collingwood (12-7) vs adeliade (13-6) telstra dome friday night 740pm
colingwood kept their top 2 hopes alive with a 37 point win over 2nd place adeliade with 7 goals to 1 in the third quarter. Collingwood (13-7) travel to sydney at the olympic stadium saturday night. adelaide (13-7) host kangaroos saturday afternoon.
COL 1.5 4.8 11.14 15.18 (108)
ADEL 2.1 4.2 5.3 11.5 (71)
GOALS: COL – Fraser 3, Didak 3, Rocca 3, Lonie, Licuria, Scotland, O’Bree, Burns, Lokan
ADE – Torney 2, Perrie 2, Doughty, Johncock, Schuback, Bode, Burton, Begley, Goodwin
carlton (4-15) vs st kilda (9-10) optus oval saturday afternoon 210pm
st kilda are not finished their finals chances with a 91 point win over struggling carlton. Carlton (4-16) play hawthorn at the g friday night. St Kilda (10-10) host bulldogs sunday afternoon in tasmania.
STK 9.3 18.5 22.7 26.10 (166)
CARL 2.2 7.4 10.6 11.9 (75)
GOALS: StK – Gehrig 7, Powell 4, Dal Santo 3, Murray 3, Montagna 3, Jones 2, Ball, Harvey, Baker, Hayes; CARL – Fevola 3, Beasy 2, Livingston, Davies, McCormick, Koutoufides, Beaumont, Fisher
geelong (6-13) vs west coast (11-1-7) skilled stadium saturday afternoon 210pm
a thriller lead to the third draw of the year costing west coast security in their finals hopes. geelong (6-1-13) play brisbane in brisbane saturday night. west coast (11-2-7) first team to draw twice in a year since 1995. host melbourne sunday afternoon.
GEEL 4.4 6.7 7.8 9.9 (63)
WCE 2.1 4.3 7.5 9.9 (63)
GOALS: GEEL – Johnson 2, McCarthy 2, Corey, Ablett, Chapman, Street, Ling;
WCE – Matera 4, Chambers, Chick, Jones, Haynes, Wirrpunda
kanagroos (9-1-9) vs hawthorn (9-10) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
the kanagroos are finished after a 14 point loss to hawthorn ended their mathmatical finals hopes in a comefrom behind win for the hawks saving their season with lekkas again scoring big with 4 goals. kangaroos (9-1-10) travel to adeliade saturday afternoon. hawthorn (10-10) who can still make the 8 host cartlon at the g friday night.
HAW 3.3 6.7 8.9 16.14 (110)
KANG 1.1 6.3 12.8 14.12 (96)
GOALS: HAW – Lekkas 4, Williams 2, Holland 2, Thompson 2, Johnson, Rawlings, Picioane, Everitt, Crawford, Hodge; KANG – Harvey 2, King 2, Grant 2, Brown, Petrie, Jones, Sinclair, Simpson, Clayton, Archer, Wells
port (15-4) vs melbourne (5-14) aami stadium saturday night 740pm
where was melbournes never say die attitude when it mattered in a 14 point loss to minor premeries port who will finish 1st for the 2nd year running. Port (16-4) travel to play richmond sunday afternoon at telstra dome. melbourne (5-15) travel again to perth play west coast sunday afternoon.
PA 6.2 10.3 14.6 17.10 (112)
MELB 2.0 6.5 10.6 15.8 (98)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 3, Pickett 2, Dew 2, C. Cornes 2, James 2, Paxman, Cockatoo-Collins, Carr, S. Burgoyne, Lade, Wanganeen; MELB – Neitz 5, Robertson 4, Thompson, Green, Williams, Godfrey, Bruce, Whelan
brisbane (12-1-6) vs sydney (12-7) gabba sunday afternoon 110pm
a come from behind 14 point win got sydney into the top 4 again at the expense of the regining premiers who drop to 6th in only their 2nd loss at the gabba for the year. brisbane (12-1-7) host geelong saturday night. sydney (13-7) host collingwood at anz stadium saturday night.
SYD 2.1 5.5 11.5 14.6 (90)
BRIS 4.3 6.8 8.12 10.16 (76)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 5, O’Loughlin, Williams 2, J Bolton, Goodes, O’Keefe, Cresswell, Kirk;
BRIS – Brown 3, Keating, Johnson 2, Akermanis, Charman, Black
essendon (11-8) vs richmond (7-12) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
essendon kept their home finals hopes alive with their 5th straight win by 39 points over richmond. Essendon (12-8) host freemantle at telstra dome saturday afternoon. richmond (7-13) host port at telstra dome sunday afternoon.
ESS 4.2 9.8 12.12 13.14 (92)
RICH 2.5 5.5 5.8 7.11 (53)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 6, Cupido 3, Lucas, Solomon, Bolton, McVeigh; RICH – Fiora, Coughlan, Krakouer, Stafford, Rodan, A Kellaway, Ottens
freemantle (12-7) vs bulldogs (3-1-15) subiaco sunday afternoon 340pm
freemantle will be in the finals for the first time no matter what with a 56 point win over last place bulldogs. Freemantle (13-7) play essendon at telstra dome saturday afternoon. bulldogs (3-1-16) play st kilda in tasmania sunday afternoon.
FRE 5.6 10.12 13.18 18.25 (133)
WB 2.1 7.2 10.5 12.5 (77)
GOALS: FRE – Medhurst 4, Farmer 3, Pavlich 3, Croad 2, Carr, Headland, McManus, Hasleby, Cook, Hayden; WB -Brown 4, Johnson 2, Skipper 2, West, Eagleton, McMahon, Bowden
ladder
PA 16 4 0 2011 1570 128.09 64
ADE 13 7 0 1972 1586 124.34 52
COL 13 7 0 2077 1710 121.46 52
SYD 13 7 0 1967 1703 115.50 52
FRE 13 7 0 1974 1863 105.96 52
BRIS 12 7 1 2002 1710 117.08 50
WCE 11 7 2 2101 1795 117.05 48
ESS 12 8 0 1990 1804 110.31 48
HAW 10 10 0 1795 1861 96.45 40
STK 10 10 0 1935 2073 93.34 40
KANG 9 10 1 1924 2096 91.79 38
RICH 7 13 0 1668 1876 88.91 28
GEEL 6 13 1 1649 1837 89.77 26
MELB 5 15 0 1748 2107 82.96 20
CARL 4 16 0 1657 2349 70.54 16
WB 3 16 1 1898 2428 78.17 14
goals
Lloyd (ESS) 79
Neitz (MELB) 61
Lynch (BRIS) 56
Hall (SYD) 55
Matera (WCE) 55
Fevola (CARL) 54
Brown (WB) 53
Gehrig (STK) 51
Tredrea (PA) 47
Tarrant (COL) 45
round 21 matches
friday
hawthorn vs carlton MCG (N) 740pm
saturday
essendon vs freemantle TD 210pm
adelaide vs kangaroos AAMI 240pm
sydney vs collingwood ANZ (N) 710pm
brisbane vs geelong G (N) 710pm
sunday
st kilda vs bulldogs YP 110pm
richmond vs port TD 210pm
west coast vs melbourne S 340pm