2026 AFL Season Round 25: Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 2026 between Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney during round twenty-five of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide hosted Greater Western Sydney at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. Toby Greene captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

Adelaide (24.13.157) defeated Greater Western Sydney (15.11.101).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 25
Teams: Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 22 August 2026
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 52,332

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 24.13.157 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 9 . 2 11 . 5 17 . 8 24 . 13 24 . 13 (157)
Greater Western Sydney 1 . 4 7 . 8 11 . 9 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin ADEL by 46 ADEL by 21 ADEL by 35 ADEL by 56 ADEL by 56
Duration 33:22 31:21 35:12 34:40 2:14:35

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 (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: Toby Greene
Coach: Adam Kingsley

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Izak Rankine ADEL 23 3
Riley Thilthorpe ADEL 7 2
Taylor Walker ADEL 13 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 72% 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 7 5 2 1 1 0 6
35 Borlase, James FB 88% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Cook, Brayden WL 79% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 4 3
44 Cumming, Isaac HFFL 66% 1 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 1
6 Curtin, Dan WR 71% 1 0 22 11 11 3 0 3 5 4 2 2 1 6
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 78% 0 0 32 17 15 5 0 4 5 6 1 2 3 5
32 Fogarty, Darcy FPL 87% 3 1 16 11 5 9 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 4
40 Hall-Kahan, Hugo INT 78% 0 1 24 13 11 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 2
48 Keane, Mark CHB 87% 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 6 1
2 Keays, Ben FPR 87% 3 1 25 14 11 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3
29 Laird, Rory HBFR 86% 0 0 23 7 16 7 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 1
42 McAndrew, Lachlan RU 74% 1 0 12 5 7 0 39 3 3 2 2 1 2 3
16 Michalanney, Max BPR 88% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 2
30 Milera, Wayne HBFL 78% 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 1
27 Nankervis, Luke INT 74% 0 0 16 7 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex RO 85% 0 0 16 5 11 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
8 Rachele, Josh HFFR 85% 2 1 13 8 5 2 0 0 1 4 4 1 0 2
23 Rankine, Izak RR 74% 4 0 35 23 12 1 0 2 12 3 1 0 4 6
14 Soligo, Jake INT 81% 0 0 11 2 9 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
19 Taylor, Zac INT 29% 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Thilthorpe, Riley CHF 83% 3 4 21 14 7 9 3 3 4 3 0 2 0 6
13 Walker, Taylor FF 81% 6 1 13 11 2 4 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 4
24 Worrell, Josh BPL 89% 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 4 1
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 24 13 400 226 174 89 42 45 41 46 21 20 41 64

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Angwin, Ryan WL 86% 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 2 3 2 2 1 2 5
7 Ash, Lachie HBFR 87% 0 0 26 17 9 4 0 6 3 4 2 3 5 6
32 Briggs, Kieren RU 57% 0 0 11 7 4 3 24 3 5 1 1 1 2 3
46 Brown, Callum HFFL 83% 1 1 6 5 1 3 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 3
5 Cadman, Aaron FF 95% 2 1 13 8 5 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
3 Coniglio, Stephen HFFR 88% 0 0 20 5 15 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 1
38 Delana, Josaia CHF 78% 0 0 14 4 10 4 0 5 1 4 0 2 0 3
37 Fonti, Joe BPR 90% 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 2 0 8 1 3 5 2
4 Greene, Toby (c) RO 89% 1 3 17 13 4 5 0 3 3 7 1 2 0 4
35 Gruzewski, Max FPR 90% 1 1 6 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
43 Hamilton, Riley INT 76% 1 1 11 4 7 1 0 4 0 5 1 0 0 0
27 Himmelberg, Harry CHB 93% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 0 4 1 3 4 1
39 Idun, Connor BPL 100% 0 0 20 9 11 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 4 2
41 Madden, Nick INT 46% 1 0 14 4 10 0 12 2 2 2 3 1 2 0
31 McMullin, Toby INT 73% 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 3 1
33 O'Halloran, Xavier INT 78% 1 0 11 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
10 Oliver, Clayton C 77% 0 0 25 11 14 4 0 3 6 6 1 1 1 5
24 Rowston, Harry RR 62% 1 0 16 7 9 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 2
18 Stone, Conor INT 75% 0 1 11 3 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
20 Stringer, Jake FPL 93% 6 2 12 11 1 4 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 1
15 Taylor, Sam FB 25% 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1 Thomas, Harvey WR 78% 0 0 11 4 7 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFL 83% 0 0 21 14 7 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 15 11 330 175 155 64 36 54 30 58 20 21 37 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

Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
39 C. Idun 15 S. Taylor 37 J. Fonti 42 L. McAndrew 3 S. Berry
2 B. Keays 13 T. Walker 32 D. Fogarty 23 I. Rankine 40 H. Hall-Kahan
FORWARD 28 A. Neal-Bullen 27 L. Nankervis
HALF-BACK

14 J. Soligo
6 L. Whitfield 27 H. Himmelberg 7 L. Ash

19 Z. Taylor
8 J. Rachele 7 R. Thilthorpe 44 I. Cumming



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 R. Angwin 10 C. Oliver 1 H. Thomas



6 D. Curtin 12 J. Dawson (c) 15 B. Cook FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 K. Briggs 43 R. Hamilton
HALF-FORWARD 24 H. Rowston 41 N. Madden
46 C. Brown 38 J. Delana 3 S. Coniglio 4 T. Greene (c) 31 T. McMullin
29 R. Laird 48 M. Keane 30 W. Milera

33 X. O'Halloran
HALF-BACK

18 C. Stone
FORWARD



20 J. Stringer 5 A. Cadman 35 M. Gruzewski



16 M. Michalanney 35 J. Borlase 24 J. Worrell



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Izak Rankine goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:45
GWSY Jake Stringer behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 04:28
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 05:22
ADEL Ben Keays behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 07:42
GWSY Callum Brown behind 2.1.13 - 0.2.2 09:45
GWSY Toby Greene behind 2.1.13 - 0.3.3 12:04
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 3.1.19 - 0.3.3 13:07
ADEL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 0.3.3 14:48
GWSY Jake Stringer goal 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 16:24
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 4.2.26 - 1.3.9 17:50
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 5.2.32 - 1.3.9 20:22
GWSY Max Gruzewski behind 5.2.32 - 1.4.10 24:17
ADEL Ben Keays goal 6.2.38 - 1.4.10 25:01
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 7.2.44 - 1.4.10 27:13
ADEL Ben Keays goal 8.2.50 - 1.4.10 28:53
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 9.2.56 - 1.4.10 31:40
Q2 GWSY Conor Stone behind 9.2.56 - 1.5.11 00:43
GWSY Riley Hamilton goal 9.2.56 - 2.5.17 03:20
GWSY Toby Greene behind 9.2.56 - 2.6.18 07:42
GWSY Toby Greene behind 9.2.56 - 2.7.19 09:58
GWSY Jake Stringer goal 9.2.56 - 3.7.25 10:41
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 10.2.62 - 3.7.25 13:02
GWSY Toby Greene goal 10.2.62 - 4.7.31 15:47
ADEL Isaac Cumming goal 11.2.68 - 4.7.31 18:18
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 11.3.69 - 4.7.31 20:34
GWSY Aaron Cadman goal 11.3.69 - 5.7.37 21:19
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 11.4.70 - 5.7.37 25:32
GWSY Jake Stringer behind 11.4.70 - 5.8.38 26:12
GWSY Jake Stringer goal 11.4.70 - 6.8.44 27:59
GWSY Callum Brown goal 11.4.70 - 7.8.50 29:27
ADEL Rushed behind 11.5.71 - 7.8.50 30:53
Q3 ADEL Josh Rachele behind 11.6.72 - 7.8.50 05:49
GWSY Jake Stringer goal 11.6.72 - 8.8.56 07:24
ADEL Lachlan McAndrew goal 12.6.78 - 8.8.56 09:14
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 13.6.84 - 8.8.56 10:54
GWSY Max Gruzewski goal 13.6.84 - 9.8.62 14:30
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 14.6.90 - 9.8.62 16:24
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 15.6.96 - 9.8.62 18:10
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 16.6.102 - 9.8.62 20:28
GWSY Harry Rowston goal 16.6.102 - 10.8.68 21:39
ADEL Hugo Hall-Kahan behind 16.7.103 - 10.8.68 25:06
GWSY Rushed behind 16.7.103 - 10.9.69 26:35
ADEL Rushed behind 16.8.104 - 10.9.69 27:20
ADEL Ben Keays goal 17.8.110 - 10.9.69 28:18
GWSY Jake Stringer goal 17.8.110 - 11.9.75 30:36
Q4 ADEL Izak Rankine goal 18.8.116 - 11.9.75 01:40
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 18.9.117 - 11.9.75 03:20
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 19.9.123 - 11.9.75 04:56
GWSY Jake Stringer goal 19.9.123 - 12.9.81 06:41
GWSY Riley Hamilton behind 19.9.123 - 12.10.82 08:26
ADEL Rushed behind 19.10.124 - 12.10.82 09:30
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 19.11.125 - 12.10.82 10:41
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 20.11.131 - 12.10.82 12:32
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 21.11.137 - 12.10.82 14:59
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 22.11.143 - 12.10.82 18:01
GWSY Nick Madden goal 22.11.143 - 13.10.88 20:44
GWSY Aaron Cadman goal 22.11.143 - 14.10.94 21:59
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 22.12.144 - 14.10.94 23:54
GWSY Aaron Cadman behind 22.12.144 - 14.11.95 24:38
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 22.13.145 - 14.11.95 26:02
ADEL Dan Curtin goal 23.13.151 - 14.11.95 26:47
GWSY Xavier O'Halloran goal 23.13.151 - 15.11.101 29:02
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 24.13.157 - 15.11.101 30:36