Match

North Melbourne vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 23 Aug 2025

Pre Game

00:00

North Melbourne's Harry Sheezel equalled the record for disposals last round with 54. Sheezel was also involved in a career-high 15 scoring chains.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

00:38

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jacob Konstanty)

01:20

The opening goal of the game to the Crows' Ben Keays was a result from a kick-in chain. Adelaide has been ranked last over the past six rounds for transitioning from the defensive 50 to the forward 50.

01:25

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)

04:04

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)

05:08

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)

06:58

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)

07:16

Adelaide has already taken three marks inside 50 in the first seven minutes of game time, after taking only five for the entire match against Collingwood in Round 23 (competition low last week).

09:17

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Paul Curtis)

10:36

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)

12:16

Eight of Adelaide's nine tackles have been in the midfield zone. The Crows lead the tackle count 9-3. Over the course of 2025, Adelaide has the fourth-best differential in midfield tackles (average 3.4 per game).

12:40

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)

14:34

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Bailey Scott)

18:24

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)

23:29

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Dylan Stephens)

24:27

North Melbourne has stepped up the pressure in the last ten minutes, out-tackling the Crows 14-5. The Kangaroos have increased their pressure factor to 234 (positive differential of 50), after the Crows had a positive differential of 14 in this statistic during the first 14 minutes of game time.

26:48

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cooper Trembath)

30:15

In the last ten minutes, the Kangaroos have had the ball in their forward 50, 77 per cent of the time, compared to the Crows' 10 per cent. North Melbourne has outscored Adelaide 7-0 during this period.

33:00

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)

33:24

Ben Keays has been involved in six (game-high) of Adelaide's seven scores and is the only multiple goal kicker in the game with two.

33:39

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

02:21

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)

03:31

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jacob Konstanty)

04:45

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)

07:17

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Rory Laird)

09:33

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Billy Dowling)

10:01

All three of Adelaide's second-quarter goals have been sourced from turnovers, with two of these originating in their forward half.

13:34

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Billy Dowling)

13:48

During the second quarter, Adelaide has had the ball in their forward half for 72 per cent of game time compared to the Kangaroos with 19 per cent. Disposals (28-13) and Tackles (7-0) are in the Crows' favour in their respective forward halves.

17:32

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cooper Trembath)

18:18

Cooper Trembath's first goal of the second quarter for North Melbourne breaks a run of four goals by the Crows. The Kangaroos have had the last three inside 50 entries after Adelaide had seven of the previous 10.

21:37

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Charlie Comben)

23:39

The Kangaroos have dominated the clearances in the second quarter (8-3) and overall (24-12). This dominance is predominantly in the midfield, with North Melbourne having a 19-10 advantage in clearances in this zone.

23:58

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Dylan Stephens)

26:02

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)

28:29

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Zac Banch)

29:09

Eight of Tristan Xerri's 19 hit outs have been to advantage for North Melbourne. Xerri has also had the second-most first possessions in the game with six and has laid a second-quarter high of six tackles.

29:54

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (George Wardlaw)

30:43

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Paul Curtis)

33:29

From the 20 minute mark of the second quarter, North Melbourne had seven of the ten inside forward 50 entries, outscoring the Crows 20-7 during this period.

33:38

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Sam Berry)

33:43

All of Adelaide's five goals in the second quarter were sourced from North Melbourne turnovers, with three of these in the Crows' forward half. Six of Adelaide's nine goals for the game have been sourced from turnovers.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

03:02

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Jordan Dawson)

04:45

SCORE GOAL - Crows (James Peatling)

07:55

SCORE GOAL - Crows (James Peatling)

07:57

James Peatling's second goal of the quarter followed the Crows' ninth mark taken inside 50. In comparison, North Melbourne has taken just three marks inside 50. The Crows have kicked six of their 11 goals from marks.

10:43

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Luke Parker)

10:51

Luke Parker has had an equal game-high eight clearances, as the Kangaroos continue to dominate the Crows in clearances 32-16 (10-2 in the forward-half zone).

12:40

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)

14:04

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)

17:22

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)

20:52

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cooper Trembath)

21:56

Cooper Trembath's second goal of the match is his eighth AFL career goal in his third game for the Kangaroos.

22:13

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Zac Taylor)

23:41

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Paul Curtis)

25:21

Adelaide has now taken 12 marks inside 50 for the match, which is well above their average of 10.1 per game (ranked ninth).

25:47

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Alex Neal-Bullen)

27:57

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cooper Harvey)

29:48

Sam Berry has a team-high for the Crows in disposals with 21 at 76 per cent efficiency, 11 contested possessions and an equal team-high four clearances.

30:18

North Melbourne had six of the last nine clearances in the third quarter. Unsurprisingly, the Kangaroos have sourced seven of their ten goals from clearances.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

02:01

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Brodie Smith)

04:01

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)

05:42

North Melbourne have increased their pressure to start the last quarter with a pressure factor of 191 and have a slight lead over Adelaide across the course of match (184-178) in this statistic.

05:59

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jacob Konstanty)

08:18

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)

12:20

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tom Powell)

14:13

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)

16:10

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cooper Harvey)

16:32

Cooper Harvey's first goal of the match was the Kangaroos' third in succession, after the Crows had kicked the previous three. North Melbourne has also had five of the last seven inside 50 entries.

18:05

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jack Darling)

19:48

North Melbourne has had the last four clearances, and has earned four of the six centre clearances in the last quarter.

20:05

SCORE GOAL - Crows (James Peatling)

21:38

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (James Peatling)

23:57

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Paul Curtis)

28:25

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cooper Trembath)

29:12

In the last five minutes of game time, the ball has been camped in the North Melbourne's forward half with 66 per cent of time in comparison to Adelaide's 20. The Kangaroos have outscored the Crows 13-6 during this period.

32:03

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cooper Trembath)

32:13

Adelaide is behind in the contested possession count 112-141, their biggest differential for the season. The Crows' previous worst differential in 2025 was 13 against both Port Adelaide in Round 9 and the Brisbane Lions in Round 13. Adelaide is ranked third in contested possession differential in 2025 (positive 5.8 average per game).

33:15

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Jake Soligo)

34:48

Riley Thilthorpe took a career-high 12 marks, to go with a game-high 11 score involvements for the Crows. Thilthorpe's previous career-high marks taken was 10 against Port Adelaide in Round nine earlier in 2025.