essendon (6-5) vs hawthorn (5-6) mcg friday night 740pm
back in melbourne for the first time in 3 weeks the hawks almost broke their dons drought but fell 7 points short showing that the dons can still be strong despite injuries. essendon (7-5) host melbourne friday night at colonial hawthorn (5-7) play st kilda sunday at colonial.
SS 3.3 6.6 8.11 10.12 (72)
HAW 3.2 4.3 9.3 10.5 (65)
GOALS: ESS – Barnard 3, Heffernan 2, Alessio, J. Johnson, McVeigh, Blumfield, Lucas; HAW – Dixon 4, A. Cox, Hay, Barlow, Greene, Chick, Mitchell
carlton (1-10) vs west coast (6-5) optus oval saturday afternoon 210pm
the drought is over no not carltons now 9 straight loses but instead the away woes of the perth sides with west coast winning on the road for the first time since round 3 2001 by a point in another cruel loss for carlton. carlton (1-11) have one of the hardest road trips to brisbane saturday night west coast (7-5) host adeliade sunday afternoon
WCE 3.4 7.8 9.14 12.17 (89)
CARL 2.4 6.9 10.12 12.16 (88)
GOALS: WCE – Williams 2, Pt. Matera 2, Lynch 2, Hunter 2, Fletcher, Merenda, Ph. Matera, Haynes; CARL – Beaumont 3, Merrington 2, Camporeale 2, Mansfield 2, Whitnall 2, Fevola
sydney (3-7-1) vs geelong (5-6) scg saturday night 710pm
geelong are back on track but where lucky in a 2 point thriller that ended rodney eades coaching carrer at sydney. it was the swans 6th straight loss on their wrose run for a while it was also tony loccketts final game of his return to footy. Sydney (3-8-1) host freemantle on sunday while geelong (6-6) play richmond at the g sautrday afternoon.
GEEL 3.1 6.5 9.10 15.11 (101)
SYD 4.4 9.4 11.6 15.9 (99)
GOALS: Riccardi 4, Kingsley 4, Burns 2, Mooney 2, King, Gardiner, Ling; SYD – Williams 4, Nicks 3, Cresswell 2, Hall, Fosdike, Crouch, Lockett, O’Loughlin, Mott
freemantle (5-6) vs collingwood (8-3) subiaco sunday afternoon 340pm
even collingwood couldn’t win in perth in a 11 point thriller keeps the dockers home record intact interestingly paul medhurst who would later play for collingwood was the difference with 4 goals in his first year. freemantle (6-6) play sydney on the road sunday collingwood (8-4) host the roos at colonial saturday night.
FRE 2.3 3.11 9.13 12.18 (90)
COL 6.1 8.1 10.5 12.7 (79)
GOALS: FRE – FRE – Medhurst 4, J. Longmuir 2, Hasleby 2, Haines, Farmer, Croad, Carr; COL – L. Davis 3, Fraser 3, Scotland 2, Buckley, Rocca, Freeborn, Tarrant
bulldogs (5-6) vs st kilda (3-7-1) colonial stadium friday night 740pm
bulldogs are in the 8 7 weeks after being last with a 47 point win over the struggling saints the win continues their weird season. bulldogs (6-6) travel to play port saturday afternoon between the two inform teams. st kilda (3-8-1) host hawthorn sunday afternoon.
WB 5.4 10.11 13.15 19.19 (133)
STK 4.2 7.4 12.5 13.8 (86)
GOALS: WB – Darcy 5, Grant 3, Johnson 3, Bandy 2, West 2, Brown, Eagleton, Smith, Saunders;
StK – Milne 3, Hamill 2, Harvey 2, Knobel, Wulf, Dal Santo, Loewe, Clarke, Riewoldt
melbourne (6-5) vs adeliade (8-3) optus oval sautrday afternoon 210pm
melbourne won a must win game by 25 points against the crows to stay in the 8 melbourne (7-5) play essendon at colonial friday night adelaide (8-4) face the trip to perth to play west coast sunday afternoon.
ELB 2.3 7.8 12.11 14.14 (98)
ADE 3.4 5.8 9.11 10.13 (73)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz, Green 3, Jolly, Leoncelli 2, Yze, Johnstone, Robertson, Brown; ADE – Massie, Bode 2, Stevens, McLeod, Burton, Bickley, Schell, Ricciuto
brisbane (8-3) vs kangaroos (6-5) gabba saturday night 710pm
brisbanes home dominance continues with a 15 point win over the kangaroos in a shoot out that knocks the roos out of the 8 despite sav rocca kicking 6 goals. Brisbane (9-3) host carlton saturday night in the mismatch of the season kangaroos (6-6) play collingwood saturday night at colonial.
BRIS 6.3 12.9 17.12 20.18 (138)
KANG 5.3 9.5 15.7 19.9 (123)
GOALS: Bradshaw 4, Lynch 4, Shattock 3, Akermanis 3, Johnson 2, B. Scott, C. Scott, Hart, Black; KANG – Rocca 6, Harding 3, Pickett 3, Harvey 2, King 2, Morrell, Clayton, Teague
port (8-3) vs richmond (4-7) aami stadium sunday afternoon
port moved on top of the ladder with a 14 goal win over richmond. Port (9-3) host bulldogs saturday afternoon richmond (4-8) host geelong saturday afternoon
PA 6.3 15.5 20.10 23.16 (154)
RICH 3.1 4.3 7.5 10.10 (70)
GOALS: PA -Tredrea 4, Dew 4, C. Cornes 2, P. Burgoyne 2, Schofield 2, Francou 2, S. Burgoyne 2, Lade 2, Guerra, Carr, French;
RICH – Richardson 3, Tivendale 2, Rodan 2, Coughlan, Torney, Krakouer
ladder
PA 9 3 0 1336 969 137.87 36
BRIS 9 3 0 1384 1029 134.5 36
COL 8 4 0 1147 987 116.21 32
ADE 8 4 0 1222 1065 114.74 32
ESS 7 5 0 1070 971 110.2 28
WCE 7 5 0 1278 1240 103.06 28
MELB 7 5 0 1167 1155 101.04 28
WB 6 6 0 1260 1133 111.21 24
GEEL 6 6 0 1123 1176 95.49 24
KANG 6 6 0 1195 1264 94.54 24
FRE 6 6 0 1077 1152 93.49 24
HAW 5 7 0 1088 1205 90.29 20
RICH 4 8 0 1036 1267 81.77 16
SYD 3 8 1 1067 1114 95.78 14
STK 3 8 1 857 1275 67.22 14
CARL 1 11 0 917 1222 75.04 4
goals
Kingsley (GEEL) 39
Hall (SYD) 35
Lynch (BRIS) 31
Croad (FRE) 29
Rocca (KANG) 29
Milne (STK) 29
Wilson (WCE) 29
Tredrea (PA) 28
Bradshaw (BRIS) 27
Welsh (ADE) 26
Tarrant (COL) 26
Neitz (MELB) 26
Pickett (KANG) 25
Johnson (WB) 25
J. Longmuir (FRE) 24
round 13 matches
friday
essendon vs melbourne CS (N) 740pm
saturday
richmond vs geelong MCG 210pm
port vs bulldogs AAMI 240pm
collingwood vs kangaroos CS (N) 710pm
brisbane vs carlton G (N) 710pm
sunday
sydney vs freemantle SCG 110pm
st kilda vs Hawthorn CS 210pm
West coast vs adeliade S 340pm
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