Adelaide vs Melbourne 6-Jul-2025 Lineups

Sunday 6-Jul-2025

Final Round 18

Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

90 13.12

77 11.11

Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Adelaide

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

18 Jake Melksham FPL 2 Jacob van Rooyen FF 36 Kysaiah Pickett FPR

Half forwards

15 Ed Langdon HFFL 31 Bayley Fritsch CHF 37 Kade Chandler HFFR

Followers

11 Max Gawn RK 13 Clayton Oliver RR 7 Jack Viney ROV

Centre

19 Harvey Langford WL 5 Christian Petracca C 32 Tom Sparrow WR

Half backs

4 Judd McVee HBFL 10 Daniel Turner CHB 24 Trent Rivers HBFR

Backs

17 Jake Bowey BPL 1 Steven May FB 8 Jake Lever BPR

Interchange 4

3 Christian Salem INT 20 Xavier Lindsay INT 12 Koltyn Tholstrup INT 21 Matthew Jefferson INT

Substitutes 1

30 Harry Sharp SUB

2Q3Q4Q

Darcy FogartyQ1 - 1:32 - Behind - 1-0 Christian PetraccaQ1 - 2:53 - Behind - 1-1 Ben KeaysQ1 - 6:24 - Behind - 2-1 Trent RiversQ1 - 7:36 - Behind - 2-2 Trent RiversQ1 - 8:20 - Goal - 2-8 Ed LangdonQ1 - 14:16 - Behind - 2-9 Izak RankineQ1 - 15:35 - Goal - 8-9

RushedQ1 - 17:42 - Behind - 8-10

Taylor WalkerQ1 - 18:52 - Goal - 14-10 Jake MelkshamQ1 - 20:34 - Behind - 14-11

RushedQ1 - 23:32 - Behind - 15-11

Christian PetraccaQ1 - 27:39 - Behind - 15-12 Christian PetraccaQ2 - 1:33 - Behind - 15-13 Kysaiah PickettQ2 - 1:47 - Goal - 15-19 Jacob van RooyenQ2 - 4:21 - Goal - 15-25 Jacob van RooyenQ2 - 7:34 - Goal - 15-31 Jake MelkshamQ2 - 9:39 - Goal - 15-37 Kysaiah PickettQ2 - 11:50 - Goal - 15-43 Izak RankineQ2 - 14:28 - Goal - 21-43 Izak RankineQ2 - 18:42 - Goal - 27-43 Taylor WalkerQ2 - 20:26 - Behind - 28-43 Taylor WalkerQ2 - 27:02 - Goal - 34-43 Riley ThilthorpeQ2 - 28:20 - Behind - 35-43 Josh RacheleQ2 - 30:06 - Behind - 36-43

RushedQ2 - 31:10 - Behind - 37-43

Ben KeaysQ2 - 34:00 - Behind - 38-43 Ben KeaysQ3 - 0:48 - Goal - 44-43 Izak RankineQ3 - 6:44 - Goal - 50-43 Ben KeaysQ3 - 9:45 - Behind - 51-43 Bayley FritschQ3 - 10:25 - Behind - 51-44

RushedQ3 - 14:27 - Behind - 52-44

Izak RankineQ3 - 16:57 - Goal - 58-44 Jake MelkshamQ3 - 18:38 - Goal - 58-50 Zac TaylorQ3 - 20:34 - Goal - 64-50 Darcy FogartyQ3 - 24:00 - Goal - 70-50 Jake MelkshamQ3 - 27:46 - Goal - 70-56 Darcy FogartyQ3 - 31:22 - Behind - 71-56 Jake MelkshamQ4 - 2:12 - Goal - 71-62 Darcy FogartyQ4 - 4:13 - Goal - 77-62 Tom SparrowQ4 - 6:33 - Goal - 77-68 Daniel CurtinQ4 - 10:15 - Goal - 83-68 Ben KeaysQ4 - 14:55 - Goal - 89-68 Kysaiah PickettQ4 - 18:09 - Behind - 89-69 Izak RankineQ4 - 21:50 - Behind - 90-69 Bayley FritschQ4 - 22:51 - Goal - 90-75 Kysaiah PickettQ4 - 27:19 - Behind - 90-76 Bayley FritschQ4 - 29:24 - Behind - 90-77

Scoring Events

Most recent first

Bayley FritschBehind
4Q 29:2490-77
Kysaiah PickettBehind
4Q 27:1990-76
Bayley FritschGoal
4Q 22:5190-75
Izak RankineBehind
4Q 21:5090-69
Kysaiah PickettBehind
4Q 18:0989-69
Ben KeaysGoal
4Q 14:5589-68
Daniel CurtinGoal
4Q 10:1583-68
Tom SparrowGoal
4Q 6:3377-68
Darcy FogartyGoal
4Q 4:1377-62
Jake MelkshamGoal
4Q 2:1271-62
Darcy FogartyBehind
3Q 31:2271-56
Jake MelkshamGoal
3Q 27:4670-56
Darcy FogartyGoal
3Q 24:0070-50
Zac TaylorGoal
3Q 20:3464-50
Jake MelkshamGoal
3Q 18:3858-50
Izak RankineGoal
3Q 16:5758-44
RushedBehind
3Q 14:2752-44
Bayley FritschBehind
3Q 10:2551-44
Ben KeaysBehind
3Q 9:4551-43
Izak RankineGoal
3Q 6:4450-43
Ben KeaysGoal
3Q 0:4844-43
Ben KeaysBehind
2Q 34:0038-43
RushedBehind
2Q 31:1037-43
Josh RacheleBehind
2Q 30:0636-43
Riley ThilthorpeBehind
2Q 28:2035-43
Taylor WalkerGoal
2Q 27:0234-43
Taylor WalkerBehind
2Q 20:2628-43
Izak RankineGoal
2Q 18:4227-43
Izak RankineGoal
2Q 14:2821-43
Kysaiah PickettGoal
2Q 11:5015-43
Jake MelkshamGoal
2Q 9:3915-37
Jacob van RooyenGoal
2Q 7:3415-31
Jacob van RooyenGoal
2Q 4:2115-25
Kysaiah PickettGoal
2Q 1:4715-19
Christian PetraccaBehind
2Q 1:3315-13
Christian PetraccaBehind
1Q 27:3915-12
RushedBehind
1Q 23:3215-11
Jake MelkshamBehind
1Q 20:3414-11
Taylor WalkerGoal
1Q 18:5214-10
RushedBehind
1Q 17:428-10
Izak RankineGoal
1Q 15:358-9
Ed LangdonBehind
1Q 14:162-9
Trent RiversGoal
1Q 8:202-8
Trent RiversBehind
1Q 7:362-2
Ben KeaysBehind
1Q 6:242-1
Christian PetraccaBehind
1Q 2:531-1
Darcy FogartyBehind
1Q 1:321-0

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
ADE	2.3	3.5	5.3	3.1	90
MEL	1.6	5.1	2.1	3.3	77

Where the shots came from

Recorded ground view

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AdelaideMelbourne

Arrows show each team’s attacking end by quarter using the AFL feed. Ground positions are omitted when the direction is unavailable. Locations and distances are estimates.

Explore shots and disposals

Match Leaders

Goals

Izak RankineADE

Behinds

2 tied leaders

Ben KeaysADE

SuperCoach

131

Izak RankineADE

Tackles

Kade ChandlerMEL

Team Stats

ADEMEL

Scoring / Attack

13Goals11

9Behinds10

25Shots At Goal24

55Inside 50s42

11Goal Assists5

88Score Involvements88

17Marks Inside 508

3Behinds Rushed1

Possession

325Disposals392

199Kicks222

126Handballs170

129Contested Possessions133

191Uncontested Possessions252

5,677Metres Gained5,742

91Ground Ball Gets100

Clearance / Contest

33Clearances27

14Centre Clearances9

19Stoppage Clearances18

53Tackles53

41Hitouts28

10Hitouts To Advantage4

275Pressure Acts241

11Contested Marks9

Other

133Effective Kicks159

7Marks on the Lead10

6Tackles Inside 505

188AFL Player Rating Points181

7Kick-ins Played On11

49Defensive 50 Possessions77

115Defensive Midfield Possessions172

114Attacking Midfield Possessions102

42Attacking 50 Possessions34

82Marks110

15Frees For17

17Frees Against15

30Rebound 50s42

65Clangers57

53One Percenters42

3Bounces4

1,616Supercoach Points1,684

1,399Dream Team Points1,624

81Turnovers79

14Hitout To Advantage Rate23

37Spoils31

79Intercepts81

17Intercept Marks20

10Kick Ins12

Match Summary

Biggest Lead: MEL 28 pts
Longest Unanswered Run: ADE 36 pts
Lead Changes: 4
Score Ties: 2

How the match finished

Adelaide beat Melbourne by 13 points, 90–77.

Adelaide took a 15-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 13 by the final siren, scoring 21 points to 19 in the final term.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

Understanding historical coverage