adelaide (2-5) vs essendon (5-2) aami stadium friday night 840pm
a one man adelaide forward line with wayne carey kicking 6 goals in a embarasing 51 point loss to essendon who have now won 6 straight their best run since their last flag. Adelaide (2-6) play collingwood at telstra dome friday night. esssendon (6-2) play geelong at telstra dome saturday night.
ESS 7.4 10.9 14.11 20.15 (135)
ADE 2.4 5.6 7.12 12.12 (84)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 4, Lucas 3, Hille 2, M Johnson 2, Solomon 2, McPhee 2, Lovett-Murray, J Johnson, Murphy, Bolton, Cupido; ADE – Carey 6, Bock, Hentschel, Burton, McLeod, Edwards, McGregor
richmond (3-4) vs bulldogs (2-5) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
17 goals in two games from richo has seen richmond return to form with a 23 point win over the bulldogs. Richmond (4-4) play port saturday night in adeliade. bulldogs (2-6) face carlton at optus oval sunday afternoon.
RICH 4.1 8.5 11.9 15.15 (105)
WB 1.8 6.13 8.19 10.22 (82)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 10, Brown 3, Stafford, Johnson; WB – Bowden 2, Hahn 2, Murphy 2, West, Darcy, Croft, Robbins
west coast (2-5) vs sydney (3-4) subiaco saturday afternoon 340pm
old west coast stars prove the difference as the eagles break a 3 game losing streak by 27 points win over sydney (The swans 4th straight loss). west coast (3-5) face st kilda at telstra dome sunday afternoon. Sydney (3-5) host hawthorn sunday afternoon.
WCE 3.3 11.4 14.9 18.16 (124)
SYD 3.3 8.5 11.7 15.7 (97)
GOALS: WCE – Matera 5, Jakovich 3, Chambers 2, Cousins 2, Selwood, Fletcher, Embley, Sampi, Cox, Braun; SYD – Hall 5, O’Loughlin 3, Fosdike 2, Kirk, Matthews, Davis, J. Bolton, Maxfield
brisbane (5-2) vs carlton (3-4) gabba saturday night 710pm
brisbane secure their top 4 spot with a 38 point win over struggling carlton who are not consistant. Brisbane (6-2) face freemantle in perth sautrday afternoon. carlton (3-5) host bulldogs sunday afternoon at optus oval.
BRIS 6.4 9.9 17.11 21.14 (140)
CARL 2.3 5.5 9.6 16.6 (102)
GOALS: BRIS – Akermanis 5, Bradshaw 5, Voss 3, Brown, McGrath, Hadley, Brennan, Charman, Pike, Scott, Notting; CARL – Fisher 3, Hulme 3, Prendergast 3, Lappin 2, Whitnall 2, Camporeale, Stevens, Houlihan
st kilda (7-0) vs collingwood (1-6) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
in the battle of first v last st kilda remain unbeaten with a 47 point win over collingwood who have gone from 2nd to last in one year. St kilda (8-0) host west coast sunday afternoon. collingwood (1-7) host adeliade friday night at telstra dome.
StK 6.3 10.7 15.10 21.12 (138)
COL 2.1 4.4 10.9 13.13 (91)
GOALS: StK – Gehrig 5, Milne 5, Guerra 4, Koschitzke 4, Hamill 2, Riewoldt; COL – Tarrant 4, Rocca 3, Davis, Didak, Johnson, Licuria, McGough, O’Bree
hawthorn (1-6) vs freemantle (5-2) york park sunday afternoon 110pm
hawthorn are back on the winners list snapping a 6 game losing streak by 9 points over freemantle. Hawthorn (2-6) play sydney in sydney sunday afternoon. Freemantle (5-3) host brisbane saturdy afternoon.
HAW 2.5 6.7 8.9 10.10 (70)
FRE 3.1 4.6 6.8 8.13 (61)
GOALS: HAW – Crawford 2, Vandenberg 2, Williams, Lonie, Ball, Kane, Croad, Everitt;
FRE – Simmonds, Bell 2, Pavlich, J. Longmuir, T. Longmuir, Farmer
geelong (3-4) vs melbourne (6-1) skilled stadium sunday afternoon 210pm
geelong have broken melbournes 6 game winning streak with a 14 point home win. Geelong (4-4) play essendon at telstra dome saturday night. Melbourne (6-2) host kangaroos at the g saturday afternoon.
GEEL 7.1 9.5 11.9 15.11 (101)
MELB 2.4 3.7 9.12 12.15 (87)
GOALS: GEEL Kingsley 4, Mackie, Chapman, Mooney 3, Kelly, Ablett; MELB – Davey 5, Johnstone, Robertson, White, Yze, Miller, Ward, Godfrey
kanagroos (3-4) vs port (5-2) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
port for the 2nd week in a row got stunned this time by the roos by a ridicilous 92 points showing there long overdue flag might be a bit off. Kangaroos (4-4) play melbourne at the g saturday afternoon. Port (5-3) host richmond saturday night.
KANG 5.1 8.6 18.12 21.14 (140)
PA 2.1 4.3 4.4 7.6 (48)
GOALS: KANG – Kangaroos: Harvey 4, Rocca 3, Petrie 3, Motlop 2, Hale 2, Grant, Harris, Sinclair, King, Makepeace, Stevens, Jones;
PA – Schofield 2, Lade, Wilson, White, Salopek, James
ladder
STK 8 0 898 607 147.94 32
MELB 6 2 906 681 133.04 24
BRIS 6 2 858 649 132.20 24
ESS 6 2 852 819 104.03 24
FRE 5 3 672 609 110.34 20
PA 5 3 873 798 109.40 20
KANG 4 4 833 793 105.04 16
GEEL 4 4 706 691 102.17 16
RICH 4 4 635 786 80.79 16
SYD 3 5 722 698 103.44 12
WCE 3 5 782 862 90.72 12
CARL 3 5 688 808 85.15 12
WB 2 6 791 908 87.11 8
ADE 2 6 714 821 86.97 8
HAW 2 6 647 816 79.29 8
COL 1 7 628 859 73.11 4
goals
Fraser Gehrig (StK) 36
Warren Tredrea (PA) 30
Matthew Lloyd (ESS) 30
Brendan Fevola (CARL) 28
David Neitz (MELB) 28
Barry Hall (SYD) 28
Phillip Matera (WCE) 25
Matthew Richardson (RICH) 22
Wayne Carey (ADE) 19
Ashley Sampi (WCE) 19
Jade Rawlings (WB) 18
Nathan Brown (RICH) 18
Cameron Bruce (MELB) 18
Daniel Motlop (KANG) 17
Stephen Milne (StK) 17
Anthony Rocca (COL) 17
Kent Kingsley (GEEL) 16
Brent Harvey (KANG) 16
Mark Williams (HAW) 16
Aaron Davey (MELB) 16
round 9 matches
friday
collingwood vs adelaide TD (N) 740pm
saturday
melbourne vs kangaroos MCG 210pm
freemantle vs brisbane S 340pm
geelong vs essendon TD (N) 710pm
port vs richmond AAMI (N) 740pm
sunday
sydney vs hawthorn SCG 110pm
carlton vs bulldogs OO 210pm
st kilda vs west coast TD 210pm