a turbulant week for sydney losing their coach and record goal kicker.
essendon (7-5) vs melbourne (7-5) colonial friday night 740pm
anyone who thought the game was over at 3/4 time where wrong when melbourne almost stole the game but fell 12 points short essendon (8-5) play bulldogs at colonial saturday night melbourne (7-6) play brisbane in a “home game at the gabba.
ESS 7.2 12.7 17.11 18.12 (120)
MELB 3.4 5.5 10.9 16.12 (108)
GOALS: ESS – McVeigh 3, Ramanauskas 3, Heffernan 2, Barnard 2, Mercuri 2, Lucas, Bolton, Hille, Blumfield, Rioli, Salmon; MELB – Neitz 5, Robertson 4, Woewodin 2, Brown, Bruce, Schwarz, Vardy, Green
richmond (4-8) vs geelong (6-6) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
after 4 straight loses the tigers are all but finished a 7 goal loss to a resurgent geelong continues that trend putting the cats in the 8. richmond (4-9) might get another win against carlton friday night at the mcg. Geelong (7-6) host west coast saturday afternoon.
GEEL 1.2 8.5 11 8 14.12 (96)
RICH 1.5 3.6 5.10 7.12 (54)
GOALS: GEEL – Graham 5, Chapman 3, King 2, Johnson, Riccardi, Corey, Burns; RICH – Ottens, Coughlan, Tivendale, Richardson, Fiora, Bowden, Campbell
port (9-3) vs bulldogs (6-6) aami stadium saturday afternoon 240pm
the brygone brothers where unstopable kicking 11 goals between them in a 46 point shoot out win for ladder leaders port with 43 goals kicked in the match. port (10-3) face the nightmare trip to perth to play freemnatle on saturday nigtht bullodgs (6-7) host essendon at colonial saturday night.
PA 7.2 14.4 21.8 25.11 (161)
WB 2.1 6.3 12.5 18.7 (115)
GOALS: PA – P. Burgoyne 6, S. Burgoyne 5, Primus 3, Dew 3, Tredrea 2, C. Cornes 2, Montgomery, Lade, Guerra, James; WB – Alvey 4, Smith 2, Bandy 2, Saunders 2, Giansiracusa 2, Johnson 2, Grant, West, Brown, Eagleton
collingwood (8-4) vs kangaroos (6-6) colinal stadium saturday night 710pm
collingwood secured their top 4 spot by 33 points over an inconsistant roos side. collingwood (9-4) play adelaide on the road sunday afternoon. Kangaroos (6-7) play st kilda at colonial sunday afternoon.
COL 2.3 4.8 9.10 13.15 (93)
KANG 2.2 5.4 5.8 8.12 (60)
GOALS: COL – Didak 3, Freeborn, Tarrant, Rocca, Fraser 2, L Davis, Lockyer; KANG – Burton 2, Pickett 2, Harvey 2, Baird, Sinclair
brisbane (9-3) vs carlton (1-11) gabba saturday night 710pm
what a match 2nd vs last and was almost the upset of the year with the blues desperate to avoid loss number 10 never gave up but fell 15 points short. brisbane (10-3) play melbourne at their home ground next in a “away’ game carlton (1-12) host richmond at the g in a desperate game in teir attemps to avoid last.
BRIS 3.2 8.5 14.7 19.10 (124)
CARL 4.5 7.9 12.12 16.13 (109)
GOALS: BRIS – Headland 6, Bradshaw 3, McRae 2, Akermanis, Black, Brown, Hart, Lynch, Power, C.Scott; CARL – Fevola 2, Mansfield 2, Murphy 2, Ratten 2, Whitnall 2, Bradley, Doering, Franchina, Lappin, McKernan, Merrington
sydney (3-8-1) vs freemantle (6-6) scg sunday afternoon 110pm
new coach no problem for the swans who keep the dockers without a win on the road this year by 77 points in a ridicilous blow out. sydney (4-8-1) play hawthorn saturday afternoon freemantle (6-7) host port saturday night.
SYD 6.3 10.4 15.11 20.19 (139)
FRE 2.3 7.4 9.6 9.8 (62)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 6, Fosdike 3, O’Loughlin 3, Goodes 2, Kennelly 2, Bolton, Doyle, Buchanan, Nicks; FRE – J. Longmuir 2, Farmer 2, Medhurst 2, Simmonds 2, Croad
st kilda (3-8-1) vs hawthorn (5-7) colonial stadium sunday afternoon 210pm
the hawks are back after 4 straight loses kept their finals hopes alive lead by nathan thomspon with 7 goals in a 9 point win. hawthorn (6-7) host sydney saturday afternoon at the g. St kilda (3-9-1) host the kangaroos at colonial sunday afternoon.
HAW 3.4 7.6 11.7 13.9 (87)
STK 2.2 4.5 6.10 11.12 (78)
GOALS: HAW – Thompson 7, A. Cox 2, S. Cox, Chick, Brown, Barlow;StK – Baker 2, Everitt 2, Hamill, Thompson, Gehrig, Riewoldt, Clarke, Wulf, Maguire
west coast (7-5) vs adeliade (8-4) subiaco sunday afternoon 340pm
in a shoot out west coast won 3 straight for the first time since 1999 by beating adeliade with youngster quenton lynch staring with 5 goals. west coast (8-5) travel to geelong on saturday afternoon adeliade (8-5) host collingwood sunday afternoon.
WCE 5.2 10.7 15.11 20.15 (135)
ADE 3.2 4.3 9.7 18.9 (117)
GOALS: WCE – Lynch 5, Ph. Matera 4, Chambers 3, Cousins 2, Judd, Embley, Cox, Hunter, Kerr, Pt. Matera; ADE – Burton 6, Ricciuto 3, Doughty 2, Nelson, Goodwin, Biglands, Perrie, Gallagher, Bassett, McLeod
ladder
PA 10 3 0 1497 1084 138.1 40
BRIS 10 3 0 1508 1138 132.51 40
COL 9 4 0 1240 1047 118.43 36
ADE 8 5 0 1339 1200 111.58 32
ESS 8 5 0 1190 1079 110.29 32
WCE 8 5 0 1413 1357 104.13 32
MELB 7 6 0 1275 1275 100 28
GEEL 7 6 0 1219 1230 99.11 28
WB 6 7 0 1375 1294 106.26 24
KANG 6 7 0 1255 1357 92.48 24
HAW 6 7 0 1175 1283 91.58 24
FRE 6 7 0 1139 1291 88.23 24
SYD 4 8 1 1206 1176 102.55 18
RICH 4 9 0 1090 1363 79.97 16
STK 3 9 1 935 1362 68.65 14
CARL 1 12 0 1026 1346 76.23 4
goals
Barry Hall (SYD) 41
Kingsley (GEEL) 39
Lynch (BRIS) 32
Neitz (MELB) 31
Croad (FRE) 30
Bradshaw (BRIS) 30
Tredrea (PA) 30
Milne (STK) 29
Wilson (WCE) 29
Rocca (KANG) 29
Tarrant (COL) 28
Pickett (KANG) 27
Johnson (WB) 27
P. Burgoyne (PA) 26
J. Longmuir (FRE) 26
round 14 matches
friday
carlton vs richmond MCG (N) 740pm
saturday
geelong vs west coast SS 210pm
hawthorn vs sydney MCG 210pm
bulldogs vs essendon CS (N) 710pm
freemantle vs port S (N) 740pm
sunday
melbourne vs Brisbane G 110pm
st kilda vs Kangaroos CS 210pm
adeliade vs Collingwood AAMI 240pm
Harrison’s world 