geelong (11-10) vs hawthorn (10-11) colonial stadium friday night 740pm
with their seasons on the line a strong start wasn’t enough to make the up the gap on percentage between the two sides when the hawks evened the ledjure with a 3 goal win. both sides finish (11-11) hawthorn can’t make the 8 unless melbourne get destoryed geelong will hold 8th unless west coast stun the roos. the hawks best forwrds where first year players cambell brown and luke hodge.
HAW 5.3 7.5 8.6 11.9 (75)
GEEL 0.2 4.6 6.7 8.9 (57)
GOALS: HAW – Brown 3, Hodge 2, Vandenberg 2, Crawford, Barlow, Lonie, Cox; GEEL – Mooney 3, Clarke, Kelly, King, Kingsley, Burns
collingwood (13-8) vs bulldogs (8-12-1) mcg sautrday afternoon 210pm
after sacking their coach the bulldogs answered their critics with a move out of the bottom 4 with a 41 point upset win over 4th place collingwood with a runaway last quarter will be their best win in their new coaches brief carrier. bulldogs finish (9-12-1) collingwood (13-9) unless the roos win big will play the winner of port v brisbane on the road in the first week of the finals on the friday.
WB 4.3 6.5 11.7 17.12 (114)
COL 2.4 6.6 9.12 10.13 (73)
GOALS: WB – Brown 6, Giansiracusa 3, Croft 2, Darcy, Dimattina, Alvey, McMahon, Power, Eagleton; COL – Tarrant 4, Richardson 2, N. Davis 2, Fraser, Lockyer
port (17-4) vs brisbane (17-4) aami stadium saturday afternoon 240pm
port have won their first minor premership with a 6 point win over 2nd place regining premiers brisbane in a roller coaster match. port (18-4) host collingwood most likely on the friday to start their finals campaign brisabne (17-5) are gurrentied to host adelaide on the saturday night in the other quallfying final.
PA 1.2 5.4 12.9 13.12 (90)
BRIS 1.2 7.2 8.5 13.6 (84)
GOALS: PA – Primus 2, Wanganeen 2, Dew 2, James 2, Burgoyne, Burgoyne, Francou, K. Cornes, Guerra; BRIS – Akermanis 3, Headland 2, Voss 2, Power, Lynch, Brown, Black, Leppitsch, Hart
st kilda (5-15-1) vs melbourne (11-10) colonial stadium saturday night 710pm
melbourne move into 5th temporarily with a 3 goal win over struggling st kilda also ending hawthorns finals hopes. Melbourne (12-10) do not know who they play in the first week of the finals st kilda (5-16-1) finish 2nd last for the 2nd year runnning.
MELB 3.1 9.9 13.12 20.15 (135)
STK 6.1 8.3 13.8 18.9 (117)
GOALS: MELB – Green 5, Armstrong 3, Neitz 2, Vardy 2, Robertson 2, Bruce 2, Johnstone, Clark, Woewodin, Williams; StK – Riewoldt 6, Milne 4, Everitt 2, Begley 2, Loewe 2, Jones, Voss
sydney (8-12-1) vs richmond (7-14) anz stadium saturday night 720pm
despite a poor first half sydney moved into 11th with a 40 point win over richmond who finish 14th sydney (9-12-1) richmond (7-15)
SYD 2.7 5.10 12.12 17.14 (116)
RICH 3.2 6.8 9.9 11.10 (76)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 5, O’Loughlin 3, McPherson 2, Seymour 2, Doyle 2, Kirk, Kennelly, Cresswell; RICH – Hall 4, Stafford 2, Rodan 2, Coughlan, Ottens, Richardson
kangaroos (12-9) vs west coast (10-11) manauka oval sunday afternoon 110pm
kanagroos might not want a final home game in canberra again next year after losing their “home” final with a 17 point loss putitng west coast with just 2nd road win of the year and their first since round 17 into the finals. west coast (11-11) and kangaroos (12-10) one will play melbourne the other essendon in the elimination finals depending on if essendon win or not.
WCE 6.3 9.5 16.8 22.11 (143)
KANG 5.6 10.10 13.13 18.18 (126)
GOALS: WCE – Ph Matera 6, Wilson 5, Kerr 4, Gardiner, Judd, Taylor, Cousins, Chambers, Pt. Matera, Munro; KANG – King 5, Jones 3, Morrell 3, Harding 3, Petrie 2, Harvey, Makepeace
carlton (3-18) vs essendon (11-9-1) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
essendon moved into 5th with a 55 point win over wooden spooners carlton. after returning from retirment paul salmon was still going strong. essendon (12-9-1) host west coast saturday in an elimination final. carlton (3-19) have their first wooden spoon.
ESS 4.7 9.11 12.16 12.20 (92)
CARL 0.2 2.6 3.6 5.7 (37)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 5, Salmon, Peverill, J. Johnson, Barnard, Lucas, Hille, Bullen;
CARL – McKernan 2, Hickmott, Hotton, Doering
freemantle (9-12) vs adelaide (14-7) subiaco sunday afternoon 340pm
adeliade got their revenge with a 40 point win only freos 2nd home loss of the year but the margin was worse at 1/4 time and 1/2 time.
ADE 8.4 12.9 15.13 17.18 (120)
FRE 1.1 3.3 9.6 12.8 (80)
GOALS: ADE – Burton 4, McLeod 2, Johnson 2, Ricciuto 2, McGregor, Stenglein, Clarke, Stevens, Johncock, Bode, Ladhams; FRE – Medhurst 3, Hasleby 2, Pavlich 2, Cook 2, Cunningham J. Longmuir, Simmonds
ladder
PA 18 4 0 2360 1783 132.36 72
BRIS 17 5 0 2520 1843 136.73 68
ADE 15 7 0 2308 2007 115.60 60
COL 13 9 0 2081 1897 109.7 52
ESS 12 9 1 1939 1847 104.98 50
MELB 12 10 0 2243 2245 99.91 48
KANG 12 10 0 2241 2269 98.77 48
WCE 11 11 0 2208 2254 97.96 44
GEEL 11 11 0 1933 2029 95.27 44
HAW 11 11 0 1938 2107 91.98 44
SYD 9 12 1 2123 1976 107.44 38
WB 9 12 1 2335 2246 103.96 38
FRE 9 13 0 1900 2151 88.33 36
RICH 7 15 0 1801 2172 82.92 28
STK 5 16 1 1785 2271 78.6 22
CARL 3 19 0 1682 2300 73.13 12
goals
Neitz (MELB) 75 coleman medal winner
Lynch (BRIS) 58
Kingsley (GEEL) 57
Brown (WB) 57
Hall (SYD) 54
Milne (STK) 54
Rocca (KANG) 49
Burton (ADE) 48
Lloyd (ESS) 47
Akemanis (BRIS) 46
Tredea (PA) 45
Johnson (WB) 44
Ph. Matera (WCE)44
Croad (FRE) 42
Dew (PA) 41
finals week 1 draw
friday
port vs collingwood AAMI (N) 840pm
saturday
essendon vs west coast CS 210pm
brisbane vs adelaide G (N) 710pm
sunday
melbourne vs kangaroos MCG 210pm
Harrison’s world 