hawthorn (4-3) vs carlton (1-6) mcg friday night 740pm
carlton are heading for their first wooden spoon after a unlucky 9 point loss to hawthorn the blues stayed in the game all night but where overrun slightly at the end. hawthorn (5-3) play west coast in perth on sunday while carlton (1-7) now outright last host adeliade at optus oval sunday.
HAW 2.9 5.12 8.12 12.17 (89)
CARL 1.4 6.6 10.7 12.8 (80)
GOALS: HAW – Dixon 2, Lekkas 2, Vandenberg 2, Barlow, A. Cox, Cawford, Hodge, Chick, Barker; CARL – Whitnall 5, Houlihan 3, Lappin 2, Davies, McKernan
richmond (3-4) vs west coast (4-3) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
west coasts travel woes continue with a 21 point loss to richmond it was close but richmond pulled ahead at the end. richmond (4-4) play st kilda saturday night at colonial while west coast (4-4) host hawthorn on sunday.
RICH 2.3 7.6 10.9 13.16 (94)
WCE 3.4 7.5 8.11 10.13 (73)
GOALS: RICH – Campbell 4, Bowden 2, Rodan 2, Krakouer, Rogers, Stafford, Sziller, Vardy;
WCE – Wilson 3, Wirrpunda 2, Fletcher, Ph. Matera, Williams, Cousins, Cox
port (4-3) vs geelong (3-4) aami stadium saturday afternoon 240pm
it was a complete mismatch geelong who 3 weeks ago where a finals likely didn’t challenge port in a 75 point margin. port (5-3) host collingwood on friday night in the only interstate friday game of the season geelong (3-5) host bulldogs on saturday afternoon.
PA 7.1 11.3 16.4 20 9 (129)
GEEL 1.3 4.4 6.10 7.12 (54)
GOALS: PA – C. Cornes 4, Guerra 4, Tredrea 2, P. Burgoyne 2, Primus, Montgomery, Wanganeen, Schofield, Francou, Cockatoo-Collins, Dew, James; GEEL – Kingsley 3, Sanderson, Ablett, Chapman, Ling
colliingwood (5-2) vs brisbane (6-1) colonial stadium saturday night 710pm
it isn’t always the game of the round lives up to expectation is this case it did with the pies making it 5 straight stunning the regining premiers by 3 points to move into 2nd collingwood (6-2) travel to port on friday night while brisbane (6-2) host freemantle on sunday.
COL 5.1 8.9 14.12 17.12 (114)
BRIS 7.2 10.5 12.9 16.15 (111)
GOALS: COL – Tarrant 5, Rocca 3, Betheras 3, Buckley 2, N. Davis, Fraser, O’Bree, Cummings; BRIS – McRae 3, Akermanis 2, Headland 2, Keating, Pike, Brown, Bradshaw, Power, Voss, Lynch, Lappin, Charmin
freemantle (3-4) vs melbourne (5-2) subiaco saturday night 740pm
recuriting well with the home ground advantage got the lucky dockers home in a 5point thriller after the siren with jeff farmer (an ex melbourne player being the hero) although trent croad (ex hawk and future hawk) kicked 7 goals. Freemantle (4-4) travel to brisbane on sunday while melbourne (5-3) host kangaroos on saturday.
FRE 2.4 5.8 11.10 14.10 (94)
MELB 4.6 6.9 10.10 13.11 (89)
GOALS: FRE – Croad 7, Farmer 3, Simmonds, Hasleby, Browne, Brown; MELB – Vardy 3, Green 2, Bruce 2, Whelan 2, Johnstone, Neitz, Leoncelli, Robertson
kangaroos (3-4) vs adeliade (5-2) manaka oval 110pm sunday afternoon
the roos are not done despite losing carey pre season and being written off after a big slump in 2001 are suddenly back on track with a 17 point upset win over adeliade. kangaroos (4-4) play melbourne on saturday adeliade (5-3) travel to carlton on sunday afternoon.
KANG 4.4 10.7 12.11 16.14 (110)
ADE 3.1 7.4 10.9 14.9 (93)
GOALS: KANG – Harvey 4, Grant 2, Clayton 2, Rocca 2, Stevens, Porter, Pickett, Morrell, King, Harding; ADE – Welsh 5, Ricciuto 2, Clarke, Bode, Doughty, Stevens, McLeod, Burton, Bickley
bulldogs (1-6) vs sydney (3-3-1) scg sunday afternoon 110pm
in their “home game in sydney bulldogs all of a sudden have momentum with a 69 point win over sydney only the 2nd quarter was close despite conceding 7 goals the swans where smashed all day. bulldogs (2-6) travel to geelong on saturday sydney (3-4-1) host essendon at the new at the time olympic stadium saturday night.
WB 3.5 10.8 16.13 24.15 (159)
SYD 1.7 7.11 9.16 11.24 (90)
GOALS: WB – Brown 5, Bandy 4, Alvey 2, Smith 2, Eagleton 2, Garlick 2, West, Darcy, Murphy, Giansiracusa, Grant, Saunders, Gilbee;
SYD – Goodes 4, Hall 2, Cresswell, Doyle, O’Loughlin, Nicks, Saddington
essendon (4-3) vs st kilda (1-5-1) coloinal stadium sunday afternoon 210pm
despite a lot of injuries essendon are still dangerous in a 99 point demolition of struggling st kilda. essendon (5-3) play sydney in the first game at the new olympic stadium saturday night. st kilda (1-6-1) host richmond on saturday night.
ESS 3.5 13.8 21.12 26.15 (171)
STK 2.2 3.3 4.5 11.6 (72)
GOALS: ESS – Lucas 4, Caracella 3, J. Johnson 3, Rioli 2, Salmon 2, Alessio 2, Blumfield 2, Reynolds 2, Barnard, Mercuri, McVeigh, Harvey, Heffernan, Hille; StK – Riewoldt 3, Davis 2, Baker 2, Knobel, Milne, Plapp, Hayes
ladder
BRIS 6 2 0 930 674 137.98 24
COL 6 2 0 761 647 117.62 24
PA 5 3 0 866 687 126.06 20
ESS 5 3 0 780 623 125.20 20
ADEL 5 3 0 815 740 10.14 20
MELB 5 3 0 820 760 107.89 20
HAW 5 3 0 800 788 101.52 20
WCE 4 4 0 884 848 104.25 16
FRE 4 4 0 732 751 97.47 16
KANG 4 4 0 778 847 91.85 16
RICH 4 4 0 721 829 86.97 16
SYD 3 4 1 712 731 97.40 14
GEEL 3 5 0 728 801 90.89 12
WB 2 6 0 748 764 97.91 8
STK 1 6 1 520 889 58.49 6
CARL 1 7 0 590 806 73.20 4
GOALS
BarryHall (SYD) 27
Wilson (WCE) 25
Welsh (ADE) 22
Kingsley (GEEL) 22
Neitz (MELB) 22
Lloyd (ESS) 21
Croad (FRE) 21
Bradshaw (BRIS) 20
Rocca (KANG) 18
Tredrea (PA) 16
Akermanis (BRIS)16
Lynch (BRIS) 16
Rocca (COL) 16
Milne (STK) 16
Bandy (WB) 15
round 9 matches
friday
port vs collingwood aami n 840pm game of the round.
saturday
geelong vs bulldogs ss 210pm
melbourne vs kangaroos mcg 210pm
st kilda vs richmond cs n 710pm
sydney vs essendon sa n 710pm
sunday
brisbane vs freemantle g 110pm
carlton vs adelaide oo 210pm
west coast vs hawthorn s 340pm
Harrison’s world 