the penulutemnet round is always interesting.
hawthorn (10-10) vs kangaroos (11-9) mcg friday night 740pm
despite a rocky season the roos are in the finals with a 15 point win over hawthorn boosting them to 5th giving them an outside chance at a top 4 finish hawthorn (10-11) must beat geelong by a big margin to have any chance on friday night to make the 8 at colonial. Kangaroos (12-9) host west coast at canberra sunday afternoon.
KANG 4.5 8.8 14.11 17.17 (119)
HAW 5.2 9.4 14.6 16.8 (104)
GOALS: KANG – Pickett 4, Harvey 3, Sinclair 2, Motlop 2, Grant, Archer, Porter, Jones, Burton, Harding; HAW – Holland 5, Hodge 2, Thompson 2, Brown 2, Crawford, Chick, Dixon, Lekkas, Rehn
geelong (11-9) vs brisbane (16-4) skilled stadium saturday afternoon 210pm
the game was over before geelong kicked a goal as brisbane won by 55 points to secure a top of the table clash with port next week. Geelong (11-10) host hawthorn at colonial friday night brisbane (17-4) play port in adeliade saturday afternoon to decide 1st place.
BRIS 5.1 11.5 13.9 16.14 (110)
GEEL 0.3 2.6 4.8 7.13 (55)
GOALS: BRIS – Akermanis 4, Lynch 3, Black 2, Power 2, Brown 2, Headland, B. Scott, Bradshaw; GEEL – Kingsley 4, Johnson, Riccardi, Burns
melbourne (11-9) vs sydney (7-12-1) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
sydney have put a dent in melbournes finals aspirations leaving the 7th place dees vulnerable by 68 points showing what might have been had they been consistant. melbourne (11-10) play st kilda at colonial saturday night in a must win game. Sydney (8-12-1) finish at the olympic stadium saturday night.
SYD 6.3 12.3 17.5 23.7 (145)
MELB 1.2 4.6 7.8 11.11 (77)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 7, O’Loughlin 4, Cresswell 3, Goodes 3, O’Keefe 2, Kirk, Kennelly, Kelly, Schauble; MELB – Neitz 3, Robertson 2, Wheatley 2, Powell, Jolly, Bruce, Woewodin
bulldogs (8-11-1) vs carlton (2-18) colonail stadium saturday night 710pm
carlton may have finally won a wooden spoon but didn’t stop them knocking the bulldogs into the bottom 4 by 2 points in their 3rd win of the year which is amazing considering they where 50 up at 1/4 time. bulldogs (8-12-1) play collingwood at the g saturday afternoon to finish the year carlton (3-18) have the old enermy essendon sunday at the g.
CARL 9.3 11.5 13.7 15. 9 (99)
WB 1.1 5.4 12.6 14.13 (97)
GOALS: CARL – McKernan 4, Beaumont 2, Doering, Hickmott, Hotton, Houlihan, Mansfield, Cranage, Murphy, Sporn, Wiggins; WB – Brown 5, Dimattina 2, Giansiracusa 2, Alvey, Darcy, Johnson, Murphy, Penny
west coast (10-10) vs port (16-4) subiaco saturday night 740pm
4 rounds ago west coast where certain top 8 now they need to win on the round again to have any hope of finishing 8th after their 2nd home loss of the year to port by 38 points the only team to win on the road in perth twice this season. west coast (10-11) must win in canberra to make the 8 against the roos port (17-4) host brisbane saturday afternoon to decide the minor premership.
PA 3.5 8.6 11.10 14.19 (103)
WCE 1.1 3.3 8.3 10.5 (65)
GOALS: PA – S. Burgoyne 4, French 2, Dew 2, Francou 2, Paxman, C. Cornes, Primus, Stevens; WCE – Judd 3, Carroll 2, Kerr, Gardiner, Williams, Ph. Matera, Wooden
adeliade (13-7) vs richmond (7-13) aami stadium sunday afternoon 110pm
adeliade will make the top 4 ending the tigers late surge by 22 points. adelaide (14-7) have the repeat of last years final round trip to freo on sunday richmond (7-14) travel to the olympic stadium to play sydney.
ADE 4.1 6.2 9.7 13.9 (87)
RICH 1.3 5.5 7.7 9.11(65)
GOALS: ADE – Crowell 3, Burton 2, McGregor, Stevens, Stenglein, McLeod, Beinke, Ricciuto, Biglands, Ladhams; RICH – Richardson 3, Bowden 2, Stafford, Hall, Krakouer, Tivendale
collingwood (12-8) vs st kilda (5-14-1) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
collingwoods late season poor form continued despite beating struggling st kilda by 11 points. collingwood (13-8) host bulldogs at the g saturday to finish their home and away season. st kilda (5-15-1) host melbourne at colonial saturday night.
COL 1.1 4.6 8.8 11.11 (77)
STK 1.6 5.7 9.10 9.12 (66)
GOALS: COL -N. Davis 2, Didak 2, Tarrant 2, Freeborn, Holland, Lockyer, Lonie, Burns; StK- Everitt 3, Jones 2, Hamill, Dal Santo, Maguire, Milne
essendon (10-9-1) vs freemantle (9-11) colonial stadium sunday afternoon 210pm
essendon secured their finals berth with a 21 point win over freo ending any doubt of the dockers finals hopes. essendon (11-9-1) finish with carlton on sunday afternoon freemantle (9-12) host adeliade on sunday afternoon.
ESS 5.3 7.8 9.12 13.15 (93)
FRE 2.5 5.6 7.10 10.12 (72)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 4, Caracella 3, Bolton 2, Barnard, Lucas, Moorcroft, Rioli; FRE – Croad 4, Hasleby 2, Farmer, Cook, Koops, Medhurst
ladder
BRIS 17 4 0 2436 1753 138.96 68
PA 17 4 0 2270 1699 133.61 68
ADE 14 7 0 2188 1927 113.54 56
COL 13 8 0 2008 1783 112.62 52
KANG 12 9 0 2115 2126 99.48 48
ESS 11 9 1 1847 1810 102.04 46
MELB 11 10 0 2108 2128 99.06 44
GEEL 11 10 0 1876 1954 96.01 44
WCE 10 11 0 2065 2128 97.04 40
HAW 10 11 0 1863 2050 90.88 40
FRE 9 12 0 1820 2031 89.61 36
SYD 8 12 1 2007 1900 105.63 34
WB 8 12 1 2221 2173 102.21 34
RICH 7 14 1 1725 2056 83.9 28
StK 5 15 1 1668 2136 78.09 22
CARL 3 18 0 1645 2208 74.5 12
goals
Neitz (MELB 73
Lynch (BRIS) 57
Kingsley (GEEL) 56
Brown (WB) 51
Hall (SYD) 50
Rocca (KANG) 49
Milne (STK) 46
Tredrea (PA) 45
Burton (ADE) 45
Johnson (WB) 44
Akermanis (BRIS) 43
Lloyd (ESS) 42
Croad (FRE) 42
Ph. Matera (WCE) 40
Dew (PA) 39
round 22 matches
friday
geelong vs hawthorn CS (N) 740pm
saturday
collingwood vs bulldogs MCG 210pm
port vs brisbane AAMI 240pm game of the round
st kilda vs melbourne CS (N) 710pm
sydney vs richmond ANZ (N) 720pm
sunday
kangaroos vs west coast MO 110pm
carlton vs essendon MCG 210pm
freemantle vs adelaide S 340pm
Harrison’s world 