the last fortnight before the 2001 finals leaves the flag race
richmond (13-7) vs kangaroos (9-11) mcg friday night
kanagroos need a win to save their finals hopes it was a close game with richmond only dominating the third quarter but the roos almost won the last but richmond moved into the top 4 by 4 points they play essendon friday night at the G kangaroos host collingwood in canberra on sunday.
Richmond 5.4.34 9.6.60 12.11.83 13.14.92
Kangaroos 5.2.32 9.4.58 10.8.68 13.10.88
major goals
rich broderick 3 (who), king 2 ottens 2, richardson 2
kang carey 3, grant 3, archer 2, rocca 2
carlton (12-8) vs collingwood (10-10) mcg saturday afternoon
a must win game for collingwoods season lose they won’t make the finals almost
certanly apart from the second quarter it was other than that all carlton destroying them to win by 68 points to cement a home final they host geelong on saturday collingwood travel to canberra for the roos on sunday they need sydney and/or adelaide to lose to still make the finals.
Carlton 4.3.27 8.3.51 12.6.78 20.10.130
Collingwood 2.2.14 6.4.40 7.6.48 9.8.62
major goals
carl whitnall 5, lappin 3, bradley 2, houlihan 2, plunkett 2, kotafedies 2
coll l davis 2
bulldogs (10-10) vs port (14-6) etihad stadium saturday afternoon
can the bulldogs pass collingwood and save their season. it wasn’t close at all port hunting for a club high 5th straight win wouldn’t be close a 77 point margin this ends the dogs season due to a poor percentage they host melbourne on sunday port host west coast on sunday.
Western Bulldogs 2.5.17 3.9.27 7.13.55 10.13.73
Port Adelaide 5.5.35 12.10.82 17.15.117 22.18.150
major goals
port tredrea 4, carr 3, dew 3, francis 3, burgone 2, cockatoo-colins 2, primus 2
wb eagleton 3 (against his old club), johnson 3
west coast (5-15) vs essendon (16-4) subiaco saturday night
essendon only need one more win to seal first and they get a big percentage booster with a 89 point iwn over west coast who amazingly have lost by more this season (round 10 against carlton) this is their worse home loss for the year they play port on the road on sunday essendon have richmond friday night.
West Coast 1.3.9 2.5.17 5.9.39 6.11.47
Essendon 7.2.44 10.5.65 17.7.109 21.10.136
major goals
ess lloyd 7 (close to 100 goals for the year), rioli 3, barnard 2, hird 2
wc wilson 3
adeliade (11-9) vs hawthorn (13-7) aami stadium sunday afternoon
can the hawks avoid another embarrasment no they may be in the 8 but keep this up and they’ll be out week one especially after dropping to 6th and may have to do this again in two weeks. a 38 point loss was lucky it wasn’t more. adeliade travel to perth to play freemantle hawthorn host st kilda in an attempt to get a home final.
Adelaide 5.2.32 6.4.40 10.7.67 13.13.91
Hawthorn 0.0.0 2.3.15 4.5.29 8.5.53
major goals
adel goodwin 4, johnson 2, mcleoud 2, stevens 2
haw lord 2
sydney (11-9) vs st kilda (3-17) scg sunday afternoon
any more wins for saints this season. it wasn’t close despite winning in round 6 this wasn’t close final margin 87 points the top 8 is set they travel to brisbane on saturday night st kilda play hawthorn.
Sydney 4.4.28 12.8.80 18.12.120 21.16.142
St Kilda 4.2.26 5.3.33 5.5.35 8.7.55
major goals
syd nicks 6, kirk 3, lewis 2, mcpherson 2, schabule 2
stk hall 3 (against his future club), riwedalt 2 (great game from a future legend)
geelong (9-11) vs brisbane (15-5) skilled stadium sunday afternoon
is 12 straight wins happeing for brisbane. a horror third quarter to geelong gave brisbane a 43 point win they host sydney geelong travel to carlton.
Geelong 4.5.29 6.9.45 7.12.54 9.13.67
Brisbane Lions 2.2.14 8.5.53 15.10.100 16.14.110
major goals
geel none
bris knotting 3, power 3, black 2, bradshaw 2, brown 2
melbourne (8-12) vs freemantle (1-19) mcg sunday afternoon
too little too late by melbourne but still a convicing win of 35 points they travel to bulldogs on sunday freemnatle host adeliade saturday night.
Melbourne 3.2.20 8.6.54 11.12.78 16.18.114
Fremantle 5.3.33 6.5.41 7.7.49 12.7.79
major goals
mel farmer 2, green 2, mcdonald 2, nietz 2, white 2
free schell 3, mcmanus 2, pavlich 2
ladder
ess 17 4 68 137.9
bri 16 5 64 126.9
por 15 6 60 128.9
ric 14 7 56 107.8
car 13 8 52 123.6
haw 13 8 52 105.3
syd 12 9 48 125.7
ade 12 9 48 105.0
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col 10 11 40 105.0
wb 10 11 40 93.8
gee 9 12 36 97.0
kan 9 12 36 92.6
mel 9 12 36 89.4
wc 5 16 20 68.3
stk 3 18 12 71.5
fre 1 20 4 69.5
last home and away round
friday
essendon vs richmond MCG (N)
saturday
carlton vs geelong OO
hawthorn vs st kilda MCG (N)
brisbane vs sydney G (N)
freemantle vs adelaide S (N)
sunday
kangaroos vs collingwood MO
bulldogs vs melbourne ES
port vs west coast AAMI
Harrison’s world 