with five rounds to go a round of upsets sends shockwaves
richmond (11-6) vs collingwood (9-8) mcg friday night
two old rivals go head to head. richmond never looked in trouble but were never too far ahead or behind 3 points up at 1/4 time but collingwood had a 9 point lead at 1/2 time richmond 4 goals to 1 in the third to lead by 10 points at 3/4 time richmond moved a step closer to a home final with a 20 point win they face though a nightmare trip to play brisbane on sunday collingwood are still alive though host bulldogs on sunday.
Richmond 3.0.18 4.6.30 8.10.58 10.11.71
Collingwood 2.3.15 5.9.39 6.12.48 6.15.51
major goals
rich ottens 3, richardson 3, rogers 2
coll n davis 3
geelong (9-8) vs melbourne (6-11) mcg saturday afternoon
can geelong keep their season going a fairly easy match should help them.
geelong for three quarters had the edge leading by 8 points at 1/4 time and 15 points at 1/2 time but a 5 goal to 1 third saw melbourne get an 11 point lead at 3/4 time geelongs inaccuracy kept the dees infront by 3 points at the end they host hawthorn saturday night geelong need to beat the roos on friday night to stay alive.
Geelong 5.3.33 9.6.60 10.7.67 15.10.100
Melbourne 4.1.25 7.3.45 12.6.78 16.7.103
major goals
geel graham 5, kingsley 4, burns 2
mel robertson 5, green 3, farmer 2, febey 2
hawthorn (12-5) vs freemantle (0-17) etihad stadium saturday afternoon
who can freemantle beat a record 18 straight losses (they lost the last game in 2000) hawthorn may have been lucky to win last week and this game will be full of suprises at 1/4 time the game was going according to script hawthorn lead by 28 points at 1/4 time a close second quarter had the lead 29 points at 1/2 time this is usually when freematnle fade out but a 5 goal to 2 third cut the lead to 13 points and all of a sudden there fans got excited and they didn’t fail to disappoint blowing hawthorn away with a 6 goal to 1 last to win by 16 points for their first win since round 21 2000 they have the derby next sunday so may win back to back hawthorn play melbourne on saturday night.
Hawthorn 7.2.44 10.5.65 12.8.80 13.12.90
Fremantle 2.4.16 5.6.36 10.7.67 16.10.106
major goals
haw lord 4, barker 3
free longmuir 5, pavlich 4, koops 3, bell 2
sydney (10-7) vs kangaroos (8-9) scg saturday night
surely the roos won’t fall short a third week of a major upset right right the answer is its almost five times worse margin even worse than there round 3 loss in the same fixture or their round 1 loss (85 points) to essendon anyway at 1/4 time the lead was 21 points to sydney and the roos only kicked one first half goal and 50 points down a closer third only has sydney sitll 61 points up but like round 3 its the last that does them in 9 goals to 1 the final margin is 107 points the second biggest margin of the season so far (biggest carltons win over west coast in round 10) sydney have now won 5 in a row travel to essendon on sunday kangaroos host geelong friday night to keep their now very slim finals hopes alive
Sydney 5.2.32 10.4.64 13.8.86 22.11.143
Kangaroos 1.5.11 1.8.14 2.13.25 3.18.36
major goals
syd kelly 3, stafford 3, creswell 2, kirk 2 nicks 2, schwass 2, willams 2
kang no major goal kickers.
brisbane (12-5) vs bulldogs (9-8) gabba sunday afternoon
after 8 straiht wins when will brisbane slow down suppisrly close for three quarters brisbane lead by 6 points at 1/4 time 21 points at 1/2 time 12 points at 3/4 time and bulldogs thought they might have another revenge for their loss in last years elimination final it didn’t end that way brisbane put the game away in the end by 33 points. they host richmond on sunday bulldogs play collingwood on sunday
Brisbane Lions 4.4.28 8.10.58 13.16.94 19.22.136
Western Bulldogs 3.4.22 5.7.37 12.10.82 15.13.103
major goals
bris akermanis 4 (great from the brownlow medalist) hedland 3, lynch 3, black 2, brown 2
wb garlick 5, grant 3, bartlett 2, johnson 2
port (11-6) vs adelaide (9-8) aami stadium sunday afternoon
showdown 10 was better than showdown 9 the crows started well leading by 18 points at 1/4 time port kept coming though cuting the lead to 7 points at 1/2 time a goalless third by adelaide put port up by 16 points adeliade almost snagged a win but fell 8 points short they host carlton in a do or die clash on saturday night port travel to play st kilda on saturday afternoon
Port Adelaide 3.3.21 9.5.59 13.7.85 16.11.107
Adelaide 6.3.39 10.6.66 10.9.69 15.9.99
major goals
port c cornes 3, primus 3, cockatoo-colins 2, francis 2, tredrea 2, wangaeen 2
adel riccuito 3, mcleoud 2, stevens 2
essendon (14-3) vs carlton (10-7) mcg sunday afternoon
after a rare loss essendon face the first team to beat them this year carlton amazingly history repeated itselt maybe not as remarkable a 19 point lead at 1/4 time essendon cut the lead to 8 points at 1/2 time 2 points at 3/4 time but carlton not only held firm but won by 7 points to keep their top 4 hopes alive they travel to adelaide on saturday night essendon host sydney on sunday and may need to win to avoid losing title favouriteism
Essendon 4.0.24 9.1.55 11.8.74 14.11.95
Carlton 7.1.43 10.3.63 12.4.76 16.6.102
major goals
carl lappin 5, franchina 3, campreale 2 (against his future side)
ess lloyd 4, barnard 2
west coast (3-14) vs st kilda (3-14) subiaco sunday afternoon
after horrific years what maybe their last win for either of them a close start was the only highlight for st kilda till the last trailing by 11 points at 1/4 time west coast destroyed them in the middle quarters 53 points at 1/2 time 101 points at 3/4 time and it looked like we’d have a record margin but st kilda won the last quarter to cut the lead to 92 points they host port west coast host the derby
West Coast 5.4.34 13.10.88 23.11.149 26.15.171
St Kilda 3.5.23 5.5.35 7.6.48 12.7.79
major goals
wc embley 4, mcintosh 4, jones 3, taylor 3, green 2, haynes 2, wirapunda 2, kerr 2
st k milne 2, wuff 2
ladder
ess 14 4 56 135.9
bri 13 5 52 123.5
por 12 6 48 120.2
haw 12 6 48 106.5
ric 12 6 48 105.7
car 11 7 44 125.7
syd 11 7 44 118.1
col 9 9 36 108.7
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gee 9 9 36 104.0
ade 9 9 36 96.6
wb 9 9 36 96.5
kan 8 10 32 92.1
mel 7 11 28 88.4
wc 4 14 16 68.9
stk 3 15 12 72.7
fre 0 18 0 70.2
round 19
friday
kangaroos vs geelong ES (N)
saturday
st kilda vs port ES
melbourne vs hawthorn MCG (N)
adeliade vs carlton AAMI (N)
sunday
brisbane vs richmond G
Collingwood vs bulldogs MCG
essendon vs sydney ES
west coast vs freemantle S
Harrison’s world 