st kilda (10-2) vs hawthorn (2-10) telstra dome friday night 740pm
for half a game it didn’t look like first v last before a second half blow out got st kilda an 11 goal win over hawthorn. St kilda (11-2) host port in tasmania sunday afternoon. Hawthorn (2-11) play collingwood at the g saturday afternoon.
STK 3.2 5.4 10.10 19.13 (127)
HAW 6.2 6.6 7.7 9.7 (61)
Goals: StK – Gehrig 5, Milne 5, Koschitzke 2, Riewoldt 2, Knobel, Hayes, Powell, Dal Santo, Guerra; HAW – Thompson 2, Lekkas 2, Hodge 2, Williams, Bateman, Everitt
geelong (7-5) vs brisbane (9-3) skilled stadium saturday afternoon 210pm
geelongs drought against brisbane is over with a 27 point win boosting their credeintionals against the regining premiers. Geelong (8-5) face west coast in perth saturday night. Brisbane (9-4) host richmond saturday night.
GEEL 2.3 5.4 10.10 13.14 (92)
BRIS 3.5 5.7 8.10 9.11 (65)
GOALS: GEEL – Graham 2, Kingsley 2, Johnson 2, Mooney 2, Haynes, Corey, Ablett; Wojcinski, Ling; BRIS – Brown 4, Notting, Akermanis, Pike, McLaren, Lappin
richmond (4-8) vs carlton (5-7) telstra dome saturdaay night 710pm
carlton keep their finals hopes alive with a 31 point over struggling richmond with fevola again staring with 8. Richmond (4-9) face brisbane in brisbane saturday night. Carlton (6-7) host sydney saturday afternoon.
CARL 5.2 12.7 16.10 18.16 (124)
RICH 2.2 5.3 13.5 14.9 (93)
GOALS: CARL – Fevola 8, Whitnall 3, Koutoufides 2, Camporeale, Johnson, Lappin, Prendergast, Scotland; RICH – Krakouer 3, Richardson 3, Ottens 2, Blumfield, Bowden, Chaffey, Gaspar, Newman, Stafford
freemantle (7-5) vs port (8-4) subiaco saturday night 740pm
port may have finally won a away game against a quality side in this case freemantel by 10 points. Freemantle (7-6) travel to play bulldogs sunday afternoon. Port (9-4) face ladder leaders st kilda in tasmania sunday afternoon.
PA 2.4 9.7 14.9 17.10 (112)
FRE 4.3 7.3 12.3 16.6 (102)
GOALS: PA – Thurstans 3, James 3, J. Carr 2, Tredrea 2, Schofield 2, Brogan, Dew, P. Burgoyne, Bishop, Kingsley; FRE – Bell 3, Medhurst 3, M. Carr 2, Farmer 2, Headland, Grover, Browne, Pavlich, Simmonds, Woods
kangaroos (5-7) vs west coast (5-7) manaka oval sunday afternoon 210pm
in a battle of two underachivers north kept in touch with the 8 with a 33 point win over west coast who have not won on the road since round 1. kanagaroos (6-7) face essendon at telstra dome friday night. west coast (5-8) host geelong saturday night.
KANG 5.4 10.8 15.9 16.12 (108)
WCE 5.1 8.5 10.5 11.9 (75)
GOALS: KANG – B. Harvey 4, Rocca 3, Harding 2, Grant 2, Rawlings, Harris, Brown, C Jones, Firrito; WCE – McDougall 3, Matera 3, Kerr, Cousins, Seaby, Chambers, Sampi
essendon (8-4) vs melbourne (9-3) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
melbourne kept their top 4 spot with a 26 point win over essendon. Essendon (8-5) host kangaroos at telstra dome friday night. Melbourne (10-3) travel to play adelaide sunday afternoon.
MELB 1.6 6.14 9.16 13.17 (95)
ESS 2.1 4.3 8.6 10.9 (69)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 4, Bruce 2, Davey 2, McLean, Thompson, Miller, Yze, Green;
ESS – Lloyd 5, Hird, Hille, Murphy, McPhee, Haynes
adelaide (3-9) vs bulldogs (4-8) aami stadium sunday afternoon 240pm
in their last game under gary ayers adelaide win a shootout with the bulldogs by 32 points. ironically scott welsh who kicked 7 goals would end his carrer at the bulldogs. adeliade (4-9) host melbourne sunday afternoon. bulldogs (4-9) host freemantle sunday afternoon.
ADE 7.1, 10.4 16.10 20.13 (133)
WB 3.5 9.7 11.10 15.11 (101)
GOALS: ADE – Welsh 7, Skipworth 3, Hentschel 2, Bode 2, Biglands, Watts, Johncock, Bock, Smart, Clarke; WB – Bowden 3, Darcy 3, Hahn 2, Robbins 2, Murphy, Power, Harrison, Johnson, Smith
sydney (6-6) vs collingwood (4-8) anz stadium saturday night 720pm
the stand alone fixture of the 2nd week of the split round was probably the best as sydney scraped home against collignwood by 6 points. sydney (7-6) play carlton on the road next. collingwood (4-9) host hawthorn both on saturday afternoon.
SYD 5.2 6.3 10.5 13.7 (85)
COL 4.1 7.2 9.7 11.13 (79)
GOALS: SYD: O’Keefe 3, Hall 3, O’Loughlin 3, Nicks 2, Mathews, Kennelly; COL – Holland 2, Lonie 2, Fraser 2, Lokan, Davis, Rocca, Buckley, C. Cloke
ladder
STK 11 2 1546 1039 148.80 44
MELB 10 3 1355 1086 124.77 40
BRIS 9 4 1409 1143 123.27 36
PA 9 4 1447 1245 116.22 36
GEEL 8 5 1237 1120 110.45 32
ESS 8 5 1383 1361 101.62 32
FRE 7 6 1139 1078 105.66 28
SYD 7 6 1152 1131 101.86 28
KANG 6 7 1322 1230 107.48 24
CARL 6 7 1170 1376 85.03 24
WCE 5 8 1208 1371 88.11 20
ADE 4 9 1208 1236 97.73 16
WB 4 9 1233 1406 87.70 16
COL 4 9 1033 1231 83.92 16
RICH 4 9 992 1373 72.25 16
HAW 2 11 1002 1410 71.06 8
goals
Fraser Gehrig (StK) 56
Matthew Lloyd (ESS) 54
Brendan Fevola (CARL) 53
David Neitz (MELB) 44
Warren Tredrea (PA) 42
Barry Hall (SYD) 42
Phillip Matera (WCE) 40
Matthew Richardson (RICH) 38
Stephen Milne (StK) 35
Kent Kingsley (GEEL) 31
Cameron Bruce (MELB) 27
Wayne Carey (ADE) 27
Paul Medhurst (FRE) 27
Jade Rawlings (WB) 26
Brent Harvey (KANG) 24
Troy Simmonds (FRE) 23
Aaron Davey (MELB) 23
Chris Tarrant (COL) 23
Anthony Rocca (COL) 22
Ben Graham (GEEL) 22
round 14 matches
friday
essendon vs kangaroos TD (N) 740pm
saturday
carlton vs sydney OO 210pm
collingwood vs hawthorn MCG 210pm
brisbane vs richmond G (N) 710pm
west coast vs geelong S (N) 740pm
sunday
st kilda vs port YP 110pm
bulldogs vs freemantle TD 210pm
adelaide vs melbourne AAMI 240pm