richmond (6-9) vs collingwood (9-6) mcg friday night 740pm
collingwood moved a stop closer to the top 4 with a 69 point win over richmond whose season continues to drop off with 8 straight loses. richmond (6-10) play bulldogs saturday night at telstra dome collingwood (10-6) host carlton sunday afternoon at the g.
COL 5.3 12.6 13.8 20.11 (131)
RICH 1.3 3.6 5.8 9.8 (62)
GOALS: COL – Molloy 4, Rocca 3, O’Bree 2, Williams 2, Tarrant 2, Buckley, Betheras, Holland, Burns, Fraser, Johnson, Lonie;
RICH – Holland 3, Krakouer 2, Ottens, Chaffey, Richardson, Tivendale
cartlon (4-11) vs sydney (10-5) optus oval saturday afternoon 210pm
a strong start helped sydney move into 2nd with a 31 point win over struggling carlton. carlton (4-12) play collingwood at the g sunday. sydney (11-5) host freemantle sunday.
SYD 7.2 12.5 15.6 18. 7 (115)
CARL 2.2 3.5 8.8 12.12 (84)
GOALS: SYD – O’Loughlin 5, Schneider 2, Hall 2, Davis 2, Cresswell 2, Williams, Mathews, Goodes, Kirk, Ball; CARL – Fevola 6, Hickmott 2, Beasy 2, Prendergast, Camporeale
hawthorn (7-8) vs melbourne (5-10) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
hawthorn came from behind to keep their finals hopes alive with a 7 point win over melbourne. hawthorn (8-8) face west coast in perth friday night. melborune (5-11) host essnedon at the g satruday afternoon.
HAW 2.5 7.6 10.9 17.11 (113)
MELB 3.3 11.6 11.13 15.16 (106)
GOALS: HAW – Rawlings 5, Hodge 3, Dixon 2, Thompson 2, Crawford, Picioane, Mitchell, Hunter, Lekkas; MELB – Yze 3, Bruce 3, Green 2, Armstrong, Johnstone, McDonald, Robertson, Brown, Miller, Walsh
essendon (7-8) vs brisbane (10-1-4) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
brisbanes title defence is in trouble after a 8 point loss to essendon keeping the dons finals hopes alive. Essendon (8-8) play melbourne at the g saturday afternoon. brisbane (10-1-5) host port in the game of the round saturday night.
ESS 4.4 7.6 11. 8 14.10 (94)
BRIS 3.2 6.4 10.10 12.14 (86)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 5, Bolton 2, M. Johnson, Ramanauskas, Welsh, J. Johnson, Hille, Jacobs, Misiti; BRIS – Lynch 4, Power 2, Voss, McRae, B. Scott, Brown, Shattock, Bradshaw
port (11-4) vs west coast (10-1-4) aami stadium saturday night 740pm
ports dominance after round 2 continues with a 64 point win over west coast at home. port (12-4) face brisbane at the gabba saturday night. west coast (10-1-5) host hawthorn friday night.
PA 6.1 10.3 12.9 17.12 (114)
WCE 1.2 4.3 6.6 7.8 (50)
GOALS: PA: Tredrea 5, S. Burgoyne 2, Carr 2, Cockatoo-Collins 2, Dew 2, Primus, Wanganeen, Pickett, Brogan; WCE – Jones 2, Judd, Kerr, Wooden, Embley, Wirrpunda
geelong (5-10) vs bulldogs (1-1-13) skilled stadium sunday afterrnoon 110pm
bulldogs have done it beating geelong their only victim for the 2nd time this year by 3 goals. despite 6 unanswered last quarter goals. Geelong (5-11) travel to canberra to play the roos. bulldogs (2-1-13) host richmond saturday night at telstra dome.
WB 5.2 8.5 15.8 15.9 (99)
GEEL 1.1 2.7 5.12 11.15 (81)
GOALS: WB – Johnson 4, Bowden 3, Brown 3, Gilbee 2, Bandy, Harrison, Eagleton; GEEL – Johnson 3, Street 2, Bartel, Moloney, Riccardi, Kingsley, Mooney, Milburn
st kilda (6-9) vs kangaroos (8-1-6) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
a 10 goal first quarter and 9 goals from ggehrig keeps st kildas season alive with a 5 point win over the roos. st kilda (7-9) play adeliade in adeliade sunday afternoon. kanagroos (8-1-7) host geelong in canberra saturday afternoon.
STK 10.1 13.3 18.4 21.6 (132)
KANG 3.1 8.3 15.8 19.13 (127)
GOALS: StK – Gehrig 9, Montagna 3, Powell 2, Baker 2, Riewoldt, Ball, Wulf, Hamill, Lawrence; KANG – D. Motlop 3, Jones 3, Harding 3, Petrie 2, Rocca 2, Robbins, A. Stevens, Archer, Harvey, Rawlings, Grant
freemantle (9-6) vs adeliade (10-5) subiaco sunday afternoon 340pm
in a thriller the crows run was ended by a point moving freo closer to their first finals appearence. freemantle (10-6) travel to sydney sunday afternoon to play sydney. adeliade (10-6) host st kilda sunday afternoon.
FRE 2.1 10.4 10.9 13.13 (91)
ADE 5.5 7.5 11.11 13.12 (90)
GOALS: FRE – Farmer 4, J Longmuir 3, Carr 3, Headland, Simmonds, Medhurst; ADE – Burton 4, Burns 3, Rutten 3, McLeod 2, Perrie
ladder
PA 12 4 0 1586 1208 131.29 48
SYD 11 5 0 1580 1323 119.43 44
WCE 10 5 1 1806 1471 122.77 42
BRIS 10 5 1 1585 1371 115.61 42
ADE 10 6 0 1570 1232 127.44 40
COL 10 6 0 1675 1403 119.39 40
FRE 10 6 0 1541 1496 103.01 40
KANG 8 7 1 1543 1664 92.73 34
ESS 8 8 0 1573 1544 101.88 32
HAW 8 8 0 1453 1490 97.52 32
STK 7 9 0 1425 1738 81.99 28
RICH 6 10 0 1329 1455 91.34 24
GEEL 5 11 0 1343 1528 87.89 20
MELB 5 11 0 1454 1722 84.44 20
CARL 4 12 0 1383 1833 75.45 16
WB 2 13 1 1545 1913 80.76 10
round 17 matches
friday
west coast vs hawthorn S (N) 840pm
saturday
kangaroos vs geelong MO 210pm
melbourne vs essendon MCG 210pm
bulldogs vs richmond TD (N) 710pm
brisbane vs port G (N) 710pm
sunday
sydney vs freemantle SCG 110pm
collingwood vs carlton MCG 210pm
adeliade vs st kilda AAMI 240pm
Harrison’s world 