Essendon vs Adelaide - Round 21, 2026 - Live Scores & Stats

Essendon vs Adelaide – Round 21, 2026

The Essendon Bombers face the Adelaide Crows in Round 21 of the 2026 AFL season. Follow the live scores, team lists, match statistics and key moments from the game at Marvel Stadium.

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

Essendon

DATE	OPP	RESULT
25/7/26	Hawthorn	L 132 - 39
19/7/26	GWS	W 67 - 64
12/7/26	Brisbane	L 149 - 59
5/7/26	St Kilda	L 50 - 117
28/6/26	North Melbourne	L 79 - 65

Adelaide

DATE	OPP	RESULT
23/7/26	Collingwood	L 74 - 108
17/7/26	Sydney	W 71 - 87
11/7/26	Gold Coast	W 128 - 49
3/7/26	West Coast	W 74 - 99
27/6/26	Port Adelaide	L 97 - 71

Score Breakdown

	1	2	3	4
	3.1 19	5.3 33	7.5 47	11.7 73
	7.2 44	10.6 66	15.7 97	23.7 145

Best On Ground

Zach Merrett Z Merrett28 disposals

Will Setterfield W Setterfield28 disposals

Peter Wright P Wright6 goals

Jordan Dawson J Dawson30 disposals

Izak Rankine I Rankine23 disposals
3 goals

Riley Thilthorpe R Thilthorpe5 goals

Essendon

Adelaide

Essendon

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Andrew McGrath	11	10	21	5	0	1	0	3	0	0
Angus Clarke	2	1	3	1	0	1	0	2	1	0
Archer Day-Wicks	3	7	10	4	0	0	1	7	0	0
Archie Roberts	11	15	26	5	0	0	2	1	0	0
Dyson Sharp	15	7	22	2	0	2	0	6	0	0
Harrison Jones	5	3	8	1	0	1	1	5	1	0
Hussien El Achkar	6	7	13	1	0	1	1	1	2	0
Isaac Kako	6	1	7	6	0	0	0	1	0	1
Jacob Farrow	10	6	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaxon Artemis	9	11	20	7	0	1	0	3	0	1
Jaxon Prior	8	3	11	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Kyle Langford	10	9	19	6	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mason Redman	15	4	19	4	0	3	1	2	0	1
Max Kondogiannis	5	4	9	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
Nate Caddy	6	2	8	2	0	2	0	0	1	3
Nick Bryan	3	5	8	0	21	0	1	2	0	0
Peter Wright	12	5	17	6	8	4	1	0	6	1
Rhys Unwin	3	4	7	2	0	1	1	2	0	0
Sam Durham	11	13	24	4	0	1	2	6	0	0
Will Setterfield	14	14	28	3	0	2	3	8	0	0
Zach Merrett	12	16	28	5	0	2	2	2	0	0
Zach Reid	9	2	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zak Johnson	8	7	15	5	0	0	1	0	0	0

Adelaide

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Alex Neal-Bullen	9	10	19	3	0	2	0	1	0	0
Archie Ludowyke	6	3	9	5	0	1	0	1	1	0
Ben Keays	5	5	10	2	0	0	1	1	3	0
Billy Dowling	13	5	18	11	0	0	1	2	3	2
Brayden Cook	7	4	11	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Callum Ah Chee	9	6	15	5	0	1	1	2	2	0
Dan Curtin	10	8	18	5	0	0	0	4	0	1
Hugo Hall-Kahan	14	4	18	5	0	0	1	2	1	0
Isaac Cumming	8	9	17	3	0	0	1	2	0	0
Izak Rankine	18	5	23	7	0	1	1	5	3	0
Jake Soligo	13	6	19	5	0	2	3	7	0	0
James Borlase	5	5	10	4	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jordan Dawson	18	12	30	4	0	3	3	3	0	0
Josh Rachele	7	4	11	4	0	1	0	2	2	0
Josh Worrell	7	7	14	5	0	1	0	2	0	0
Lachlan McAndrew	6	6	12	1	38	2	0	3	0	1
Luke Nankervis	9	6	15	3	0	0	1	3	0	0
Mark Keane	9	6	15	6	0	1	5	0	0	0
Max Michalanney	7	6	13	4	0	0	2	3	0	0
Oscar Ryan	11	8	19	3	0	2	1	3	1	0
Riley Thilthorpe	13	2	15	10	9	0	1	4	5	2
Taylor Walker	7	0	7	5	0	1	1	1	2	1
Zac Taylor	4	7	11	2	0	1	0	4	0	0

Essendon

Adelaide

IN	Zak Johnson, Kyle Langford, Nick Bryan, Harrison Jones, Rhys Unwin
OUT	Jordan Ridley (Injured), Ben McKay (Omitted), Lachie Blakiston (Omitted), Sullivan Robey (Injured), Nikolas Cox (Omitted)

IN	Mark Keane, Callum Ah Chee, Brayden Cook, Billy Dowling, Archie Ludowyke, Oscar Ryan
OUT	Wayne Milera (Injured), Sam Berry (Injured), Finnbar Maley (Omitted), James Peatling (Injured), Nick Murray (Omitted), Toby Murray (Omitted)

FB	1	Andrew McGrath	31	Zach Reid	40	Zak Johnson
FF	40	Hugo Hall-Kahan	13	Taylor Walker	2	Ben Keays
HB	25	Jaxon Prior	21	Archie Roberts	27	Mason Redman
HF	28	Alex Neal-Bullen	7	Riley Thilthorpe	8	Josh Rachele
C	36	Angus Clarke	22	Sam Durham	34	Jaxon Artemis
C	4	Callum Ah Chee	12	Jordan Dawson	15	Brayden Cook
HF	4	Kyle Langford	30	Nate Caddy	44	Archer Day-Wicks
HB	44	Isaac Cumming	48	Mark Keane	27	Luke Nankervis
FF	10	Isaac Kako	20	Peter Wright	2	Jacob Farrow
FB	24	Josh Worrell	35	James Borlase	16	Max Michalanney

FOLLOWERS
24	Nick Bryan
7	Zach Merrett
15	Dyson Sharp

INTERCHANGE
33	Hussien El Achkar
12	Will Setterfield
23	Harrison Jones
29	Max Kondogiannis
38	Rhys Unwin

EMERGENCIES
5	Elijah Tsatas
16	Archie Perkins
17	Vigo Visentini

FOLLOWERS
42	Lachlan McAndrew
23	Izak Rankine
14	Jake Soligo

INTERCHANGE
19	Zac Taylor
31	Billy Dowling
34	Archie Ludowyke
6	Dan Curtin
22	Oscar Ryan

EMERGENCIES
9	Nick Murray
38	Lachlan Sholl
39	Toby Murray

Essendon

IN

Z. Johnson, K. Langford, N. Bryan, H. Jones, R. Unwin

OUT

J. Ridley, B. McKay, L. Blakiston, S. Robey, N. Cox

B	A. McGrath, Z. Reid, Z. Johnson
HB	J. Prior, A. Roberts, M. Redman
C	A. Clarke, S. Durham, J. Artemis
HF	K. Langford, N. Caddy, A. Day-Wicks
F	I. Kako, P. Wright, J. Farrow
FOL	N. Bryan, Z. Merrett, D. Sharp
I/C	H. El Achkar, W. Setterfield, H. Jones, M. Kondogiannis, R. Unwin
EMG	E. Tsatas, A. Perkins, V. Visentini

Adelaide

IN

M. Keane, C. Ah Chee, B. Cook, B. Dowling, A. Ludowyke, O. Ryan

OUT

W. Milera, S. Berry, F. Maley, J. Peatling, N. Murray, T. Murray

B	J. Worrell, J. Borlase, M. Michalanney
HB	I. Cumming, M. Keane, L. Nankervis
C	C. Ah Chee, J. Dawson, B. Cook
HF	A. Neal-Bullen, R. Thilthorpe, J. Rachele
F	H. Hall-Kahan, T. Walker, B. Keays
FOL	L. McAndrew, I. Rankine, J. Soligo
I/C	Z. Taylor, B. Dowling, A. Ludowyke, D. Curtin, O. Ryan
EMG	N. Murray, L. Sholl, T. Murray

ESSENDON

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ADELAIDE

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Essendon vs Adelaide – Round 21, 2026

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

Essendon

Adelaide

Match Summary

Score Breakdown

Best On Ground

Team Stats

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Player Stats

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Team Lists

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