collingwood (10-5) vs richmond (4-11) mcg friday night
against all the odds richmond decimated collingwood early kicking all 4 first quarter goals before collingwood wke up in the 2nd half to win by 40 points. collingwood (11-5) face west coast in perth saturday afternoon while richmond (4-12) host essendon friday night at the g.
COL 0.3 2.6 8.7 13.11 (89)
RICH 4.4 4.7 6.7 7.7 (49)
GOALS: COL – N. Davis 3, Fraser 3, Didak 2, Tarrant, L. Davis, Betheras, Freeborn, Lockyer; RICH – Stafford 2, Coughlan, Ottens, Pettifer, Bowden, Richardson
kangaroos (8-7) vs port (12-3) optus oval saturday afternoon 210pm
in one of the upsets of the year bar the round 1 fixture between the same sides the roos ended ports 8 game winning streak by 29 points to move back into the top 8 also port didn’t score in the last quarter. kanagroos (9-7) play bulldogs at colonial sunday afternoon port (12-4) host melbourne saturday night.
KANG 4.3 7.6 11.9 14.15 (99)
PA 2.4 4.7 10.10 10.10 (70)
GOALS: KANG – Morrell 3, Rocca 3, Pickett 2, Stevens 2, Burton, Cochrane, Clayton, Harding; PA – James 3, Cockatoo-Collins 2, Carr, P. Burgoyne, Bishop, Primus, Stevens
melbourne (9-6) vs hawthorn (8-7) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
the hawks are still alive with a 26 point win over melbourne evening the score from round 1 the third quarter made the difference with 5 goals to 1. melbourne (9-7) play port on saturday night hawthorn (9-7) host brisbane saturday afternoon.
HAW 2.3 5.4 10. 6 14.9 (93)
MELB 0.6 4.10 5.11 9.13 (67)
GOALS: HAW – Holland 3, Chick 3, A. Cox 3, Dixon, Rawlings, Greene, Brown, Barlow; MELB – Powell 2, Neitz 2, Leoncelli 2, Johnstone, Wheatley, Walsh
essendon (8-6-1) vs geelong (9-6) colonial stadium saturday night 710pm
essendon are out of the 8 for the first time since 1998 with a 39 point loss to red hot geelong who have now won 7 straight. kingsley returned to form with 6 goals. geelong (10-6) host adelaide for 4th place on sunday afternoon essendon (8-7-1) play richmond friday night in a must win game.
GEEL 4.3 8.5 11.7 14.11 (95)
ESS 2.2 4.2 7.4 8.8 (56)
GOALS: GEEL – Kingsley 6, Mooney 3, Riccardi 2, Johnson, Lord, Chapman; ESS – Caracella 3, Lloyd 2, Lucas, Hille, Reynolds
freemantle (6-9) vs west coast (9-6) subiaco saturday night 740pm
freo for only the third time have won the perth derby by 30 points to keep their finals hopes alive. freemantle (7-9) play st kilda at optus oval on sunday afternoon west coast (9-7) host collingwood on saturday afternoon.
FRE 3.1 5.5 10.7 15.10 (100)
WCE 5.0 6.1 7.3 11.4 (70)
GOALS: FRE – Medhurst 4, Carr 3, Croad 3, Pavlich 2, Koops, Hasleby, Brown; WCE – Wirrpunda 3, Judd 2, Kerr, Williams, Lynch, Haynes, Cox, Matera
brisbane (11-4) vs sydney (4-10-1) gabba sunday afternoon 110pm
brisbane are still the team to beat with a 38 point win over sydney at the gabba. with alistar lynch the hero with 7 goals. brisbane (12-4) play hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon sydney (4-11-1) host carlton at the olympic stadium (now anz stadium) saturday night.
BRIS 4.5 9.9 13.13 17.15 (117)
SYD 3.0 6.3 9.4 12.7 (79)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 7, McRae 3, Headland 2, Voss 2, White 2, Johnson; SYD – O’Loughlin 4, Goodes 2, Fosdike, Kelly, Stevens, Saddington, Kirk, Bennett
carlton (2-13) vs st kilda (3-11-1) colonial stadium sunday afternoon 210pm
again the blues defence let them down in a 43 point loss to fellow strugglers st kilda who had 9 first quarter goals. st kilda (4-11-1) host freemantle on sunday at optus oval carlton (2-14) travel to sydney on saturday night at the new olympicstadium.
STK 9.2 12.3 16.5 22.8 (140)
CARL 1.1 10.4 13.10 14.13 (97)
GOALS: StK – Hamill 3, Lawrence 3, Milne 3, Black 2, Loewe 2, Baker 2, Peckett, Jones, Gehrig, Everitt, Riewoldt, Wulf, Schwarze;’
CARL – McKernan 4, Hickmott 4, Lappin 2, Davies, Murphy, Houlihan, Campbell
adeliade (9-6) vs bulldogs (6-8-1) aami stadium sunday afternon 240pm
the crows are back in the top 4 with a 43 point win leaving the bulldogs finals hopes on life support. adelaide (10-6) travel to geelong sunday afternoon bulldogs (6-9-1) host kangaroos on sunday afternoon at colonial.
ADE 6.2 9.6 16.8 21.12 (138)
WB 1.1 8.2 10.7 14.11 (95)
GOALS: ADEL – Burton 4, Bode 4, Stevens 4, McLeod 3, Goodwin 3, Ricciuto 3; WB – Brown 4, Giansiracusa 3, Murphy 2, Smith, Johnson, Bandy, Birss, McMahon;
ladder
PA 12 4 0 1808 1338 135.13 48
BRIS 12 4 0 1853 1403 132.07 48
COL 11 5 0 1566 1339 116.95 44
ADE 10 6 0 1692 1514 111.76 40
GEEL 10 6 0 1506 1418 106.21 40
MELB 9 7 0 1612 1573 102.48 36
WCE 9 7 0 1606 1585 101.32 36
KANG 9 7 0 1565 1593 98.24 36
HAW 9 7 0 1458 1507 96.75 36
ESS 8 7 1 1427 1382 103.26 34
FRE 7 9 0 1384 1591 86.99 28
WB 6 9 1 1681 1666 100.90 26
SYD 4 11 1 1441 1461 98.63 18
STK 4 11 1 1240 1686 73.55 18
RICH 4 12 0 1279 1656 77.23 16
CARL 2 14 0 1304 1710 76.26 8
goals
Kingsley (GEEL) 49
Neitz (MELB) 49
Lynch (BRIS) 48
Hall (SYD) 43
Milne (STK) 37
Tredrea (PA) 36
Rocca (KANG) 35
Burton (ADE) 34
Croad (FRE) 33
Dew (PA) 33
Johnson (WB) 32
Bradshaw (BRIS) 32
Wilson (WCE) 31
Akermanis (BRIS) 30
Tarrant (COL) 29
round 17 matches
friday
richmond vs essendon MCG (N) 740pm
saturday
hawthorn vs brisbane MCG 210pm
west coast vs collingwood S 340pm
sydney vs carlton ANZ (N) 720pm
port vs melbourne AAMI (N) 740pm
sunday
geelong vs adeliade SS 110pm
st kilda vs freemantle OO 210pm
bulldogs vs kangaroos CS 210pm
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