2026 AFL Season Round 23: Adelaide v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 2026 between Adelaide and Richmond during round twenty-three of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide hosted Richmond at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. Toby Nankervis captained the visitors with Tim Taranto as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Adem Yze.

Adelaide (9.9.63) defeated Richmond (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Adelaide v Richmond
Date: Saturday 8 August 2026
Time: 7:05 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 42,762

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Richmond
Score: 9.9.63 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 1 . 3 4 . 5 7 . 7 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Richmond 2 . 2 4 . 4 6 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin RICH by 5 ADEL by 1 ADEL by 4 ADEL by 9 ADEL by 9
Duration 26:30 31:48 32:44 33:01 2:04:03

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 (Richmond) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Richmond

Captain: Toby Nankervis
Vice-Captain: Tim Taranto
Coach: Adem Yze

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Izak Rankine ADEL 23 3
Jordan Dawson ADEL 12 2
Jack Ross RICH 5 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
4 Ah Chee, Callum HBFR 69% 2 1 11 8 3 1 0 1 1 4 1 3 2 2
3 Berry, Sam INT 73% 0 0 24 14 10 4 0 6 7 3 0 0 1 2
15 Cook, Brayden WR 81% 1 0 20 9 11 2 0 2 4 4 0 1 1 3
44 Cumming, Isaac HBFL 80% 1 0 15 9 6 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 1
6 Curtin, Dan RO 78% 0 1 14 8 6 0 1 3 1 6 1 1 2 2
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 85% 1 1 35 24 11 6 0 2 2 5 1 0 6 4
31 Dowling, Billy INT 70% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 6 5 1 0 0 3 1
40 Hall-Kahan, Hugo FPL 84% 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 4
48 Keane, Mark CHB 91% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 Keays, Ben INT 78% 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 2
29 Laird, Rory BPL 84% 0 0 18 8 10 6 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 2
34 Ludowyke, Archie INT 51% 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0
16 Michalanney, Max BPR 94% 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 2
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFL 75% 0 0 19 8 11 2 0 5 2 0 4 0 2 2
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 82% 0 0 11 5 6 5 35 5 1 4 1 2 0 2
25 Peatling, James WL 74% 0 1 20 11 9 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 1 0
8 Rachele, Josh HFFR 72% 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 3
23 Rankine, Izak RR 76% 1 0 36 20 16 6 0 6 11 1 1 1 4 7
22 Ryan, Oscar INT 70% 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 3 0 2 4 0 3 4
19 Taylor, Zac FPR 75% 1 0 8 4 4 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2
7 Thilthorpe, Riley CHF 84% 0 0 11 2 9 1 6 2 1 3 0 2 0 1
13 Walker, Taylor FF 78% 2 1 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3
24 Worrell, Josh FB 97% 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 2 0 1 2 0 7 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 9 9 358 210 148 68 42 66 38 53 26 17 44 50

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
41 Annand, Kye BPL 82% 0 0 11 9 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 1
6 Banks, Sam CHB 76% 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1
35 Broad, Nathan HBFR 75% 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2
30 Brown, Tom HBFL 78% 0 2 18 15 3 1 0 2 2 4 0 1 6 3
44 Campbell, Seth HFFR 83% 3 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2
23 Clarke, Judson INT 70% 0 1 13 6 7 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 3
48 Green, Steely INT 78% 1 1 9 6 3 3 0 2 0 5 0 4 0 1
24 Grlj, Sam INT 67% 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 2
10 Hotton, Taj FPR 79% 0 1 13 5 8 1 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 3
4 Lalor, Sam RO 77% 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0
42 Lefau, Mykelti FPL 97% 2 0 7 4 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3
19 Lynch, Tom FF 90% 0 3 8 5 3 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
12 Miller, Ben FB 87% 0 0 20 11 9 7 0 3 0 3 1 1 3 0
25 Nankervis, Toby (c) RU 73% 0 0 15 8 7 2 32 4 5 4 2 3 1 4
3 Prestia, Dion CHF 71% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 3
13 Ralphsmith, Hugo HFFL 85% 1 0 14 5 9 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 1 3
33 Retschko, Patrick WL 91% 0 0 24 13 11 4 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 5
5 Ross, Jack RR 82% 0 0 29 14 15 1 0 2 6 4 2 1 1 4
32 Ryan, Samson INT 41% 0 0 7 4 3 2 7 1 2 3 1 1 0 1
15 Short, Jayden INT 81% 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 4 1 6 2 4 3 1
40 Sonsie, Tyler WR 71% 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
14 Taranto, Tim (vc) C 85% 0 0 20 11 9 0 0 6 7 3 1 1 1 5
1 Vlastuin, Nick BPR 81% 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 5 1 4 4 1 6 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 7 12 317 191 126 61 39 58 39 57 17 26 40 51

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
41 K. Annand 12 B. Miller 1 N. Vlastuin 43 R. O'Brien 3 S. Berry
19 Z. Taylor 13 T. Walker 40 H. Hall-Kahan 23 I. Rankine 31 B. Dowling
FORWARD 6 D. Curtin 2 B. Keays
HALF-BACK

34 A. Ludowyke
30 T. Brown 6 S. Banks 35 N. Broad

22 O. Ryan
8 J. Rachele 7 R. Thilthorpe 28 A. Neal-Bullen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 P. Retschko 14 T. Taranto (vc) 40 T. Sonsie



15 B. Cook 12 J. Dawson (c) 25 J. Peatling FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 25 T. Nankervis (c) 23 J. Clarke
HALF-FORWARD 5 J. Ross 48 S. Green
13 H. Ralphsmith 3 D. Prestia 44 S. Campbell 4 S. Lalor 24 S. Grlj
4 C. Ah Chee 48 M. Keane 44 I. Cumming

32 S. Ryan
HALF-BACK

15 J. Short
FORWARD



42 M. Lefau 19 T. Lynch 10 T. Hotton



16 M. Michalanney 24 J. Worrell 29 R. Laird



BACK



Richmond Coach: Adem Yze

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 RICH Taj Hotton behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 04:39
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 06:49
ADEL Callum Ah Chee behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 09:46
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 11:54
RICH Mykelti Lefau goal 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 15:08
RICH Steely Green behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 19:38
ADEL Archie Ludowyke behind 1.3.9 - 1.2.8 22:00
RICH Mykelti Lefau goal 1.3.9 - 2.2.14 26:23
Q2 ADEL Isaac Cumming goal 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 00:47
ADEL Brayden Cook goal 3.3.21 - 2.2.14 04:07
RICH Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 2.3.15 12:19
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 4.3.27 - 2.3.15 14:13
ADEL James Peatling behind 4.4.28 - 2.3.15 16:41
ADEL Dan Curtin behind 4.5.29 - 2.3.15 18:33
RICH Steely Green goal 4.5.29 - 3.3.21 24:45
RICH Seth Campbell goal 4.5.29 - 4.3.27 27:37
RICH Tom Brown behind 4.5.29 - 4.4.28 29:24
Q3 RICH Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 4.5.29 03:31
RICH Seth Campbell goal 4.5.29 - 5.5.35 04:04
RICH Tom Lynch behind 4.5.29 - 5.6.36 07:16
RICH Seth Campbell goal 4.5.29 - 6.6.42 08:33
ADEL Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 6.6.42 09:49
RICH Tom Lynch behind 4.6.30 - 6.7.43 11:35
ADEL Callum Ah Chee goal 5.6.36 - 6.7.43 12:20
RICH Tom Lynch behind 5.6.36 - 6.8.44 15:15
ADEL Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 6.8.44 21:00
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 6.7.43 - 6.8.44 25:22
ADEL Callum Ah Chee goal 7.7.49 - 6.8.44 28:10
RICH Judson Clarke behind 7.7.49 - 6.9.45 30:32
Q4 ADEL Taylor Walker goal 8.7.55 - 6.9.45 02:35
ADEL Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 6.9.45 06:52
RICH Hugo Ralphsmith goal 8.8.56 - 7.9.51 09:37
RICH Sam Lalor behind 8.8.56 - 7.10.52 12:56
ADEL Jordan Dawson behind 8.9.57 - 7.10.52 14:47
RICH Tom Brown behind 8.9.57 - 7.11.53 24:17
ADEL Zac Taylor goal 9.9.63 - 7.11.53 26:13
RICH Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 7.12.54 29:45