collingwood (11-6) vs carlton (2-15) mcg friday night 740pm
few non-carlton supporters would remeber their round 3 upest win but in round 18 the pies not only got their revenge but did so by 108 points to all but scure a top 4 finish. collingwood (12-6) play hawthorn at the g friday night carlton (2-16) must now win every game to avoid last host port at optus oval saturday.
COL 5.5 9.8 15.12 21.15 (141)
CARL 1.2 1.3 2.6 4.9 (33)
GOALS: COL – Fraser 5, Tarrant 3, Buckley 2, Lockyer 2, Licuria 2, Davis, O”Bree, Burns, Rocca, McGough, Prestigiacomo, Betheras; CARL – McKernan 3, Fletcher
geelong (10-7) vs kangaroos (9-8) skilled stadium saturday afternoon 210pm
the roos turbulant season may still include a finals spot after a 64 point win over fellow top 8 rival geelong. geelong (10-8) play st kilda at colonial sunday kangaroos (10-8) play their final home game in sydney against sydney saturday night.
KANG 4.5 8.6 10.8 17.13 (115)
GEEL 1.2 4.4 4.8 7.9 (51)
GOALS: KANG – Harding 6, Makepeace 2, Rocca 2, Grant 2, Morrell, King, Simpson, Sinclair, D. Motlop; GEEL – Johnson 2, Mooney 2, King, Ling, Ablett
freemantle (7-10) vs hawthorn (9-8) subiaco saturday afternoon 340pm
freemantle are still alive with a 61 point win over hawthorn at home while hurting the hawks hopes. freemantle (8-10) must beat richmond at the g saturday. hawthorn (9-9) host collingwood at the g friday night in a must win game.
FRE 4.3 8.6 11.11 14.12 (96)
HAW 1.1 2.5 2.8 4.11 (35)
GOALS: FRE – J. Longmuir 3, Medhurst 3, Farmer 3, Croad 3, Bell, Koops; HAW – Holland, A. Cox, Vandenberg, Hodge
essendon (9-7-1) vs brisbane (13-4) colonial stadium saturday night 710pm
brisbane continued their dominance in the grand final rematch by 37 points over essendon. Brisbane (14-4) host bulldogs saturday night essendon (9-8-1) travel to play adeliade sunday.
BRIS 5.2 9.3 11.5 16.12 (108)
ESS 3.0 7.2 8.3 11.5 (71)
GOALS: BRIS -Headland 3, McRae 3, Akermanis 2, Hart, Daniel Bradshaw, Lynch, Black, Notting, Power, B. Scott, Voss; ESS – Caracella 2, Hird 2, Barnard, Heffernan, Bolton, J. Johnson, Lloyd, Lucas, Rioli
port (13-4) vs st kilda (5-11-1) aami stadium saturday night 740pm
port affairmed their top 2 credentionals by beating st kilda by 7 goals port (14-4) play carlton at optus oval saturday st kilda (5-12-1) host geelong at colonial sunday.
PA 3.3 9.5 12.7 16.9 (105)
STK 4.1 4.4 5.8 9.9 (63)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 3, Primus 2, Dew 2, Stevens 2, C. Cornes 2, P. Burgoyne, S. Burgoyne, Francou, Poulton, French; StK – Hayes 2, Milne 2, Thompson, Gehrig, Riewoldt, Dal Santo, Everitt
sydney (5-11-1) vs adelaide (11-6) scg sunday afternoon 110pm
the crows are all but safe in the top 4 with a 3 goal win over sydney at the scg. sydney (5-12-1) play the kangaroos in a “away” game in sydney on saturday night adeliade (12-6) host essnedon on sunday
ADE 7.5 13.7 16.9 17.14 (116)
SYD 3.3 7.4 11.6 15.8 (98)
GOALS: ADE – Burton 4, Stevens 2, Beinke 2, Goodwin 2, Ladhams 2, Bode, McGregor, Johncock, McLeod, Biglands; SYD – Fosdike 2, Stevens 2, Mathews, Cresswell, Williams, Kelly, McPherson, Kennelly, Nicks, Bolton, Crouch, Mott, Bennett
bulldogs (7-9-1) vs west coast (10-7) optus oval sunday afternoon 210pm
bulldogs keep their finals hopes alive with a 51 point win over west coast with nathan brown and brad johnson dominating the scoring. bulldogs (8-9-1) face brisbane at the gabba saturday night. West coast (10-8) host melbourne sunday.
WB 5.2 13.2 18.6 22.10 (142)
WCE 5.2 11.5 13.6 14.7 (91)
GOALS: WB – Brown 7, Johnson 5, Gilbee 2, Power 2, Giansiracusa, McMahon, Penny, Hahn, Smith. West; WCE – Ph. Matera 5, Lynch 3, Kerr, Collica, Chambers, Sierakowski, Williams, Wirrpunda
melbourne (9-8) vs richmond (4-13) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
richmond are back on the winners list all but securing carlton the wooden sppon by 5 points putting melbournes top 8 hopes in trouble. richmond (5-13) host freemantle at the g on saturday melbourne (9-9) travel to west coast on sunday
RICH 4.3 6.9 12.11 14.15 (99)
MELB 3.2 6.4 7.8 14.10 (94)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 5, Rodan 2, Stafford 2, Coughlan, D. Kellaway, Rogers, Mills, Tivendale; MELB – Robertson 5, Neitz 4, Yze 2, Johnstone, Vardy, Leoncelli
ladder
BRIS 14 4 0 2085 1542 135.21 56
PA 14 4 0 2029 1513 134.1 56
COL 12 6 0 1763 1486 118.64 48
ADE 12 6 0 1901 1702 111.69 48
WCE 10 8 0 1811 1783 101.57 40
GEEL 10 8 0 1647 1626 101.29 40
KANG 10 8 0 1785 1783 100.11 40
ESS 9 8 1 1552 1543 100.58 38
MELB 9 9 0 1818 1788 101.68 36
HAW 9 9 0 1561 1727 90.39 36
WB 8 9 1 1962 1862 105.37 34
FRE 8 10 0 1559 1744 89.39 32
SYD 5 12 1 1631 1646 99.09 22
STK 5 12 1 1421 1870 75.99 22
RICH 5 13 0 1431 1804 79.32 20
CARL 2 16 0 1406 1943 72.36 8
goals
Neitz (MELB) 59
Lynch (BRIS) 54
Kingsley (GEEL) 50
Hall (SYD) 43
Milne (STK) 42
Rocca (KANG) 42
Tredrea (PA) 41
Brown (WB) 41
Johnson (WB) 41
Burton (ADE) 38
Croad (FRE) 36
Dan Bradshaw(BRIS)35
Ph. Matera (WCE) 35
Dew (PA) 35
J. Longmuir (FRE) 34
round 19 matches
friday
hawthorn vs collingwood MCG (N) 740pm
saturday
carlton vs port OO 210pm
richmond vs freemantle MCG 210pm
brisbane vs bulldogs G (N) 710pm
kangaroos vs sydney SCG (N) 710pm
sunday
adeliade vs essendon AAMI 110pm
st kilda vs geelong CS 210pm
west coast vs melbourne S 340pm
Harrison’s world 