essendon (10-9) vs collingwood (8-11) mcg friday night 740pm
collingwoods runner up defence is finally over after a 34 point loss to out of form essendon keeping the laters finals hopes alive. essendon (11-9) face sydney at anz stadium saturday night. collingwood (8-12) host port friday night at the mcg.
ESS 9.2 11.5 14.8 18.13 (121)
COL 2.4 5.6 10.8 13.9 (87)
GOALS: ESS – Hille 4, Hird 3, Watson 2, Lucas 2, Dyson 2, McVeigh, J. Johnson, Lloyd, Richards, Murphy; COL – Burns 3, Davis 2, Tarrant 2, Holland 2, Lonie, Lockyer, Fraser, King
geelong (13-6) vs freemantle (11-8) skilled stadium saturday afternoon 210pm
herendous conditions didn’t hurt geelongs top 4 hopes with a 50 point win over freemantle hurting the laters hopes of staying in the 8. Geelong (14-6) travel to play adelaide saturday afternoon. Freemantle (11-9) host west coast in the derby sunday afternoon.
GEEL 1.9 3.11 8.15 9.21 (75)
FRE 0.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 (25)
GOALS: GEEL – Riccardi 2, S. Johnson 2, McCarthy 2, Graham, Tenace, Corey; FRE – Bell, Farmer, Medhurst
hawthorn (3-16) vs brisbane (13-6) mcg saturday afternoon 210pmp
in a barely more interesting game but brisbane moved a bit closer to a top 4 finish and the hawks closer to a wooden spoon by 23 points. Brisbane (14-6) host st kilda sunday afternoon. hawthorn (3-17) host richmond to decide the wooden spoon sunday afternoon at the g.
BRIS 2.5 3.12 6.14 8.18 (66)
HAW 2.3 2.3 6.4 6.7 (43)
GOALS: BRIS – Brown 4, McRae 2, Notting, Black; HAW – Holland 2, A. Cox 2, Lekkas 2
melbourne (14-5) vs sydney (10-9) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
sydney kept their home final hopes alive with a 21 point win over melbounrne. Melbourne (14-6) face carlton at optus oval in the last regular game at that ground. Sydney (11-9) host essendon at the olympic stadium saturday night.
SYD 3.3 7.7 10.7 10.7 (67)
MELB 0.1 3.2 6.4 7.4 (46)
GOALS: SYD – O’Loughlin 5, Doyle 2, O’Keefe, Ball, Crouch; MELB – Holland 2, Robertson 2, Heffernan, Neitz, White
bulldogs (4-15) vs port (14-5) marrara darwin saturday night 740pm
in the first game ever in darwin for points port moved closer to 1st with an 86 point win over the bulldogs. Bulldogs (4-16) host kangaroos saturday night at telstra dome. port (15-5) travel to play collingwood at the g friday night.
PA 5.2 10.5 18.6 23.9 (147)
WB 3.3 5.7 6.7 9.7 (61)
GOALS: PA – Wanganeen 4, Mahoney 3, Montgomery 2, Lade 2, Carr 2, Schofield 2, Thurstans 2, Dew, Kingsley, K. Cornes, James, Cassisi, Hardwick; WB – B. Murphy 2, Darcy, Johnson, Robbins, Hahn, Cooney, Eagleton, Harrison
adelaide (6-13) vs richmond (4-15) aami stadium sunday afternoon 110pm
adelaide kept their hopes not finishing in the bottom 4 alive while giving richmond loss number 12 on the trot by 52 points. adeliade (7-13) host geelong saturday afternooon. richmond (4-16) face hawthorn sunday to decide the wooden spoon.
ADEL 3.2 8.5 14.8 21.12 (138)
RICH 5.1 7.5 13.6 13.8 (86)
GOALS: ADEL – Welsh 4, Perrie 4, Hentschel 4, Jericho 2, Ricciuto 2, Shirley, Stenglein, McLeod, S. Stevens, Goodwin; RICH – Richardson 2, Fleming 2, Schulz 2, Weller 2, Brown, Blumfield, Rodan, Krakouer, Moore
kangaroos (10-9) vs st kilda (14-5) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
10 goals to gehrig broke opon the colemen medal race in a 51 point win over the roos. Kangaroos (10-10) play bulldogs at telstra dome in a do or die match saturday night. st kilda (15-5) travel to play brisbane sunday afternoon.
STK 5.2 10.5 15.7 23.9 (147)
KANG 7.0 11.1 12.3 15.6 (96)
GOALS: StK – Gehrig 10, Riewoldt 3, Blake 2, Harvey 2, Montagna, Hamill, X. Clarke, Ball, Baker, Black; KANG – Rocca 4, Corey Jones 3, McKernan 2, Rawlings, Grant, Sinclair, Chad Jones, B. Harvey, Harding
west coast (10-9) vs carlton (8-11) subiaco sunday afternoon 410pm
west coast are still alive despite not being in the 8 with a 62 point win over carlton. west coast (11-9) face freemantle in the derby sunday afternoon. carlton (8-12) host melbourne saturday afternoon.
WCE 3.3 7.8 12.15 15.21 (111)
CARL 0.5 2.6 2.7 6.13 (49)
GOALS: WCE – Embley 2, McDougall 2, Judd 2, Seaby 2, Matera, Wooden, Sampi, Fletcher, Braun, Adkins, Kerr; CARL – Koutoufides, Lappin, Camporeale, Fevola, Johnson, Whitnall
ladder
STK 15 5 2246 1696 132.43 60
PA 15 5 2221 1693 131.19 60
BRIS 14 6 2144 1641 130.65 56
GEEL 14 6 1878 1574 119.31 56
MELB 14 6 1998 1700 117.53 56
FRE 11 9 1754 1665 105.35 44
SYD 11 9 1720 1670 102.99 44
ESS 11 9 2079 2022 102.82 44
WCE 11 9 1842 1856 99.25 44
KANG 10 10 1979 1829 108.20 40
COL 8 12 1722 1867 92.23 32
CARL 8 12 1624 2066 78.61 32
ADEL 7 13 1781 1867 95.39 28
WB 4 16 1725 2240 77.01 16
RICH 4 16 1563 2228 70.15 16
HAW 3 17 1501 2163 69.39 12
goals
Fraser Gehrig (StK) 82
Matthew Lloyd (ESS) 80
David Neitz (MELB) 69
Warren Tredrea (PA) 68
Barry Hall (SYD) 62
Brendan Fevola (CARL) 59
Matthew Richardson (RICH) 58
Phillip Matera (WCE) 57
Nick Riewoldt (StK) 53
Saverio Rocca (KANG) 44
round 21 matches
friday
collingwood vs port MCG (N) 740pm
saturday
carlton vs melbourne OO 210pm
adelaide vs geelong AAMI 240pm
bulldogs vs north TD (N) 710pm
sydney vs essendon ANZ (N) 740pm
sunday
brisbane vs st kilda G 110pm
hawthorn vs richmond MCG 210pm
freemantle vs west coast S 410pm
Harrison’s world 