hawthorn (10-10) vs carlton (4-16) mcg friday night 740pm
hawthorn are still alive with a 74 point win over carlton their 8th win in 11 games amazing conisdering how they looked done after round 10 but need a few upsets to stay in the race. Hawthorn (11-10) play richmond at the g sunday afternoon in a away game. Carlton (4-17) need to hope the bulldogs fail or they beat the roos at optus oval sunday afternoon to avoid last.
HAW 6.6 8.12 15.14 20.18 (138)
CARL 2.1 7.2 10.4 10.4 (64)
GOALS: HAW – Thompson 6, Lekkas 3, Vandenberg 2, Osborne 2, Williams, Rawlings, Everitt, Crawford, Harford, Clarke, Lonie; CARL – Fevola 4, Houlihan, Campbell, Beasy, Fisher, Prendergast, Lappin
essendon (12-8) vs freemantle (13-7) telstra dome saturday afternoon 210pm
essendon will be in the finals for the 6th straight year after a 10 goal win over freo which might be costly for them in terms of a home final. Essendon (13-8) play collingwood in the battle of the victorian finalists friday night at the g. Freemantle (13-8) play west coast in the perth derby saturday night.
ESS 4.3 10.4 14.7 20.13 (133)
FRE 3.2 7.3 9.4 11.7 (73)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 6, J. Johnson 4, Hille 3, Jacobs 2, Hird, Solomon, Welsh, Cupido, Bullen; FRE – Medhurst 4, Simmonds 3, Carr, J. Longmuir, Pavlich, Bell
adelaide (13-7) vs kangaroos (9-1-10) aami stadium saturday afternoon 210pm
adeliade blew a golden chance to make the top 4 with a 10 point loss to the roos showing teams who can’t make the 8 can still put stoppers. Adeliade (13-8) have the showdown sunday afternoon against port. Kangaroos (10-1-10) play carlton at optus oval sunday afternoon.
KANG 1.6 4.12 7.15 9.20 (74)
ADEL 4.2 6.4 7.4 10.4 (64)
GOALS: KANG – Rocca 2, Rawlings, Simpson, D. Motlop, Petrie, Jones, Harvey, Clayton; ADE – Carey 3, Perrie 2, Burton 2, Burns, Johncock, Goodwin
sydney (13-7) vs collingwood (13-7) anz stadium saturday night 720pm
collingwood move into 2nd with a 3 goal away win at sydney hurting the laters top 4 hopes. sydney (13-8) play melbourne at the g saturday afternoon. Collingwood (14-7) host essendon friday night at the g.
COL 5.3 9.7 12.11 14.15 (99)
SYD 2.1 5.5 9.8 12.9 (81)
GOALS: COL – Rocca 3, Scotland 3, Licuria, Walker, Didak, Burns, Tarrant, Woewodin, Holland, Fraser; SYD – O’Keefe 2, Williams 2, Schneider, Goodes, Sundqvist, Crouch, Hall, Cresswell, Davis, O’Loughlin
brisbane (12-1-7) vs geelong (6-1-13) gabba saturday night 710pm
brisbane moved into 3rd with a 37 point win over geelong meaning the cats haven’t beaten brisbane since the later merged with fitzroy in 1997. Brisbane (13-1-7) play bulldogs saturday night at telstra dome. Geelong (6-1-14) host st kilda saturday afternoon.
BRIS 3.4 11.5 14.8 19.9 (123)
GEEL 1.2 3.5 9.6 13.8 (86)
GOALS: BRIS – Bradshaw 6, Lynch 2, Caracella 2, Black 2, Akermanis 2, Shattock 2, Leppitsch, Lappin, Hart; GEEL – Johnson 6, Ablett 2, Chapman, McCarthy, Graham, Kingsley, Riccardi
st kilda (10-10) vs bulldogs (3-1-16) york park sunday afternoon 110pm
st kilda kept their hopes alive for a couple of hours with a 65 point win over wooden spoon likelies bulldogs who kicked the lowest score of the year. St kilda (11-10) travel to geelong saturday afternoon. Bulldogs (3-1-17) host brisbane saturday night at telstra dome.
STK 5.8 7.11 12.16 13.17 (95)
WB 1.2 1. 5 1.7 3.12 (30)
GOALS: StK – Gehrig 3, Ball 2, Powell 2, Clarke 2, Koschitzke, Hamill, Harvey, Dal Santo;
WB – Giansiracusa, Power, Johnson
richmond (7-13) vs port (16-4) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
port survived a scare from struggling richmond to win by 20 points the win puts port (17-4) and they finish with the showdown sunday afternoon. Richmond (7-14) host hawwthorn sunday afternoon.
PA 5.5 8.7 13.15 18.16 (124)
RICH 3.1 8.4 12.6 16.8 (104)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 5, Dew 3, Stevens 2, Montgomery, Wanganeen, Cockatoo-Collins, Pickett, Cochrane, Thurstans, Guerra, C. Cornes;
RICH – Houlihan 5, Zantuck 5, Richardson 2, Fiora, Krakouer, Tivendale, Newman
west coast (11-2-7) vs melbourne (5-15) subiaco sunday afternoon 340pm
unfortunately for hawthorn and st kilda the top 8 is now set after west coast beat melbourne by 52 points the win makes it impossible for a team outside the 8 to get in. West coast (12-2-7) host freemantle in the derby saturday night. Melbourne (5-16) host sydney saturday afternoon.
WCE 5.6 9.10 15.12 21.17 (143)
MELB 3.1 8.3 11.6 14.7 (91)
GOALS: WCE – Matera 5, McDougall 4, Judd, Wirrpunda 2, Staker, Sampi, Kerr, Cousins, Chambers, Jakovich, Hunter, Embley;
MELB – Robertson 5, Neitz, Armstrong, Green, Rigoni 2, Bruce
ladder
PA 17 4 0 2135 1674 127.54 68
COL 14 7 0 2176 1791 121.50 56
BRIS 13 7 1 2125 1796 118.32 54
ADEL 13 8 0 2036 1660 122.65 52
WCE 12 7 2 2244 1886 118.98 52
SYD 13 8 0 2048 1802 113.65 52
ESS 13 8 0 2123 1877 113.11 52
FRE 13 8 0 2047 1996 102.56 52
HAW 11 10 0 1933 1925 100.42 44
STK 11 10 0 2030 2103 96.53 44
KANG 10 10 1 1998 2160 92.50 42
RICH 7 14 0 1772 2000 88.60 28
GEEL 6 14 1 1735 1960 88.52 26
MELB 5 16 0 1839 2250 81.73 20
CARL 4 17 0 1721 2487 69.20 16
WB 3 17 1 1928 2523 76.42 14
goals
Lloyd (ESS) 85
Neitz (MELB) 63
Matera (WCE) 60
Lynch (BRIS) 58
Fevola (CARL) 58
Hall (SYD) 56
Gehrig (STK) 54
Brown (WB) 53
Tredrea (PA) 52
Tarrant (COL) 46
round 22 matches
friday
collingwood vs essendon MCG (N) 740pm
saturdday
geelong vs st kilda SS 210pm
melbourne vs sydney MCG 210pm
bulldogs vs brisbane TD (N) 710pm
west coast vs freemantle S (N) 740pm
sunday
port vs adelaiade AAMI 110pm
cartlon vs kangaroos OO 210pm
richmond vs hawthorn MCG 210pm