essendon (6-3) vs freemantle (6-3) telstra dome friday night 740pm
a 7 goal to 1 2nd quarter got essendon back in top 4 contention by 30 points over freemantle. Essendon (7-3) face hawthorn saturday afternoon at the g. Freemantle (6-4) host melbourne sunday afternoon.
ESS 4.8 11.10 14.12 17.13 (115)
FRE 2.2 3.5 7.9 12.13 (85)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 5, Lovett-Murray 3, Lucas 2, Hird 2, Murphy 2, Ramanauskas, Misiti, Solomon; FRE – Waterhouse 2, Simmonds 2, Walker 2, J. Longmuir 2, Headland, Polak, Pavlich, Hayden
hawthorn (2-7) vs adelaide (2-7) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
a day of disasters for hawthorn injury to star midfielder shane crawford and a loss to fellow strugglers adeliade by 86 points and they are now last on the ladder. Hawthorn (2-8) host essendon at the g saturday afternoon. adeliade (3-7) host carlton saturday afternoon.
ADE 5.2 9.8 14.11 20.13 (133)
HAW 2.6 3.8 5.8 6.11 (47)
GOALS: ADE – Carey 4, Stevens 4, Ricciuto 3, McLeod 2, Schuback 2, Bock, Clarke, Hentschel, Shirley, Mattner; HAW – Bateman, Beaumont, Picioane, Tallis, Everitt, Thompson
west coast (3-6) vs richmond (4-5) subiaco saturday afternoon 340pm
west coast returned to the winners list with a 37 point home win over richmond who are suffering back to back trips. West coast (4-6) play collingwood at telstra dome friday night. richmond (4-6) play kangaroos at telstra dome saturday night.
WCE 4.2 5.6 12.10 14.16 (100)
RICH 3.3 5.6 7.6 9.9 (63)
GOALS: WCE – Matera 6, Chambers 3, Nicoski, Butler, Cox, Seaby, Judd; RICH – Richardson, Ottens 2, Brown, Krakouer, Stafford, Pettifer, Fleming
bulldogs (3-6) vs sydney (4-5) scg saturday night 710pm
sydney kept their spot in the 8 despite 2.10 in the last quarter to beat the bulldogs by 26 points. bulldogs (3-7) host geelong sunday afternoon. sydney (5-5) host st kilda sunday afternoon.
SYD 5.5 7.10 11.16 12.21 (93)
WB 3.3 6.4 6.6 10.7 (67)
GOALS: SYD – McVeigh 2, Buchanan 2, O’Loughlin 2, Hall, Crouch, Davis, C Bolton, Nicks, Williams; WB – Bowden 3, Rawlings 2, Robbins 2, Skipper, Giansiracusa, Garlick
kangaroos (4-5) vs collingwood (2-7) telstra dome sautrday night 710pm
collingwood are finally hitting form a bit late with a 27 point win over the roos to get off the bottom of the ladder. Kangaroos (4-6) host richmond saturday night at tesltra dome. collingwood (3-7) host west coast friday night at telstra dome.
COL 4.4 6.9 10.13 13.14 (92)
KANG 5.4 6.6 6.9 9.11 (65)
GOALS: COL – Tarrant 3, Rocca 3, Fraser 2, Didak, Burns, Richards, Davis, C. Cloke; KANG – King 2, Petrie, McKernan, Colbert, Simpson, Rawlings, Wells, Rocca
melbourne (7-2) vs brisbane (6-3) gabba sunday afternoon 110pm
brisbane may not be unbeaten but are still going for a fourth straight flag took out rivals melbourne by 40 points. Melbounre (7-3) face freemantle in perth sunday afternoon. brisbane (7-3) host port saturday night.
BRIS 4.3 11.8 16.9 18.15 (123)
MELB 3.1 5.3 8.6 12.11 (83)
GOALS: BRIS – Leppitsch 3, Pike 3, Hart 3, Lappin 2, McRae 2, McGrath 2, Notting, Akermanis, Hadley; MELB – Neitz 4, Vardy 3, McDonald 2, Robertson, Bruce, Davey
carlton (3-6) vs st kilda (9-0) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
st kilda are unstopable after a 108 point win over carlton including 12 ssecond quarter goals. Carlton (3-7) are in trouble travel to adeliade to play them saturday afternoon. st kilda (10-0) play sydney on the road sunday afternoon.
STK 7.5 19.6 26.7 31.10 (196)
CARL 3.2 5.3 10.6 13.10 (88)
GOALS: StK – Gehrig 9, Milne 6, Hamill 3, Powell 3, Riewoldt 3, Hayes 2, Dal Santo 2, Ball, Koschitzke, Harvey; CARL – Lappin 3, Fisher 3, Norman 3, Camporeale, Fevola, Scotland, Wiggins
port (6-3) vs geelong (5-4) aami stadium sunday afternoon 240pm
geelongs travel woes continue in a 4 point loss to port. Port (7-3) play brisbane at the gabba saturday night. Geelong (5-5) play bulldogs at telstra dome sunday afternoon.
PA 2.1 6.4 14.6 18.8 (116)
GEEL 4.3 9.6 14.7 17.10 (112)
GOALS: PA – Ebert 4, S. Burgoyne 2, Mahoney 2, Wanganeen, Lade, Schofield, K. Cornes, Wilson, Tredrea, Thurstans, James, Brogan, Dew;
GEEL – Graham 5, Bartel 2, Mooney 2, Ablett 2, Haynes 2, Gardiner, Chapman, Kingsley, Riccardi
ladder
STK 10 0 1263 763 165.53 40
MELB 7 3 1085 882 123.02 28
BRIS 7 3 1059 869 121.86 28
PA 7 3 1117 960 116.35 28
ESS 7 3 1064 1024 103.91 28
FRE 6 4 894 802 111.47 24
SYD 5 5 895 844 106.04 20
GEEL 5 5 938 904 103.76 20
KANG 4 6 976 981 99.49 16
WCE 4 6 950 1094 86.84 16
RICH 4 6 748 1014 73.77 16
ADE 3 7 912 936 97.44 12
WB 3 7 962 1080 89.07 12
COL 3 7 788 989 79.68 12
CARL 3 7 855 1108 77.17 12
HAW 2 8 773 1029 75.12 8
goals
Fraser Gehrig (StK) 50
Matthew Lloyd (ESS) 37
David Neitz (MELB) 36
Warren Tredrea (PA) 34
Phillip Matera (WCE) 33
Brendan Fevola (CARL) 32
Barry Hall (SYD) 31
Stephen Milne (StK) 27
Matthew Richardson (RICH) 25
Wayne Carey (ADE) 24
Kent Kingsley (EEL) 24
Jade Rawlings (WB) 24
Paul Medhurst (FRE) 22
Ashley Sampi (WCE) 21
Brent Guerra (StK) 20
Nick Riewoldt (StK) 19
Aaron Hamill (StK) 19
round 11 matches
friday
collingwood vs west coast TD (N) 740pm
saturday
hawthorn vs essendon MCG 210pm
adelaide vs carlton AAMI 240PM
kangaroos vs richmond TD (N) 710pm
brisbane vs port G (N) 710pm
sunday
sydney vs st kilda SCG 110pm
bulldogs vs geelong TD 210pm
freemantle vs melbourne S 340pm