collingwood (14-7) vs essendon (13-8) mcg friday night 740pm
the only victorian finalists versed on the friday night which looked unlikely after round 12. Collingwood secured a top 2 finish by 16 points over essendon. Collingwood (15-7) will finish 2nd and a home final. essendon (13-9) need to await other results will have to travel week 1 of the finals
COL 3.3 5.7 9.9 12.11 (83)
ESS 1.3 6.7 8.9 9.13 (67)
GOALS: COL – Buckley 2, Rocca 2, Woewodin 2, Fraser, Lonie, O’Bree, Tarrant, Burns, Cole;
ESS – Haynes 2, Lloyd 2, Solomon 2, McPhee, Jacobs, McVeigh
geelong (6-1-14) vs st kilda (11-10) skilled stadium saturday afternoon 210pm
geelong moved out of the bottom 4 with a 19 point win over st kilda. Geelong 97-1–14) finish 12th st kilda (11-11) finish 11th.
GEEL 0.2 4.7 9.11 12.12 (84)
STK 2.3 3.6 5.7 9.11 (65)
GOALS: GEEL – Ablett 3, Gardiner 2, Johnson 2, Kelly 2, Sanderson, Wojcinski, Graham;
StK – Jones 2, Blake, Fisher, Voss, Gehrig, Thompson, Powell, Harvey
melbourne (5-16) vs sydney (13-8) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
it took till the last quarter for the game to open up but sydney earned a likely top 4 finish by 34 points against melbourne. Melbourne (5-17) finish 14th unless carlton win big. Sydney (14-8) will either get a home final or a top 4 finish depending on adelaide and brisbane.
SYD 1.2 3.5 6.9 14.10 (94)
MELB 3.1 5.4 6.5 9.6 (60)
GOALS: SYD – O’Loughlin 5, Davis 3, Schneider 2, O’Keefe, Williams, Mathews, Crouch; MELB – Neitz 2, Williams 2, Green, Yze, Thompson, McDonald, Brown
bulldogs (3-1-17) vs brisbane (13-1-7) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
brisbane will defend their flag with a double chance with a 84 point win over wooden spooners bulldogs. Bulldogs (3-1-18) get the wooden spoon. Brisbane (14-1-7) finish 3rd and will play collingwood at the G saturday to start the finals. ashley mcgrath kick 6 goals early in his carrer.
BRIS 7.2 13.4 19.8 26.14 (170)
WB 4.1 7.3 11.7 13.8 (86)
GOALS: BRIS – McGrath 6, Lynch 4, Hart 4, Akermanis 2, Lappin 2, Bradshaw 2, Johnson, Power, Brown, Charman, Black, Keating; WB – Darcy 4, Croft 3, Brown 3, Giansiracusa, McGuinness, Birss
west coast (12-2-7) vs freeemantle (13-8) subiaco saturday night 740pm
freemantle move into 5th with a 14 point win in the derby only their fourth win over west coast ever. west coast (12-2-8) will travel to start the finals freemantle (14-8) host a final.
FRE 4.2 6.6 12.10 14.12 (96)
WCE 4.2 7.4 9.9 11.16 (82)
GOALS: FRE – Medhurst 3, Farmer 2, J. Longmuir 2, Hasleby, Bell, Pavlich, Sandilands, T. Longmuir, Simmonds, Walker; WCE – Cox 2, Kerr 2, Gardiner 2, Matera 2, Wirrpunda, Staker, Sampi
port (17-4) vs adelaide (13-8) aami stadium sunday afternoon 110pm
port make it 8 straight costing the crows the doubble chance by 16 points. Port (18-4) host sydney on sunday in the first final. Adeliade (13-9) host west coast saturday afternoon.
PA 5.2 6.6 10.8 14.10 (94)
ADE 2.1 8.3 9.4 12.6 (78)
GOALS: PA – Pickett, Montgomery 3, S. Burgoyne, Dew 2, Wanganeen, Schofield, Kingsley, Stevens; ADE – Johncock 3, Bode, Welsh 2, Carey, Edwards, McLeod, Burton, Goodwin
carlton (4-17) vs kangaroos (10-1-10) optus oval sunday afternoon 210pm
for 7 weeks carltons record loss was set against west coast (116 points) now a new record 124 points is set by losing to the roos. carlton (4-18) finish 15th kanagroos (11-1-10) finish 10th.
KANG 5.5 12.8 22.11 28.19 (187)
CARL 1.4 2.6 4.8 9.9 (63)
GOALS: KANG -Jones 4, Rocca 4, Motlop 3, Petrie 3, Harvey 3, Clayton 2, Burton 2, Simpson 2, Rawlings 2, Wells, King, Grant; CARL – Fevola 5, Angwin 2, Camporeale, Koutoufides
richmond (7-14) vs hawthorn (11-10) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
hawthorn continue their strong finish with a 4 point win over richmond. Richmond (7-15) finish 13th hawthorn (12-10) finish 9th.
HAW 5.3 9.5 10.9 11.12 (78)
RICH 1.0 7.1 9.4 11.8 (74)
GOALS: HAW – Thompson 5, Smith, Ries, Rawlings, Clarke, Barlow, Lekkas; RICH – Stafford 2, Bowden 2, Richardson 2, Ottens, Coughlan, Schulz, Tivendale, Zantuck
ladder
PA 18 4 0 2229 1752 127.23 72
COL 15 7 0 2259 1858 121.58 60
BRIS 14 7 1 2295 1882 121.94 58
SYD 14 8 0 2142 1862 115.04 56
FRE 14 8 0 2143 2078 103.13 56
ADEL 13 9 0 2114 1754 120.52 52
WCE 12 8 2 2326 1982 117.36 52
ESS 13 9 0 2190 1960 111.73 52
HAW 12 10 0 2011 1999 100.60 48
KANG 11 10 1 2185 2223 98.29 46
STK 11 11 0 2095 2187 95.79 44
GEEL 7 14 1 1819 2025 89.83 30
RICH 7 15 0 1846 2078 88.84 28
MELB 5 17 0 1899 2344 81.02 20
CARL 4 18 0 1784 2674 66.72 16
WB 3 18 1 2014 2693 74.79 14
goals
Lloyd (ESS) 87
Neitz (MELB) 65
Fevola (CARL) 63
Lynch (BRIS) 62
Matera (WCE) 62
Hall (SYD) 66
Brown (WB) 56
Gehrig (WCE) 55
Tredrea (PA) 52
Medhurst (FRE) 48
finals week 1 draw
friday
freemantle vs essendon S (N) 840pm
saturday
adelaide vs west coast AAMI 230pm
collingwood vs brisbane MCG 730pm
sunday
port vs sydney AAMI 230pm
Harrison’s world 