hawthorn (7-7) vs bulldogs (6-7-1) colonial stadium friday night 740pm
a last quarter domination keeps the hawks in touch with the top 8 with a 23 point win over the bulldogs with 7 goals to 2 in the last quarter. Hawthorn (8-7) play melbourne at the g saturday afternoon bulldogs (6-8-1) face adeliade in adelaide sunday afternoon.
HAW 2.2 8.7 10.11 17.14 (116)
WB 3.3 8.6 12.8 14.9 (93)
GOALS: HAW – Crawford 3, Brown 2, Chick 2, Thompson 2, Vandenberg 2, Graham, Holland, Johnson, Lonie, S. Cox, Barlow; WB – Darcy 2, Johnson 2, Robbins 2, Bandy, Garlick, Giansiracusa, Grant, Harrison, Hunter, Brown, Cross
kangraoos (7-7) vs freemantle (6-8) manauka oval saturday afternoon 210pm
the dockers nearly broke their travel drought but a close game lead to a 1 point loss in a come from behind win. kangaroos (8-7) host redhot port at optus oval saturday afternoon freemantle (6-9) face west coast in the derby on saturday night.
KANG 2.3 6.5 10.9 12.11 (83)
FRE 5.3 10.5 12.7 12.10 (82)
OALS: KANG – Rocca 3, King 3, Stevens, Petrie, Clayton, Harvey, Morrell, Harding; FRE – Farmer 3, Medhurst 3, Hasleby, Cook, J. Longmuir, Koops, Brown, Bell
collingwood (10-4) vs geelong (8-6) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
geelong make it 6 in a row with a 28 point upset win over collingwood to keep them in touch with the top 4. geelong (9-6) play essendon at colonial saturday night collingwood (10-5) host richmond at the g friday night.
GEEL 5.5 7.9 13.11 19.13 (127)
COL 2.2 5.4 12.8 15.9 (99)
GOALS: GEEL – Johnson 4, Kingsley 4, Mooney 4, Burns 2, Rahilly 2, Lord, Harley, Chapman;
COL – Lockyer 3, Rocca 3, N. Davis 2, Davis 2, Didak, Fraser, Betheras, O’Bree, Cloke
richmond (4-10) vs brisbane (10-4) colonial stadium saturday night 710pm
richmond are completly finished this time a 63 point loss to the regining premiers their 7th straight loss securing the lions 2nd place on the ladder. alistar lynch kicked the same number of goals as richmond 7. richmond (4-11) play collingwood friday night at the g. Brisbane (11-4) host sydney sunday afternoon.
BRIS 6.3 11.6 15.9 18.10 (118)
RICH 1.2 3.6 5.8 7.13 (55)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 7, Voss 3, Headland 2, Notting, Pike, Power, B. Scott, McRae, White; RICH – Ednie 2, Torney 2, Pettifer, Stafford, Chaffey
adeliade (8-6) vs st kilda (3-10-1) aami stadium saturday night 740pm
the crows didn’t really answer their critics but are back on the winners list with a 3 goal win over the struggling saints. adeliade (9-6) host bulldogs sunday afternoon st kilda (3-11-1) play carlton at colonial sunday in a must win game to secure safety from last pace.
DE 4.3 6.4 10.5 15.9 (99)
STK 3.0 4.5 7.7 12.9 (81)
GOALS: ADE – Stevens 3, Johncock 2, Gallagher 2, Goodwin 2, Shir, Smart, Edwards, Bode, Burton, Ladhams; StK – Gehrig 4, Lawrence 2, Hamill, Clarke, Milne, Dal Santo, Moyle, Schwarze
sydney (4-9-1) vs port (11-3) scg sunday afternoon 110pm
in their closest game in a while port survived a sydney scare by 2 points for their 8th win on the trot proving they are going to be hard to beat if they can stop their finals curse port (12-3) play the roos at optus oval while sydney (4-10-1) play brisbane in brisbane sunday afternoon.
PA 2.4 4.7 10.7 14.10 (94)
SYD 1.6 6.8 9.10 13.14 (92)
GOALS: PA – Poulton 2, Francou 2, P. Burgoyne 2, Dew 2, Primus, Lade, Schofield, Tredrea, C. Cornes, Stevens; SYD – Williams 3, Doyle 2, O’Loughlin 2, Stevens 2, Fosdike, Hall, Mathews, Goodes
carlton (2-12) vs melbourne (8-6) colonial stadium sunday afternooon 210pm
the crazy thing is carlton seem to score more in losing this time a 44 point loss to inform melbourne. with 7 unanswered 2nd quarter golas making the difference. carlton (2-13) best hope of avoiding last requires them to beat st kilda on sunday afternoon melbourne (9-6) host hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon. david neitz kicked 9 goals.
MELB 6.3 13.7 15.8 21.13 (139)
CARL 6.2 6.5 9.9 14.11 (95)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 9, Vardy 4, Robertson 3, Walsh 2, Lamb, Wheatley, Woewodin; CARL – Fevola 3, Koutoufides 3, Houlihan 2, Beaumont, Doering, McKernan, Merrington, Murphy, Whitnall
west coast (8-6) vs essendon (8-5-1) subiaco sunday afternoon 340pm
west coast are still unbeaten at home with a 27 point win over essendon who drop 4 spots due to results this round. west coast (9-6) have the derby against freemantle saturday night essendon (8-6-1) host geelong at colonial saturday night.
WCE 3.4 6.9 7.10 13.12 (90)
ESS 1.2 3.6 6.10 8.15 (63)
GOALS: WCE – Gardiner 2, Wirrpunda 2, Wilson 2, Fletcher 2, Chambers, Cox, Kerr, Ph. Matera, Cousins; ESS – Hird 2, Ramanauskas, Blumfield, Rioli, Hille, Caracella, Lloyd
ladder
PA 12 3 0 1738 1239 140.27 48
BRIS 11 4 0 1736 1324 131.12 44
COL 10 5 0 1477 1290 114.50 40
ADE 9 6 0 1554 1419 109.51 36
MELB 9 6 0 1545 1480 104.39 36
GEEL 9 6 0 1411 1362 103.60 36
WCE 9 6 0 1536 1485 103.43 36
ESS 8 6 1 1371 1287 106.53 34
KANG 8 7 0 1466 1523 96.26 32
HAW 8 7 0 1365 1440 94.79 32
WB 6 8 1 1586 1528 103.80 26
FRE 6 9 0 1284 1521 84.42 24
SYD 4 10 1 1362 1344 101.34 18
RICH 4 11 0 1230 1567 78.49 16
STK 3 11 1 1100 1589 69.23 14
CARL 2 13 0 1207 1570 76.88 8
goals
Neitz (MELB) 47
Kingsley (GEEL) 43
Hall (SYD) 43
Lynch (BRIS) 41
Tredea (PA) 36
Milne (STK) 34
Dew (PA) 33
Bradshaw (BRIS) 32
Rocca (KANG) 32
Johnson (WB) 31
Wilson (WCE) 31
Croad (FRE) 30
Akemanis (BRIS) 30
Burton (ADE) 30
Whitnall 28
round 16 matches
friday
collingwood vs richmond MCG (N) 740pm
satruday
kangaroos vs port OO 210pm
melborune vs Hawthorn MCG 210pm
essendon vs geelong CS (N) 710pm
freemantle vs west coast S (N) 740pm
sunday
brisbane vs sydney G 110pm
cartlon vs st kilda CS 210pm
adeliade vs bulldogs AAMI 240pm