west coast (4-1) vs bulldogs (3-2) waca friday night
after a strong run west coast got a reality check in the thid quarter in a 14 point loss to the bulldogs
| West Coast | 3.4.22 | 7.7.49 | 8.11.59 | 14.15.99 |
| Western Bulldogs | 4.1.25 | 8.4.52 | 14.11.95 | 17.11.113 |
major goals
wc ph matera 3, banfield 2, cousins 2, jakovich 2, lewis 2
wb minton-connell 5, montgomery 2, powell 2
collingwood (3-2) vs adeliade (2-3) victoria park saturday afternoon
collingwood held on in a thriller against the crows by one point to return to first.
| Collingwood | 4.0.24 | 7.4.46 | 10.5.65 | 13.6.84 |
| Adelaide | 3.4.22 | 6.6.42 | 7.11.53 | 11.17.83 |
major goals coll osborne 3, s rocca 2, willams 2
adel modra 5.5
essendon (3-2) vs brisbane (2-3) mcg saturday afternoon
essendon return to form with a 31 point win over brisbane who aren’t as unbeatable as people thought after their merge with fitzroy.
| Essendon | 1.5.11 | 5.8.38 | 11.9.75 | 15.12.102 |
| Brisbane Lions | 2.5.17 | 4.11.35 | 6.14.50 | 9.17.71 |
major goals ess cransburg 3, lucas 3, berbakov 2, caracella 2 (against his future club)
bris lepsitch 3, clarke 2, lynch 2
geelong (3-2) vs freemantle (3-2) skilled stadium saturday afternoon
geelong destroy freemanlte by 9 goals to keep thier strong form going.
| Geelong | 5.6.36 | 7.6.48 | 12.10.82 | 14.13.97 |
| Fremantle | 2.1.13 | 5.3.33 | 6.6.42 | 6.7.43 |
major goals
geel burns 6, houlihan 2
fre none
hawthorn (3-2) vs north (2-3) waverly park saturday night
north scrape home by 10 points to keep their title defence alive in a roller coaster.
| Hawthorn | 2.4.16 | 6.5.41 | 12.8.80 | 14.9.93 |
| North Melbourne | 2.3.15 | 7.3.45 | 12.3.75 | 16.7.103 |
major goals
haw dunstall 3, stevenson 3, chick 2, salmon 2
nm schwass 4, mckernan 3, mellington 3, alison 2
st kilda (1-4) vs melbourne (1-4) waverly park sunday afternoon
after a poor start st kilda returned to form with a 86 point win over melbourne.
| St Kilda | 6.5.41 | 9.8.62 | 14.12.96 | 17.19.121 |
| Melbourne | 0.3.3 | 2.7.19 | 4.9.33 | 4.11.35 |
major goals stk loewe 5.4 (One point short of melbournes whole score), everett 4, brown 2
mel neitz 2, pyman 2
sydney (2-3) vs carlton (2-3) scg sunday afternoon
sydneys hopes of getting better than runners up continues with a 59 point win over carlton.
| Sydney | 6.8.44 | 12.10.82 | 18.14.122 | 21.16.142 |
| Carlton | 1.3.9 | 3.3.21 | 6.8.44 | 11.17.83 |
major goals
syd o’brien 5, lewis 4, creswell 3, roos 2
carl kernahan 3, murphy 2, white 2 willams 2
port (3-2) vs richmond (3-2) aami stadium sunday afternoon
ports debut run continues with a 64 point win over richmond.
| Port Adelaide | 4.0.24 | 9.4.58 | 16.6.102 | 19.8.122 |
| Richmond | 1.3.9 | 3.6.24 | 6.7.43 | 8.10.58 |
port cummins 4, wangaeen 3, bruer 2, brown 2, francou 2, lockwood 2, wilson 2
rich gale 3
ladder
coll 4 2 16 136.8
wc 4 2 16 128.6
ess 4 2 16 115.6
gee 4 2 16 105.3
por 4 2 16 100.7
wb 4 2 16 97.8
nm 3 3 12 109.6
syd 3 3 12 107.7
haw 3 3 12 99.0
fre 3 3 12 85.8
ric 3 3 12 78.4
bri 2 4 8 107.9
ade 2 4 8 103.2
car 2 4 8 90.7
stk 2 4 8 90.0
mel 1 5 4 63.9
next round
friday
north vs cvollingwood MCG (N)
saturday
richmond vs carlton MCG
Bulldogs vs Hawthorn OO
Geelong vs sydney SS
St Kilda vs Port WP (N)
freemantle vs melbourne WA
sunday
Brisbane vs West Coast G
Adelaide vs Essendon AAMI