hawthorn (3-3) vs kangaroos (2-1-3) telstra dome friday night 740pm
despite 5 goals from nathan thompson who later plays for the roos and a small quarter time lead hawthorn’s lose win lose win lose win lose start to the season continues in a 28 point loss to the roos keeping them in touch with the 8. hawthorn (3-4) host essendon at the g friday night. kanagroos (3-1-3) play port in adeliade saturday afternoon in a game where they have 100% success so far.
KANG 4.3 10.7 14.8 18.9 (117)
HAW 4.4 7.5 9.8 13.11 (89)
GOALS: KANG – Petrie 4, Archer 2, Harding 2, Simpson 2, Brown, Burton, Grant, Jones, King, Porter, Rawlings, A. Stevens; HAW – Thompson 5, Tallis 2, Brown, Everitt, Ladson, Lekkas, Rawlings, Vandenberg
richmond (4-2) vs essendon (3-3) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
this wasn’t a contest as richmond move into 3rd with a 7 goal win over essendon with krakouer kicking 5 goals the same number of essendon. Richmond (5-2) host melbourne saturday night at the g essendon (3-4) play hawthorn at the g friday night.
RICH 4.2 6.8 10.13 11.18 (84)
ESS 0.2 3.6 4.8 5.12 (42)
GOALS: RICH – Krakouer 5, Biddiscombe 2, Stafford, Nicholls, A. Kellaway, Vardy; ESS – M. Johnson, Mercuri, Solomon, Lloyd, Lucas
west coast (4-2) vs geelong (1-5) subiaco saturday afternoon 340pm
geelongs shocking start continues despite giving 2nd place west coast a scare in a 16 point match with 6 goals to 3 in the last giving west coast the win. west coast (5-2) face a hugh away test collingwood at telstra dome saturday afternoon geelong (1-6) continue their road trip with sydney in sydney sunday afternoon.
WCE 3.4 7.7 11.8 17.11 (113)
GEEL 2.5 6.8 11.12 14.13 (97)
GOALS: WCE – Matera 3, Sampi 3, Adkins 2, Jones 2, Green 2, Chick, Hayes, Judd, Munro, Braun; GEEL – Chapman 4, Johnson 3, Clarke 2, Rooke, Graham, Ablett, Wojcinski, Kingsley
st kilda (3-3) vs carlton (2-4) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
st kilda made it 3 straight with a 2 goal win over carlton to keep them in touch with the 8. st kilda (4-3) face freemnatle in perth sunday afternoon. Carlton (2-5) host bulldogs sunday afternoon at optus oval.
STK 5.2 9.7 14.11 16.17 (113)
CARL 2.2 8.2 12.5 15.11 (101)
GOALS: StK – Riewoldt 3, Burke 2, Gehrig 2, Hayes 2, Clarke, Hamill, Harvey, Jones, Koschitzke, Maguire, Peckett; CARL – Beaumont 3, McKernan 3, Houlihan 2, Murphy 2, Ratten 2, Fevola, Hulme, Koutoufides
adeliade (4-2) vs collingwood (3-3) aami stadium saturday night 740pm
chris tarrant may have saved collingwoods season with a after the siren 5 point win over adelaide to break a 3 game losing streak. adeliade (4-3) play brisbane in brisbane saturday night. collingwood (4-3) host west coast saturday afternoon at telstra dome.
COL 3.2 7.4 11.5 18.6 (114)
ADE 7.3 8.7 12.10 16.13 (109)
GOALS: COL – Tarrant 4, Didak 2, Woewodin 2, Rocca 2, Lonie 2, Buckley, Fraser, Williams, Licuria, O’Bree, Burns; ADE – Carey 4, Burns 4, Ricciuto 3, Ladhams 2, McLeod 2, Stenglein
sydney (3-3) vs brisbane (5-0-1) scg sunday afternoon 110pm
sydney have for the 2nd week running beaten a regining grand finalists with a 19 point win over undefeated brisbane. sydney (4-3) host geelong on sunday afternoon brisbane (5-1-1) host adeliade saturday night.
SYD 5.1 9.5 10.8 15.8 (98)
BRIS 2.2 4.6 8.9 11.13(79)
GOALS: SYD – O’Loughlin 5, Schneider 2, Hall 2, Cresswell 2, Crouch, Davis, Ball, Goodes;
BRIS – Lynch 3, Leppitsch 2, Notting 2, Charman, Brennan, B. Scott, Voss
melbourne (2-4) vs port (4-2) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
melbourne seem to have a way of stunning port this time by 27 points to break a 3 game losing streak and keep them in touch with the 8. Melbourne (3-4) play richmond at the g saturday night. port (4-3) host their boggie side kangaroos saturday afternoon.
MELB 7.5 10.9 13.12 16.15 (111)
PA 3.2 6.5 7.9 12.12 (84)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 3, Robertson 3, Leoncelli 3, Thompson, Johnstone, Vardy, McDonald, Bruce, Ferguson, Jamar; PA – P. Burgoyne 3, Cockatoo-Collins 2, S. Burgoyne 2, C. Cornes 2, Carr, Tredrea, Cochrane
bulldogs (1-5) vs freemantle (3-3) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
freemantle broke a long away drought with a 83 point win over the bulldogs who have now lost 6 straight the win is freos first away since round 18 2001. bulldogs (1-6) play carlton sunday afternoon. freemantle (4-3) host st kilda sunday afternoon.
FRE 3.6 10.8 17.13 23.17 (155)
WB 1.0 3.4 7.7 10.12 (72)
GOALS: FRE – Medhurst 4, J. Longmuir 4, Carr 3, Headland 3, Cook 2, McManus, Grover, Walker, Croad, Koops, Pavlich, Sandilands; WB – Harris 3, Bowden 3, Johnson 2, Power, McMahon
ladder
BRIS 5 1 1 671 582 115.29 22
WCE 5 2 0 776 609 127.42 20
RICH 5 2 0 634 531 119.40 20
ADE 4 3 0 744 599 124.21 16
PA 4 3 0 638 597 106.87 16
SYD 4 3 0 666 624 106.73 16
FRE 4 3 0 747 701 106.56 16
COL 4 3 0 682 686 99.42 16
STK 4 3 0 656 698 93.98 16
KANG 3 3 1 721 752 95.88 14
ESS 3 4 0 685 690 99.28 12
HAW 3 4 0 630 686 91.84 12
MELB 3 4 0 642 717 89.54 12
CARL 2 5 0 638 761 83.84 8
WB 1 6 0 660 819 80.59 4
GEEL 1 6 0 570 708 80.51 4
goals
Matera (WCE) 27
Lloyd (ESS) 26
Neitz (MELB) 26
Fevola (CARL) 23
S. Burgoyne (PA)21
Tarrant (COL) 19
Kingsley (GEEL) 18
Brown (WB) 17
Milne (STK) 16
Hall (SYD) 16
Medhurst (FRE) 16
Harding (KANG) 16
Rocca (COL) 15
Carey (ADE) 15
Bradshaw (BRIS) 14
round 8 matches
friday
hawthorn vs essendon MCG (N) 740pm
saturday
collingwood vs west coast TD 210pm
port vs kangaroos AAMI 240pm
richmond vs melbourne MCG (N) 710pm
brisbane vs adeliade G (N) 710pm
sunday
sydney vs geelong SCG 110pm
carlton vs bulldogs OO 210pm
freemantle vs st kilda S 340pm
Harrison’s world 