west coast (10-1-5) vs hawthorn (8-8) subiaco friday night 840pm
a goalless second half hurts the hawks finals hopes in a 56 point loss to west coast who still haven’t lost at home this season. west coast (11-1-5) travel to play st kilda sunday at telstra dome. hawthorn (8-9) continue their tough run with a home game against port on sunday afternoon at the g.
WCE 3.1 5.4 9.10 14.14 (98)
HAW 3.2 5.8 5.10 5.12 (42)
GOALS: WCE – Staker 2, Jakovich 2, Cousins, Embley Judd, Cox, McDougall, Haynes, Banfield, Matera, Sampi, Chick; HAW – Lekkas, Rawlings, Lonie, Thompson, Williams
kangaroos (8-1-7) vs geelong (5-11) manaka oval saturday afternoon 210pm
kangaroos are a game closer to the finals despite sitting 8th with a 3 goal win over geelong. kangaroos (9-1-7) play brisbane in brisbane saturday night. geelong (5-12) host collingwood at telstra dome saturday night.
KANG 3.4 8.5 11.6 16.8 (104)
GEEL 4.1 7.5 10.8 12.14 (86)
GOALS: KANG – Harding 3, Motlop, Petrie, Wells, Stevens 2, Brown, Robbins, Rocca, Harvey, Sinclair; GEEL – Johnson, Mooney, Wojcinski 2, Corey, Chapman, Playfair, Lord, Kelly, Ablett
melbourne (5-11) vs essendon (8-8) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
essendon kept their finals hopes alive with a 17 point win struggling melbourne. melbourne (5-12) play bulldogs at telstra dome friday night. essendon (9-8) play carlton at the g saturday afternoon.
ESS 6.2 8.6 10.8 13.10 (88)
MELB 1.3 7.7 8.8 10.11 (71)
GOALS: ESS – Cupido 3, Lloyd 3, Alessio 2, Rioli, Mercuri, Ramanauskas, Bolton, Misiti; MELB – Robertson 2, Armstrong, Ward, Yze, Johnstone, Green, Bruce, Rigoni, Walsh
bulldogs (2-1-13) vs richmond (6-10) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
a second half shoot out broke richmonds 8 game losing streak by 10 goals all but securing the bulldogs the wooden spoon if they don’t turn around their form. bulldogs (2-1-14) host melbourne at telstra dome friday night. richmond (7-10) travel to play freemantle saturday afternoon in perth.
RICH 3.1 7.3 14.7 24.11 (155)
WB 4.4 5.6 9.8 14.11 (95)
GOALS: RICH – Holland 6, McGrath 5, Krakouer 3, Johnson 2, Richardson 2, Rodan 2, Tivendale 2, Bowden, Schulz; WB – Eagleton 3, Johnson 3, Boyd 2, Darcy 2, Bowden, Brown, Harrison, Murphy
brisbane (10-1-5) vs port (12-4) gabba saturday night 710pm
are port finally the real deal after 2 top 4 finishes and poor finals campaigns they will be up there again and a 1 point win over the regining premiers boostst their credentionals. brisbane (10-1-6) host kangaroos saturday night. port (13-4) travel to play hawthorn at the g sunday afternoon.
PA 3.4 7.7 10.10 15.14 (104)
BRIS 3.5 7.8 9.11 15.13 (103)
GOALS: PA – Carr 4, Dew 2, C Cornes 2, Cockatoo-Collins 2, James 2, Pickett 2, S Burgoyne;
BRIS – Hart 3, Voss 2, Lynch 2, Keating 2, Akermanis 2, Brown, McRae B Scott, Power
sydney (11-5) vs freemantle (10-6) scg sunday afternoon 110pm
freos debut finals appearence might be brief after a 14 point loss to 2nd place sydney who face a difficult task to stay in 2nd. sydney (12-5) travel to play adeliade sunday afternoon. freemantle (10-7) host richmond saturday afternoon.
SYD 3.2 9.6 11.7 17.9 (111)
FRE 2.4 6.7 12.9 14.13 (97)
GOALS: SYD – Kirk 3, Hall 3, O’Loughlin 2, Schneider 2, Stevens 2, Ball, J. Bolton, Cresswell, Goodes, Nicks; FRE – Croad 3, Medhurst 3, Pavlich 2, T. Longmuir 2, J. Longmuir 2, Carr, Cook
collingwood (10-6) vs carlton (4-12) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
collingwood are looking more and more like the side who lost the 2002 grand final by 9 points. smashing 15th place carlton by 73 points. collingwood (11-6) play geelong at telstra dome saturday night carlton (4-13) host essendon at the g saturday afternoon.
COL 7.5 11.10 14.12 20.15 (135)
CARL 1.3 2.6 4.9 8.14 (62)
GOALS: COL – Rocca 4, Burns 3, Tarrant 3, Didak 2, Molloy 2, Shaw, Williams, O’Bree, Lonie, Licuria, Cole; CARL -Fevola 3, Camporeale 2, Norman, Beaumont, McCormick
adeliade (10-6) vs st kilda (7-9) aami stadium sunday afternoon 240pmp
st kildas season is all but over after a 57 point loss to adeliade on the road with johncock kicking 6 goals. adelaide (11-6) host sydney sunday afternoon. st kilda (7-10) host west coast at telstra dome sunday afternoon.
ADE 7.3 11.6 20.8 22.11 (143)
STK 4.1 7.3 10.4 13.8 (86)
GOALS: ADE – Johncock 6, Perrie 3, Welsh 3, Burton 3, Ladhams 3, McLeod 2, Edwards, Ricciuto; StK – Maguire 3, Milne 2, Hamill, Riewoldt, Ball, Powell, Dal Santo, Montagna, Wulf, Harvey
ladder
PA 13 4 0 1690 1311 128.91 52
SYD 12 5 0 1691 1420 119.08 48
WCE 11 5 1 1904 1513 125.84 46
ADE 11 6 0 1713 1318 129.97 44
COL 11 6 0 1810 1465 123.55 44
BRIS 10 6 1 1688 1475 114.44 42
FRE 10 7 0 1638 1607 101.93 40
KANG 9 7 1 1647 1750 94.11 38
ESS 9 8 0 1661 1615 102.85 36
HAW 8 9 0 1495 1588 94.14 32
RICH 7 10 0 1484 1550 95.74 28
STK 7 10 0 1511 1881 80.33 28
GEEL 5 12 0 1429 1632 87.56 20
MELB 5 12 0 1525 1810 84.25 20
CARL 4 13 0 1445 1968 73.42 16
WB 2 14 1 1640 2068 79.30 10
goals
Lloyd (ESS) 60
Neitz (MELB) 51
Lynch (BRIS) 48
Fevola (CARL) 47
Matera (WCE) 46
Hall (SYD) 43
Tarrant (COL) 42
Brown (WB) 41
Tredrea (PA) 40
Gehrig (STK) 36
round 18 matches
friday
bulldogs vs melbourne TD (N) 740pm
saturday
carlton vs essendon MCG 210pm
freemantle vs richmond S 340pm
brisbane vs kangaroos G (N) 710pm
geelong vs collingwood TD (N) 710pm
sunday
adelaide vs sydney AAMI 110pm
hawthorn vs port MCG 210pm
st kilda vs west coast TD 210pm
Harrison’s world 