Player news from R17 of 2025: Adelaide vs Melbourne

Izak Rankine (100/130): Rotating from mids to attack with plenty of one-on-one wins over McVee
Rankine contributed with 16 touches, 4 grabs, 4 tackles and booted 5.1.
Jake Soligo (95/102): Playing central midfield on Pickett
Soligo contributed with 21 possessions, 6 marks and 6 tackles.
James Peatling (90/92): Playing defensive forward with centre rotations
Peatling contributed with 25 touches, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Jordan Dawson (90/95): Playing central midfield with Oliver on him
Dawson contributed with 25 touches, 4 marks, 6 tackles and 3 frees against.
Ben Keays (86/100): Mostly starting forward on Bowey
Keays contributed with 23 possessions, 2 grabs and kicked 2.3.
Reilly O’Brien (84/100): First ruck
O’Brien contributed with 10 touches, 7 grabs, 2 tackles and 34 hit outs.
Sam Berry (76/103): Rotating through midfield
Berry contributed with 16 touches, 2 marks and 8 tackles.
Rory Laird (76/84): At half back
Laird contributed with 21 touches, 4 marks and 3 tackles.
Darcy Fogarty (75/93): Starting forward on Lever
Fogarty contributed with 15 touches, 6 marks and 2.2.
Mark Keane (70/105): In defence on Jefferson
Keane contributed with 17 touches, 5 grabs, 4 tackles and 3 frees against.
Brodie Smith (66/85): Playing a half back role on Tholstrup
Smith added 20 possessions and 2 tackles.
Alex Neal-Bullen (61/51): Playing a HFF role on Rivers
Neal-Bullen added 14 possessions and 5 tackles.
Josh Worrell (55/84): Playing key defender on Fritsch
Worrell contributed with 18 possessions, 5 grabs and 3 frees against.
Daniel Curtin (50/71): Starting on a wing on Langford
Curtin contributed with 9 disposals, 5 grabs and 1.0.
Max Michalanney (49/41): Returned to his traditional role today after a rare venture forward last week… 4 marks and 14 possessions. Playing back pocket.

Mitchell Hinge (47/62): Rotating in defence
Hinge contributed with 12 disposals, 2 marks and 3 tackles.
Riley Thilthorpe (44/45): Playing a forward/ruck role on May
Thilthorpe contributed with 9 touches, 5 grabs, 5 hit outs and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Taylor Walker (44/55): In attack on Turner
Walker contributed with 9 possessions, 4 marks and 2.1.
Isaac Cumming (40/51): Coming off a wing on Langdon
Cumming also had 13 possessions.
Zac Taylor (28/22): Rotating on ball
Taylor contributed with 5 disposals, 3 grabs and 1.0.
Josh Rachele (26/10): Hyperextended left knee when landing after a contest with Bowey in Q2 and subbed off at HT for Murphy… 0.1 from 4 possessions and 3 marks. Playing a deep forward role.

Jordon Butts (22/27): In defence on Melksham
Butts added 6 touches and 2 grabs.
Lachlan Murphy (9/-1): On after HT for Rachele… 2 possessions. Late replacement for Wayne Milera… started as the sub.

Jack Viney (120/109): In central midfield
Viney contributed with 30 possessions, 4 marks and 9 tackles.
Steven May (103/106): Playing FB on Thilthorpe
May added 23 disposals and 12 marks.
Daniel Turner (99/86): In defence on Walker
Turner added 20 possessions and 16 marks.
Ed Langdon (99/88): Running off a wing on Cumming
Langdon contributed with 25 touches, 8 marks and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Max Gawn (97/84): Copped a knock to the left ribs in a clash with Dawson in Q2 and looked sore… 27 hit outs… also 16 possessions and 2 tackles. Lead ruck.
Gawn also had 6 marks.
Jake Bowey (93/85): Starting at half back on Keays
Bowey contributed with 26 disposals, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Kysaiah Pickett (92/91): Rotating in midfield on Soligo and attack
Pickett contributed with 24 touches, 3 grabs, 2 tackles and 2.2.
Trent Rivers (90/110): First goal… 23 possessions and 5 marks plus 2 tackles… 1.1 as well. Starting at half back on Neal-Bullen.

Christian Salem (90/82): Starting at half back
Salem added 22 disposals and 10 grabs.
Kade Chandler (80/90): Playing a high forward role
Chandler contributed with 17 possessions, 2 grabs and 10 tackles.
Christian Petracca (70/79): Starting in midfield and rotating forward
Petracca contributed with 23 possessions, 3 grabs, 2 tackles and booted 0.3.
Jake Lever (68/88): Limped off with corked right knee after a heavy clash with Murphy in Q3… 10 marks and 14 possessions. In defence on Fogarty.

Jacob van Rooyen (66/73): Playing a forward/ruck role
van Rooyen contributed with 12 touches, 3 marks, 3 tackles, 3 hit outs and managed 2.0.
Tom Sparrow (65/79): Starting forward
Sparrow contributed with 12 possessions, 4 marks, 5 tackles and 1.0.
Clayton Oliver (63/75): Playing inside midfield on Dawson
Oliver contributed with 23 possessions, 4 tackles and 3 frees against.
Jake Melksham (62/84): Starting at half forward and has big Butts
Melksham contributed with 8 touches, 3 grabs and 4.1 on the scoreboard.
Harvey Langford (61/82): Starting on a wing on Curtin
Langford contributed with 17 disposals, 2 marks and 3 tackles.
Judd McVee (60/47): Well beaten in positioning and skill on the day… 14 possessions including 10 kicks… also 6 marks. Playing deep defender on the resting mid which is mostly Rankine.

Xavier Lindsay (56/44): Starting on a HFF
Lindsay added 18 touches and 4 marks.
Bayley Fritsch (36/35): Playing third tall forward on Worrell
Fritsch contributed with 9 disposals, 2 tackles and managed 1.2.
Matthew Jefferson (30/24): Playing key forward on Keane
Jefferson contributed with 5 touches, 3 grabs and 2 tackles.
Koltyn Tholstrup (19/22): Coming off a HFF on Smith… 6 possessions. Subbed off in Q4 for Sharp.

Harry Sharp (4/8): On in Q4 for Tholstrup… 2 possessions. Started as the sub.