collingwood (4-9) vs port (6-1-6) telstra dome friday night 740pm
collingwood kept their season alive with a 31 point win over regining premiers port who drop out of the 8. collingwood (5-9) travel to brisbane saturday night. port (6-1-7) host melbourne saturday afternoon.
COL 2.5 5.10 9.15 14.18 (102)
PA 1.4 2.9 6.13 9.17 (71)
GOALS: COL – Holland 3, Didak 2, Caracella 2, Rusling, O’Bree, Tarrant, Buckley, Fanning, T. Coke, Egan; PA – Pickett 2, Primus, C. Cornes, P. Burgoyne, Wanganeen, Ebert, Kingsley, Tredrea
richmond (7-6) vs sydney (8-5) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
richmond broke a 4 game losing streak by a point over sydney barely hanging on keeping their spot in the 8. richmond (8-6) host essendon saturday afternoon at the g. sydney (8-6) host geelong saturday night.
RICH 2.4 8.8 12.12 12.13 (85)
SYD 2.3 3.6 7.9 12.12 (84)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 4, Krakouer 3, Pettifer, Tambling, Chaffey, Bowden, Hilton; SYD – Fosdike 3, O’Loughlin 3, McVeigh, Goodes, Williams, Davis, Crouch, Buchanan
west coast (12-1) vs carlton (2-1-10) subiaco saturday afternoon 410pm
a 15 goal to 1 2nd half gave west coast a massive 77 point come from behind win over carlton. west coast (13-1) travel to kanagroos friday night at telstra dome. carlton (2-1-11) face st kilda sunday afternoon at telstra dome.
WCE 3.3 6.8 16.13 21.13 (139)
CARL 6.3 8.6 8.7 9.8 (62)
GOALS: WCE – Staker 4, Matera, Cousins 3, Judd 2, Braun, Chick, Hansen, Hunter, Stenglein, Embley, Cox, Seaby, Fletcher; CARL – Fevola 4, Johnson 2, Lappin, Camporeale, Houlihan
essendon (5-8) vs kangaroos (8-5) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
kangaroos moved into the top 4 with a 7 goal win over essendon. Essendon (5-9) face richmond at the g saturday afternoon. kangaroos (9-5) host west coast friday night at telstra dome.
KANG 7.3 11.6 14.13 19.14 (128)
ESS 2.3 7.5 8.6 13.8 (86)
GOALS: KANG – Thompson 5, Harding 4, Hale 3, Grant 2, Rocca 2, Brown, Jones, Wells; ESS – M. Johnson 3, Lloyd 2, Lucas 2, Monfries, Lovett, Lovett-Murray, J. Johnson, McPhee, Cupido
melbourne (9-4) vs brisbane (6-7) gabba saturday night 710pm
9 goals to bradshaw set up a 74 point upset win for brisbane over melbourne keeping their finals hopes alive. melbourne (9-5) travel to play port saturday night. brisbane (7-7) host collingwood saturday night.
BRIS 7.2 10.5 18.8 25.16 (166)
MELB 3.6 8.9 11.12 13.14 (92)
GOALS: BRIS – Bradshaw 9, Akermanis 5, Corrie 3, McGrath, Merrett 2, Brown, Sherman, Lappin, Selwood; MELB – Robertson, Green 4, Neitz 2, Holland, McLean, Yze
adelaide (8-5) vs freemantle (5-8) aami stadium sunday afternoon 110pm
anoter failed comeback saw the crows hold on for a 6 point win over freo. adelaide (9-5) face hawthorn in tasmania sunday afternoon despite pavlich kicking 8. freemantle (5-9) host bulldogs sunday afternoon.
ADE 5.3 8.8 13.10 14.10 (94)
FRE 2.1 3.2 8.3 14.4 (88)
GOALS: ADE – Welsh 3, Edwards 2, Shirley 2, Hentschel 2, Perrie 2, McGregor 2, McLeod; FRE – Pavlich 8, Polak 2, Medhurst, J. Carr, Headland, Black
bulldogs (6-7) vs st kilda (6-7) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
st kilda kept their finals hopes alive by 18 points over bulldogs. bulldogs (6-8) travel to play freemantle sunday afternoon. st kilda (7-7) host carlton sunday afternoon.
STK 5.3 8.8 13.13 17.14 (116)
WB 2.3 6.4 10.5 15.8 (98)
GOALS: STK – Gehrig 4, Koschitzke 3, Milne 2, Guerra 2, Harvey, Riewoldt, Penny, Ball, Ackland, Goddard; WB – Robbins 2, Johnson 2, Gilbee 2, Eagleton 2, Griffen, Murphy, Smith, Faulkner, Hargrave, Birss, Ray
geelong (8-5) vs hawthorn (3-10) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
geelong kept their top 4 spot by 55 points over hawthorn. geelong (9-5) travel to play sydney saturday night. hawthorn (3-11) host adeliade in tasmania sunday afternoon.
GEEL 5.3 8.7 13.12 16.17 (113)
HAW 1.4 4.6 5.9 8.10 (58)
GOALS: GEEL – Kingsley 4, Chapman 4, Chambers 2, Gardiner 2, McCarthy, Byrnes, Milburn, King;
HAW – Lekkas 3, Williams 2, Mitchell, Lonie, Osbourne
ladder
WCE 13 1 0 1553 1091 142.35 52
ADE 9 5 0 1286 1016 126.57 36
GEEL 9 5 0 1433 1217 117.75 36
MELB 9 5 0 1504 1359 110.67 36
KANG 9 5 0 1272 1292 98.45 36
SYD 8 6 0 1158 1169 99.06 32
RICH 8 6 0 1326 1367 97.00 32
BRIS 7 7 0 1422 1275 111.53 28
STK 7 7 0 1364 1271 107.32 28
PA 6 7 1 1247 1359 91.76 26
WB 6 8 0 1469 1463 100.41 24
FRE 5 9 0 1217 1279 95.15 20
COL 5 9 0 1236 1395 88.60 20
ESS 5 9 0 1244 1484 83.83 20
HAW 3 11 0 1187 1439 82.49 12
CARL 2 11 1 1178 1620 72.72 10
what a gap between west coast and the trailing teams.
goals
Williams (HAW) 53
Gehrig (StK) 48
Robertson (MELB) 43
Richardson (RICH) 43
Tredrea (PA) 39
Hall (SYD) 39
Fevola (CARL) 37
Kingsley (GEEL) 36
Brown (RICH) 34
Thompson (KANG) 33
round 15 matches
friday
kangaroos vs west coast TD (N) 740pm
saturday
richmond vs essendon MCG 210pm
port vs melbourne AAMI 240pm
brisbane vs collingwood G (N) 710pm
sydney vs geelong SCG (N) 710pm
sunday
hawthorn vs adeliade AU 110pm
st kilda vs carlton TD 210pm
freemnatle vs bulldogs S 410pm