hawthorn (3-4) vs essenndon (3-4) mcg friday night 740pm
even without hird and lloyd essendon can still destroy the hawks in a 53 point win to steady the dons season and leave the hawks in trouble. Hawthorn (3-5) play geelong on sunday afternoon at telstra dome essendon (4-4) host port at telstra dome friday night.
ESS 4.3 7.7 11.11 15.16 (106)
HAW 2.2 5.2 7.5 8.5 (53)
GOALS: ESS – Cupido 3, Barnard 2, Lucas 2, Mercuri 2, Hille, J. Johnson, McGrath, Reynolds, Richards, Winderlich; HAW – Thompson 2, S. Cox, Everitt, Greene, Ladson, Rawlings, Ries
collingwood (4-3) vs west coast (5-2) telstra dome saturday afternoon 210pm
collingwood are not playing like the team who nearly won the previous grand final with a 16 point loss to red hot west coast who recorded their fourth straight win. collingwood (4-4) host st kilda at telstra dome saturday night. west coast (6-2) host richmond saturday night at subiaco.
WCE 7.5 9.7 12.7 18.11 (119)
COL 3.0 6.6 12.9 15.13 (103)
GOALS: WCE – Embley 4, Judd 3, Sampi 2, Matera 2, Braun, Hunter, Cousins, Gardiner, Jones, Wirrpunda, Chick; COL – Rocca 4, Didak 2, Burns 2, Woewodin 2, Cole, Tarrant, Holland, Licuria, Buckley
port (4-3) vs kanagroos (3-1-3) aami stadium saturday afternoon 240pm
it may have taken 7 years but port have finally beaten the roos with a second half blow out by 9 goals. port (5-3) play essendon at telstra dome friday night. kangaroos (3-1-4) host sydney in canberra sunday afternoon. byron picket kicked 3 goals against his old side.
PA 3.4 6.6 9.7 15.13 (103)
KANG 3.1 6.4 7.7 7.7 (49)
GOALS: PA – S. Burgoyne 4, Pickett 3, Tredrea 2, C. Cornes 2, Wanganeen, Schofield, Guerra, Cockatoo-Collins; KANG – Grant, Sinclair, Brown, Petrie, Jones, Harvey, Makepeace
richmond (5-2) vs melbourne (3-4) mcg saturday night 710pm
14 first quarter goals kicked but richmond kept their top 4 spot with a 9 point win over melbourne. Richmond (6-2) play west coast in perth saturday night. melbourne (3-5) host freemantle saturday afternoon.
RICH 7.3 10.4 14.5 17.10 (112)
MELB 7.0 9.3 14.7 16.7 (103)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 4, Stafford 3, Bowden 2, Cameron 2, Gaspar, Pettifer, Rodan, Johnson, Tivendale, Vardy; MELB – Neitz 4, Robertson 3, Vardy 2, Heffernan, Yze, Green, Leoncelli, Jarmar, Rigoni, Whelan
brisbane (5-1-1) vs adelaide (4-3) gabba saturday night 710pm
alistar lynchs 7 goals kept brisbane on top by 3 goals over adelaide who are not consistant. brisbane (6-1-1) play carlton at optus oval saturday afternoon adelaide (4-4) host bulldogs sunday afternoon.
BRIS 3.1 7.3 12.8 16.11 (107)
ADE 5.4 8.9 10.14 12.17 (89)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 7, McRae 2, Black 2, Caracella, Voss, Power, Brennan, Leppitsch;
ADE – McLeod 2, Perrie 2, Edwards 2, Burns, McGregor, Gallagher, Bickley, Biglands, Goodwin
sydney (4-3) vs geelong (1-6) scg sunday afternoon 110pm
sydney are red hot after win number 4 in a row a 39 point win over last place geelong. sydney (5-3) play kangaroos in canberra sunday afternoon. geelong (1-7) host hawthorn sunday afternoon at telstra dome.
SYD 5.2 10.8 12.9 17.10 (112)
GEEL 1.0 4.1 8.6 11.7 (73)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 2, Maxfield 2, Fosdike 2, Stevens 2, Roberts-Thomson 2, Schneider 2, Goodes 2, Cresswell, Williams, J. Bolton;
GEEL – Graham 4, McCarthy 2, Riccardi, Kingsley, Ablett, Chambers, Chapman
carlton (2-5) vs bulldogs (1-6) optus oval sunday afternoon 210pm
battle of the strugglers saw carlton get some breathing space off last by 7 points over bulldogs who have not won since round 1. Carlton (3-5) host brisbane on saturday afternoon bulldogs (1-7) play adeliade in adelaide sunday afternoon.
CARL 2.8 6.11 9.14 15.17 (107)
WB 4.3 6.9 9.13 14.16 (100)
GOALS: CARL – Hickmott 3, McKernan 3, Beaumont 2, Houlihan 2, Camporeale, Fevola, Hulme, Sporn, McCormick; WB – Brown 4, Johnson 3, Bowden 2, Dimattina 2, Garlick, Gilbee, McMahon
freemantle (4-3) vs st kilda (4-3) subiaco sunday afternoon 340pm
two years ago you would have not expected these two sides to be fighting for a spot in the 8 now freemantle continue their resurgence with their 3rd straigth win ending the saints run by 41 points. freemantle (5-3) play melbourne at the g saturday afternoon st kilda (4-4) play collingwood at telstra dome saturday night.
FRE 5.4 9.7 13.10 18.15 (123)
STK 3.3 5.9 9.11 11.16 (82)
GOALS: FRE – J. Longmuir 3, Farmer 3, Hasleby 2, Pavlich 2, Croad 2, Headland, Bell, Cook, Carr, Simmonds, Waterhouse; StK – Gehrig 5, Hayes, Peckett, Thompson, Hamill, Burke, Milne
ladder
BRIS 6 1 1 778 671 115.95 26
WCE 6 2 0 895 712 125.70 24
RICH 6 2 0 746 634 117.67 24
PA 5 3 0 741 646 114.71 20
SYD 5 3 0 778 697 111.62 20
FRE 5 3 0 870 783 111.11 20
ADE 4 4 0 833 706 117.99 16
ESS 4 4 0 791 743 106.46 16
COL 4 4 0 785 805 97.52 16
STK 4 4 0 738 821 89.89 16
KANG 3 4 1 770 855 90.06 14
MELB 3 5 0 745 829 89.87 12
CARL 3 5 0 745 861 86.53 12
HAW 3 5 0 683 792 86.24 12
WB 1 7 0 760 926 82.07 4
GEEL 1 7 0 643 820 78.41 4
goals
Neitz (MELB) 30
Matera (WCE) 29
Lloyd (ESS) 26
S. Burgoyne (PA) 25
Fevola (CARL) 24
Brown (WB) 21
Tarrant (COL) 20
Rocca (COL) 19
Kingsley (GEEL) 19
Hall (SYD) 18
Milne (STK) 17
Harding (KANG) 16
Robertson (MELB) 16
Cupido (ESS) 16
Medhurst (FRE) 16
round 9 matches
friday
essendon vs port TD (N) 740pm
saturday
carlton vs brisbane OO 210pm
melbourne vs freemantle MCG 210pm
collingwood vs st kilda TD (N) 710pm
west coast vs richmond S (N) 740pm
sunday
kangaroos vs sydney MO 110pm
geelong vs hawthorn TD 210pm
adelaide vs bulldogs AAMI 310pm
Harrison’s world 