richmond (6-13) vs hawthorn (10-9) mcg friday night 740pm
hawthorn blew a chance to get back into the 8 in a 14 point loss to richmond who are back to being inconsistent despite a last quarter serge. richmond (7-13) travel to play adeliade sunday afternoon hawthorn (10-10) host kangaroos at the mcg friday night.
RICH 4.2 9.8 12.11 16.11 (107)
HAW 5.4 5.10 6.14 13.15 (93)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 5, Stafford 4, Ottens 2, Fiora, Mills, Tivendale, Coughlan, Zantuck;
HAW – Thompson 2, Barlow 2, S. Cox 2, Chick 2, Dixon, Ries, A Cox, Holland, Lonie
kangaroos (10-9) vs cartlon (2-17) colonial stadium saturday afternoon 210pm
the roos are closer to a finals spot with a 19 point win over wooden spooners carlton. kangaroos (11-9) play hawthorn at the g firday night carlton (2-18) play the bulldogs saturday night at colonial.
ANG 2.7 7.7 15.10 17.12 (114)
CARL 2.1 5.2 9.3 15.5 (95)
GOALS: KANG – Pickett 3, Rocca 3, Blakey 2, Grant, Harvey, King, McCartney, Archer, Porter, Rawlings, Burton, Simpson; CARL – McKernan 4, Eccles 2, Murphy 2, Cranage, Hickmott, Hotton, Houlihan, Lappin, Camporeale, Doering
freemantle (8-11) vs geelong (11-8) subiaco saturday afternoon 340pm
freemantle put a dent in geelongs credentionals in a 45 point win in perth. Freemantle (9-11) play essendon at colonial sunday afternoon geelong (11-9) host brisbane saturday afternoon.
FRE 6.3 9.7 13.10 17.15 (117)
GEEL 3.3 6.3 8.5 11.6 (72)
GOALS: FRE – Carr 2, Farmer 2, Hasleby 2, Croad 2, Medhurst 2, Simmonds, McPhee, Bell, Brown, J. Longmuir, Pavlich, Woods; GEEL – Mooney 3, Kelly 2, King, Wojcinski, Riccardi, White, Lord, Chapman
essendon (9-9-1) vs collingwood (12-7) mcg saturday night 710pm
essendon kept their finals hopes alives with a 55 point upset win over collingwood their best game since round 13. with lloyd returning to form with 5 goals. essendon (10-9-1) host freemantle at colonial collingwood (12-8) host st kilda at the g both on sunday afternoon.
ESS 6.3 10.6 14.10 19.12 (126)
COL 2.2 4.4 8.8 10.11 (71)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 5, Moorcroft 5, Jacobs 2, Hird, Hunt, Heffernan, Barnard, Lucas, Bolton, Rioli; COL – L. Davis 2, McKee 2, Rocca 2, Lonie, McGough, Didak, Lockyer
brisbane (15-4) vs west coast (10-9) gabba saturday night 710pm
brisbane reminded the comp who the regining premiers are with a 47 ponit win over west coast knocking the eagles out of the 8. former bronwlow medal winners voss and akermanis stared with 5 goals. Brisbane (16-4) travel to geelong saturday afternoon west coast (10-10) host port in a do or die match saturday night.
BRIS 6.4 11.10 14.12 20.16 (136)
WCE 4.2 7.4 9.8 13.11 (89)
GOALS: BRIS – Voss 5, Akermanis 5, Power 2, Headland 2, Bradshaw, Brown, McRae, White, Notting, Pike; WCE – Cox 2, Kerr 2, Jakovich 2, Ph. Matera 2, Chambers, Pt. Matera, Braun, Gardiner, Carroll
sydney (6-12-1) vs st kilda (5-13-1) scg sunday afternoon 110pm
st kildas late unluckiness continues with a 7 point loss to sydney in a close one on the road. sydney (7-12-1) play melbourne at the g saturday afternoon st kilda (5-14-1) play collingwood sunday at the g.
SYD 3.3 7.6 10.10 12.15 (87)
STK 1.2 4.2 9.5 12.8 (80)
GOALS: SYD – O’Keefe 2, Cresswell 2, O’Loughlin 2, Williams, Kelly, Kennelly, Saddington, Nicks, Goodes; StK- Hamill 2, Thompson 2, Wulf 2, Gehrig, Everitt, Riewoldt, Voss, Lawrence, Milne
melbourne (10-9) vs bulldogs (8-10-1) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
bulldogs hopes are over after a 12 point loss to melbourne keeping their home finals hopes alive. david neitz stared with 7 as he runs away with the colemen medal. melbourne (11-9) host sydney saturday afternoon at the g bulldogs (8-11-1) play carlton saturday night at colonial
MELB 3.5 9.8 12.13 15.17 (107)
WB 3.1 8.2 12.8 14.11 (95)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 7, Robertson 2, Vardy 2, Green, White, Woewodin, Yze; WB – Brown 5, McMahon 4, Johnson 2, Darcy 2, Hargrave
port (15-4) vs adeliade (13-6) aami stadium sunday afternoon 240pm
port will finish top 2 with an 8 point win over cross town rivals adelaide. port (16-4) face a tough last fortnight starting with west coast in perth saturday night adelaide (13-7) host richmond sunday afternoon.
PA 3.3 7.4 9.7 12.12 (84)
ADE 2.2 6.5 8.6 11.10 (76)
GOALS: PA -P. Burgoyne 2, S. Burgoyne 2, Carr 2, Primus, Montgomery, Tredrea, Dew, Guerra, James; ADE – Stevens 3, Burton 2, Ladhams 2, Edwards, Bode, Bickley, Biglands
ladder
BRIS 16 4 0 2326 1698 136.98 64
PA 16 4 0 2167 1634 132.62 64
ADE 13 7 0 2101 1862 112.84 52
COL 12 8 0 1931 1717 112.46 48
MELB 11 9 0 2031 1983 102.42 44
GEEL 11 9 0 1821 1844 98.75 44
KANG 11 9 0 1996 2022 98.71 44
ESS 10 9 1 1754 1738 100.92 42
WCE 10 10 0 2000 2025 98.77 40
HAW 10 10 0 1759 1931 91.09 40
FRE 9 11 0 1748 1938 90.2 36
WB 8 11 1 2124 2074 102.41 34
SYD 7 12 1 1862 1823 102.14 30
RICH 7 13 0 1660 1969 84.31 28
STK 5 14 1 1602 2059 77.8 22
CARL 2 18 0 1546 2111 73.24 8
goals
Neitz (MELB) 70
Lynch (BRIS) 54
Kingsley (GEEL) 52
Rocca (KANG) 49
Brown (WB) 46
Milne (STK) 45
Tredrea (PA) 44
Hall (SYD) 43
Johnson (WB) 43
Burton (ADE) 43
Akermanis (BRIS) 43
Ph. Matera (WCE) 39
Lloyd (ESS) 38
Croad (FRE) 38
Bradshaw (BRIS) 37
round 21 matches
friday
hawthorn vs kangaroos MCG (N) 740pm
saturday
geelong vs brisbane SS 210pm
melbourne vs sydney MCG 210pm
bulldogs vs carlton CS (N) 710pm
west coast vs port S (N) 740pm
sunday
adeliade vs richmond AAMI 110pm
collingwood vs st kilda MCG 210pm
essendon vs freemantle CS 210pm