2026 AFL Season Round 21: Adelaide v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 2026 between Adelaide and Collingwood during round twenty-one of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide hosted Collingwood at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Craig McRae.

Adelaide (11.8.74) were defeated by Collingwood (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Adelaide v Collingwood
Date: Thursday 23 July 2026
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 50,109

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. by Collingwood
Score: 11.8.74 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 5 . 3 7 . 6 9 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Collingwood 3 . 2 6 . 4 10 . 8 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin ADEL by 13 ADEL by 8 COLL by 8 COLL by 34 COLL by 34
Duration 31:41 30:46 33:41 32:30 2:08:38

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 (Collingwood) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Collingwood

Captain: unknown
Coach: Craig McRae

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nick Daicos COLL 35 3
Scott Pendlebury COLL 10 2
Sam Berry ADEL 3 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 RR 64% 0 0 30 15 15 5 0 6 10 1 1 1 1 3
35 Borlase, James FB 88% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1
44 Cumming, Isaac HBFL 74% 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2
6 Curtin, Dan RO 86% 0 0 23 16 7 8 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 87% 1 2 22 15 7 2 0 7 5 3 1 1 1 4
40 Hall-Kahan, Hugo INT 85% 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 4 1
2 Keays, Ben INT 91% 1 1 13 8 5 5 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3
36 Maley, Finnbar INT 61% 1 0 6 4 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
42 McAndrew, Lachlan RU 77% 0 0 9 3 6 0 39 8 4 7 1 5 1 2
16 Michalanney, Max BPR 85% 0 0 13 6 7 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 80% 0 0 24 19 5 8 0 5 0 5 0 0 8 2
9 Murray, Nick BPL 89% 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1
39 Murray, Toby INT 38% 1 0 5 4 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 2
27 Nankervis, Luke WL 82% 0 0 20 11 9 7 0 5 0 0 1 0 3 2
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex WR 75% 0 1 18 9 9 3 0 2 2 4 0 2 1 4
25 Peatling, James INT 51% 0 0 13 3 10 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 1
8 Rachele, Josh HFFR 85% 1 1 7 5 2 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1
23 Rankine, Izak HFFL 84% 0 1 25 13 12 6 0 5 6 3 1 0 2 3
14 Soligo, Jake FPL 79% 0 1 15 9 6 3 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 3
19 Taylor, Zac FPR 80% 0 0 8 2 6 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
7 Thilthorpe, Riley CHF 84% 3 0 11 7 4 7 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4
13 Walker, Taylor FF 84% 3 1 16 11 5 6 0 1 0 2 3 2 0 5
24 Worrell, Josh CHB 91% 0 0 21 15 6 7 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 0
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 11 8 354 211 143 92 43 68 41 44 19 14 33 47

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Allan, Ed C 74% 2 1 17 13 4 0 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 6
41 Anderson, Angus FF 86% 1 1 13 6 7 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1
14 Cameron, Darcy RU 77% 0 0 23 10 13 3 37 9 6 4 5 2 1 1
25 Crisp, Jack INT 66% 0 1 17 10 7 3 0 4 7 3 0 1 1 2
7 Daicos, Josh CHB 83% 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 0
35 Daicos, Nick CHF 90% 1 1 39 17 22 4 0 2 7 4 0 2 3 4
2 De Goey, Jordan RO 83% 1 1 20 12 8 5 0 5 2 5 0 1 1 4
17 Frampton, Billy BPL 97% 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 2 4 0
36 Harrison, Harvey HFFL 69% 1 1 7 5 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 Houston, Dan WL 79% 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 5 1 2 1 0 0 3
38 Howe, Jeremy FB 84% 1 0 15 11 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0
1 Lipinski, Patrick WR 79% 1 1 19 8 11 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 4
44 Long, Ned RR 69% 1 0 13 4 9 1 0 5 2 3 0 1 0 0
4 Maynard, Brayden BPR 65% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 5 0 3 0 2 1 2
31 McCreery, Beau HFFR 78% 1 0 12 7 5 4 0 7 0 2 0 0 1 3
11 McStay, Daniel FPL 81% 2 1 16 8 8 3 10 4 1 1 2 0 0 4
28 Membrey, Tim FPR 84% 2 0 18 9 9 9 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1
10 Pendlebury, Scott INT 68% 1 0 29 17 12 8 0 2 5 0 1 0 3 3
12 Perryman, Harry INT 76% 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 3
47 Puncher, Liam HBFL 72% 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 Quaynor, Isaac HBFR 81% 0 0 20 12 8 6 0 3 0 0 1 0 5 2
22 Sidebottom, Steele INT 79% 1 0 23 12 11 2 0 2 1 4 0 1 1 5
29 West, Charlie INT 80% 0 1 10 2 8 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 16 12 387 211 176 80 47 67 38 50 14 19 35 49

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 B. Frampton 38 J. Howe 4 B. Maynard 42 L. McAndrew 40 H. Hall-Kahan
19 Z. Taylor 13 T. Walker 14 J. Soligo 3 S. Berry 2 B. Keays
FORWARD 6 D. Curtin 36 F. Maley
HALF-BACK

39 T. Murray
47 L. Puncher 7 J. Daicos 3 I. Quaynor

25 J. Peatling
8 J. Rachele 7 R. Thilthorpe 23 I. Rankine



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 D. Houston 16 E. Allan 1 P. Lipinski



28 A. Neal-Bullen 12 J. Dawson (c) 27 L. Nankervis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 14 D. Cameron 25 J. Crisp
HALF-FORWARD 44 N. Long 10 S. Pendlebury
36 H. Harrison 35 N. Daicos 31 B. McCreery 2 J. De Goey 12 H. Perryman
30 W. Milera 24 J. Worrell 44 I. Cumming

22 S. Sidebottom
HALF-BACK

29 C. West
FORWARD



11 D. McStay 41 A. Anderson 28 T. Membrey



16 M. Michalanney 35 J. Borlase 9 N. Murray



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Craig McRae

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Jordan Dawson behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:54
ADEL Jordan Dawson behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 07:52
COLL Ned Long goal 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 08:51
COLL Daniel McStay goal 0.2.2 - 2.0.12 10:05
COLL Angus Anderson behind 0.2.2 - 2.1.13 12:02
COLL Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 2.2.14 12:37
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 16:15
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 19:04
ADEL Finnbar Maley goal 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 22:05
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 4.2.26 - 2.2.14 24:23
ADEL Jake Soligo behind 4.3.27 - 2.2.14 27:55
COLL Patrick Lipinski goal 4.3.27 - 3.2.20 28:35
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 5.3.33 - 3.2.20 30:22
Q2 COLL Nick Daicos behind 5.3.33 - 3.3.21 01:41
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 6.3.39 - 3.3.21 04:56
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 6.4.40 - 3.3.21 06:33
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 7.4.46 - 3.3.21 08:58
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen behind 7.5.47 - 3.3.21 13:53
ADEL Ben Keays behind 7.6.48 - 3.3.21 14:53
COLL Scott Pendlebury goal 7.6.48 - 4.3.27 22:59
COLL Jeremy Howe goal 7.6.48 - 5.3.33 26:57
COLL Rushed behind 7.6.48 - 5.4.34 28:07
COLL Daniel McStay goal 7.6.48 - 6.4.40 29:31
Q3 COLL Patrick Lipinski behind 7.6.48 - 6.5.41 01:39
COLL Rushed behind 7.6.48 - 6.6.42 03:01
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 8.6.54 - 6.6.42 05:10
COLL Daniel McStay behind 8.6.54 - 6.7.43 07:50
COLL Steele Sidebottom goal 8.6.54 - 7.7.49 09:41
COLL Harvey Harrison behind 8.6.54 - 7.8.50 11:49
COLL Harvey Harrison goal 8.6.54 - 8.8.56 16:19
COLL Angus Anderson goal 8.6.54 - 9.8.62 17:49
COLL Jordan De Goey goal 8.6.54 - 10.8.68 21:46
ADEL Ben Keays goal 9.6.60 - 10.8.68 31:05
Q4 ADEL Josh Rachele behind 9.7.61 - 10.8.68 01:04
COLL Nick Daicos goal 9.7.61 - 11.8.74 08:33
COLL Tim Membrey goal 9.7.61 - 12.8.80 12:36
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 10.7.67 - 12.8.80 14:19
COLL Ed Allan behind 10.7.67 - 12.9.81 15:26
COLL Ed Allan goal 10.7.67 - 13.9.87 16:14
COLL Ed Allan goal 10.7.67 - 14.9.93 19:27
COLL Charlie West behind 10.7.67 - 14.10.94 22:30
COLL Beau McCreery goal 10.7.67 - 15.10.100 22:56
COLL Jordan De Goey behind 10.7.67 - 15.11.101 26:41
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 10.8.68 - 15.11.101 27:41
COLL Jack Crisp behind 10.8.68 - 15.12.102 30:20
COLL Tim Membrey goal 10.8.68 - 16.12.108 30:36
ADEL Toby Murray goal 11.8.74 - 16.12.108 32:23