 1 0 9 5 4 6 20 2 3 4 2 3 0 2
16 Michalanney, Max BPR 81% 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 4 2 3 0 1 4 0
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 78% 0 0 26 23 3 12 0 4 1 1 1 0 7 3
39 Murray, Toby INT 53% 1 0 4 3 1 1 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
27 Nankervis, Luke WL 81% 1 0 21 13 8 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 2 1
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPR 85% 1 0 17 12 5 6 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2
25 Peatling, James INT 62% 0 0 28 17 11 2 0 4 7 2 6 0 2 6
8 Rachele, Josh HFFR 80% 1 0 18 13 5 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2
23 Rankine, Izak HFFL 82% 1 0 30 11 19 1 0 3 8 2 0 0 3 2
14 Soligo, Jake FPL 79% 0 1 26 14 12 3 0 7 2 5 1 0 1 6
19 Taylor, Zac INT 79% 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 3 4 2 0 0 0 0
7 Thilthorpe, Riley CHF 78% 2 3 11 9 2 6 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
24 Worrell, Josh CHB 84% 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 13 9 409 258 151 85 34 72 51 55 19 14 48 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

Sydney Coach: Dean Cox
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
48 M. Keane 35 J. Borlase 16 M. Michalanney 4 B. Grundy 26 R. Bice
2 H. McLean 35 C. Curnow 11 T. Papley 5 I. Heeney (vc) 6 L. McDonald
FORWARD 1 C. Warner 10 M. Rosas
HALF-BACK

8 J. Rowbottom
15 B. Cook 24 J. Worrell 30 W. Milera

12 A. Sheldrick
16 B. Campbell 44 J. Lloyd 17 J. Jordon



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 L. Nankervis 12 J. Dawson (c) 2 B. Keays



13 J. Serong 21 E. Gulden 34 M. Roberts FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 42 L. McAndrew 44 I. Cumming
HALF-FORWARD 3 S. Berry 40 H. Hall-Kahan
23 I. Rankine 7 R. Thilthorpe 8 J. Rachele 6 D. Curtin 39 T. Murray
7 H. Cunningham 22 N. Blakey 24 D. Rampe

25 J. Peatling
HALF-BACK

19 Z. Taylor
FORWARD



14 J. Soligo 32 D. Fogarty 28 A. Neal-Bullen



30 T. McCartin 28 W. Edwards 14 C. Mills (c)



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Chad Warner goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 04:06
SYDN Braeden Campbell goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 06:05
ADEL Ben Keays behind 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 08:05
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 09:59
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 13:03
ADEL Jake Soligo behind 2.0.12 - 2.2.14 14:59
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 2.0.12 - 3.2.20 15:49
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 2.0.12 - 4.2.26 17:24
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 2.0.12 - 4.3.27 19:30
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 2.0.12 - 4.4.28 20:53
ADEL Lachlan McAndrew goal 2.0.12 - 5.4.34 24:27
SYDN Tom Papley goal 3.0.18 - 5.4.34 25:46
SYDN Logan McDonald behind 3.1.19 - 5.4.34 28:41
SYDN Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 5.4.34 29:45
ADEL Jordan Dawson behind 3.2.20 - 5.5.35 31:52
ADEL Toby Murray goal 3.2.20 - 6.5.41 33:05
Q2 SYDN Logan McDonald goal 4.2.26 - 6.5.41 01:17
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 4.2.26 - 7.5.47 06:11
ADEL Isaac Cumming goal 4.2.26 - 8.5.53 14:12
SYDN Chad Warner goal 5.2.32 - 8.5.53 15:44
SYDN Charlie Curnow behind 5.3.33 - 8.5.53 19:35
SYDN Tom Papley goal 6.3.39 - 8.5.53 20:10
SYDN Tom Papley goal 7.3.45 - 8.5.53 28:43
Q3 SYDN Charlie Curnow behind 7.4.46 - 8.5.53 03:31
SYDN Braeden Campbell behind 7.5.47 - 8.5.53 06:12
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 7.5.47 - 8.6.54 08:49
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 7.6.48 - 8.6.54 09:48
SYDN Angus Sheldrick behind 7.7.49 - 8.6.54 13:41
SYDN James Rowbottom goal 8.7.55 - 8.6.54 17:03
SYDN James Rowbottom goal 9.7.61 - 8.6.54 18:32
ADEL Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 8.7.55 24:18
ADEL Sam Berry behind 9.7.61 - 8.8.56 25:52
SYDN Tom Papley behind 9.8.62 - 8.8.56 27:48
Q4 ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 9.8.62 - 9.8.62 02:38
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 9.8.62 - 10.8.68 05:32
SYDN Tom Papley goal 10.8.68 - 10.8.68 07:08
ADEL Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 10.9.69 14:08
ADEL Luke Nankervis goal 10.8.68 - 11.9.75 15:14
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 10.8.68 - 12.9.81 16:51
SYDN Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 12.9.81 24:10
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 10.9.69 - 13.9.87 27:29
SYDN Tom Papley behind 10.10.70 - 13.9.87 30:21
SYDN Rushed behind 10.11.71 - 13.9.87 31:39