melbourne (4-2) vs adelaide (4-2) mcg friday night 740pm
a strong finish got melbourne back in top 4 form with a 4 goal win over adelaide. Melbourne (5-2) face hawthorn at the g saturday afternooon. adelaide (4-3) host brisbane saturday night.
MELB 3.2 5.5 7.7 11.12(78)
ADE 2.4 5.7 6.11 7.12(54)
GOALS: MELB – Brown 2, Davey, 2, Neitz, Robertson, Green, Godfrey, Holland, McDonald, Yze; ADE – Perrie 2, Biglands, Welsh, Bassett, Hudson, Skipworth
richmond (4-2) vs carlton (2-1-3) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
this game was over at 1/4 time when carlton didn’t goal in the first quarter and only 1 goal in the first half on their way to an 85 point loss to richmond. Richmond (5-2) face collingwood at the g sunday afternoon. carlton (2-1-4) host geelong at telstra dome friday night.
RICH 7.4 13.8 19.11 23.13 (151)
CARL 0.2 1.3 5.3 10.6 (66)
GOALS: RICH – Krakouer 5, Brown 4, Richardson 4, Pettifer 2, Campbell 2, Deledio, Simmonds, Stafford, Johnson, Tivendale, Kellaway; CARL – Lappin 5, French, Waite, Scotland, O’hAilpin, Longmuir
geelong (4-2) vs st kilda (4-2) telstra dome saturday afternoon 210pm
it takes 4 quarters to win a game of footy as st kilda learnt the hard way in a 3 goal loss to geelong. geelong (5-2) face carlton at telstra dome friday night. st kilda (4-3) face ladder leaders west coast saturday afternoon in perth.
GEEL 4.1 7.5 11.8 18.11 (119)
STK 5.2 10.6 13.9 15.11 (101)
GOALS: GEEL – Kingsley 4, Milburn 3, Ottens 2, Thurley 2, Bartel, Kelly, Playfair, Ablett, Chapman, Enright, Ling; StK – Riewoldt 2, Koschitzke 2, Guerra 2, Milne 2, Baker, Voss, Goddard, Fiora, Fisher, Ackland, Harvey
brisbane (2-4) vs bulldogs (2-4) gabba saturday night 710pm
brisbanes horror run continues with a 23 point loss to the bulldogs in what preseason would be one of the upsets of the year. brisbane (2-5) face adelaide saturday night in adelaide. bulldogs (3-4) face kangaroos at telstra dome saturday night.
WB 3.3 9.9 10.16 15.20 (110)
BRIS 1.3 5.8 9.13 12.15 (87)
GOALS: WB – Johnson 3, Murphy 3, Giansiracusa 2, Hahn 2, Gilbee, Eagleton, Hargrave, Robbins, Morgan; BRIS – Brown 5, Notting 2, Moody 2, McGrath, McLaren, Pike
sydney (2-4) vs essendon (2-4) anz stadium saturday night 720pm
sydney scraped home by 6 points over essendon. sydney (3-4) host port sunday afternoon. essendon (2-5) host freemantle at telstra dome sunday afternoon.
SYD 3.5 7.8 9.11 13.16 (94)
ESS 4.0 10.1 13.3 14.4 (88)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 4, O’Loughlin 3, O’Keefe 2, Buchanan, Moore, Goodes, Vogels;
ESS – Lloyd 4, Lucas 4, Laycock 2, Stanton 2, McVeigh, Lovett
hawthorn (1-5) vs west coast (6-0) auoura stadium sunday afternoon 110pm
hawthorns unluckiness continues in a 19 point loss to west coast. hawthorn (1-6) host melbourne at the g saturday afternoon. west coast (7-0) host st kilda saturday afternoon.
WCE 2.5 7.7 10.8 14.12 (96)
HAW 3.3 5.3 8.3 12.5 (77)
GOALS: WCE – Hansen 3, Cox 2, Lynch 2, A. Embley, Fletcher, Hunter, Jones, Judd, Kerr, Stenglein; HAW – Williams 5, Clarke 2, Brown, Crawford, Dixon, Hodge, Taylor
port (1-1-4) vs kangaroos (5-1) aami stadium sunday afternoon 240pm
port are back after beating their bogey side kanagroos by 47 points. port (2-1-4) play sydney in sydney sunday afternoon. kanagroos (5-2) host bulldogs saturday night at telstra dome.
PA 4.2 12.4 15.8 18.11 (119)
KANG 2.5 3.9 8.11 10.12 (72)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 6, Mahoney 2, Cassisi 2, Primus, Wanganeen, Lade, Francou, Pickett, Thurstans, Ebert, Walsh; KANG – Harvey 2, Corey Jones, Harris, Grant, Stevens, Petrie, Chad Jones, Makepeace
freemantle (3-3) vs collingwood (1-5) subiaco sunday afternoon 410pm
freemantle destroyed collingwood by 112 points locking the later to last on the ladder. freemantle (4-3) play essendon at telstra dome sunday afternoon. collingwood (1-6) face richmond at the g sunday afternoon.
FRE 9.2 15.5 22.8 28.12 (180)
COL 0.3 4.6 7.8 10.8 (68)
GOALS: FRE – Pavlich 6, Headland 5, McPharlin 5, Medhurst 3, Bell 2, M. Carr 2, Siegert 2, Black, Farmer, Webster; COL – Lockyer 2, Rowe 2, Tarrant 2, Caracella, Didak, O’Bree, R. Shaw
ladder
WCE 7 0 0 736 522 141.0 28
MELB 5 2 0 759 642 118.2 20
GEEL 5 2 0 745 640 116.4 20
RICH 5 2 0 742 665 111.6 20
KANG 5 2 0 624 609 102.5 20
FRE 4 3 0 704 581 121.2 16
StK 4 3 0 753 647 116.4 16
ADE 4 3 0 615 556 110.6 16
WB 3 4 0 737 752 98.0 12
SYD 3 4 0 556 624 89.1 12
PA 2 4 1 574 688 83.4 10
CARL 2 4 1 651 785 82.9 10
BRIS 2 5 0 646 725 89.1 8
ESS 2 5 0 574 718 79.9 8
HAW 1 6 0 583 660 88.3 4
COL 1 6 0 581 766 75.8 4
goals
Williams (HAW) 24
Richardson (RICH) 23
Gehrig (StK) 23
Brown (RICH) 23
Kingsley (GEEL) 20
Neitz (MELB) 20
Tredrea (PA) 20
Hall (SYD) 20
Robertson (MELB) 19
Milne (STK) 19
round 8 matches
friday
carlton vs geelong TD (N) 740pm
saturday
hawthorn vs melbourne MCG 210pm
west coast vs st kilda S 410pm
kangaroos vs bulldogs TD (N) 710pm
adelaide vs brisbane AAMI (N) 740pm
sunday
sydney vs port SCG 110pm
essendon vs freemantle TD 210pm
collingwood vs richmondMCG 210pm
Harrison’s world 