kangaroos (4-5) vs essendon (6-3) mcg friday night 740pm
it took almost a year due to the fixture but the roos got their revenge for essendons big comeback last time with a thrilling 8 point win despite 4 goal to 1 last quarter. kangaroos (5-5) host richmond friday night at colonial. Essendon (6-4) host port at colonial on saturday night.
KANG 4.5 6.11 11.16 12.20 (92)
ESS 4.3 6.6 8.10 12.12 (84)
GOALS: KANG – Harvey 2, Morell 2, Baird, Grant, King, McCartney, Martyn, Pickett, Rocca, Stevens; ESS – Lucas 2, Fletcher 2, Alessio, Barnard, Harvey, Jacobs, Mercuri, Moorcroft, Ramanauskas, Reynolds
geelong (3-6) vs melbourne (6-3) skilled stadium saturday afternoon 210pm
after 4 straight losses geelong kept their season alive despite poor kicking in a 26 point win over melbourne. with kingsley the hero with 6 goals despite bad kicking. Geelong (4-6) host carlton at colonial on sunday afternoon melbourne (6-4) host collingwood in the queens birthday clash on the monday.
GEEL 2.6 4.11 8.15 12.17 (89)
MELB 0.3 4.5 5.6 9.9 (63)
GOALS: GEEL – Kingsley 6, Riccardi 2, Chapman, Corey, Harley, King; MELB – Jolly 2, Nicholson 2, Johnstone, Neitz, Robertson, Schwarz, White
richmond (4-5) vs bulldogs (3-6) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
the bulldogs are back with a 19 point win (their fourth win in 5 games) and are suddenly a chance for finals richmond are in trouble at this stage. Richmond (4-6) play the roos at colonial friday night. Bulldogs (4-6) host freemantle at optus oval on sunday (which is carltons home ground).
WB 6.2 7.6 12. 9 17.15 (117)
RICH 3.0 7.5 11.12 14.14 (98)
GOALS: WB – Bandy 4, Garlick 3, Saunders 3, Grant 2, Smith, Johnson, Harrison, Alvey, Hargrave; RICH – Stafford 3, Ottens 2, Campbell 2, Gaspar, Rogers, Rodan, Hall, King, Tivendale, Zantuck
collingwood (6-3) vs sydney (3-5-1) colonial stadium 710pm
collingwoods strong season continues surviving a scare from out of form sydney in a 11 point win from 2 goals down at 3/4 time. collingwood (7-3) have melbounre on monday for the queens birthday clash. sydney (3-6-1) travel to play west coast saturday night.
COL 5.9 6.9 8.10 14.11 (95)
SYD 2.1 7.3 10.10 12.12 (84)
GOALS: COL – L. Davis 4, Tarrant 4, Burns 2, Didak, Holland, Molloy, N. Davis;
SYD – Schauble 4, Crouch, Lockett, Maxfield, Nicks, O’Keefe, Bolton, Schwass, Williams
adeliade (6-3) vs brisbane (7-2) aami stadium 740pm
adelaide moved back into the top 4 with a 7 point win over ladder leaders and regingng premiers brisbane. the crows are one of only two teams to be on a winning streak against brisbane of more than one game (the other amazingly is carlton). adeliade (7-3) host hawthorn saturday afternoon brisbane (7-3) host st kilda sunday afternoon.
ADE 6.2 9.5 11.9 15.11 (101)
BRIS 5.3 6.5 9.6 14.10 (94)
Goals: ADE – Schell 4, Bode 2, Welsh 2, Stevens 2, McLeod 2, Burton 2, Johncock; BRIS – Lynch 4, Black 2, Voss, McRae, Power, Notting, Akermanis, Pike, Keating, Shattock
hawthorn (5-4) vs port (6-3) york park 110pm sunday afternoon
port become the first travelling team to beat the hawks in tassie by 40 points (although it was only the 3rd time they played there the hawks) as they got revenge for the semi-final last season. hawthorn (5-5) travel for a third straight week this time to play adeliade on satruday afternoon. port (7-3) face a big test essendon at colonial.
PA 5.3 8.5 12.11 17.15 (117)
HAW 1.2 4.3 8.4 12.5 (77)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 3, Stevens 3, Dew 2, Burgoyne 2, Burgoyne 2, Montgomery, Cockatoo-Collins, Carr, K. Cornes, Poulton; HAW – Holland 3, Barlow 2, Lonie 2, Chick, Dixon, Osborne, Vandenberg, Crawford
st kilda (2-6-1) vs west coast (5-4) colonial stadium 210pm sunday afternoon
st kilda kept the eagles travelling worries going with a 50 point win over them despite conceding 4 unanswered goals in the last quarter. st kilda (3-6-1) play brisbane on sunday afternoon on the road west coast (5-5) host sydney on saturday night.
STK 8.0 15.3 20.5 20.7 (127)
WCE 3.2 5.5 7.8 11.11 (77)
OALS: StK -Milne 5, Voss 3, Hamill 2, Everitt 2, Riewoldt 2, Davis 2, Thompson, Hudghton, Loewe, Schwarze; WCE – Embley 4, Ph. Matera 3, Chambers 2, Fletcher, Wilson
freemantle (4-5) vs carlton (1-8) subiaco sunday afternooon 340pm
freo made it 9 from 9 for perth sides playing at home with a 28 point win over carlton who now need a miracle not to finish last for the first time even though there is still over a half season to go. freemantle (5-5) play bulldogs at optus oval on sunday afternoon while carlton (1-9) play geelong on sunday afternoon at colonial.
FRE 1.4 8.6 13.9 14.12 (96)
CARL 4.3 7.5 8.8 10.8 (68)
OALS: FRE – J. Longmuir 4, Croad 3, Medhurst 2, Pavlich, Hasleby, McManus, Norrish, Farmer; CARL – Ratten 2, Whitnall 2, Fevola 2, Murphy 2, Plunkett, Lappin
ladder
BRIS 7 3 0 1133 854 132.67 28
PA 7 3 0 1074 850 126.35 28
ADE 7 3 0 1047 909 115.18 28
COL 7 3 0 942 822 114.6 28
ESS 6 4 0 949 798 118.92 24
MEL 6 4 0 994 956 103.97 24
WCE 5 5 0 1087 1063 102.26 20
FRE 5 5 0 907 928 97.74 20
KAN 5 5 0 977 1042 93.76 20
HAW 5 5 0 965 1031 93.6 20
WB 4 6 0 982 967 101.55 16
GEEL 4 6 0 922 981 93.99 16
RICH 4 6 0 882 1018 86.64 16
SYD 3 6 1 879 911 96.49 14
STK 3 6 1 719 1029 69.87 14
CARL 1 9 0 733 1033 70.96 4
goals
Kingsley (GEEL) 31
Hall (SYD) 30
Wilson (WCE) 29
Welsh (ADE) 26
Lynch (BRIS) 25
Croad (FRE) 25
Rocca (KANG) 23
Neitz (MELB) 23
Milne (STK) 23
Bradshaw (BRIS) 22
Lloyd (ESS) 21
Bandy (WB) 21
Tredrea (PA) 20
J. Longmuir(FRE)19
Akermanis (BRIS)19
round 11 matches
friday
kangaroos vs richmond CS (N) 740pm
saturday
adelaide vs hawthorn AAMI 240pm
essedon vs port CS (N) 710pm
west coast vs sydney S (N) 740pm
sunday
brisbane vs st kilda G 110pm
Bulldogs vs freemantle OO 210pm
geelong vs carlton CS 210pm
monday
melbourne vs collingwood MCG 210pm game of the round.
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