west coast (7-8) vs essendon (9-6) subiaco friday night 840pm
essendon took a hit with a 44 point loss to west coast in perth keeping the eagles finals hopes alive. west coast (8-8) face port in adelaide sunday afternoon. essendon (9-7) face st kilda friday night at telstra dome.
WCE 6.5 7.6 12.8 18.9 (117)
ESS 1.4 1.9 5.11 10.13 (73)
GOALS: WCE – Sampi 3, McDougall 3, Matera 3, Seaby 2, Morrison 2, Lynch, Judd, Adkins, Braun, Banfield; ESS – Richards 3, Lloyd 2, Lovett-Murray, Hille, Stanton, McPhee, Solomon
carlton (6-9) vs kangaroos (8-7) optus oval saturday afternoon 210pm
carlton may be down but not out after a 8 point win over the kangaroos to keep their finals hopes alive. Carlton (7-9) face geelong at telstra dome sunday afternoon. kangaroos (8-8) host hawthorn saturday afternooon at the g.
CARL 3.2 5.7 7.11 9.16 (70)
KANG 3.3 5.4 7.6 9.8 (62)
GOALS: CARL – Camporeale, Teague, Koutoufides, Walker, Lappin, Fevola, French, Bannister, Whitnall; KANG – Petrie, B Harvey, M Stevens 2, Makepeace, Grant, Rocca
richmond (4-11) vs st kilda (11-4) telstra dome saturday afternoon 210pm
richo got another bag but his side are in trouble of avoiding last if hawthorn start winning after a 44 point loss to ladder leaders st kilda. Richmond (4-12) play melbourne sunday afternoon. st kilda (12-4) play essendon friday night.
StK 5.3 10.5 15.8 16.9 (105)
RICH 4.1 4.3 5.5 9.7 (61)
GOALS: StK – Riewoldt 5, Guerra 4, Milne 4, Hamill 2, Hayes; RICH – Richardson 6, Tuck, Ottens, Moore
collingwood (5-10) vs brisbane (11-4) mcg saturday night 710pm
brisbane kept their title defence strong in the grand final rematch by 6 goals over collingwood. collingwood (5-11) face bulldogs at telstra dome saturday night. brisbane (12-4) host adelaide saturday night.
BRIS 1.2 5.7 12.11 16.13 (109)
COL 2.4 5.5 7.5 11.7 (73)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 3, Pike 3, McRae 2, Caracella, Voss, Power, Black, Leppitsch, Copeland, Hart, Bradshaw; COL – Lonie 2, Woewodin, Davis, Buckley, Holland, O’Bree, Fraser, Lokan, Lockyer, Rocca
adelaide (5-10) vs freemantle (8-7) aami stadium saturday night 740pm
freemantle kept their spot in the 8 by 12 points over adeliade. adeliade (5-11) travel to play brisbane saturday night. freemantle (9-7) host sydney saturday afternoon.
FRE 2.2 7.2 10.8 14.8 (92)
ADE 2.3 6.3 8.5 12.8 (80)
GOALS: FRE – Simmonds 2, Headland 2, Medhurst 2, Pavlich 2, Schammer, Hasleby, McManus, Longmuir, Bell, Hayden; ADE – Welsh 4, Johncock 2, McLeod 2, Watts, Stenglein, Biglands, Goodwin
geelong (9-6) vs sydney (9-6) skilled stadium sunday afternoon 110pm
geelong look like a flag contender wild card after beating sydney by 15 points at heme. Geelong (10-6) host carlton at telstra dome sunday afternoon. sydney (9-7) travel to play freemantle saturday afternoon.
GEEL 3.1 3.8 7.9 11.11 (77)
SYD 1.6 3.7 6.8 9.8 (62)
GOALS: GEEL – Graham 2, Kingsley 2, S. Johnson 2, Riccardi, D. Johnson, Ablett, Chapman, Byrnes; SYD – O’Keefe 5, Hall, Nicks, J. Bolton, Ball
melbourne (11-4) vs bulldogs (4-11) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
melbourne are still on track for a top 4 spot with a 38 point win over bulldogs. Melbourne (12-4) play richmond sunday afternoon at the g. Bulldogs (4-12) host collingwood at telstra dome saturday night.
MELB 2.7 5.11 9.16 12.21 (93)
WB 2.4 3.8 5.9 7.13 (55)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 6, Walsh 2, Bruce, Robertson, Vardy, McLean; WB – Darcy 3, Rawlings 2, Bowden, Street
hawthorn (2-13) vs port (11-4) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
the clock is ticking on the hawks avoiding last after a 52 point loss to port. hawthorn (2-14) face kangaroos saturday afternoonn at the g. Port (12-4) host west coast ssunday afternoon. it was the lowest crowd at the g at the time in over 10 years.
PA 4.3 7.9 11.12 15.15 (105)
HAW 1.3 4.4 5.8 7.11 (53)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 3, Thurstans 2, Lade 2, K. Cornes 2, Wilson, Mahoney, White, Cassisi, Pickett, Poulton; HAW – Williams 2, Everitt, Thompson, Croad, Lekkas, Osborne
ladder
STK 12 4 1787 1339 133.46 48
BRIS 12 4 1768 1380 128.12 48
PA 12 4 1768 1385 127.65 48
MELB 12 4 1667 1375 121.24 48
GEEL 10 6 1457 1298 112.25 40
FRE 9 7 1427 1330 107.29 36
SYD 9 7 1367 1337 102.24 36
ESS 9 7 1690 1655 102.11 36
KANG 8 8 1580 1458 108.37 32
WCE 8 8 1462 1575 92.83 32
CARL 7 9 1364 1656 82.37 28
ADE 5 11 1478 1459 101.30 20
COL 5 11 1311 1509 86.88 20
WB 4 12 1432 1752 81.74 16
RICH 4 12 1226 1747 70.18 16
HAW 2 14 1212 1741 69.62 8
round 17 matches
friday
st kilda vs essendon TD (N) 740pm
saturday
kangaroos vs hawthorn MCG 210pm
freemantle vs sydney S 340pm
brisbane vs adeliade G (N) 710pm
bulldogs vs collingwood TD (N) 710pm
sunday
port vs west coast AAMI 110pm
richmond vs melbourne MCG 210pm
geelong vs carlton TD 210pm
Harrison’s world 