Richmond v Adelaide Crows, Round 9 2026
2026 AFLRound 9
| Club | QT | HT | 3QT | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIC | 3.2 20 | 7.4 46 | 7.5 47 | 9.7 61 |
| ADE | 3.2 20 | 5.6 36 | 10.10 70 | 14.14 98 |
MCG, MelbourneRain, 17°Lead changes 8
Recap
Adelaide too strong for Richmond
Adelaide 14.14 (98) beat Richmond 9.7 (61) at MCG in Round 9, a 37-point win. The lead changed 8 times.
Alex Neal-Bullen kicked two goals for Adelaide and Josh Rachele two; Tom Lynch kicked three for Richmond.
Izak Rankine led the way with 33 disposals, a goal, 9 tackles and 10 marks.
A run of six straight goals across the third and last quarters turned a 10-point deficit into a 30-point lead.
Adelaide laid 62 tackles to 38 and took 141 marks to 92.
In context
- A career-high 33 disposals for Izak Rankine (previous best 30).
Best on ground
Adelaide · #23 · 78% game time
- 33
- D
- 1
- G
- 10
- M
- 9
- T
4 clearances · 8 inside 50s · AFL Fantasy 162
Brownlow votes2026 count
Score worm
Richmond aheadAdelaide aheadGoalFour or more goals in a row
- 6 goals in a row to AdelaideQ3 0:33 – Q4 2:46
- Adelaide lead by 37Q4 28:15
RichmondGoals
- T. Lynch 3
- N. Balta 1.2
- M. Lefau 1.1
- S. Campbell 1
- S. Cumming 1
- S. Green 1
- T. Sonsie 1
AdelaideGoals
- A. Neal-Bullen 2.2
- J. Rachele 2.1
- R. Thilthorpe 1.3
- T. Murray 1.1
- L. Pedlar 1.1
- I. Rankine 1.1
- I. Cumming 1
- D. Curtin 1
- J. Dawson 1
- B. Keays 1
- L. McAndrew 1
- N. Murray 1
- Venue
- MCG, Melbourne
- Field umpires
- Alex Whetton, Peter Bailes, Harrison Birch, Nicholas McGinness
RichmondFinal team
Interchange
EmergenciesN. Roberts-Thomson, S. Grlj, S. Ryan
In
- +Tim Taranto
- +Luke Trainor
Out
- −Dion Prestia · Injured
- −Sam Grlj · Managed
Adelaide CrowsFinal team
How the FanCrew rating works
FanCrew rating: Champion Data rating points and AFL Fantasy points together, on a 0–10 scale against every AFL game since 2001 (Fantasy points alone before 2012). 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need 15% game time to be rated.
Adelaide laid 62 tackles to 38 and took 141 marks to 92.
RICAttackADE
- Inside 50s 54
- Scoring shots 14.1428
- Accuracy 50%
45
169.7
56%
The ball
- Disposals 385
- Contested possessions 118
- Clearances 29
- Marks 141
- Tackles 62
- Free kicks 18
- Biggest lead 37
345
127
27
92
38
20
11
Richmond9.761
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5J. Ross | 26 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 96 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | |
| 14T. Taranto | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 87 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| 15J. Short | 26 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19T. Lynch | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12B. Miller | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21N. Balta | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 79 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 11L. TrainorInt | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 33P. Retschko | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| 36J. Trezise | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| 48S. Green | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 66 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 42M. Lefau | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1N. Vlastuin | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2J. HopperInt | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 75 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | |
| 40T. Sonsie | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 44S. Campbell | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 35N. Broad | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 50C. Gray | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 47O. Hayes-BrownInt | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9 | |
| 45T. BurtonInt | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 8J. Faull | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 22S. CummingInt | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28K. McAuliffe | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 30T. Brown | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 345 | 9 | 6 | 92 | 38 | 27 | 1359 | 196 | 149 | 45 | 19 |
Adelaide Crows14.1498
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23I. Rankine | 33 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 162 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | |
| 12J. Dawson | 29 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 133 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| 30W. Milera | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 113 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| 29R. Laird | 27 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 110 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| 42L. McAndrew | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 86 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 33 | |
| 15B. Cook | 22 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| 8J. Rachele | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| 25J. Peatling | 19 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 93 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| 28A. Neal-Bullen | 16 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 24J. Worrell | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 88 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2B. Keays | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3S. Berry | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 69 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19Z. TaylorInt | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 72 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| 6D. CurtinInt | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 35J. Borlase | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10L. PedlarInt | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 39T. Murray | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 69 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 44I. Cumming | 15 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 7R. Thilthorpe | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21H. BondInt | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16M. Michalanney | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 14J. SoligoInt | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9N. Murray | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 385 | 14 | 12 | 141 | 62 | 29 | 1781 | 249 | 136 | 54 | 37 |
Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.
First quarterRIC 3.2 (20) · ADE 3.2 (20)
- 0:51BehindR. ThilthorpeADE0.0 (0) – 0.1 (1)
- 5:51GoalT. LynchRICLead change1.0 (6) – 0.1 (1)
- 9:53GoalL. PedlarADELead change1.0 (6) – 1.1 (7)
- 15:39BehindT. BurtonRICLevel1.1 (7) – 1.1 (7)
- 17:58GoalA. Neal-BullenADE1.1 (7) – 2.1 (13)
- 20:13GoalN. BaltaRICLevel2.1 (13) – 2.1 (13)
- 22:46GoalI. RankineADE2.1 (13) – 3.1 (19)
- 23:59GoalS. CampbellRICLevel3.1 (19) – 3.1 (19)
- 27:05RushedRichmondRICLead change3.2 (20) – 3.1 (19)
- 28:08BehindA. Neal-BullenADELevel3.2 (20) – 3.2 (20)
Second quarterRIC 4.2 (26) · ADE 2.4 (16)
- 0:47BehindA. Neal-BullenADELead change3.2 (20) – 3.3 (21)
- 1:37BehindN. BaltaRICLevel3.3 (21) – 3.3 (21)
- 3:23BehindJ. RacheleADE3.3 (21) – 3.4 (22)
- 6:53GoalT. LynchRICLead change4.3 (27) – 3.4 (22)
- 10:57BehindR. ThilthorpeADE4.3 (27) – 3.5 (23)
- 12:43GoalT. SonsieRIC5.3 (33) – 3.5 (23)
- 17:22GoalD. CurtinADE5.3 (33) – 4.5 (29)
- 18:44GoalN. MurrayADELead change5.3 (33) – 5.5 (35)
- 20:15BehindK. McAuliffeRIC5.4 (34) – 5.5 (35)
- 22:15GoalS. GreenRICLead change6.4 (40) – 5.5 (35)
- 25:58GoalM. LefauRIC7.4 (46) – 5.5 (35)
- 27:47BehindS. BerryADE7.4 (46) – 5.6 (36)
Third quarterRIC 0.1 (1) · ADE 5.4 (34)
- 0:33GoalJ. RacheleADE7.4 (46) – 6.6 (42)
- 1:53BehindI. RankineADE7.4 (46) – 6.7 (43)
- 2:58GoalR. ThilthorpeADELead change7.4 (46) – 7.7 (49)
- 6:49RushedAdelaideADE7.4 (46) – 7.8 (50)
- 8:42GoalA. Neal-BullenADE7.4 (46) – 8.8 (56)
- 11:55BehindJ. PeatlingADE7.4 (46) – 8.9 (57)
- 16:59BehindR. ThilthorpeADE7.4 (46) – 8.10 (58)
- 18:26GoalJ. DawsonADE7.4 (46) – 9.10 (64)
- 20:52RushedRichmondRIC7.5 (47) – 9.10 (64)
- 25:20GoalI. CummingADE7.5 (47) – 10.10 (70)
Last quarterRIC 2.2 (14) · ADE 4.4 (28)
- 1:14BehindT. MurrayADE7.5 (47) – 10.11 (71)
- 2:46GoalT. MurrayADE7.5 (47) – 11.11 (77)
- 6:36GoalT. LynchRIC8.5 (53) – 11.11 (77)
- 10:02BehindM. LefauRIC8.6 (54) – 11.11 (77)
- 13:12GoalS. CummingRIC9.6 (60) – 11.11 (77)
- 15:14RushedAdelaideADE9.6 (60) – 11.12 (78)
- 17:05BehindZ. TaylorADE9.6 (60) – 11.13 (79)
- 20:09BehindL. PedlarADE9.6 (60) – 11.14 (80)
- 21:27BehindT. TarantoRIC9.7 (61) – 11.14 (80)
- 22:54GoalJ. RacheleADE9.7 (61) – 12.14 (86)
- 25:58GoalL. McAndrewADE9.7 (61) – 13.14 (92)
- 28:15GoalB. KeaysADE9.7 (61) – 14.14 (98)